The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-22


Uis1rS If La Safe COuHty-Gcntlemen
The undersigned would respectfully report
the following earnings and receipts in The
office Of the clerk of the probate corrt OF
said county for the six months ending
June H. a. ID. 1888, an itemizcd statement
of which appears Of record in said Office
IN the register Of receipts and cxpendl-
tlres:
Total fees earned. ....... $l7lG2O
Total fees received. ......, Sl546.Gj
Total fees uncolecled ..... lG9.j5-Sl7lG.@O
Total fees reed. $l54G G5
EXPENSES.
Salary A. T. Barteis. ......S S5O.OO
T.. j. kclly......... $4,000
Incidental expenses. 1867
Balance due county ....... lI2?o-*ljiO.Oo
Respectfully submitted.
A. T. BARTELs.
Supervisor Lewis, from the La Sale
county court house and jail building com
mIttee, presented the following reports:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen IF the
Board If Supervisors: Your court house
and jail building committee beg leave to
report IN regard to the steam heating ap
paratus that, after the new smoke stack
u
paratus was made, and, while 1T is true
that the boilers worked much better than
before, the SAID test convinced your com
mlttee, as well rs the contractors for the
steam heating apparatus, that there Is not
capacity enough In the boilers 10 generate
sufficient steam to at all times warm the
court house and jail, except by forcing the
boilers to their utmost capacity and even
beyond that.
After due consideration the majority Of
the committee concluded to compromise
the matter with the contractors, and an
agreement has been entered into with them
by which, for the sum OF $1,000 to be paid
by the county they are to take out the
boilers and replace them with two steel
multLtubular boilers Of capacity of sew
enty horse power each, the new boilers 10
be set up ready for use on or before the
25th day of October next.
The agreement referred to is attached to
ana made a part Of tins report. In all of
which we respectfully ask the concurrence
of the board.
GEO W. ARMSTRONG, Chairman.
THIS agreement, made and entered into
THIS 18Th day Of August, A. u. 1888 by and
between John j. Smith, James l.. Wise
and Charles II. Smith, doing business un
der the name and style of Baker, Smith &
Co., of the first part, and the La Sale
county court house and jail building com.
mitteee, representing the county OF lsSalle,
Oh inc second part, WItnesSeth, that mas
much as the said parties Of the first part
have undertaken to furnish the steam heat.
ing apparatus Tor heating the La Sale
county court house and jan, according to
contracts entered INTO by them, hearing
date respectively April 10Th, 1889, and
February 9th, 1888, and whereas, it has
been agreed upon and determined by and
between the parties hereto, to make certain
and important changes in said heating APP
paratus on account of the imperfect work
ing Of the same as at present constructed :
Therefore 1t is hereby agreed and under
stood by and between the parties hereto,
that the said party of the first part, for and
in consideration of the sum of twenty five
hundred dollars, to be paid as hereinafter
specified, hereby agree to remove the boil.
ers now In the engine house used for heat
ing said court house and jail at their own
expense, aud to furnish and set III said en-
CINE house ready for use, IN accordance
with the specifications hereto attached aud
m ade part of this contract, two horizon
tai multltubular boilers, particular
description Of which Is set ont IN the SAID
specifications hereto attached. 1t Is fur
Their agreed and understood by and between
the parties hereto, that SAID boilers and all
OF the material mentioned In SAID spcci1.
cations to be furnished, set up and placed
in position tor use, shall be of first class
material, and suitable and proper for the
uses for which the same is intended To be
used, it being hereby expressly agreed and
understood that said heating apparatus
shall be fully completed and ready for use
by the said part OF the first part and in all
things complete, whether the same is fully
described in said specifications or not In
Of the said party OF the first
part furnishing and setting In the engine
house said boilers, rs set out in said speci-
ilcations, as aforesaid and furnishing the
and performing the work. as
stated IN said specifications, the said par.
Ties OF the second part agree, that the SAID
parties OF the first part shall have the
boilers now IN use for heating said court
house and Jail, and further agree to pay
me sald parties OF the first part the sum of
twenty-five hundred dollars, IN addition to
the sum OF tweniy.sevcn hundred, men.
toned to be paid In the contract, made be-
tween the parties hereto February 9th, A.
ID. 1883. 1t being hereby expressly agreed
and understood that $4,000 and the boilers
now In The engine house shall be full com.
pensation for the work done under this
contract. 1t Is further agreed and under
stood that said sum of twenty five hundred
dollars shall be paid To the said party of
the first part within fifteen days after SAID
work and material is furnished and COM
pleted ready tor use SAID parties of the
first part further agree to furnish said
boilers and complete said work ready for
use on or before the 25,h day of October,
A. ID. 1883.
Glt is further agreed and understood by
md between the parties hereto, that moth
ng In this contract shall in any manner
relieve the party of the first part from any
liability on account of imperfect material
'r labor performed under the contracts
herein above mentioned, or the party of
he second part from liability for interes,
m money due the sand party of the first
'art under said contract.