The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

| issue, BEGINNING NJ soulh emu; SncrlHS private
| Office, corner lly20; main Office lSxlS; prose
cutting attorney. l6xel-6; committee room, 26-Gr
, go; hall; committee room, 26-6y27-G; supt. OF
schools, l6-GX22 private room in corner, l2x20;
Surveyor l1XlS, The north and south hall is
lbs feet long. At each end for 81 IT, it is IL IT,
wde in center for staircases for 9G IT, it is 20 IT,
wide, There are north and south porches 1881
#. Ceilings l. It. First Floor.--lG #. ceilings
on east; beginning at south end, rooms for pro-
bate judge 2OX29-G and l5-GXl6-6, with closet {;
supervisors room land grand jury ROOM, 26-6x
300; recorders vault, lSX26-G; private office,
l0-GxlS; main office, 20x29-6. On west side
probate judges clerk, 20x29-6; private Office,
l6-6xlS; county clerk, three rooms 26-Gx27-6
y with stairway to the county court room, 22-GY
26-6 and lSy26-9; circuit clerks private Office,
l6 6ylS, and main office 2Ox29G and halls as in
basement Second Sto,y-2G #. ceilings; across
the south end, circuit court room, 36x57, with
witness room and judges room each Sx20 Next
to this on east side is library, 25X2S; jury ROOM
I2l.6x27. On west side, next circuit court room,
is county court room, e 6x49, with judges phi
vate Office 9X22, and shcrn's Office 0Gx2l-G. In
the north end is court room 36Xj1, with room on
each side SX20. North and south balconies, l2x
81. The jury rooms can be doubled by making
one above the other, making four with II It. cell
ings instead of two with 26 #. ceilings. Below
all is sub.basement for heating (steam) pipes
aud drainage pipes. The elevation is quite at
Itractive. The walls will be Of stone with sand
stone trimmings, filled with brick. The first two
stories will be irc-proof. The roof will be light,
timed SO that in case it should burn only the
pDul1 ~ bn ini ! bn OF naI
work, Mr.. A. said, would be the cheapest style of
finish; and it is proposed to use the best seasoned
pine for both stories. There are no vaults be.
cause the office stories are themselves vaults.
The walls will be feet thick at top 30 in at the
bottom.
The whole Board appeared in a state OF fer.
mentation, ready to explode at any moment, and
were only waiting for break to be made Uncle
John Miller was the first to make break:
''Why does your name not appear signed toI
the contract read?" he said to Armstrong.
~ refused to sign because of the compensa-
! ton"
| The majority OF the committee were in de-
lightful stew. They had seemed much less anx.
ions during the past 10 days to make recon-.
mendation to the Board than to answer the FREE
|
them. 1t struck u tender spot and was uncom.
Portable. Thereupon Bellinghausen, the spokes-
man, at the first iz of the explosion fastened toI
remark that certain charges" had been made
and he wanted to explain. The chair, Ferguson,
anxious to give him time to collect himself ruled
lit out Of order. Miller was anxious to hear
Everything. He said there was no use trying toI
slight the matter, for the discussions Of the com.
mittee had created great deal of questioning.
He didn't want to assail the committee, but sol
far as he could learn there was more trouble inl
the committee over the men than the plans. lIel
thought too the committee had q right to bel
heard So Bellinghausen moved to suspend all
business till the Board had heard the committed
explain itself The question was laughed at-lnet-
Iaphoricaly, Of course; but on a suggestion of
Armstrong that the gentleman could make it al
question of privilege and force the Board to lis.
ten, Bcll'nghausen adopted that course and pre-
sented the following:
To the Honorable board Of Supey7isorS: Aside
from the report of the committee, as sub
mitted by the chairman, the Undersigned
members OF your court and Jail building com
mittee, for the information of the members of
the Board, wish to make reply to an attack
made upon them through the columns of the
| public press, presumably at the nstgation of a |
party parties who have failed to receive con.
sideration at the hands of the committee. i
| We Will call the attention of the Board to an
article published in the Ottawa FREE TRADER
which is Il fair sample of the manner in which
the committee Is beng criticised. The article
reads follows:
GREE TRADER article read
10 show how gliby statements are made which |
are far from being the truth, we will in the first
place call attention to the following mis-. state.
ments contained in this article:
l. Mr.. Tolan did not prepare any plans, solc-
tied or unsolicited, for the committee
2. 1t Is not true that no two members Of the |
committee could agree upon plan.
3. The Jail plans submitted to the committee
were not all alike-on the contrary no two of
them were alike.
4. 1t is not true that all the other architects
except Messrs. Randall and Beers asked but 3 per
Icent. for preparing plans and experimenting the
erection of the building.
5. 1t is not true that in the contract with Mr..
Randall the committee agree to allow him
local superintendent.
6. The committee did not turn all the court
house plans over to Mr.. Beers, with directions to
shake them up and construct from them new
plan.
Z. The committee did not offer to buy the
plans of Mr. Wilcox or Furness.
s. The committee has not agreed In the con-
tract with Mr. Beers to allow him local super
intendent
o: Mr.. Beers is not confesscdy the poorest
architect among those competing, but is con-
fessedly one of the best.
10. 1t is not true that Mr.. E. c. Lewis did not
sign the contracts with Messrs. Randall and
Beers.
Stripped Of these mis-statements, we would be
called upon to answer the following charges:
|. That Messrs. Randall and Beers are to re.
ceve per cent. commission when other archi-
tects were willing to be employed for per cent.
2. That Mr.. Randall is to receive commission
for preparing plans and specification and super.
intending the construction of the iron work in
the Jail, when the contractors for such work
would gladly furnish plans and specification for
nothing.
3. That the committee have allowed the archi-
tects employed their travelling expenses, the
amount of which could be saved II an architect
residing in Ottawa were apponted