, 1881-12-23
TIN Reform Commissioner
Turns His Batteries on the
Sheriff'o Office.
An 0aloinl Allegation Of Extravaganza
IN the Number and Pay Of
Employees. .,
1,,In,atfons that the Business Of Dict
Ing ,tlIc Prisoners Is Entirely
Too Profitable.
An Army Of Facts and Figures Which
May Intcroat aen. Mann aud
the Taxpayers.

xreck ngo Commissioner Mnttooks Iatl bo-.
,or, tus Committee CIT Public servlcn somo
tsurcs III reforenre to tho ShoriT's o.'lcc. the
o,i,ct being 10 throw Rotno light upon a rososi-
t,ou he l,n,i Introduced IN the bolrl which tRtl
tecp referred to tho,n. iio prou,lsotl at tho
inns to reduce tho wtlolo thing to writing, and
s,kod thnt nctlon upon tho suggestions OF Ills
resolution ho t!cfertpd until f,e you'll bo further
hcar, from. mil tho cbin,t,,tteo SO ordered.
Tho question was to havo conlD up yesterday.
hit thu committee fajlod TO mcet, for sotn0
rcasotI ur ot1,er. Mr. Mattocks. however. had
int hts promise, It nppcArs, and had sent In bis
facts and figures. and though thoy woro li't
presented THE TI.1nu*E Is enabled to lay the
docutncnt before tho public. III fo1lowR:
HArroctss' FIGURES.
C111GAno, Dec 1.-In the Committee oH Public
Strritt u Coak Cnurtp. Iatnotd-.0EsrLEMEN:
jIetwccn thu t!ay Of election md tho timo o. tho
. new Commissioners linking their acnts the sher,
ii addressed II communication 10 tho old bonra
asklng fur Increased compensation for bis Depl-
cs ~ stt'onl ror iss astps " r-
ouenlu introduced at It subsequent meeting OF
she County Dourd. and reforrod to your COM
iXst4txti, Tint tho appropriate conlmitsoo be
.eoucsted to ascertain and report TO this board
the numl,er and snitlca nf ~ petnol's and officers
l'eun,ter, Ias iysl Including Deputies aud nars;
.1s .mots tnr caret by cach Toputy md turned ovar
10 tho Sheriff during tho ynnr; u)so tho number
of nrIsolterB confined I'll tho EuuI1ty jill ltirlttE
,be yCdr ending Dec. I, 1881. anu tho actual n.y.
eraGo coEt per diem to tho Sheriff. for fcpuinH
racIl prisoner: and whether tho number OK nun
emplnYed, Including deputies and l1alllils, cs!n-
moi b,: reduced and tito cost to tho county Tor
fcrtn9 ,rlsnne.A dLminfslod without scrfonsfn~
it,ry TO the public service.
itaUtycarp ttnt. while law t,u6lneHg In CoOk
Lu1ut} has been diminishing. tho Uxpens1a nnd
faurltt 1T tito Shcrs!ts otco hHvc l!0en steadily
On the EGrclHe. Fratn Oct .. lS1l, to Nov. !.
locke1ed Il, tho StAto courts Ut Cook Cunnty
g4aI cases for tho ycnr ending on tho lst day OF
Koyea,bcr. 1873, S.siu c9sos; i1r the yoar oNuiHg
an tho lat tlny Of November, 1874. II, ,5 cnsts: Tor
the ycur cllitng Nov. !. ls75 R5l cAsrs: for tho
rear ending Nov. /, 1870, l0,GD cnscs; for tho
ycar eu,ling Now ls71. III ctscs for tho year
enlns Nov is;s g.: ssags fot r. sle ,sar 9a
Nay l. lS}, G.:EN Cstaes: for tho yuar ondinB Nov.
l. lSsl. dos, cases. During the years OF tho PAno
als1Ec proportion Of aitlts were brought to f0re.
casa ulnrtRRKcs III which tnerc were Kreat
number OF t1ufOnduntH, while tho lltlRltlon now
mainly consists Of sutts In tlssumpsit, In which
thnrG nrc comparatively fcw.
1T 1877 and 1878 tho smi1rlos paid to tho Sheriff
fer deputies, hllftfs and MssLssatts M.lel!ntDd to
fGGSIj per nr,tlltn: in 1878 and 1871. $9G15Q; ID
iha and 1880, $Jj,9B.; III 1851 and 1881. $bc,lFs,
An INCREASE or OVER SEQ, 600 IN THE PAST
YEAH
For jail expenses and diutinG prisoners fo1.
cept Rlis, wrter. and ftel}, tito Sheriff rcco!yGu
IN I81Y and 1870, $l5,:Tt.ft; III 1871 and leN
{laG0s4: in 1BE0 md 1881 81, III. 81, shbTLn9 an
increase In tho pnst ycnr nf over $S,uM Nv IWovH "
tro receipts to thg county from tho Sneran. MI
esdclucsn9 bis elary 9f feMW pGE I1nns nnum up"
tIntiar fi,o ntimiufat ration of Sheriff AgneW,