, 1880-10-30
TlIE COUNTY BOARD.

TIE COUNTY, BOARD.
Trouble with, tile Courf.HtouAe Cons
tractorn-FuyIl.g Bills, etc.
An adjourned meeting Uf tho board Of
County Commissioners was held yesterday
afternoon, President Stewart Il, the c1iAir.
Architect Egan substituted llle following
communication:
CHICAGO, Oct. 20, 1Ss0,-Io t''c Honorable
reply to your instructions received With ref
gret!te tn tile c.r'y, completion Of tlc rtN,'l,s
for tho lsuar'i of Commissioners IN tlle new
c"',rt.lionse, bcg 1rave to statu lint, II, my
palion n al,out six weeks froi.l ,lntt.. provided
tile contractors for tho lnrl,ic work niHl eur
!!el IN 70 assist III curryIn9 o,,t
forts ii tiieir respective tiepartu'ents.
! regret tn l,G obliged tu xny, hnwGyer, that
fenr they cannot bo relied on to this ex1cnt.
inasnncl! ~ they nre s,ott. failing rapidly
not cvrn l,e credited with disposition 10
aect'1plnmiate tho numerous ulller contractors
WHO are dependent on the,n. In fact, with
tle exseptiti, Of the contractor for plastur-
straightforward ntltl honorable wny, 1t nlny
,e snd tint nh the utiers exhibit rennrk,l.
pig ,;lnniullty IN delaying each other and re-
tn!linE the general progress. Genrra! OBJ
would seeln tobe tile most ,cotlgnnlnl branch
Of Industry butli within i,.nl nron1ld
tno hul!ll'g, j,tst at present; Uu-
tlsr these circumstances, willie I col.-
your hoHnrab!c buAy, yet unless the contract
ors call bc iild,lcpI tD alter their prognln, /
g havs serions lnisEilyinss; thnt th9 rqtlistt
work can o' accomplished j. j. 1;obI;Sct, EoAS
Commissioner Wheeler thought thai II AIR.
FKan's clarEcs were true, Tho collll,,ica-
ti0l! Should le referred to the Committee on
tio1l.
Commissioner Wood did not like tho Hour
communication, nor did lie tnke kindly tt,
the insiunatlons Gonsal1ed therein. ~
fsTefS m sts sSs9'sd the %otion ;s to Mifs M ,ya w
tect bc requested To take no further ncti0n
under Il resolution passed. by. tic Board In
rcsercice TO tue pr"poscd work.
kF M Es1n ws Fssns FgSnsn1 f pIy'Ssa py 5 o S6
Intention nf making n flourish, ns,tl Ind
trentet thy matter seriously. lie llcsltntea
abnnt calling. oil tho contractors from their
EhIffb EHh bo %1rk scs bfsa'ass n IL M ssys y t9 sge
a communication WIS received from Fire
Marsln' Swcnic., requesting TINT he be al-
lowed to erect Temporary etlglne-flo,,su on
tue Scrat "stn1 gf" n r. t T'S 'SeorG i1e ffsson ad Of
,yas referred tg the Committee on Hospital
and City Relations, with power to act.
PAy1Su bills.
Tho rcg,llnr pay-rolls Of the County Agent,
.'n'2,tnE 1n to n, psy.ro n. for cxtra
tng TO ssls5, wcrc passed. under suspension
Tic Committee Oil Charities reported rec
ointnsnsllng tllo M d payment Y q s,,atry bills
IllH (n1l{ltr FhnrrE Enltxh ntutt1NVtil
flc C"iisinlittre "i, .jaii sn'l Jaii Accounts
+ reported recommending tie payment Of sun
t!y hd lI: nittItI.t'E tn t,d S,Sll :,,o
aS 9"f to 81 ayat S ss!ytsS 81 sfy 1qp0Eta s
amounting to ST, l1f.0, Including aii itom Ut
$40 for snrssccs ut experts In examining cat,-
ls[ateA For tic position Ut enEluecr Of the
C0urt-1IoNsc.
couur-HousE ESa1NEEn.
Tho COMMITTEES on Public buildings and
Service rcportesl accommodating the pigment
sf e. :m9ss ,9 y; blu ind estimates amounting to
Tie Special Committee nppo!.ted to COLI
gIluer ohf tic iew Coart-lio,!se submitted n
report, wherein they recommended that the
salary Of the engineer BIZ lixetl at 81, ,tl, md
TINT he hu required 70 e1npoy. and .pay Ills
nssiiSsamts: aM @ ttat hts term OF service shMlI
cotilmissionier Who'd was opposed to TINT
part Of tho report ixINg tho stIltlry. 1Ie l,atl
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