, 1881-02-27
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Extrava.ant Relief in Evanston-Au
Enormous BILL for Cleaning tbs

Enormous Bill for Cleaning tho
| CoArt-Eaon<e Walls.
! The Committee on Town and Town Accounta
OF tho City Board had all interesting session yes
| tcrGay afternoon. with Commissioner Knopf In
| the chair. i{r. Chamberlain, the County Visitor.
| was present On motion Of Commissioner Pu-
| rington IL resolution wasadopsed iustructing tia
Visitor to prepare list Of those persons obsain-
ing their entire subsistence in the various towing
| from tho county, who, in his Judgment, should
be transferred to tho poor-IIouse-
THE ABUSE OF THE CHARITY OF TIN
COUNTY
+ by many families and individuals led to this res
o!utioa. The Visitor stuffed that there are many
t persons receiving outdoor relief who should b1
in the Poor House; yet, if this were attempted,
| especially with some persons III Evanston and
Le1nont> there would be AzGat outcry agai1lst
emos fos tho month 'e Of ia was
rs was So' for the Town Of pal"s- The bill of
a ga! nSagsn! a@s Lennhst 1f Eya9sse for S
was present to explain In tho inyestiga ton
OF this oill. which is FOR the month Of December,
thestutf chareed foswls delivered to poor people
There we're instances quoted where IL half-bar-
| rel OF flour And half u ton Of coal wero charged
This was In the case Of Il Mrs. Holt. In another
cnsc-Mrs. stewart-aalf ton Of coal and a
arr, OF iious were charged for and
coal delivered. Mr. Chamberlain stated thata
LconhArut clHtmed that he thought he was To
what he chareed the county IS for-namcly: a
{sSsS ss e ssSsa s{ssS: ;,,t "a +
though Hahn, the Supervisor, bad Instructions
that he should himself deliver tho orders for
fyoa ana s2 @ TO re ts persoS getting @ reef ~ NJ
liberal allowance on the bill. In regard TO
!autl.lry beng supplied with m coal BY the county,
:r,.nt tho order. because three taxpayers had
/. poor widow with one child.
was allowed by u vote OF to :, as follows: Yeas
--knopt. Clark, Rheilwald. and Albright-4.
boran dna Y, 6i' FOR ,or incident
services In Lemont, Notwithstanding the fact
that Dr. skcy was being gaid Stu 2 month for
Dr. skei!y' refused to look after nfter his NTH
visit The bill was allowed, less $3.50, and will
be deducted from Dr.. Skely's pny.
o'EE1ES WANTS S2,oi0 FOR WASHING DOWN
TIE WALLS OF THE NEW COURTHOUSE.
The Committee on Public. Buildings held .
matinee ycstertny afternoon, 'ar which Archl-
tect Esan, c.ntractor o'Bricn., tho junior Mel
p?:en Ss sa' sssiaasSn e4iaa
It was stated that the Union Br,lss
Foundry Company; which bad the contract for
the hardware for the new Courthouse, had not
come To rissc. and that work was being delayed
Mr; Sexton stated that he hac all the doors
liaIle to be Knocked down and injured There
was no Contract for the watcr-cl05cE and other
hinges. and these should be secured Mt once. IL
motion WAS adopted recommending to. tho
County Board thnt they be purchased IN open
market.
alr. O'Brien, the plastering contractor, then
rode into the arena with little bill Of extras
for s, O+O for washing the walls
Nr- Egan, tho arehitect, did not favor any
such charge. He had n Serious doubt in his
mind rs to the charge being ut all legitimate
and, granting that >iL was, $oo.UO0 was nn enur-
nous price He never Issued nny order for
clcaning down Or washing tho walls before they
were plastercd.
S1r. OBricn said that he obtained his order
from the local Superintendcnr,- he would
not let him 70 with the plastering until ho
Nr. Egan-lsn't 5000 pretty steep price for
washing down the walls?
Mr.. U'Bricn-No. sir. There was no water
above tho second floor, and 1t don't pay for cur
rying up to tho twcnty-foot platform.
Mr. Egan-We gave you the water for noth-
ing. You didn't pay anything for thnt-
Mr. o'Brien-l know It, But had to pay for
carrying the wnter.
NJ onreas s!ai;n yas tado5sea az Legitimate snn!
Wheeook : Clay, and i. Bauer.
j. II. Anderson. Of noschltl. Architect L. B.
Dixon, and Peter Wolff will DC recommended to
the no.,rd for g.anit experts on the Hinsdale-
Doyle contract.
rIA1S1xG-scuooL BoE NURSES. ~. =
The Committee on Hospitals Of the County
Board had before them Yesterday afternoon
MeSLancs Lawrence. Flower, and Wright, us II
committee from the Technical School for
Nurses, VINO wanted to show their usefulness in
them exclusive nursing control OF Ward 4. Pa-
v1lon = tma1e medicai), and Ward c, Pavilion 5
female mixed}, and to hold the Association re-
sponsibie for their care and management: AL
ried out, the plan will prove benefit to CooK
County.