The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-12-11
The treasurer's report showed commissions
earned g. O6O0 expenses Of Office, salaries, &C.,

' Fox offered resolution instructng the county
agent to cause telephone to be put into the
ASYLUM connected with the Ottawa exchange.
Faherty thought 1t would be useful and save its
cost in hack hire since the warden on notice
could call at depots for patients Beach thought
it would be useful in case of fire. Barton thought
1t not right to go to such enormous expense
now. IL was referred to the pauper committee,
who IN Il few minutes reported in its favor. Pool
however, applied his system OF hydraulics to IT,
and concluded the price was very extravagant
The report was withdrawn, and next day the
committee reported against the measure; and
there the mater ended for the time.
The highway commissioners OF Dayton and
Rutland ask for $60O-the balance due on the
countys half of cost OF Wedron bridge. Referred
Arthur L0wman called the attention OF the
Board to the following article published IN the
FREE TRADER last Saturday:
"As the Board of Supervisors meet next Mon
day il may be in apt time to call their attention
TO the situation of affairs in the recorders office.
We are told there are at present eight or nine
clerks at work there on burnt records, as IL Is
called but all of whose work, necessary TO be
done, could be done by three or four men, There
? is big bugaboo being made over the new in
y dexes and the calculation Is to employ eight or
nine neu on them for two years or more, when
Enthusiastically the work can be let by contract
to the lowest bidder at half the cost. Let the
Board look into the matter"
Bellinghausen thought the proposition to let
to the lowest bidder novel" Flaherty wanted
to know who authorized the recorder to hire eX'
ira clerks. Hoffman thought the Board dld IL
turned out that the committee on stationery uld
Mr. Metzger the member for Turn Hall, there
upon proceeded to "wollop" the FREE TRADER.
lie had not found a man too many IN the once
and you can't find better man than the recorder!
And it was very unjust on the part OF the FREE
TRADER to attack him or presume to do sol Inc
discussion turned on who had the power TO hlre
the men; and finally on producing the record OF
meeting the phrase in a report giving power 10
the stationery committee 'to repair the records
was construed by that committee to mean they
could hire as many men as they chose. Inc re-
corder being sent for says he employs now only
four extra hands needed to record the large mum
Der of old deeds coming in that he has done
nothing on the indexes; and has seven men in
the office Three or four have left the Office with
in the past three weeks. He thought he had
the power to hire what men he needed; only Que
man can work on the old entry books TO make
the contemplated chain OF title from them. In
reply to a question whether Mr. Olmsted gave
him free access to his abstract books he said one
of his clerks had told him that one OF Mr.. O.'s
clerks said he could use them only for pay. Ohm.
sted uses none of his books. McIntire wanted
to know if the Board controls the records. Hell
mig of Mendoza, asked has Olmsted the right to
use them? Some one said mo-" whereupon NC
Intyre (N.) said, Then we'll shut him OIL! Inc
original question was then tabled. Parr then
offered resolution requesting the appointment
of n committee to confer with the attorney 10 see
: if incorporated companies or any persons mas
>. right to copy records to sell the same Parr,
Read and Reynolds had this important duty to
perform.
In the afternoon the court house and Jail com
mittee reported; stating that they had issued a
circular asking for plans appointed six archi.
tects to make plans for 500 each; had received
said plans but after weeks labor had concluded
TO recommend neither of them; the committee
wanted further time to prepare plan ana the
power to proceed to get it.
Robinson wanted A. G. McIntire and w. Adams
added to the committee, but this was tabled :,
The report was worded ambiguOusly, and hall
the members supposed therefrom that the com
mittee wanted power to 90 ahead and build the
house without further concurrence OF the Board,
and long and tedious discussion followed, the
hard work being on the part OF the committee To
get through the Boards many brains that they
didn't propose to do anything of the kind. Bar
ton in particular, was afraid something might
be done that he wouldn't know all abont. lie
attempted to ruin Furness's chances entirely by
forcing motion to adopt his plan then and
there Armstrong suggested that II there
shouldn't be too much meddling the committee
could get along all right and present plan IN
time. Fades said it was all d. nonsense for the
Board to presume to adopt plan on an hour.
notice when the committee had fruitlessly swea'
over them for a week McIntirc wanted to be
sure this Board should adopt plan and let the
contract so there would be no going back on II
by the next Board. Miller wanted to give the
committee time and urged the Board TO ust some
sense and judgment in acting on the question.
The report was at length adopted on the under
standing that when plan is perfected, the Board
shall meet on call, adopt the plan and let the
contract.
THURSDAY.
After the record Of yesterday had been patched
up, the stationery committee reported bills fol
seven extra hands in the recorders office at work
on burnt records, whose bills ranged from IS to
Sl27.5O, in total s44970 which were paid.
The court house and jail committee reported
the cost of supplies for house, S7234O; sheritts
fees collected, S3,3Ool5: clerks fees, S1,332 90
The matter OF nsuring the building was dis
.cussed, hut the Board concluded that the watch
man made it unnecessary. The committee re
ported that Oliver Robnett had been made
Waterman.
The pauper committee having made report
offered an addition to the rules of the Board now
in force governing supervisors as overseers Of
the poor, adopted in 1874. The additional rule
contemplated restricting supervisors when Civ
ing orders for goods to necessary articles, the
blank order to contain list Of said articles. flour
corn meal, bacon, beans, potatoes, soap, tea and
coffee The committee said they offered this be
cause they had found on pauper bills such items
as grapes, currants jelly, chickens, snaps,
prunes, bluing, lace, velvet, ("My Godn' said a
nearly paralyzed member,) alpaca, scrub.brush
&c. During the discussion Barton wanted cloth
ing added; another, coal. Fades said he was re-
sponsible for the items mentioned, and made a
humane speech showing why such things came
to be given-generally to victims OF mining &C
cidents or to a man bed-riddCn from abcess in
back; the lace and velvet were probably drawn
by this mans nurse on his general order for s.
worth of goods. After further debate, the Board
left the matter with the Overseers to exercise
their discretion given by the state law.
The sheriff has been drawing per diem for at
tendance on the Board, but seldom puts in APP
pearance either in person by deputy so on
motion of Flaherty, that source Of revenue to him
was cut off And Mr.. Flaherty continued his
services free as ;anitor.
The recorders report showed earnings from re-
.cording Instruments, IS, SIS Is; expenses of Of
Ace, $3, 297 81; paid treasurer, s2193S.
Touching the matter Of the conviction of the
incendiares, the detective committee were au