Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-28
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

The Board OF Supervisors met yes
terday morning and decided TO reject
the plans OF A. w. Rush & Sons for
the poor house building, as il has been
decided beyond contradiction that a
Building OF the desired size cannot be
,uilt for the appropriation. II seems
ike rare stroke OF Legislative
shrewdness for the board 10 instruct
ilr COMMITTEES on poor house building
10 readvertise for plans aud report at
the January session.
Dana simpson asked for n reduction
of taxes to- the amount oil $l263,
and the committee on rejected taxes
reported fayorably on her petition;
adopted.
The committee on justices and sher-
iff's bills made it's report; adopted.
The report O! the committee on
claims was adopted.
The prosecuting attorney, through
the committee on poor house building
gave IL as his opinion that the board
was not liable for any compensation
TO A. w. Rush & Sons IL their plans
were rejected.
The committee on finance recon-
mended that the various town budgets
be referred TO n committee consisting
OF the supervisor OF the twenty-four
townships for correction OF the
amounts TO be raised In the several
towns for school purposes; adopted,
and n meeting OF the committee called
for yesterday afternoon.
The board then took the special or
de-. OF the day Supervisor Roberts mo-
ton to authorize the poor house COM
mittee to proceed with tn ebuilding
OF the poor house by contract, accord
ing TO the plans Of A. w. Rush & Sons.
The amendment OF Supervisor Benja-
min TO nit the cost to $4,000 was
laid on the table.
Supervisor Gill demanded to know
il the sum named included the heating
apparatus. He didn't think II con-
tract were let for house that the
contractor would he expected to FUR
nish stoves. The original resolution
was then read by Clerk Harvey, and
left the board with the same amount
OF information they had before the
reading. At the request OF Supervisor
Skeels the original advertisement for
plans and specifications was read. This
stated that the cost OF the building
included all plumbing and heating"
was not to exceed $4,000. After con.
siderable squabbling OF this character
Supervisor Benjamin's amendmnet was
put and lost.
Mr.. Sullivan thought there was no
great hurry rs there Is no money in
the treasury and will be none until
the middle OF March. He moved as a
substitute that the committee read
vertise for new bids for plans for a
building to cost not over So, 1000.
including plumbing and heating. SUI
parvisor Roberts thought that the ar
chitects and builders had had chance
| TO bid and n re-adver tisement would
be unnecessary. Supervisor Frost said
| several architects had said that they
had not competed on the last adyer-
tisement because they could not make
| such plans for $4,000 building to
accommodate 200 inmates. Supervisor
| Roberts said it would then be neccs-
| sary to rescind the action adopting
| Mr.. Rush's plans. Chairman solomon
| said that they had asked for plans
for a $4,000 building and the plans
| had come in for n $4,000 building
| and IL they advertised for plans for
q $4,000 building they would prob.
ably get plans for n $4,000 building.
| Supervisor Frost moved to rescind
the action OF the board adopting Mr..
Rush's plans Supervisor J. W. Walker
said that he did not see what good
that would do since they were going
| to build just the same kind OK n build
ing. He thought they had no as
surance that they could receive bids
which would come within the estimat-
ed cost. Supervisor Ernmons. chairman
of the poor house building committee
said that the committee had added
| up the lowest bids on various articles
in the schedules OF the different