Daily Republican., 1881-02-04
TIE LEVY COURT.
R1lvor's Report of
che Expenditures on the new
Court HOuse-The Ex-Ch mtrmnn
CeFneFeG by sho Reporters.

OoRnefe0 ny eho Reporters.
4 Yesterday afternoon soon after thrs
O'Clock, q representative of the REPuB
LIGAE came strolling, into the nav
Court House on his way TO the Levy
Court room, to $50 what was going on
IOutside Of the Levy Court room door
was qusrtette of gentlemen the centre
and most prominent one of the four
being ex-Levy Court Commissioner
and ex Chairman of the building com
nittee of the Levy Court, Albert Il.
Silver. AS the REPUBLICAN, represen-
tatiVe approached the four cornered
circle, the ex-chairman no doubt re-
memter!Dg the many hard knocks the
REPUBLICAN had given the Levy Court
felt that then was the time TO make a
little demonstration over what he no
doubt thought was a sharp trick. Ac-
costing this reporter with merry and
mischievoCs twinkle OF the eye, he
said:
why the d wasn't you here to
take cory of my report OF the cost Of
the new COurt Hou3s which presented
to the Levy COurt this afternoons
'Did you present your report this
afternoon ?" We asked.
'Lord yes And there wasn't a
id reporter present Aint | gladf'
Perhaps We can get the report yet, "
we said
"YOu'r too late BOW. 1t has besn
i read and there isn't Copy in the
Court. BY Cd didn't over the 70,
pOrterS that time
Never mind we'll get COPY Of it
some hCW," We said as We left tne
ioviaI quartette ana pushed our way
into the Court room.
The members were busy revising
their assessments, and two other re-
pOrters, One OF them from the Morning
News, were bOsstng around TO get the
much coveted repor. that Nj. silver
| had made.
The clerk OF the court, Mr.. Osborne,
only knew that it mad been read and
had been ordered to be spread upon
he minutes, and that eI.ch&irman A.
Il. Silver came sud got it under the
promise Of getting it copied.
The reporter OF the News then hunt
ed up hr. Silver and butto1-hOled him
for the report, brt vas informed by
that gentleman t-as the report had
been sent to the Hsl4:te office, with
orders to have u.a hundred copies
printed, The culT. naviDg made nc
such order this io.u;m3tion by the ex.
chairman was 7ulreiy imaginary and
gratuitous on his part.
During this time considerable stir
vas made, and the facts Of the case
coming to the ears of several members
of the Levy Court, a motion was made
aud carried unanimously that the
clerk be instructed to furnish the re-
portarS OF each of the city daily papers
with copy Of the itemized report sub
mitted by the sx-chairman OF the
building committee. Mr.. Silver find
ing what was done came in from the
private parlor Of the court room, con-
sideraDly flushed in the face, and held
an animated apd hurried conversation
with President Bright in reference to
the iupropriety OF the action they had
just taken, bat he was informed that
it was TOO late, the orders had bean
passed and the copies of the report had
to be furnished. An order from Clerk
Osborne on the Gazette enable the !
News reporter to get the report for the |
morning paper and hence the 9th er
papers are enabled to lay it before
their readers this evening. Somehow
We could not get an interview with the
eX.chairman after the court had taken
such decided action in the case but it
was evident that the swagger and crow
that 80 distinguished him in the hall
when he formed one of the quartetta
alluded to. had entirely forsaken him.
The report reads as follows:
Payments made by Albert II. Silver, /
Wllliam r. Bright, William Polk,
William L. Wier and Alexander Will
son, Building committee of the Nav
Castle Coanty Levy Court, on account
OF the new Court House:
The payment of $4,72l,8 to T. P.
Chandler, j., architect, includes $l0OI !
az premium onplans. Also the pay of )
4. E. Jemison, superintendent for six
teen months, as per agreement. The :
contract with G. II. Wehn, for Litho. d
gen pavements, walls and cutters, is ,
So. 700. The committee paid G.. Ii. =
Wehn on account $500, leaving bal t
snce OF 81, 900, which amount is to be .
paid when the work is finished to the
atisfactiOu Of the Building Committee, d
1e is also under bond 10 keep it in good a
epair for five years. Amount expsn- r
.ed on BaildiuE, $50, ,S72 u: total ex. q
,snditure, Sll0. 0.605,33. II
The much debated report is as fol. I
ows: n
Payments made by Albert H. Silver,
ym. Ii. Bright, VIM. Polk, VIM. s. lc
Weir and Alex. Wilson, Building Com re
lttee of the New Costle County Levy 81
ourt, on account Of the new Court ce
louise:
.rchjbald Given, as per con- a, 4.
tract, s65, 2O3 90 bhe
rchibald Given, leveling i
old basin, 1900 90 tn
rchibald Given, changes p,
and extra work, 4,672 65 II
. P. Chandler, Jr., archi- sk
tect, 4,72l 81 .; 90
. P Chandler, Jr., for Zie- Of
sing & Co, print specifca- ao
tons, rs 20
ames P. Sims, premium on tS nU
plans, 70 90 sir
iward L. Rice, premium So
on plans, $50 90 W.
honas B. Smith, pillow /"
slips for jury room, etc 595
harles +. B. Smith, oarpen- Ft
ter work on office, 90 %
very Evening Publishing
Co., printing, 29l7
F. Thomas &; Co, print
bonds Co., loap, 105 00]
Inuel Murphy {: Son, cots