Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-04
THE COURT HOUSE.
Another Field Day, But no Fights.
BIDS AND BONDS DISCUSSED
ElABoRATELY AND
vEHEMENTLY.
WHAT WAS SAID AND DONE YESTERDAY,
The Boayh VIII TusseI with the
subject Again To-day.

A~o D~~2a VIII AusseI WIN tne
Subject Again To-day.
The Board OF County Commissioners met
yesterday, pursuant to adjournment. There
was a full Board present; also. a great
many spectators.
The first order Of business was the read
ing Of a communication from Messrs. Ryland
and Lautenschlager, Withdrawing from the
bond OF Mr.. Costerisan, filed by that gen.
tleman with his bid on Tuesday. The com
munication set forth no reason for the with
drawal.
Commissions Page here stated that both
Of the bids legally before the Board, were
precisely in the same fix-without sureties.
He had been opposed to the Costerisan bid
from the start, he said. because Of what he
regarded as the insufhciency Of the bond.
Commissioner Campbell expressed him
self as in favor Of letting the contract to
somebody without further delay. 1t was
all important that the building should be
completed before the next meeting OF the
District Court. He was opposed to adver.
Using for new bids for another month, be-
cause there was no guarantee that the same
complications would not arise then as beset
the Board now. He, for one, was getting
tired Of the worry of the whole business,
and was willing to let the contract, then
and there, to the lowest responsible bidder
furnishing q good bond. 1t was for the
best interests Of the county that the Board
act promptly.
COMMISSIONS Turner concurred in the
sentiments expressed by Mr.. Campbell.
COMMISSIONS Page suggested that it
would be best to give the bidders an oppor-
tun;ty to file bonds for the approval OF the
Board. He, therefore, moved a recess I'M
til 8 P. NJ. The motion prevailed unan-
imously.
SESSION.
At the appointed hour all hands again
came together. A great deal Of speech
flying was INDUCED in, but nothing accom-
plished.
Mr.. Sadler was the first to open the ball.
He wanted to define the position Of himself
and associate bidders. After consultation
they had concluded to withdraw all claim
to the contract if the bidder below them
furnished a good and satisfactory bond.
OhtA tnlo WdS uoit, noWCSCi, kDtlT Dlu
would remain subject to the action Of the
Board.
Deputy Clerk Bell then read the new bond
OF Mr.. Costerisan. 1t was in the usual le-
gal phrase, and was signed by NJ. b. Bart
lett for Si0,0 900, J. Jacoby, 81, 900, and by
H.. Vorberg for 50, 500.
Commissioner Page said he did not con-
slider the original bond Of Mr.. Costerisan
good, and the new one was no improve
ment on the old, in fact it was not as good.
He wanted to give the contract to the low
est bidder, but a good n responsible
bono must be furnished. He had been
told that Mr.. Costerisan could have given a
better bond, il it had not been for the bull
dosing tactics of certain parties. Parties
interested had been trailing Mr.. Costeri-
san, and inducing people to refrain from
going on his bonds. The pressure had
been great and quite successful.
This brought a half dozen members Of
the Syndicate to their feet, who with one
accord denied that they had interfered with
Mr.. Costerisan in any manner whatever.
Mr.. Foley explained that he cared moth
ing about the contract to complete the
Courthouse, and had only, with others,
put in q bid through a desire to see the
building finished as soon as possible. Ger
tainly neither he nor any Of his associates
would have ecourse to underhanded means
to secure the contract. They did not care
enought about it for that.
Messrs. Thomas Wren, Geo. W. Baker
and John s. Capron also spoke in defense
Of the twenty-one thousand dollar bidders,
and some of the speakers, Lotably Mr..
Baker. demanded authority for the charge
that there had been bulldosing attempted
lv ann ~ Aha sran41anap ~hnr. ha wap~a
sented.
Commissioner Turner planted himself
on the platform OF Costerisan and the low
bid. He would advertise over and over
again rather than accept the high bid.
At this juncture, Attorney Almond
came forward in the most eloquent speech
Of the session. He wanted the Board to go
behind the returns and consider the bids
OF parties who were ruled out the day be-
fore, in consequence Of being too late. Mr..
Almond grew warm, and demanded that
bona fde builders and mechanics be given
q show.
Commissioner Page: ''You are talking
on a dead issue, Mr.. Almond; the ques-
ton Of bids was decided Yesterday"
The counsellor insisted that if it had
been decided, it had not been decided le-
gally, and with an intimation that his
clients might be heard from again, through
the courts, he retired.
Mr.. John Il. Baker wanted to say q brief
word for Mr.. Costerisan. He stated 1t as
proposition Of law. which no one would
deny, that it was not competent for Messrs.
Ryland and Lautenschlager to have with
drawn from the original bond. They were
still as much obligated as ever. The Com
missioners had no right to consider their
communication OF Withdrawal. They were
10 the position OF sureties on a note on
which the money had been paid, and there
was no legal way in which they could re-
lieve themselves OF the obligation except by
the completion Of the contract. Mr.. Cos
terisan, he urged, had a good and sufficient
bond, was the lowest bidder, and should be
awarded the contract.
Commissioners Campbell reminded the
speaker that Messrs. Ryland and Lauten-
schlager had asked to be relieved before the
bid Of Mr.. Costerisan had been accepted.
Commissioner Page-"Yes; and we have
had legal advice that we had q right to let
them off,"
The pond Of Foley, Sadler & Co., was not
read, though the reporter glanced at It's
contents. II contained the names OF Mr..
J. S. Whitton and ]. E. Platter as suretles,
each qualifying in the sum of $4,000.
Finally it was agreed to give Mr.. Coste-
risan further time to complete an accepta-
| BILE bond. Accordingly the Board adjourned
| until l o'clock this afternoon.
Farmers Wanted.