The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
THE BOARD.
Ftnsi Session Of tho Board Of Supervisors
Of 1870.

Nonday NJ In the Court House (hall chiefly
a. the law renuires but being unable to find
rnom suitable To meet in, adjourned to Lynch
block. The members were all present with i've
~ thre, eycentions. who appeared next morn
ing.
The trst business was a petition from mum
her of citizens of Ottawa headed by the minis
tcrs. asking the county to pay the expense o
sending one Jacob Hart, a pauper, to his friends
in switzerland. The petition was referred to the
manner committee, Who on Wednesday, recon
mended the county agent have authority given
him 10 send the man TO Europe when IL shall ap
pear to him the man will there be taken care Of.
A communication from A. Clark, assessor OF
Manlius contained the fact that he had assessed
certain personal property of ID. n Slagel at $500
when IL should have been $50. lie thought an
abatement should be made. The matter was re-
fcrred
The election OF county attorney was on mo
zion Of Beach made the order for Tuesday at
p. NJ; after which the Board adioured until tues
day morning.
On Tuesday morning the old struggle by RAt
land ind Dayton to get one more appropriation
of $500 for the Wcdron bridge, making the coun'
TVS one.half Of the cost-sll2oO report was
presented, and on motion of Miller, the 5000
were ordered paid one.half TO each of the super
visors representing the towns interested. Bar
ton, of course, objected, because Merden was
not so happy rs to have q creek needing bridge
costing $1,000 The vote "a to ~ raised a
laugh but the IL were not tischers Immortal
iron-clad II OF antl-cOurt house taInc.
Barton presented petition from the town OF
Dayton, containing protest against any change
in the towns boundaries. Referred. Barton
followed with another from Wallace. containing
the same protest, and also neighborly lint that
once upOn time W allace and Dayton had pul ed
together as one town until the Dayton END had
got her roads and bridges IN good shape, when
she pulled out, leaving Wallace to nix her own
road without aid from Dayton. Also referred.
Wright Adams presented petition from his
town asking the Board to change the court house
site. Mr.. Adams said he had no desire to go
over this matter again, but presented the peti
ton for the Boards consideration. This opened
the gates and petitions came 10 by the yard.
klove had Il lot from Adams, fox some from
other towns, and various others showed up SINH
Tar solIed papers: On suggestion o, ADAMS, Jonn
s. Armstrong, OF Sheridan, was allowed to talk
20 the Board on the subject. He thought the
building should be one tit for use Tor 30 years TO
come; and the present plan is TOO small Inc
committees course SO Tar had been good ana the
general plan good, but The territory Is 100 small
the court house and jail are TOO TAR apart; Doth
cannot be well heated; and by changing the site
two fronts can be saved. He was willing to have
the Board spend as much money as they pleased
provided they issued no bonds and paid no in
seIest. Barton followed him Win one OF rice
petitions, as follows:
THE PEOPLE OF LA SALE COUNTY
To y" Honordbh board q supervisors OF aa"
C9u"ty: For over twenty years onall number
oil men owning property fronting the court house
square have Kept agltatlng tho question OF build
ing new court mousse settinS iorth the lLade'
'quacy OF the old one as an argument, and when |
ever the Board has shown disposition to build, |
il has always been in favor of some other loca-
ton, aud at once this clique OF property owners
combine 10 stop building. The present Board
has been found subscrvent to their wishes, and
with undue haste they are rushing forward to
con1it th's county To an outlay OF several hun
sreG thousand dollars, refusing to submit the
question TO vote OF the people.
Ihere are over 'o,OVV people In thls county who
have got TO pay for this expensive job, and have
. right TO be heard on the question OF building.
set tRt proposition 10 submit the question to
vote OF the people was promptly voted down by
NE same iron'ciad majority, with the query:
"hst do the people know about itT' Let each
taxpayer ask himself the question, "what he
know about building court house" and let
MIN console himself with the fact that this Ia but
the brg,nning, as we believe. more unsutta
Ole place for court house than the present site
cannot DC found, rs any Judge will testify who
" amdnd ne rigk to be hedd in this natter
am aSS ne Bo1rd 10 LET the matter rest ftH a ntw
eIeciipn Of members.
This epistlc had 20 signers from Mendoza; an.
other appeared with two names on it; and Gard
ner, oi Utica, sent In another Flaherty thought
thm petition an insult to the Board. Belling
haussen sent In lot OF them, containing some
5oJ names. He protested no insult was intended
though the language used mas "harsh'
Mclntlre: Was this petition gotten up by
the petitioners" Bcllinghaussen: "No, they
were sent in from another town and our people
circulated them
nCic John Miller didn't feel very pleasant
over the language OF the petition. WHAT'S pc
elton he asked. What its nature: It's intention?
Tipicaliy, 1t Ia like man on his Bonded knees
before the higher power. No one would go fur.
thcr, he said, to preserve the inestimablc right
OF petition, but the petitioner should be respect
'ul Ii the petitioner insult the Deity, He will
pay iu, little attention One of the petitions
sent here Is respectful; the other as quoted is
AL insult; and it IL not likely this Board will de
!iberatcly bless one who has insultcd us. Fur
cher he said the facts" as stated IN the petition
are moi true, to his certain knowledge. And as
''shat do the people know" is mixed question
The majority Of them know very little about the
subject az a rule. There is also a fair difference