The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19

1000 population; and they or the majority GER
tify In writing that this Board is body of scoun.
r drels or til any rate that is the ground Of their
j argument. To whom has the Board been sub
i pcrvlcnt: 10 certain property owners Woudnt
= the same change lie against thu.C WhO seek an
other site: The petitioners say we are instru-
: ments witt base motives. Who is! Hon. Geo.
! W. Armstrong, chairman of the committee? No
y one will dare 10 say thatAuo member here or any
one Of the ssuers. IL is easy 10 growl and snar
and inpute improper motives; but take this
question Of site home To yourselves, and you
must all solve il as did Mr.. Fox. The majority
OF the committee were once opposed Ia this site.
We recognize the right OF petition, but We re-
member this Board is elected by 10000 people TO
perform sworn duties, and they urc not moved by
> 900 men Who certify they are sCoundrcl-. The
petitions have been respected and handled by
their friends and you have their report. They
fight among themselves, and We lind out their
aims. But the Board understands this
question; and are broad enough to get outside
OF II little town Eight and vote for the couniy's
interests. . II any one would charge i'm
proper motives let him stand forth. There
Is also spirit Of malice, fear, in all ths-it has
the ear marks. The minority Of the Board have
been treated fairly. They made no tight on site
in September, and they failed to 90 To Spring
field, aud are not acting fairly TO come now when
all the plans are maturcd The petitions
amount to nothing. They simply create feel.
ing in the county which Is not lc -itimaN and
should not exist. IA to The minority, we take
no exceptions 70 their votes, bat they could save
their records without this report They should
do AS Mr.. Fox la, done, ddUtlt tar iaw j. bind
ing, and that "A repeal Of that laT cannot bc had.
| The Board il going ud with thi, work, and no
breeze from the north can tahc away their con
seriousness that the Hoth - needed and approved
by the people. | dlu - i;Yur o' adopting NJ
FoX's report, and not r''ting VA record any crti-
cism of men. And Il wont he rUncCdrd that
there ia any hope Of legislation on the subject
Two years ago h'll MAS introduced to repeal the
law. II failed, II it failed then is there any hope
| for one LUw, SO.
| Mr.. Ste, en,on thea withdrew hi, report.
| BclughaI,en, ID reply to Erw-, said The
minort, ut the Board didn't go 10 Springfield
because they couldn't 60 there with any weight
with the Board opposed to them. The legal
opinions he believed correct, but they never said
the law could not be repealed Bat the Board
never could consider the question of sites-neverI
fairly canvassCd the subject
klove said as much, saying, however, he would
be consistent and vote for building on the pres.
ent site.
Fades made bright speech, which proved very
funny the subject being: 1--WE tthe minority
only asked fair show: We never have had it;
and We aint agong to get it"' Laughter and
applause.
Fischer sustained his constituents, srery voter
of whom except IS had signed the petition. His
town (Mendota) had opposed building until the
late lire, since when they have considered only
the question of site Mr.. Fischer'sjspeech also
was very funny. The minority, OF course, felt
themselves down-"sot on while down." but
withal took defeat good naturally.
Mclntire said that while Mr. W. w. Gilman
may have written the insulting petition, he GER
tainly circulated it; and further it does not
represent public opinion. He too had been
driven to the conviction that the site could not
be changed.
On motion OF Adams the previous question
was ordered-the adoption of Foxs report. It
adopted by the following vote: Ayes,
Adams Armstrong, Barton, Beach. Burgess,
Center, Drackley, Dresser, Flaherty, For, Gray
Hodgson, Hoffman. Hoge. klove, Lauf bowman,
McIntre ca. c., Mcintyre CD. Metzger, Miller,
Miner, Nelson, O'Donnell, Palmer, Farr, Read
REYNOLDS, Stevenson, Stormont, White, lewis
50; oes-Bellinghausen, Conerton, Eaies, Fer
guson, Fischer, Gardner, Helmg, Pool, Wylie-
O. absent, Singer-l.
The report was then adopted.
II being noon an adjournment was sal 10 r.
". When that hour arrived the Board was called
to order, Immediately taking recess 20 witness
the opening of bids for building the ceurt house
There were Is bds-for the whole job. and vari.
Gus parts Of it, as follows:
Thos. Kelley Il Bros, Chicago, sewer
age and gas fitting ................. 81 s4 eO
Same firm-plumbing and ditto ....... zoos. 90
II. Dlbble & Co, Chicago, iron work
and materials, and work in yestibules
and halls, encduStn materials, 2,o9o. 20
Union Foundry, Chicago, iron work. e.. l6.0OO.O0
Clark, Raffen * Co., wrought iron work 10, ECO
p. j. Sexton, complete building ... ia, 1900
7. X. Brainard d Co. cut stone work. 10000
Durham House Draining Co, drainage,
ETC.. ............,..... ....--.-... l,sSI.-5
pete building. 1aas, 70. 90
o. F. Nolan, GAINESVILLE, Wis, same. lat. 900. 90
glazing 49,. ....'...........'..... 100000
stone ...................... IL, 10000
plastering Observation-Disclosures $500 90
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s, 425 90
T. Macy, Chicago, gas-tttng and
W. H. Stebbins, Chicago, painting and
glazing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. nJeop
tering .'...,.,......., , ss5OoO
ing................... "a, ola 90
T. &. II. Colwell, Ottawa, complete
building. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Ill y lOuUV
on motion Board adjourned to Friday morn
ing.
Ferguson in the chair
MCIntre, from committee on court house and
jail, reported bills to amount of 81, ftA9S; al
lowed.
The committee on court house and Jail report
ed bills to amount of SL3l6S5; allowed.
Committee on burnt records reported amount
paid employees, for extra work, Sl,es7.l0.
Committee on improvement OF revenue laws
reported = scheme, which was adopted, and clerk
ordered to send il to every county in the state to
obtain more equal assessments.
Resolution was adopted authorizing recorder
to certify bill for extra help to clerk from April
5th TO July meeting.
County agent authorized to draw $1,000 in
sums to run asylum until July aud to spend $500
on repairs.
Committee on building court house and Jail re.
ported bids received, with resolution empower.
ing them to make contract; also to dispose Of
present court house by Jay |; and to rent 9th
ces for county officers, courts, &c. adopted.
They were also empowered to appoint practi-