, 1881-06-26

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| on the part OF contractors. ur others connected
with the county Affairs. i'm us willing and anx-
i0us as anyone to
HAVE THEM BROUGHT TO Light.
| know Of hone, and when find these charges
made ard repeated til reference to my own acts,
-n!! OF whlth know to be False, and, 1hink,
,nalic1ousIy iaisc-l do not hesitate tosa' that it
| t!nious charges made against any OF the present
Board hns any foundation in fnct-
The vague Hnd fncuhercnt story related about
the extra Temporary Closets und about Hnn!ey
ana Hughes IN that connection, | know nothing
about There wore temporary m Eas, st.: burners n and
detinit price, cstltuated and agreed upon. They
were found 70 be necessary IL order To expeate
| tho work III tho ellttEt building, which, without
! theu would have been greatly delayed.
| The I9taes ar,if4c speaks OF members of tho
| present. Hoard - suothcriny" investigation. Not
ton. Whel tho motion WIS ,naic to appoint a
| committee | pointed out the aosurt'I1J IT tho
13oard appointing II committee to 1nyest1eate
t touud .hnt such committee was ordered. 1
moved to request the Citizens Association TO
! The itnprop1lcty Ut Commissioners acting on
thAt committee was passed over. Tho evidence
hus beea demanded u!ad evidence only is want
ing. This is not the fault OF any Of tho mcn-
bcrs Of tho UoArd. They protest that they know
OF no evidence that will substantiatc uny OF the
charges that have been made. They demand
that ,tny eyldeacu in existence be brought for
ward. They viii submit to examination unucr
ou1h before 4ny committee or elsewhere on re-
BREAD, MILK, AID MEAT.
These contrncts for the year ISL we're let to
the same parties who bud them in 1870 The bids
for eueh were alt received ut the same time u11s
rGfsrsa TO tho on Fqe e tt
agreement c*'uit. be arrived at, and the Con-
1nittce reported Them back to tho Board without
s9c8 and whgn the M vote o
1akou no QUO Of the bidders received More than
bare majority: ! made motion that nll the
huI Inf m fNh jf,tf1 1f1t-{
case. but it fUiled tn receive The rcQusit nun-
Dor OF votes, und no decision was arrived ut
o'Scli think male siiniIar motion al another
time, which failed, but which received thy sup
I,ort as we'll As tnat OF majority pnt ,,, not 4
matter was pending for three or four weeks.
Wright. Duffy Gr0s., und Ripper had given
entire satisfaction in furnishing these articles
during tie preceding year, and It WIS fOrcibly
insisted thAt they should ugatn hnve the cun-
tracts In preference to others, against cnch IF
cnne necessary to make some decision;
and I n.1n~uncod that in such case |
would vote eventually with the majority
tat1cd By sou.e tt~prspcr a1cans This finally
did. and othors, think Mr.. Stewart. Purtngton,
atld scnne xcted IN inc IS same ne KY; = SO that
to I<{pper, the brcHd to Dnffy 1}rns., and the
milk contract 70 Wright And hnd every Tca-
futth rs he thought tho interest OF the public
required.
PRINTING. AxD OFFICE FURNITURE
The contract for printing was let to Mr.. Jones, |
who hid the Contract for lS$J. OIL the recO.n- J
mendutiOn of HE Committee to whom his bid |
WIS referred he being the only bidder it is true,
but Ills bid being, as | ain informed, about the |
sMine la 1t was fur tho preceding yenr. | hnEo !
heurd Of uo complaint oil our action IL this re- !
spCct-
Bids were received for furnishing tho Court
House from several pnrties and tho Committee |
to whom they we're referred rcco!n1ncnaed TINT
the CONTRACT be awarded to Mr.. Sweeney, US the [
lt>wgst bidder. Several OF the Committee unit IL
mnjortty nf the bourd aftcrward occail'e sats-
fled that such action would he un,
wise, nnd hence all bids vert: rejected
These were referred again to the proper conf
nlittec, who reported thereon, recommending |
that tho firm Of Andrews & Co. receive the con-
tract, they being tho lowest responsible bld- i
1ers,' aId further recommending that the hid !
Of 4. II. OsEootl bc rejected, it being Irregular ]
in not being accompanied with the required
bond. and On account Of his not being GnEuged ]
If, the business OF making furniture. or pra.c-
tical manufacturer thereof. Osgood's bid was
lover than Andrews s. Co.'S, as was nlso that of
Sweeney. Other rcusons for the uctio1 Of tie !
Board iii reference to the furniture contract
were urged. reasons which nny business nun
would ilthofse as sufficient. The contract
yus awarded by vote OF thirteen members.
GAS F1XTUREs.
The bids received for gas fixtures were for
furnishing according to sutnples respectively
produced hy the bidders The Committee cum
;iderel tho bid of lht3sett j. Co. the lowest, in |
iew of the quality Ut the fixtures they proposed
% furnish. had entire cOntfdencc in the Com
nittee and. with the re9uslt majority, ind0rsed
heir conclusion. In letting contract such us