, 1879-05-27
THE COUNTY BOARD.

THE COUNTY BOARD.
Mo More Prisoners to Dc Sent to tho DrfJe
wSit-;rho Hospital Committee Not ftcniy
to lteport,
The regulnr meeting Of the County board WIS
held yesterday afternoon, President srune III
the chair.
Among the communications read was ono
from T. ]. Sexton. claiming compensation for
tho stoppaGe Of work upon the dome. Referred
to tue Committee Oh Public Buildings.
Tlte usual bills wera then nubmittcd, among
tllcn, onu for outdoor relief for Lake View,
amounting to e6o2. The relief dated FROM
April, 1873, until the present ttuo.
DIETING pRsDnwELL PRISONERS.
The Committee on City Relations reported
That they had been unable to make contract,
~ instructed, to diet the prisoners In tho Bride
well at 20 ccnts, tho city demanding Is. There
fore the Committee, believing that 20 cents was
enough, recommended that the county sund those
prisoners now eont to the Brldewet to the
County Jail,
Mr.. Doeae objcctsd to the report, whilo Brad
10y favored It.
Fitzgerald Thought the county had been I'm
posed upon by the city. Ilo said that 1t dtdo't
cost the city more than 121l ccnta to dict tic
prisoners, and, because the county had sstat-
il.hea presedee't BY BY paying e, ssn.s tho sty
would not now listen to the reasonable propo-
III. :Sa sd q esa sssfs t. 1s Fulton s01as sstssb,. i:
men. some $4,000. ard ho Qritxecrald)
would ruarautea TINT this suu. had paid for st,n
raw material used In feeding the DFldcwcll
prisoners: The Gommisaioner remarked, with
ytrtuous Indignation, TINT he had noticed what
lad been going on during the past wcek,-huw "
tho city authorities had been eatchtng hold VI
Commissioned ours md tuggng ut tacIr coat
collars to get s 70 , Tots fGr tc *, T. cents cent y
thing was right. Lie advocated tic adoptIon Of
the report
IL thc opinion of Mt. Wheeler, Is cents pcr
day was enough 70 Pay tho city, nna he made m
Indignantly Mr: Boeso repudiatcd the inatn-
uatton ot Fitzgerald that he had been button.
holcd By auy OF tho city authorities. Ilo simply
objected to the report after looking ut the mat
ter from cotnulonsensc point Of View.
Bradley believed that Il the price waa low
cred arreets would not be 20 numerous. Tho
city WIS muking money on tic prisoners
through the present systetu. ..-
Nit. Wleeler'a opinion was Endorsed by Mr..
Wood. liz thought Is cents was ample. lie was
opposed to putting the Bstdewell tluss of pris.
oncFs In thu jail, idltliE away their ttme. md
tllyught thero should be no difficulty '!i making
un arrangement with the city. liz advised the
Committee to try again.
Fitzgerald sarcastieally replied that perhaps
the Committee hasln't intellect enough 10 try
| anu IuRN3 III hETHHXGtnHAE HlL[l I1G CITY A4lu
recommended Commissioner Wood to 60 before
the Brtlcwell Committee and try 1t himself.
! The Committee on City Relations, said tho
speaker, bad trtcl to do 40. but tic wholu mat
ton from Buffalo. was trying to run tl.e Bride
| we'll Mt the expense OF the county. he Ind donr
! It, nl,d WIS determined to doit still.
Mr. Wood, after sone 1esultory discussion.
cd committee should ua!t upon thu Jater a,,ti
sec II lie would agree to take tho prisoners ut
IN arrordance with motion by Bradley. a
committee OF three was appointed for this pus-
| pose.
! After an absence Of few minutes the Com.
| mtttca returned, nHd ntntcd thAt 6hcrlH uotE'
mann would takc tho class uf prisoners now
Bcnt to the Briirwcll at 2U ccnts per ,lny.
The report wns Then adopted unanimously.
Bills amounting to 23,G31 werc reported bv
tho Committee on Public Charities, md tint on
jail nil Jail Accounts reported bills netting
| S1,4G4. ordered to bs paid.
THE HOSPITAL
| s1f. Fitzgerald, when called upoD, Sald tho
| Special Culnmltce appointed to Investigate tile
management OF tho nty-nospltal were not
Tiiereupoa Nj. senne, who had vacated tho
much as tile Committee had examined n largo
number OF witnesses and submitted no report,
TIC Committee bo discharged. Tho Commits
sionctr considered that that commistse hasl
| lOAtl4 uULuaHts ~ oul5tauI&AlV LAG bE&lQud
charges against thu Warden.
Ftzzcrald denounced this "clap-trap ut
temptH to sqtelrh the efforts OF thu Commit.
tee, md hoped such motion would 70 over usl.
der the rules. The Committee had not heard
all the evidence yet, a1ld consequently couldn't
mike up their mind Oh tic matter.
Mr.. Wood. ono number Of the Committee,
said II threo mcmbers Of tile Committee were III
favor Of The continuation OF tho Committee he
would object to Mr. Sennc's motion. Another
OF the Committee, Mr.. D0esg, wns In favor Of
tho motion. Mr.. Stewart, also a committee
man, was opposed 10 a continuation uf tile ID
vestigation, Aud thought report should bo DE-
manjcd.
4 yotu Has then taken to suspend the rules
for the consideration OF 8ennca motion. III.
| motion wns lost.
A number OF bids were read for Goa! for thu
use OF the county, nnd ruferrcd to the CoMmit
tce on Public bcrvlce.
BIZ, Bradley moved to close the Offices Friday
-Dccuration-Day. Carried,
Tho Board then adjourned until Saturday
afternoon at q O'clock