The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-03-16
FRIDAY MORNING.

Friday morning.
FRIDAY MORNING.
The committee on pauper claims reported
bills of the several supervisors, approving as
general rule and here and there disallow'
!. ,ng claim or cutting one down. La Sales
pauper bill reaches the enormous sum OF
$l,435.O5, or more than one'fourth Of the
total pauper expense of the county which
was S5,342.l7. This city was next on the
list. with $S57O2; Mendoza third, with
S6l7o2; Streator fourth, S6ll.00; Peru
fifth, $3749l; and Manlius sixth, with
$SO5.74. Other towns having pauper bills
Of fifty dollars or more, we're Adams. $3.50;
Deer Park, $500; Eagle, $3.50; Earl,
s5S,7S; Hope, 1857; Mission, sos o. ophir,
$ll9.l9; Rutland, S66,7l; So. Ottawa,
: ss9.lS; and Utica, Sl92.29. The commit
tee had allowed Mr.. Cullen forty dollars for
poor masters fees, and inasmuch ss he had
not complied with the rule Of the board in
reporting pauper lists, Mr.. Cullen produced
the list and the report was then adopted
The report Of the coal and gas committee
was received and read. The coal bill amount
ed to $67O.2s, and the gas bill $4272 20.
The opinion of the court in the Bartels'
case was read and ordreed spread upon the
records.
The consideration Of the report Of the
epecial committee to receive applications for
the position of warden and mstron Of the
county asylum, made q special order for
ten o'clock, was taken up. The applications
Of those desiring the appointment we're then
read, and all seemed willing to forego their
claims if Mrs. Reedy desired to retain her
position. The report Of the committee was
adopted, and upon nomination Wesley Reedy
WAS appointed warden and Mrs. Mary j.
Reedy matron Of the asylum.
The proposed new contract with the Union
Coal Company, fixing the price for the
coming year at 81 O5.for lump and $l.l2 for
slack coal, excited a small zephyr of disap.
proval.
Messrs Armstrong of Brookfeld aud Crit
fin of Utica, attacked the Union Coal Com.
pany Of La Sale, charging that the quality
Of coal and slack was very poor and that
the county boilers could not be run on slack.
The report ofthe committee was approved
The fee and salary committee reported
that it was its opinion that the salaries al
lowed for the county tressurer's office were
sufficient, and was adverse to allowing for
extra clerk hire. Approved
The Illinois Valley Electric Light and
Power Co., by N. Degen, petitioned for the
right Of way to place poles on the direct
road from this city to Msrseilles and from
Marseilles to Seneca. Referred.
The matter of the Indian Greek bridge a,
Wedron, came up, and the board allowed
$2,742 81, one-balf the expense Of erecting
the structure.
Mr.. Griffin introduced q resolution that
whereas the various dogs and other per
sons' have almost oblitersted the sod about
the court house, resolved that all dogs be
excluded from the court house by the sheriff
Carried by an aye and no vote, amid gen.
ersl laughter.
Adjourned to two o'clack p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The report Of the committee on miscels
neous claims, was read and adopted.
A resolution by Mr.. Cullen to instruct the
county treasurer to abate the Pioneer Fire
Proof Construction Company's taxes for 1887,
was introduced and after much debating wa,
lost, the vote being ayes q, noes "a
Mr. Fischer offered a resolution that the
committee to settle with the probate clerk
be instructed to settle with that officer in
accordance with the decision of Judge
Blanchard in the Bartel case. The resolu'
ton was adopted.
The matter of the Indian Creek bridge at
Wedron was reconsidered.
The committee to settle with the sheriff
made their report which was adopted
Mr. Cullen offered resolution that the
chairman enter into contract With the State
Industrial School at South Evanston for the
educating Of dependent children, limited to
ten. The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Norton presented q resolution that q
certificate be given the several committees
as 8 guarantee that they had performed the
duties of their respective Offices Board sd
journed to 9 q. m. today.
The Bartels Case.
Arthur T. Bartels was elected Probate