, 1879-06-24
COUNTY BOARD.
Opening Bids for the Finishing Of
the Court.tlouse.
Reports from Sheriff Hoffman, and
Coroner Mann.

AT tbs rtEtlAr mectlnE OF tic Boafu OF county
CommIssfuncrs,-ntl members being present.
under tile itatl, st uuduished bualrcss, FttzgeE-
aida motion Of last meeting touching tho cleo
lion OF county slnplo1es mas considered and
counr.nousn nlps.
The Clerk announced that he had IN his hands
number Of hstls for Cotrti House work.
Mr.. Fitzgerald moved lint they adjourn to
Thur4day, and then net On them.
Mr.. Bocsc wanted 10 know why there was 80
nuclI has.o in the matter. 1lo inquired II nny
OF the Commissioners were afraid Of tho law In
force July I, which forbade the letting OF con.
tract for any amount exceeding $500 without
the concurrence OF tho members Of tho Doari.
Us would rather sec grass grow on tic Court
liotisc Square than SEQ q dishonest contract lot.
MIR. Bradlcy said that there were t6U, 600 people
who didn't want To see the grass grow.
1t was agreed that special meeting OF the
Board bc held Friday morning at 10 o'clock to
consider the bids. Tho motion VAS 11adc by
Fitzgerald.
Mr. Burllng moved that tic bids be opened at
once. Agreed to. :,
Tho arst opened was tlat Of tho 1lo1tonc
stcaul-1leating Company. Kowancc. for heating
hnl ventt'nt.ng tho building. $40 800; Harry
purne, ao4 Washington street, s7,os5.
The reading Of tic bids was Interrupted by
Fitzgerald moving that certain bids which had
eome In after the time fixed BY
the advertisement bo read. Wheeler
objected. Durltug favored It. Ftz-
gerald made an onslaught upon Wheeler. VINO
retortcl by saying that fle WAS q mechanic; lie
had learned his trade early and lic had learned
to "work to the line, md II 4 man aiu't IN to
tho line he mint up to tho line, an he
ought to quit worR.'' Ergo. lato bidders
ought to be thrown out. Spoford OBJ.
1ected to Tho motion, a!so saying r. lint to pass Il
ultimately laid upon tho table, when Fitzgerald
made another motion that all bids received after
the moment OF y clock DC thrown out. Passed.
Hls from the following psoD's III aseordaneo
Gavin & 1rainos, Patrick Nacy, Bernard Ma
Tho teadlng Of The bids was then proceeded
stsahs.sns a 14s a13 vsns'asns @ S - s Ea~a1a sas
psstsr's Asssq sasss9s d:r,ey esn uTssas GSens
sas, 500; John Davis, steam -heatInls md yenti;
sssa.,isg sl3o; -fi Tbo,uas 3p?e' pis.cr ter
inE, 81, ,5i7: Hugh Watt, plumbing antl gaa-
fitting, 8tl 30; johnson u Co.. tte-proof wurk,
ses!s ssesae .Sa @l0dn,9p ysptator "a!ss5 s steam. j.
% Upha% CLARK, % earpeat1y, sbMiel5; aan'!er. !:
tsson, t S foT tic ss%s sn,iS5; J. % 9srrstt r. =" (
S. s's Hsaasa saaos; s'ss sse ! t Mr?f znssss sss
so1', sane, ssi,ooo; aact!aei &. sloano, plumb.
fpg and gas fitttng, *As54; 4. ~ p. Cox.
RSssi, $tn 20, $S = ssa !, to1 sIa.ts!ios' sE,. y
aoo; tiear5 Rudie, lh'o p1oof, 35o,oeo;
Edvarl Glss;en s, ,sn,. c2rpeatry s1so 9oo a9 for
plasicrlng. io,40o; Tho'nas Kelly, plumbing
and EnG-httinE, si0,8a1; Thon,as aoiiitt, rar-
pentry, sls4 ,4oo; Josoph Hogan, plumbing nt,d
ga:;qt,p ksy s;on e,sstsFin hna! sso
Smith, g. Co.. stcaIn-heat!ng md vcntiiatinE,
s97,0s9; Edwin Il. Hall, 1lre-proot! work, s7S,.
G00; John schustcrsnnd Henry. Lampartuer,
2%%%sqs %ss1o5r aud asss sss,5 u e. h s shss s1 tss
90; passerne, $4,000; dre-proof trlek, sl0,-
TO- p!qmbioF ote *s4; eaa \,
ssob9; piaster!nE, sss,b:5; fte.p1oof, s:s,s155;;
IT, ,se3ton1ocarpentry. sG9, sl4759; pla,,sefins
sasatas ssaxas ;fpfss stsatstns s R'a"sl" ee a
trJ, $4,000: pisstering, sai,0oo; ire
sSs ptoo ss,n s sfs % %p!s@bG,eE GE,,tss tSss SO o
@csTpsntsy, sSsSS6; s pisststInr ssSoss; H.
steam heating, so5. Loo. Z. su'tl,-Carpcntry,
so9aso; p1astcr!nE sS5 81; trc pfoof, s55 Ml p,d
UIuHktl1Eg EACst 9tEAHi AEh9hk5t FIlft4V4
v. Crimp-Carpentry, slo4oOo; piaster!ng.
steam hcatIng, sss, III. Clurles +. tto'ok@Car,
psntrS; sl15y; pIastsr;ng, s33 90; tsEoprool,
The above bids were referred to The Commit
tco Oh Public Service aul Buildings.
Among number Of communications read
waa enc lrom
ARCHITECT EaAN
in which he called the attention Of the Board to
the fact tllut tho pastcrs of tho main copucct-
inE arches Of the new Court-liouse wcro uca!n
being built into the city'a portion Of thu Court
House building, in direct violation Of the ngrcc-
ment between tho Committees Of both bodies
nude ut tho January conference. Theso pIlas-
ters are Of the blue bedford stonc,, and their
usc on tho city stlc, al present wholly unncces-
hary, was IN evident effort to forcu the adop,toI,
Of the same material upon thu county for tile
construction Of these arches, npurpose for which
rs entire untltncss l!as been already sutllsscntly
Public SGtYtco n.la Buildings.
CoNoNEI MANN
sent IN his seuianuual report, wh!cls showed
that the Ices collected from inqncsta amounted
to SsA; ises collected from wtita, Sl62.5D; to
tal, $So0.59. Observation-Disclosures OH wrlts,
Total, s4G3aU. l}alancn tue Coroncr, SU7l.
The nutnetcr ot iO4uests held during this pestosl
: WINS H!s5t The report was referred 10 the Com,
mittee OH Finance.
Tue lioarl accepted Invitations to attend the
sharpshootcrs' plcute OH "Wednesday aill to "a
upon an excursion on the steamer Faxton
Thursluy.
THE SHERIFF..
11le first scml-annuat report OF Sheriff IIotf,
MANI wns presented ~ the board, Of which tle
following Is au abstract: Total receipts, IL, Is ~ 13
receipts: Deccmber, 1873, $974; 1870, January
91.43o; February. 81 800; ,Marct, sl,l03; April,
s1,::sa; htay, Si,1G.. Expenditures: totu,
$l,oa; expenses: Decernbcr, 1873: Sl2,; 1si9
January, Slas; February, s:soo; March, s170
April, t97; May, S3l3 Nearly one-lihlf ot tIlt
expenditure WIS incurred for advertising. real
estata sales a',d for the faeoTl!nE Of she sataa
Fees earned and not collected, $o,47O; fcet
received. ts,.224; total, $40, 7UJ; balance pale
County Treasurer, $l,l7l.
Total number of wstts of execution received
o,4aD, aeKrcgating agranl total ot 5000 pcssons
served, averaging traa over Two persons tt
each writ.
Total number OF summons received, 1889
eomv OF these l,atl as high 10 lQQ services to {
writ, a''A numerous weTe 1oE from 65 IL IS per
sons each, ukty Ut whom HcFo scattered oyeI
s1he various Districts ol TIM ctty. Tho tuta
number ot parxons served 10 1900. OF an ayor