Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-06
MATERIAL MATTER
Of What Shall the Court HOUSE
Be Built?
NONE BUT TIE BOARD NAY SAY.

Some Past Acts In Connecti0n WITH the
New Structure That Have Not Been
AItogseher Observation-Disclosures to Pub
lie Protests.
Hardly . day elapses that some in
Quirv is not made as to what mater
ial the new court house will be built
of. To these questions. which are
very natural, The ARGUS is in no pc.
sition to make answer, and it is q
matter in which it proposes to take
no part. 1t has attempted hereto
fore to voice public sentiment, and
it did SO. as it believes pretty thor
oughly. but public opinion may have
changed. and as far as The ARGUS is
concerned it is for the best material
possible without regard to where it
comes from. The finest appearing
and most endurable in quality is
what Rock Island should have.
Public Disregsrded Heretofore.
There is no particular reason, how
ever, to think that the wishes Of the
public will be taken into cousidera-
ton by the board when it comes to
definitely determining on the mater
ial. judging by its course with refer
ence to other matters, not the least
of which is the way the building
is to be faced. There is no dis
disposition to pass judgment on the
plans adopted in the least unfavora-
BILE light, but the boards methods in
making its selection have been openly
criticised. No matter what the Gus
tom. the committee should in the
first place have thrown open the
plans to the inspection of all, and
the board at least was in duty bound
to do so before making its final de-
cision. The board is not a private
corporation as it posed in this in
stance, and the tax payers of the
county were Justly entitled to. the
privilege of viewing the different de-
signs submitted. if they had nothing
to say about which one was to be ia
vored. The board should have set
aside day for the purpose, and
have invited the public to look
at the plans. All share in this
opinion.
Upon the appointment Of superin-
tendent, the board has likewise
turned deaf ear to the public, for a
large portion of our taxpayers petit
toned, as they had a right to do, the
board with reference to Mr.. Collins.
yet their supplications were simply
ignored. The building committee
fixed things up for MIR. Col
Inns as had been done prior to start
ing out on the first trip-and Mr..
Collins got thereof course"
The Bond Issue.
The county of Rock Island is get
ting a good advertisement out of the
placing of the bond issue. and to this
the special bond committee. of which
Supervisor Schoonmaker is chairman,
is deserving of hearty congratula-
ton. N. w. Harris & Co., of Chi
cago, the purchasers. are offering
them accompanied by notices APP
pearing in Chicago papers which
read:
New loan. Rock Island county
Illinois, court house SIS, dated March
1. 1895; due in series, from 1898 to
1907; interest semi-annually in Chi
cago.
True va'ue of property $50 600 900
A &c sed va nation .................<. S,O96. All
TOta deb only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 12S 90
population. $500.
Co,sti,uii NAL debt limit 8 per cent.
We call particular attention to the
strong financial statement and to the
fact that this county was free from
debt prior to issuing these bonds.
These bonds rank next to govern
ments in point of safety and net the
investor high rate of interest.
We offer . limited amount only,