, 1880-05-02
THE COUNTY BOARD.
Walker Allowed $45, 900 in Full
for All Claims.
Architect Egars Report Of the Progress on
the Oourt~House.


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1Aonlseos hgaHs hepors OF tne 11og1es1 Oh
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1ne eounly noaru nelu specla neo@Ms ~
te1"as afternoon Tor tne purpose OF ccns'aerlnR
tne reports OF tho majority and minority OF tho
| Joint Committee on Mcneil j. Sons claim for
DELAYS occastone1 hv changes IN tho mans OF tha
new conrt- Ho,so pro.;Io,+ cta,gor+ r<cunIad
49, sss,. ites'osut e.aA o.e~ats s.pseo PC
| tuo cnn11, anu all the commissioners were
| present.
4 communication WAS rncered fronn Archie
tcet Egnn In regard to the .........
PRESENT CONDITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
| Of tho several departments OF the work HOW in
Tha c,,t-atona ,ror.- T. ,,,...>,o.o a...,. -, .
! A - eo11p'e1o e~eept suo
! nll'o sue1t lFotu tue foof TO the top, hight OF
thirty nine feet; tho tagging and ba1ustrade OF
the Clark street portlco: part at Tho entahlatnrc
| ~1 a..<t 80 h1,.a ~ ~ ~ ~, 11rI ~
ano naRslus' ana oa,ustraoe on the washington
street portico; the naRg1ng and balusfrade OF
the randolph street portice; the general balus-
! trades and copings all around the building,
cnleny on the second story; the repairing OF the
1 broken cofnice on Clark street. and the par
Ing, finishing: and cleaning down the entire
structure. Ino immediate execution OF the
1tan wozR ac .o1s @ 5ie 4 was matter Of serious In
! OF otnor parts OF the building
WHICH could noe be completed Until
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tshed. With the exception Of three courses Of
efone On The Cltrk street. pOrttco, none had beeh
laid this year,-a fact which spoke for itself.
nsasoneo9e on e,1 progress was making IN the IRON
WOE VOTE & yes M tt.te more pnsh and energy On ths
Inere vas little TO pc done In order to COM
plcte tue masonry ana btick-WOrk. but that little
cpuia not oe wen nt1ennea no 70 on account o. tha
oos.ruct1on3 causea oy tne contractor Tor cut
The The flreproof work WIS nearly compile te ex-
cepe tne permanent roOf, "hich WAs being
| pushed With reasonable energy. but the work
must soon be suspended on account OF the delay
IN ~ building the smoke shaft.
The The contractors Tor plumbing. gas fitting and
stenm.nttlnE d had mnde yeFJ. fnlr progress from
@ nstns ana one one-nal1 she plumbing and s1ss~htfing
"g1e re- noM sos zone. hs mr. ,oa,, ,,,,s..,,,+a,, e.
hoo @n peeh sd fae II
pelow the ssanuard REQUIRED. out these had been
corrected. ABOUT t"o-th'rds OF the work WAS
onme-
The document was referred to the Joint Com
T6e reposfs we're then taken up the majority
upon condition that they finish their work on or
| before Jufy t. ISXl and fho niuoritv since tha
Contractors we're aIrcady oyernai,l Is % be- be-
inr .a,c from fhcnn acc1rne tn rf,t. nrc6iteft.s
figuresl TINT the consideration OF tho Claims be
| structed 10 see t1at the contract il cnmnletel
| without delay In such manner as IS provided BY
IL On 1ea motion Of Commissioners Wood thu Bonn,
to discuss % tha matter au u 'n' "no1'
! Commissioner Uurliu9 moved that the Conn
mfttec recommend tho Hlontfon of tht, mn toritv
t renort teeon"en' sae Aaop''o' u @n' A''A'oS'1'
Commissioner Ayars made a similar motion a.
| to the minority report
Cnmtnissioner R1rtino went OYER the wbo,e
rrnunI1 md, in cnnn11nr s,i, that Ks mi VIA
| fuirIy md honestly due Mcneil i son Under
their coutract and fhs nuestion vas ShouL
thev h giycn ' nnvthinr! NOR. on m1s acco,,nt
! Of their clultn fOr dnmaees. which footed
| up $ll1000? He wns in fuvor of giving them
wnat tie majority @ OF the JOINT commttss 1,ad rec
- nc uhnerstood. Nalkcr WIS uePendlng upon
the settlement to cstabfish his credit Id order to
| Commissioner spotrord was personally In favor
ol q setf!encnt ~ arbitration. though nnanctes3
hud tod him that y was better to give walker
VIAL ne % nsked ; ~ nnew ,nAt ~ I'M, IN ,9ss , cses
where tue nohrd had refused 70 set5te t4o coun,
Y had had to pay more IN the end. He would
therefore vote for the majority report .
Commissioner Wheeler said, IN his opinion, It
was honest ana fair 70 consider the einims
OF McNet! son. not nnly 1or 1ho us
couna o. oroefs, ous ra"rx, Luz o'1tses XIII c
| as it agreed 70, and to allow them Just com,
peasation. II ms were hol anne, ne f1t oe!'e.sa ~
tn e III, a. tm et ~ .. o
| c1al!cd On n 20 pay Iwice tue amount tecomneaoeo
BY tho 5oint Committee ...a.a, .o+.,a.u.n.
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" tuo oas!S VI tue coilttscl,-uEuaaGtuAE -.
cA!nEes H1aue ~ lno upper sto1s'--tneec ooi'1S
HutttI1s 1s uLs nln1" o, 49,, .,x..,o,+ ~
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Sa2' as 81, - ~. IT s1ew: Jusslce a,lu tqusy
quseea lt,Is'oV uetnH tof , sa.scuuui oA Goaasy
orucrs' and tho remainder duo uhder his con-
tl1ct- ~ ,r r,, IT,,
Cou.uiisstonce noese saa II Muxea @ naa ~ @ ~ n.9
@ poGkel nc .nauey m'cn ne nta T. H'wa ',, ~ hm
oous LOT eeettue ING coutract, uG Mou!a naso al
more nneTe INN t was hI' 4 10 gaTo n1 1n
az "oulu neter WE ait -, lao @ .it, y
cause the people didn't think ne was entat1eo 10
anytAluk. .,. :. 81. .ro noo
Eomml5sioner @ senne saia II tnAt % II e5e s'o'ooo
"eIc Pau' ""4Ael "oolu uase teee''cu
10000 MORE THAN THE CONTRACT PRICE.
Commissioner Stewart spoke Of the danger In
yolycd tn setting Il precedent by paying dis
count on county orders. There we're equities tn
Walkers favor but others against him, and he
wls willing to compromise with him on fair
grs,,nds, though, untcr a strict construction Of
his contract he was not entitled to anything.
Iic didn't believe that Individual promises ot
Commissioners on the streets were binding on
the BOARD.
After nrcr two hours' talk. Arars' motion WA
lost
inE out the s5i. i.ooo. and Inserting $500.
i. e rnrlngton mnsea s ns " 1ena ~ ND
fnsert Sx;'fn1 '1' ~ ''& &'e>~ ~"
The question being put on the largest amount,
1t was Voted down. the <45,ooo being agreed TO-.
me eonmttec tnen arose anu fepos'eo tne's
hctaoH. , ,,,,
commissioner WOOD moved tne nadttlon u y