Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1876, Page 1

O SARTRE BEug SEUURR. VOLUME XXXI POLITYCAL. COOPER. & CARY INDEPENDENT GREENBACK RatificationNeeting, AT EXPOSITION BUILDING, CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 1876. GEN. SAMUEL T, CARY, andidato for Vice President, and Ethorn will address tho meoting. Torchlights and_ spoaking at tho Hotels in the ovening. Ruilroad fares roducod. COMB_ALONG NECKWEAR. Largost lings fine gnnd‘;} and lows eat pricos in tho West, SHIRTS A BPECIALTY. WILSON BROS., 67 and 69 Washington-st.. Chicago ; 70 Wenat Fourth-st., Cincinnati ; 408 North Fourtl L BASE BATL. Ohicago vs. St. Louis. TUESDAY, Aug. 32, THURSDAY, Aug. 24. . BATURDAY, Aug. 28, At the gronnds on Twenty-third-st. near State, Game cum each day ll.3:4.¥- {L m. Admission, 60 cents; (rand Btand, 75 cenl Tho Chicago and 6t. Louls Clnbs now lead all others in the Leaguo, and those are the last three games they will play logullmr this year, AUCTION SALES. BANKRUPT SALE ATUCTION. Thie Morning at 10 o'clock, store cor, LARE AND CLA!IIK-%TB.. # large and clegant stock of Watches, Fine Jewelry, Silverware, &c., &c., 'To bo sold withont rescrve. Every articlo Warranted, éL‘SUN. POMEROY & CO., Auctloneers, Desiradle Ofic TO RENT IN TEHED TRIBUNE BULLDING. INQUIRE OF WILLIAM C. DOW, Room 8 TRIBUNE BUILDING FINANCIAL. JOIIN W, AVERY & COMPANY, MORTGAGE LOANS AT LOWEST IIATES OF INTELEST. 3. 7. REED, New York. JOHN H, 3 DUR I A 1, o, 7 PER CENT. Shglse Mortgagoand COLLATERAL loans mado at SEVEN per cent: 810,000 and $2,500 st 8 por cenl, City Certificates wanted. SCUDDER & MABON, 107-100 Dearborn-at. HONEY AT LOW RATES Toloun on Warehonso Receipts for Grain and Provis: b o CHty CeraeRt ok Baul Fomnem e Hents”sad Mori LAZARUS SILVERMAN, liank Chamber of Comnicree, PERFUMERY, ATKINSON § PERFUMERY, =g 1iSS. WHITE ROSE 5 BROWN WINDSOR SOAP H . FIVEPRIZE MEDALS. Sold by all Dealers, é J. & E. ATKINSON, 24, Old Nond Street, London, SPORTSMEN'S GOODS, GUNS, FISTING TACKLE, BTG, BSERVE 0] ‘At B. B. EATON’S, 63 State-st. ESTARLISHED 1853, ; GENERAL NOTICES, T Cuicaao, 1., Aug. 19, 1670, Mcs Mussachnsstta Mytual Life lusurauce Come " pany, 170 La Salle-t,, Chicago. Having been placed fn charge of tha husine: this Company In this city, no_other parties are thorized to represent it. ' 1 should bo pleased to Seo al the ofice of the Company, or to mneet ab thelr Pplaces of busiucas, sny of the l’ullcrllnldr nd explain any matters regarding thelr Insurances not now clearly and satingactorily underetood by them, J. B. PERDERGAST, Kpecial Agent. TOIL TANKS, = & EVENDEN, OlL. TANKS anp SHIPPXNG OANS, 47 & 40 Wesl Lako Strest, OEIOAGO. 83" 4220 308 €ATALOAUR, FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS' worth of choice and valuable real estate (lucludin, & Jarge fruis fari) in and sdjoining Osceola, an Murray, Clark County, la., for sale, or sachange fur merchaudiss. For particulars iuquire of i1, SIGLER, Ouceols, 1a, __SCALES, FAIRBANKS' STANDAXD PAIRBANKS, MORSE & 00, 111 &113 Lake $t., Chlcago. '~ Becasafuligbuy oaly the Genuloe, EAU DE COLOGNE, THE STONE JODB. . A Lively Session of the Coun- ty Commissioners. The Ma:jority and Minority Committee Reports Submitted. Commissioner Schmidt Insists Fauning I3 a Liar and a Scoundrel, McCaffrey Atternpts to Set Himself Right Bofore thoe People, Commissioner Burdick Ex- poses the Schemes of the Ring. And Worries the Brethren by His Knowledge of Their Ras« s cality. A Demand that the Rights of the City Shall Be Protected. Tho Ring Forced to I'ostpono Operations il Thursday. TIE DOCUMETNTS. ALD. VAN OADEL, The County Cominissioners lhicld a regular weckly meeling yesterday afternonn, Prestdent Juhngon In the chalr. The full Board was pres- ent except Commissioner Tabor. The lobby was crowded with contractors and others. The following commumlication was read and referred to the Joint Committes on Public Buildlugs and Service:* 70 the Ilonorable the Board of Cammissioners of Cook ~ County—GexTLEXEN: Fhe undersigned would respecifully represent to your honorabla body that be Ja_Chairman of the Committee on Public Bnlldiogs of the Common Council of tha City of Chlcsgo, The Connell Commit. fce have had thre severnl conferences with onr Commiltee an Publlc Boildings aud Pablic jervice, the object of kaid conferences beluy to ‘make some arrangement. hy which tha clty will by enabled to build a City-1lall sitonltancously with the building of the Connty Court-House. The Cllfflummme: bave agreed upon 8 report which will be prescnted to Lhe Council at i3 regnlar mecting this afternoon (Monday. Atg. 21). - anil it fu presumed that iImmediate steps will be taken to cuter into a contract with the county whereby the entire bullding for eity nnd county purposes will be erected sitnultancounly. therefore, as Chalrman of the Committee on’ Public Buildinga Ay aforesald, respectfully suggest the desirableness and propriety of defcnlmin ecislon of the kind of utone to “bo uaed for the exterlar of (he buili- inge until the clty, hy its authorized Committee, can have an equal volce nnd share the responsihllity of selecting auch material, llen‘ac:llulB’ Fubmite ted. Joux M, Vax Osnxt, Chalrman Clty Committce on Pablic Bulldings. ALD. BMITI'S COMMUNICATION, The anncxed communication wns read: QrsTieseN: Judging from the action taken by our Joint Commitfes on Public Buildings and Public Service at thelr last acssian, it hecomes np- Jarent {o the wrlter that your honorable Hoard in- ends to take action totday on your Committee's report, and concerning the lctting of the contract for the county's part of the Court-Ilouse. In the Intercat of tho tax-paycrs of the Clty of Chicago, allow me to make a few suggestions: Firs—1t willnot be for the best interest of the tax-pnyers if you make any further progeese in this mattor untll it is lnwfully scttled whether or not the county can_bufld for the city n such o way os lc?t make ‘it satisfuctory to the tax-payers of- said y. B Second—In the unnh{ in which you rerve, the peaple muat looks to you for a careful diatribdtion of thelr monoy in public fmprovenients or to con- ilnue to refuss to pay faxes, and your Iate uctions hare shown anything but a careful conslduration In tho expenditure of tie ncople’s money, over which you exercise an unlimited control, Zhird—1t remains to be secn if some nction by the people iu this matter is not necessary before wo can, lssne bonds for this purpuse, Fourth—1t we build “at ‘all, as contemplated, ‘would it not become your honorable Toard to sllow the ity to havo o volce In the matter of selecting the material of which (o huild, intsmuch an we farnish about threo-fourths of fhe taxes requirod t0 ba oxpended in the Improvemeont? These few suggentions L aubmit to your honora- ble Board for conslderation, hoping you will ndopt A plan of operntion which will eunlfia yon to com- mence at tho right place, and thereby avold all scrions complicatious hereafter, which will result in nothing lcas than a great los to the tax-payers, Lieapectfully A, 1. BueTh, Member of the Bullding Commitiee of thy City of Chicago, M'CAFFREY'S POLICY. Commissioner MeCaffrey moved that the doc- ument be placed on file, ¥ Commissioner Burdick moved, as ah amend- ment, that it bo referred to the Jolnt Commit- tee. Commisstoner McCaffrey did not think the Board had any more right to reccive acoms wunieation from My, Smith than from Mr. Jones in relntlon to the matier. Although the gentleman wasa o ropresentative of the people in thie Counell, he did not send it as o member of the Council. The Clerk—Yes. Commissioner McCaffrey—Well, as an fndl- vldual member only. Jlethought such com- munications should come {rom the Councll, In his oplnlon, the document was notaproper mat~ ter for reference, ‘The amendiient was ngreed to: yeas, 07 nays, B=Carroll,”Cleary, - Cauly, MeCatlrey, and ulloy. A large number of blids were reeelved for con- structing the smphitheatre and corridors at the new County Hospital, Some of the bids were for the whole work, and others for simply dofng the painting and glazing, inasonry, or carpentry, or for the hcnthlfi apparatus, ete. ‘They were referred to the Joit Comuiittes on Publle Buildings and Hospitas, THB MAJORITT, The followlng report was then submitted: Youor Joint Cammittee on Public Bufldings and Publle Kervice, to whoni was referrad sundry pro- posale for materlals aud labor for buildlis the Court-Ilouse, having had the vame ander advioes ment, wonld report that your Committce visited 8 numuber of the guarrics from which samples of etono had been laken and furnished by bidders, ‘The subsequent action of the Board sclectiny Minc. stonu as (he kind of stone of which the bullding ould b constructed lina nterfally leasend the Iahors al ysur Commitice ana confined fta action to Anuch narrower coupass than was at first anticis vated. After oxamining the llmestone quarrics from which samplcs wer furniehed your Commit- tee concluded (hat the selection of a limeatone from a Cook County quarry would the belter mect the views of the people of the county, ts durabil- 1y being equal to nny other stone, dnd its beauty being sn unimportant connderation In architect- wre. 15 addition, the use ot Caok County limertons in crecmlf the Court-Houre will furnivh 'mllx’l". went to alarge smount of idle labot, and Wi a1n al hume the money necessary (o be expended upon the etructure, 11 hoe been & matter of sen- ous consideration Witk yous Committee whether the work should be leuie parcets 10 different cone tractors, o the whole work ta one comtracior, From evidence adduced Uefore your Commite teo, ¢ becamu satisfied that it would be the miore ecconomical (o let the entiro contract 1o onu bidder. Ry lettin, n parcelss large amount uf wastage would beincurred, and responaibility woulé become divided. 1f one part. should furnieh the stone. and another party st ani cut jt, dificulties and complications might 4 posaibly would urise In the shape of complai }mm the cutter and wetter that Pmpar mRLer were nut provided for the fulfilfy tract, or that delny was occasioned by the negh- gence or miscarriage of the varty furnishing the 1 d the connty thereby become involved 1f not {njurious Titigation. Expe- in contro Rence has already proven that such dangers niay be Incurred, and tho county subjected tu serioun lora aud Inconventence. The lulrell bidder for the whola work with Cook Couuty limestane waa Mr. Fanning, whose bid was smsa{ou Upon examination, your Committee as. certatned that Mr, Fanning expected 10 furomh nlateriale from certain quarrics at Lemont which Le named Lo your Commiiter, Your Commilige visited these guarsies, and wacertalned defulicly went of lils con- CHICAGO, TUESDAY, AUGUST o) oy 1876. fhat they did not contaln stone of the necerary dimenslons for the canstruction of the building ne- tording to the planyand specifcations which” had been adopted by the Board, And yaur Committee aleo ascertalned that Mr, Fauniug sonld not ohtain from the owncrs of the anarrles satinfactory aaanrances or eccarity that tha material would o™ all furnished from the same aunreles, and therehy presceve the hormony nid tiniformity of all tin material in the structure, Your Cantnitice conclfided that thesa were essen . tialw, and ware Indispensably necessary to sntlsly the public demand, aind_to wareant so Iarge an vx- nenditure of the proplo'smoney. . The nextinweat bidder for the whale wori, neing ook Conaty llmeatone, \vas Williatn McNell & Son, afiem componcd of Willlatn McNell and Wil fam I, McNetl,” 'Phelr bid for all interials and workmnuship, Inbor, slone-cutfing, aml stonn-sets {1z completc, tn actonlanice with the plans, irav- Inuw, nnd specteations of J. I, Egan, orchlieet, MK, o B4 §100,000 Jess than the archi- imate. MeNell & Son, yone Commitles fonnd, are contractois of lone residence in (he tounty, aud skilled mechanics, and have bullt some af the lareest il handsomest atrictures in Chicago, In addition 10 the personal sccurity they offeted for {liclr bundsnen, (hey aleo lvl'upnlu furnishing . the materiafs ~ from he only quarey the connty that containe stone of wificient aize and dimenafons lo meet the requirements of the ‘ullll!l and speciicas tlone. - Thic quarry is owned by Edwin Walker, Mr, Walker was present at the time Me, Whllam MeNutl atated what pecarity he coulil furnleh for the performance of the contract fu case It should beawanled 1o the fitm, and stated before your Lommittee that he would sell to MeNeil & Son the atone they might require to fuldll thele contract, awl e security therefor wonhi rlmlue the quarry ftsell to the cannty. 1n view of (hese fucts, vour Commlites bave concluded that it 33 most lll'l‘]l[l!l”’ for the Inlerest of the connty to awnrd the contract 1o Willismn MeNell & Qon, and wonld therefore i’l‘:‘(flnlmcnd the ndoption of the followinz reeo- utfon: Liexalved, 'That the contract for all mnterials and sworkmauship, lnbor, ato truction of the cnt- reiting requited in the co atone work of 8 hallding for the County of Cook, in the State of [linols, on the alte known as the oisn S?‘!mrn, n the City of Chlcngo, in ealil County of Covk: nccording fo the plans, dratw. Ings, and epecifications of dJ. I, Egan. archilect therefor, be wwarded to Willlam~ McNell and Willtain B, MeNeil, composing the fiem of William McNelt & Son, for the sum of $340, - 000, the snme bulni thelr i therefor, dated June 1, 1870, kuhject i a1l reapects to the rules and rezulatione of the Bourd of Commirsioners of Cook Connty, provided sald Willtam MeNoil & Son exe- cute riich vonteact therefor as shall be submitted 10 and apptoved by the County Board: and pro- vided fartber, aald William McNell & Son furnish 1o the Joint Committee on Public Buiki- inge and Public Square a bond, with security eatisfactory ~to mafd Commitice, for (he faithful performance of thoir contract therefor within fourtecn days from the time of the adoption of thie resolution, and also furninh Cook County within the time aforesafd further se- curily for the performance of safd contract in the shape af a pledge by mmu‘nycof the land contain- ini anad quarry of Edwin Walker, at Lemont, no i cumibeance (6 bhe upou sakd lanid prior to its pledge for the fuililiment of said contract, it beln, uuderstood , also, that no convict labor ahal be used upon any part of the materlals or work neceseary for the completion of sald contract; It being further provided thut the title of eald quarry shall be found satisfactory to the County-Attorney sud the form of the pledge thero- of;_ also, Resolved, Thnt the County-Attorney draw {he necemacy Contract, o bs signied by Willlam McNel) & Sou, and submil the same to the County Board, Respectfully submisted, Jous McCarrnsy, Jons Coxur, A. B, dounsox, P. M, CLeany, Patuick Cannovt. - BONDSMEN. Commissioner Conly gald that Mr, McNeil had handed Comimissioner McCaflrey the names of other bondsmen to he read to tlie Buard. Commisstoner McCaffrey — The additional names are C. B, Farwell, Thomas Mackin, und Gen, MeArthur, the Postimaster, Conmissioner Ayars hoped that the majority report would not be adopted, It bad been very nlmlu]lf' l‘lfl:]ml‘l.‘l] was well writton,—sounled very well fndeed; but he did not think it would bear aualysis, Last fall, when the contract— Commigsioner McCatlrey (Interrupting)—You are out of order. Commissioner Ayars—Am I} Commissloner MuCaflrey—~Thero s nothing before the house, The Chnlrman~-The motion is to concur fu the report. . No such motion had heen made. Connnlssioner Lovergau—I have a minority report on the subject, i ol‘nm'lu(uuer yars (to the Chalr)—Am I not n order Commissioner Schinldt—8it down. Let tho minorlty report be read. THUR MINORITY REPORT. . The Clerk reud us follows: The undcrll?nrll, & minority of your Joint Coms mittec on Public Buildings and Piblic 8ervice, to whom was foferred sundry proposals for m teriala and Inbor for constructing the Court-Honse, not conenrring In the report of the majority of your Committce, aubmit the followlng: We found Mr, Patrlck Fanning's the lowest bia for turnishing the materiala, and Jabor, and stone- cutting complete for the Courl-llonee, using Le- mont stone, the amount of hix bid belng €535, 000, Mr, Fanning stated befors us that he could furnlsh stone from any af e Lemont quarries, With reference to Mr, Fanning himaclf, we are advised anil belleve the fact Lo be that ko Iu a practical atonu-cutier and setter. 1le atated Lufore the Committes that he would {l}mleh aatinfactory se- curity for the porforinance of the contract if awand. ed to him, In viow of thess facts, we rocommend the adoption of the folloving resolution: Resolted, That the contract for materials, work- manshlp, labor, stone-cutting, and stone-sectting camplete, neceauary for tho erection of the buflding o the site of the GonrteTouno Square, In the City of Chicago, In Caok County according to tho plans and specifications of J.'J. Egan, architect, ¢ awarded to Pairick Fanning for the awn of 530, 000, the same being his bld therofor, subject fo tho rules and regulationa of the County Board, provided he execile a contract therefor whith #hal) have been uubmitted to and spproved by the County Bard, and furnish security for the fuldil. munt of hls conteact satlsfactory to the Joint Com- mittes on Public Dnlidings and Public Service within fourteen days from the passapc of this resu- lution; &nd provided furthor, that no convict labor whall be use nrun any of the work to be performed 1 erecting said bullding, Resolved, That tho County-Atlorney prepare and wnbinit to this Buard the proper contract for said Jabor und materialy, Itospectfnlly submitted. TIONAR LONNEGAN, & ‘Tusonons GUEXTHER. . THE DEBATE. A POSTPONEMENT MOVED, Commlssioner Tolden said that, ns twoor three communications had been read at the opening of the sesslon requestivg a delay of actlon, sluce tho Council of the clty was to do something In relatfon to the matter, tho ity authoritics having au equal Interest with the county in the construction of the bullding, In order thut the ¢ity might beable to present such views as were culled for by the action of the Council, he woulil move that the anatter bo postponed until Thursday afternoon, ‘The Chalrman remarked that the Board had uot yet decided to have s mecting. Commissiouer Cleary moved that when the Bourd wdjourn it adjolrn to mect Thursduy af- ternoon. Commisstoner Behmidt—That motlon is out of ondar, Commissioner Iolden~TI will inove, then, that action bu deferred until the next meeting. " l:o'mnmsmuur Selmidi objected to the mod!- *fication, ‘I'he Chair held that the motion could not be changed, Commissioner Mulloy moved to amena that action be pustponed until the next meeting, Commissioner Schmidt moved, sa o substi lulu& that ‘' the watter be inet now and de- Sded? “The Chalr ruled that the substitute was out of orger, ‘Appll{uln fn the Joboy, Commissioner Schinfdt-—=Why ia 1t1 The Chulrman—The-only way s to vote down thie motion W postpone. 5 ‘L‘mmmmomr Schmdt—Well, vote )% down, aughter, = ! bommluiauer Holden—Vote on my motion il Commissioner S8chm!dt—That {s played out. [Laughter.} The amensdment of Commisslener Mulloy was sceepied by Commtssioner Holden. Commissioner McCafirey did not ses any neceesity for layfug the aatter over uutll the Council'had taken action. They migbt as well meel the question now as a3 any other time. He wus ns well prepared (o vole as ho would be Thursday, The Chiale stated the question to be on Ald. Holdun's motton, o Commissioner Schmidt—Why don's you vote on my aubstituta 1t 1s in order. commisaloger McCafirey—1t I8 not a proper sube stitnto. Commissloner Schmidt—Yes it s, always. Cowmmissioner McCaftrey—Vole Holden's motion down. and then that will coms in. Comussioner Schmidi—Lad sapposs {4 len't voted down? [Laugbter. ) ‘fiummgn“l’oncr McCafiroy—The same vote will ell anyhow, The {nouon to defer was not agreed to—yeas, 4; Bays, 10, as follows| Yeas~Holden, Lonergan, Mulloy. and Jobnson. Niph A yaree Dardiek Hidsse, Carra Claas 3 Gilcutticr, Horog, Me(agreyy aad pebde” oo Cominirsfoner Burdick, In explaining his vote, il he was prefectly williug to meet the city thoritles, bt, In view of the fact that the mafte tind been postponed sn many times, or had not come up for necfslon when §t was expected, hie was willing to mect e [sane without furthee delay. Commissloner Cleary moved that when the Bonrd adjourn it adfonen to meet at 2 o'clock Tlitendny afternoon, “Agreed to, The Chalrman—The question js on the adoption of the minority report. Comminstoner Bunlick had not heard such 8 mo- tion mnde, ‘I'I)Irll‘lh:llrmuu—l think Commissioner Lonergan mule It, Commisstoner Lonerzan—1 did not: butTnow mova that the minority report be adopted ns a aub- stitute for the majority repart, p SCHMIDT, Commirsfoner Schmidt hoped that nefther report woitld be adopted. [le hiad not signed either, The majurity report haid been prosented to himos o member of the Joint Comimliter, but (he minority report had not been. I the minority report haa been, hin did not thisk he wonld have sizned It. Commissjoner JLanerpan remarked that he under. ptoad that he (Schinldl) war opposed to the mi- rlnflly repord, and, therefore, had not presented §t 0 hiin. Commiseioner Schmit rald that was not for Lonergan o eay; he could expreas his mind on that. ~ Not havinyg eigned clther reporl, he the rizht express his mind as if he had efgied one. | Ha was, however, oppored to both,—to the mejority report for the reason that a mnjority of the Committee had reported in favor of [etting the contract to a man Who war noL & stone-cuttor—a man Who was not a huikler by teade, but a mason—a man who put in a bid for laylrg the foundatlon of the county’s part of the propored structure, and to whon tlie Com- mitfee did not award that contract for the reasun that hie wae tiot competent, Comtolsslofer McCalTrey—0h, no. Commisdoner Sehmldti=That he had not the means to earry ont the contract, and conld not fue- nish the necesmary hond; and he (Schmidt) haa voted agninsl McNeil at the time, aitbough lie dint know anythlng about him. But the bondwmen ho prescnfed were nob suficlent for him {Hchmlfll). anit those presented this time hy McNell were not sufficient, the major. ity of them being the wome kind of men that he presented Inat fall, &Amflnuue inthe lobby,) Aa o the man mentloned {u the minority report, he would not be guiity of voting for him, because hoe thought FANNING WAS A LIAR AND A SCOUNDREI Lneumlton]. and he conld snbstantiate the charges o made. Tanning was a ecoundrel hecause be had made chiarges in the publie. ires auntnst members of the Board which e could not prove [applanse in the lobby] ; and Fanning was a lHar (emphasized With a slnjyon his desk) becaure he came before the Comunlttes the other doy and denfed that he had made the charger, Therefore, Lo called him n liar nnd & sconndre), and he would nover vale for him, since his constitucnts would not ask him tu vote for a liarand A scoundrel, Iie wanted to vote for o man that was straightforward, and nblo to fulfll hia contract. 1f he did anything wrong he wanted the press to take notice of {t. Ue wonld never be Ffllly ot voting for & linr and @ scoundrel. [Applause In the lobly,} If Fan. ning denled that he was lfar and a scoundrel lot ilm come in and take it up, If he didn't want to come [n he wonld go outside and take it ous of his hide. [Applanac and lnnghter.] .’ Comnirsioner Ayard salil If McNell was a totally- freeaponnible man laet fall, he certafnly must bo now. Thyee of the Committee (Conly, Johnson, and McCallrey) who now favored lilm reported againsl bim Inxt fall, and he did not sec why they had changed their minds, 5 Commisstoner Iiolden rose to s point of order, and Inquired, **What fs the' motlon beforo tho houre?" o The Chair said: ** The minorlly rtxoxt. ‘The gen- tleman wili conilne himself to that. COMMISSIONER ATARS hoped the minority report would not be adopted, Lecanre Fanning's bid' was not the lowest, . ‘They had bm{rm ledford limestone at 60 cents s foof, which, with Wolf, I'rice & Co.'s bld of $326,000 far cutting and setting, made a total_of $510,200, awhile Fonning's bid was $535,000. 1t was sdmits ted that If Lemont Hinestone was nsed, the col- uwmns and pllasters must be of granite. Commyissloner McCatIrey—Oh no. Commissioner Ayars—The architect admitted it, The bid for granite pllasters, unpoilshed, was $19,000, By adopting the Bedford stone the county would save $76,000. That stonie was equal to any thaf had been oflen‘dl and the whole bulld- to ing conld Bo constructed of it. [t had been said that i jthe contract for farnishing the etone way let to onc man, and the cntting and actting to another, there wonld be n wastage of 15 or 20 per cent, which the county would lose. If the Bedford bid were accepted, and the catting let to Wolf, Price & Co., that firm wonld give bond that the county should not Rfly for more than 417,000 cuble feet of atone,—the architect's esti- mate of wiat would be required for the cointy's Enfl.flf the bu(ld(n&(. Under these circumstances, e conld not ses why the minority report shonld b adopted. 1 COMMISSIONER BUSSE hoped the report woulll not be adopted. Ifo de- slred ta know, in the firat place, wicre the Board was polug tn get the money, The matter of erec- tion ongh w submitted to lhawrauplt. and they beallowsd to #ay WiiethoF or niot bouds should. e fssucd. 1t e confract were let without thia being done, the contractors wero Hable to aae for dam- ages, and the county would have to psy a large sum. Commiesioncr Holden {nquired where ko got that Information. - s, Commizsloner Buese replled that the statate pro- vided that nv bonds should be fssucd unless the people votad for it. COMMISBIONER LONERGAN favored the minority report, because Fanning's bld was the lowest, and also because the ntone would come from Cook County, #ll the work would be done in Cook Counly, and all the money wonld be spent in Cook Couniy, Iie was not iu fuvor of go- ingto Ohloor Indiana, or anywhere elsc, when there wan’{\lenly of stone of tho beat quality near home, and the ¢ntling conld be done as cheaply in Chicugo as vlsewhere. The stone could be ot here sachieaply as in_Indiana, uaun.: lito account that o the county would have rent for a dock, ~ perhaps for two ~ or three years. Boslics, the stone could not be #nfely inspectod expect on connty gronnd. Addiug this ‘cxpense to the bld of Wolf, Price & Co, for cutting and sctting, it would be accu that Fan- ning's bid was tho loweat. Al he hind to say about Fanning wos, that be had been informed that he was o firat-class mechanic, and had erected some of the finest bulldi In the city, —the Grand Pacile otliors fn” 8. Louls, 1le conld not, therefors, seo huw he could be set aaide, cn‘xeclllly sinco hiw bld was §5,000 Jbwver than any ther. Commissloner 8chmidt mald annln%wnl s linr and » scoundrel, and he could not deay it. {Langh- ter, Commissiuner Aysm remarked that if Bedford stane were used all” the work wonld be dohe fn Chicago, and all the monoy oxpendud here. Walf, Price & Co. woulll furnish a yard at thelr vwn ex- enae. 1o did not doubt tho capability of ¥anning, ut his bid was too high altogether. Commieaioner Holden asked the Chalrman of the Joint Committeo (Lonergan) if he knew unything fbaut 3ir. Fauntug's personal responsibility. Had v any PERSONAL BPPRCTS 1 Commlsaloner Schmidt—Ie 1 a liar and 8 scoun- el Commissioner MeCaflroy—They ara not personal effects, [Laughter,] Commigsloner Schmidt—Well, he lsa larsnd a scoundrel, [Henewed langhter, | “Commissioner Lonergan sald, personally, lie did not know anything about Fanniig pecuniarily, but lie had been told by a man who knew him wefl that be poesessod means, Commi ner Holden sall tho reason ho had asked the question was that Mr. Singer, af thy finn of Singer & Talcott, had sont In a paper show- ing the ssséasment uf Atone-cuitors, aud Fanning rsasseaed or ouly $100 of perednal proverty. ‘That d1d not show much stock of uteusila and wa- terials on hand to commence the yob with, Commnlssioner Lonergun said that was no srgu- ment againet him, There were thonsands of men in the dty who had very little persoosl property, yet were immensely rich in real catate. Commisstoner Schmidt had not expected that charge to come up, lle could prove vhat Fanning wae s lar und s scoundrel [laughtor], sud, us far na proprty was coucerned, e was convinced that he did 104 'own & ceut's worth In Cook County, ile hptl & It:tle bit In Si, Louls, or Missouri, which be- tonged 1o his son, L Comiriasioner ilolden—That fe not his, then? Commitssioner Bcumidi—If lie is in the ruoin, Tet liio come in bete and deuy 11 be dare. [Laughs tern] COMMISSIONER CONLY was notIn favor of the minority report, because Vanning did not give sufticlent security as to o narry, McNell guarantecd to get the stone from the b Illlulrrl 10 Lemont, and the onty une there that could furnlsh the stone for the bulldin He als0 proscted as bandsmen same of the men tn Chicigo, and he could not sce how the Roard cnuldgu around giving the contract to MeNell, be- cause le was the luwest respunaibly bidder, % Comtissioner Scunldi—1le wasn'l responsible ast a3, [Laughter. ) COMMISSIONKR GURNTHER sald Canmisstoner Conly stated 1o the Committoe Jast fal! that hecould not vote for MeNell, yet he epoko fur him now, Why the chauge? 1L waw sald alkeshad givena monYa goon bis quarry, Walker was a ondsuan laat {all for Willett & Co., who hag the cartract for putting up a bullding on the hos: pital ld. That firm **Lusted ' aud cuchred a great many nen out of their money, Walker furnished them the stune, but he wi lmighty carefnl * that hedidn's lose a dollar, collecting ihe inoney eafastsn il was due. Yot Walker nad not paid o dolir of the loss on sccount of the fallure to carry sul that contract, and he could prove it Walkes was to-day one of thebondsmen of McNell. Waulq he not do as Lie had done before in case of o failure? Walker lovked out only for Walker. {‘Al; luse. ) uu» gud no nmu:xl:m Lw alkir's rry, bus po quarry jo Le- mont could futaieh the wohé ceded for the ©lumns aud pliasters of - the Court-House. [Appltuse. | Walker's big sione was not A for (nat purpase. number of practical st swted-Binger, Price, Wolf, Kerber, inger, All tho other vione required could be furs nlaned ua well by the othier quarries, Walkes hked ne meu had au and Moss- money, and, f the eontract were awarded to & Tower bidder, he would not say, **T will not acl} hiin stone:™ but would scil [t 1o anyhody who pald for it. e would not vote for MeNeh, because last 11l he had said be was potin A Gnancial condition todo the **Jittle job " of ll;hl the foundutions, Ta«day he wax **all rigil.” [From what he had learned of him, while he might be n Orst-cinsz e~ chanie, he did not believe he knew any inore aboat stane-cutting than he (Guenther) did. Comminioner McCaflrey—Docs a boss stone- cutter cut the stono himeelf? Comininsloner Guenther—ic hae to hire men: Dut who ever raw a business well conducted, f the boes didn’t know nnylhlmf mhont it (spilansc), without losin; oney, Mr. McNeit hosn't a dol- lurfo lose, Idon't wantto get his bondanien in dificnity, 1 voted for him last Tall like a man, bat cnn't do it now, hecaure the amount Involved Is seven times larger. 7 i (.'mnlnln!lunvrl\{lfll Aald MeNell's hid waa $540, - 000, from which he duducted for grmnite cotumns and pllesters 828,400, moking the blg 8511, 600, ‘The cost of granite colnmus und plinsters was £, 000, making his bid jn reality $610,0600, or 804,600 highes than for Hedford stone for the whule bullding, e did uot think the county conld afford to tose fhat much, . Commixaloner McCaflrey—If of diamonds the cost wonld b higher still, Commlssionee Ayars continued, The rdvertise. ment for proposnls wvan a feaud on the contractors, He had reason to helieve that 1t wan the intention 10 give the contract (o Walker only. Kverything Ted'tu him: "Che contractor must be able toglve & morteage on & quatry; the plans and specidcations weie made withadirect view to his quarey: ¢ there o other qanrry which tould farnteh the * MeNell wans [gnored entirely at the mect. g of the Committee when it was decliled to adopt he bid of Walker—iwoe not even catled in, That ac- tlun, however, was suddenly reconshilercd, and MeNell's bid, $105,000 lcas, was Indorsed., ' W hy a8 not that brouxht inat est? Ite did not think the wnjority report should bo adopted, but that over $10, U0 shoulil be saved the tux-payeis. Mit, BURDICK ealil he aupposed something was expected of him, and hie proposed to may sumetling. e then read Ut sdvertisement for propossls, and aaki: The bids were recelved, and the Committeo called upun everybody to send in proposals uccord- lflk"lu the plans and speclfications, r. Butdick examnlued the bids separately, and continned: : They were referred to the Joint Committee nn Public Bulldings and Pablic Scrvice for thelr conslderation, Before this Joint Com- mities had taken Jany action, hefore they had roported to thifBosrd, o resolution vias iutroduced w the effect that the Court.Jlansc should be bullt of Cook Conuty linestone, Then con- tnenced the ral move in the proceedings that was not warranted by ordinary common honest_action. NJ eycs were opened at once (o the fact that this advartinensont for proposals meast nolhlmiz After we hiad received blda of a dozen different kinds of rtone, S100, 000 to $200,000 fuxa than the Lemont Hmeatone, this Board was shul rizht off, arfd the Commitice to whom these - bids 'were referred was kopt from acting or - re- pordng. The matter' wns taken out BFItu Tinnde, ‘and 1t was o paipally piatn that there was a scheme, laid long before that adver- tiscment waa placed In the papers that things sliould be 80, that | wos almost thunderstruck, What folluwed? But I will 5‘. back n little. Be- fore the rexuintion wan Introduced, after the bidy were receivedand referred to the Committec, th varlone gentlowen who had bid came In here, like business-men, to Inform the members of thiv Board on the relstive ments of sandatona and limestone, 1n dolng this, and actiny like intelligent businesa men, they Invited this Board toguand examine thelr stone, to xev whether |t wan the proper stone to baild o Court-Tlouse, I, with a mnju!llr «f this Board, wenl and vislted stone-quarrica [n u half dozen different places. We went to Cinclunati, and up the river to Bucna Vis- tu, In Clnelnnotl 1 looked for the oldeat bubldings ullt of that s Tepent all day Sunday secking Information, We returned to Chicago, We went to Cleveland to examine atanc, ea I supposed, but the development proved that it was not so, 1 was ni. norant. 1 wax on infant in the schemes and mnchi- untions of this Board of County Comumissioners, 1 returned home. went agaln to Aux Soble, in the State of Ilfnois, only & little farther away froni here thon the Lemont limestone quarries. Thave frequently stated, and now state, that, everythiug elne being eqnal, 1 prefer that tho money spent in erecting the Court-ilouse shonld be kpent here at Bome: bot, consldering the bids and the L:omlmmlh’e merity of the stone, 1 cer- tafnly can think of no euch thing. Itight hers In Urnndy County, but a little farther away than Lemout, we fid sondstone superior, pcrhfl}bl. 10 any known, and we _can have that for $42, 000, My eyes swerc opened after the Introductlon of thaf resolution. Laupposed this Committes wia the proper body to_{nvestigate this matter anu report concluxlony, Now, thin resolution was ADOI'TED IN VIOLATION OF A 8TANDING RULE of this Board—ltule 4: No ariginal resolution or proposition relating to the afiairs of Couk County, or the repenl ot amendmieit of the former action of tha lloard, which hus become 8 matter of recurd, shall be deliatéd or wcted upon nuul the same whinll hAve heen engrossed by the Clirk of the 1Soand, nod then only ut & subaequent meetlig, ere. Now, thin renolution was adopted the vame day 1t wna Introduced—forced through nnder the whip and spur. 1t proves conclusively that this buelness had to _budapie.. It gould not be uvolded. They conld not walt for a report of the Conunittes, The Committee continued to hold sersions on thin stone question, Lwmgt onca or twice with the Commiiee, and if Teversaw A FANCE ENACTED In my 1ife with n mothod, it was_bofore that Com. mittce, It azsumed to exclnde all bidders for Cook Connty limestone, —they didn't talk anything else, —except it might be the mon who riins a stone- uarry out here. They sald: ** We demand of you that you shall glve u® a mortraze on your stone- quarry or we won't conslder your bid." © Tho far- cical part of that Is that the Committeo had no an- fhorkty Cto Taay any ench “thing, and it wos fn dircet violation of the advertinement _under which these proporals were gent In, The advertlsement does not say & word about demauding s mortgage on n atoie- quarry, It fa the most ridiculous proposition 1 cver heard of, und 1 now ask them, and 1 ask you, Mr. Chairmnn, what good s s mortgage on n sianes quarty in Lemont? Isthat any guarantee that that contruct will by performed or ”carried out? Anige noramue would know botter, Thiv fs a_proposi- tion to accept & mortgage on s stonesquarry at Le. mont to guarantee the faithful performance of contract u_the sum of $i95,000. \What in thia stotie-quarry worth? These mien that awn these astone-yuarries must bo millionalres, They o thut stone-quarry §s good secarity enough for thia amount of moter, Row, WUHAT I8 TILI8 QUARRY WoRTH1 The asecssment-buoks for the Town of Lemont for thia year show that Mr, Walker I8 assonscd fur 20 acres, wiich fu the stone-quutry, at the princely sum of 8300 an zcre, That would make the slonc- quary worl 80,000, Do 5o call ihat security for §6113,000t 1t 1¢ ove of the most rldicalotis propositions in the world to talk sbont that being Kood security, mid yet tho mojority of this wisy Committee say thoy will not take personal bunds of gentlemen who were present, and etated to be warth £01,000,000. They will” not take personal bondsnien like ohn Wentwarth and John McCafery of Clcero, They prefer ta take A mori- on ‘the stonc-quarry of Edwin Walker for 00, r, Schmidt—1t was not done for the value of the stone. ‘This wos the reazon: 1f the man should dic the connty eould nut be overcharged, and conld get the same kind of stonc they had hofore the mnn's denth, so that the stone throughout would be unl- form. ‘That was the intention, Mr. Burdick—The stone will remalin there wheth- er Walker dies or not,and if i1 ix not {n that quarry it e 1n nny other quurry. It Walker shonld die, the county would not linve any claim on his stone- quarry any way, 1 hold in my hand A WRCORD OF A MORTOAGE ON THAT QUARIT— and It kcema there ore two, or three, of four of theeo muru;nfv-—«lursu'o.l)oa. How s the Board to get contral of thele quarry Mr. McCallrey—1f the county don't get tho frat mortgage, Mr, McNeil don’t get the contract. Mr. Lurdick—=The Commitice ignored personal security, and said: **We imust have o mortgnge on Astone-gnarey. ' Mr. Mctaffrey—We will have to bave personal security, but we willalso have lien on the quar- Ty, {Hlt 8 thu Goverment of the Unlted Stalca hasliens on the quarries which furnbsh stonoe for the Custom-Tlouse. We nurt have personal se. curity just the saine, and we propose {0 tuke this win Turnieh it, 2 Mr. irdick—I muat continue to criticlse’the sc- ton of tne Commitice in voliug te award the con- tract for SBS. 000, when the same gentlumen in whoas favor thiey taw report made & proyosal to do the work fur $340, 000, and suvther gentlemnn for $5135,000.. Now, | would ask huw the majority of the Commiitteecould areive honestly atany cone clusion that they should award that cuniracs for $605, 000 when “they had before them two bids for the |denticad uaterlal for §540,000 and for 8533, - 000, Csn that he answered! After the vole was taken in that Commitiee, for good reasbns, I pre- sume, known Lo themselves, ~L'whall not show what the reavons were, TUEY DID XOT RLIPOR o the Board. 1L waw expected thut this report shiould huve come nefore thls lourd, according to the report of the Committes at thal hme, awapd- ing tho contract for $UUS,000. It never came be- fure thy Board, But to-duy ft comes before the Hoard, and we lave two rcpun.l;d—n ajority and | n Inority report, —one ut $540, 000, and the other a1 $535, 000, for stone fromn the samu neighbors bood, and which can b d from the s3nio juarry, and avery man of any senve and intelligence it. 'I'hey can badger nnd bambooziu just ar much s they please, but we can go to lemons and buy ol the stone wu bave got the mouey Lo piay fof of Edwin Walker, Hegardiess of the fack of ‘thess haif-dosen Jower bidders, run nlnf dowa to 000, without the Commitiee saying one word about these proposals being re. celved, they come in now and repurt recommend- Ing thut the contract be awarded to McNetl & Bon for $330,000, the minority voting for $3:5, 060, What hus become of these blds that were referred tothe Conuuittee? IMd they fmmedistely dissp. pear? Have they heen destroyed or burntup? The Commitice refuse to say ono word about their ever recciving any such blde. The only qu tion that they = have sed in U report i Caok County limestone. "Thera in Jiist an much dilerence to-day between elther oneof these Ernw- 8540,000 aud 8335, 000—and the lower 103, »s betwycen these bids for §340, 000 snd §335, - 0n0and the firat action of the Cammittes in fixing on $005,000. We can drlve them down $100,000 tiore. and that Is Juel what we proporo to dn, 0 McNefl, [deeite to rofer Lo the oction of the lloard, nnd ssk it that nction can be ex- lalned—if there s nuy hurmony between he actlon of ent Committer the. maiorlty of - the and that “of moit af the members when they exclmded MeNell from thof, sward for laying the fonndations of the buflding last fall. Mr. jarms' bid was S84, 550, nnd MeS, Nell's $72,075 prea- not resnonsible and retlable, the churk 1o come In and aay fe is reaponaibic on contract for over half a mfllln dollars, 'Thiate. consistency. Tl specifications sy The contractor shall e gequired to furnish sstlsfan fory evience that Jir [e 8 skili=d and competent me- Eliante, that lie s excented warkaof & SIiae paties to' thme hereln deseribed, aud That be 1a fnanel compelent fo petforu) the contraet If awarded to b ‘That Ix in hafmany with the adveriisement under swhich the bide were sollciied s yet this man proved himeell to be Nuancially Iumgmbh' in a former case, when he cnme before the Committen and said e owned nothing except a litle houne. I hope Ihe membern af the Board witl listen 1o reason, : 1 svill not make any argmuent to shiow the SUPERIORITY OF SANDSTOND over Conk County limestone, The Commitfee ig. nored informatlon, <swonld not inveatigate, wonhl not seek knowlesdge 1o satisfy themeelves whethor it wae or not. They would ot allow the aflenllon o be avkell tha nrchitect which, in his judement, he conmidered the beat stone. Thix fact of jtacif will_show that they did not seek informntion, 1 wanld advise the Board, {f my advice i+ worth any- V:l{nfi. 0 o elow §n awanling the contract to sny- hody. Commirsioncr McCallrey—~Exactly, That {s your ground all the time, Comniesiouer Burdiek<T1 take thia fim“ml nfter E’filhnx more Information than I have had before, Tiad 10t thought 10 be an ebstacle In the way of the canatruction of the Conrt-Houge, but I want 1o pince the facts before the Board, that they may Inage whether they shoul) proceed. 1want to ex- 'lfl:ll my views 80 as, If pusaile, to deter them rom enferiny Into a contrnct undur which they may be llable to u great extent for damnges, snd they undoubtedly wiil be liable §f they enter into it COUNTY BONDS. It Is well known, perhaps, to moat of the mem - hat an act was passed by the Leglalature Peh, 2, in reference to countler contalning over 00,000 inhabitants Jesufiys bonds for Lutiding a Court-House and fundingtiie debt. Under that act, on the 11th of March, 1872, by u two-thirds vote, the Board authorized the fssuing of s million anda half of what were called **fire bonds " for bullding Purnn-un. Thome bonda were sold from time to tiine as_necesslty demanded, and the erce- tion of public building has been proceeded with, and all f¥ espended but about $100,000. There are works 11 progress waich will abeofb ali the monvy o the credit uf the bailding fund. The Board can- not proceed now under that nct, but musl be gov- erned by the one passed March #1, 1874, which pravides that the county cannot fssae bonds except by a vote of the people. Aalunderstand it, we ninst proceed under that statute; and, if we act wisely, we will not enter dnto a contract hinding the people and tax-payers of the county to do & certain thing when we do not know whether we can doitornot. 1t would be actingthe part of wise men to first aubmit the proposition to the peovle, and, if they say **Yes, favue the bondes," then Is ' the proper thas te enter into @ contract 1o expend the money. Who knows whether we have any mone; whetber we can control auy? The cliy's purt eecms to be ale together lefi unt, The li)cu;!lu of Cook County will never authorize the Board to {ssue bonds 1o boild & City-Ilall, snd we know very well the city cannot da (t*That belng true, the City-Hoil f4 out, and ali we hiave tn o In to_erect the county's portion, if the city will allow us to o so, It is current talk, and has been fur some time, In conncctlop with awurding ths contract for Cook Connty limestoue, thut it is a part of the scheme to DEFOSE THE COUNTT ANCHITECT, Mr.Egun. 1 desire to say simply, regarding i, that Mr. Egan Las acquired Flghts under s contract of whiclihe conld not be deprived. {Applanse. ) Usnlcrs he voluntarily surrenders thoee s lie can hold the county respunslble, — unless he foils ty perform the dutles imposed npon him by the contract be canpot be deposcd, I niention this fur the purpose of din. abusing the minds of rome of the mesmbers of the {dea that they can drop him, The { may cut him off, but ke cin draw his pay if he inslats upon it they may i sowcbody cise, but will rob the peos pie’by sodoing. M'CATPREY. Then up rose McCaffrey and observed that the last gentleman had ‘made 8 pretty pood specch, nnd he thought they would have to ‘clect the epeaker Counly-Attoruey nest fall. This witty remark was recerved with epplause from the mob outslde the railing, and Mclafrey was_encoura Ie remarked troly tnut the Court-Tlous fon had spitated he Board for soms tim ¢ lhad been a great many hard thinge sald abont_ the tmembers of the Doard {n general, and himsct {n particular, but o had this much tosay: that ho had alwaya voted for anything and e\'er‘lhlng that looked “towands the canstraction of the Court-louse, (3fore ap- plause from tliose oul of & job. | 'The speaker last on the Jloor had never.voted In any w:{ which would ndicate that he wae in favor of baving the Court-House bullt. [Mora applause, and indica. tions of disupproval of the Inst spesker's conrsc, ] Tho r5nnnmmn had nttacked “the members of tho Boord as though they were thieves, Why? Beeanse the genticman and’ his friends wanted to take the money of the tax-payors away, aud carsy it off 10 Ohli to apend for Court-Houes stone. The gentleman had never ndvocated JLOME INDUATRT. Mr. McCaftrey said he lad always been In favor of Lewont stone, and If this Lumont stone were ouly In Vermont or Ohiv he had no doubt the gen~ tleman would anlst upon fts adoption. Mr, Mc- Caffrey wae fu favor of it hecane (¢ waw at houe. If home Inborers were not employed they would noon be applying for relief, ~Mr, Walker had been sttacked, and Mr, Walker had got no moru to da with thiv contract than he (McCatfrey) bud, "Chis was 100 much, and the knuwing vnes in the erowd recelved Wiy 'ridicalvus denial” with cone tempt and derisfon, Mr. MeCailrey—You can laugh all you please, int 1 Mr. Burdick’s plan was adopted you' wouldu'L ¢l 80 very plensaut about It, Mr, Canl y=Oh. ihey'va zot a lot af sandstono men back there that's dolng the langhing, Mr. Mctatlrey went on to state that hu knew last fall that MeNeil was a practical mechanie, but that he had voted agaiust giviug him a cuntract hecause he didd not furnish sutlicient security, e was oy competent and skiljud 2 mechanic as there was I the County of Coak. The gentleman on the other alde hal got around these bids tu such an cx- tent as to lead the nroplu to lll‘pl\un the Board wus sbout to defrsud the county ol §200,000 or $300,- FANNING'S DID was &5735,000. Mr, McCallrey sald he told Fan- ning, when he came hefore the Boarnd, that if he aid not bring good sccurity, wach as the Board demanded, that " he ahostd not vote for him, If Fanning should come forward now and give the security which the Ioard should demanid, v wonld vote (of him, Funning had not glven good securi- ty, and the Comuuitice had taken up tho next Jow-" cet bidder, McNell & Son, wha were rendy 1o give bonds with thhe names of such men na’ Charles . Farwell, Gen, McArthur, and others, Morcover, the Committce had fnsisted wpon securing the county In just such a way ax the United States was sccured,—by & morlgagc on the slone-quarsy. Walker would securo Lo the cunnl{ the stune 1¢- quired for the bullding, Ho woald give a mort. gage on the Jand, so that the county conld get the slone whether Walker retalned the land or not. The gentleman had apoken 8 great deal about the )mnnl{h! #ome membersof the Board, and would, no doubt, have the people belleve he wan the hon- estest muan in the lloard, Mr. McCaflrey knew nathing ta the contrary, and he did not think the gentleman knew anything tu the contrary ubout him. But C ho did wot belleve in obusing weople simply because they were the lowest bidders, The gentleiman wis dis- ’m»u! ta overhaul the character uf other membure, hat he might shrink from lmvlnf,’ hisown personal and business charncter overhanled. Bids for lime. slone were fu, all the way from $950,000 to 8555, - 000, ‘Phe mujority of the Committee hind wubuit- ted the bid for $540,000, wtib the underatanding that McNell wanld, ‘in funricen duys, furntsh suc secunity ua wondid aathsfy tho County Attorney, WIHERE WA® TIE STEAL { Thig contract wus alinost $:100, 000 legs than the recommiendution of the County Architect, ‘aud be, Mr. Mcuaifrey, could not scw Wheru the steal csme in.” “He concluded with a statement that it was the bonnden duty of the Livard 10 try 1o do_somcthing for the luborees, instesd of makiug pavpers vut of tbem, 1t fe necdlesn to say that the gentlemen who were represented Lo bo In so much danger of be- cowing paupera received this plea In thelr behalf with mauy manifestations of detight. - COMMISSIONEI 10LDEN sald Commlestoner Burdick hind dragged In one thing whichcould Just unwell have beon leftuni—the mat« ter of the Conunitice sercelng ninong themselvesto report mfavor of uwardig the contrict 1o Walker fur SUK000. He kuew, und all the oblier mews bern uf the Board knew, that only onc repors bid been submitted to the Bosrd In"two forma—one ‘recommending 835,000, und the other $540, 000, thy two Jowest bidders for the stone which was requited to cunstruct the bullding, ‘That e AL Sudgment - could - befarmed from, aud 10 go beyond those repourts waa dolug what wan uncalled for, Mo could seo no necesalty for dragging in n:ymlnf elue. Seve cral fiflmcmun han stepped iz on the street and asked him concerning the - pro nosition 1o yay $0112,000 for stone, and ho had Lokl them that oo such price would ever be paid by the loard; that they beed not be alarmed; that e did not belfeve tuat that price would ever be submitted; that tbe Committee bnd no such idea. Tle bad secn nothing of it~ In nrder to glve the city suthoritles a hears Ing, it bheing understuod that the Councll would taze somu nction at it session to-day (Monday), he maved that the Board adjourn, ‘The motlon was agreed to, and the Hoard ad- Journed, : OQUTSIDE TALK, TUE DEMORALIZED RING. Tho . provecdings of the Hoard ou the stono question wero liberafly Aiscussed after adjonrus went. Duriog the weetlug the demorslization It wow they hn@, Z phred agalnst the Rin, < vithatanding PRICE FIVE CE ] B s e 1t ool bg " elrcles had been #vident, and heaua / & ,and funocently i1ustrated tn McCaflrey's & sslon wheu hasald, Iu dofensn of Walker, < hiebad no moro futerest in McNeil'a bid o ¢ Walker bud, The cpleulation In the ;¥ part of the dny had heen S'6 MeNela bl would go througl, < dthe only thing In the way of ft was the and tliey renoried that MeNell waS 2 testlon of” lif trsutworthiness, fle had cons 7 originally, aid, not- that he had heen bought off, thero -was @ lack of falth In him which time mizit reaedy, hence the postponement of a vote, Ilo bad nlso called the “Ring? o hond of thieves, which thoy regarded as ungencrous if ho cxpeet- ed to join'the army, nnd the conscquence s seon in the proccedings. If the vote had bLoun taken in tiie abseiico of Tabor, MeNeil wouhl have been beaten, nnd Lils absence fs helleved to bave staved off vote. Ie lssaid to have beon closely followed for some time by Perinlat, and his mub“ and, discovering his followiny, to have reversed the gamuso far as to lnye become o, visitor of Perfolat at his lome, Why hic was ab- sent) however, Is.not known, but 1t ‘fs_belleved thut. ho has placed himsell In such o posi tion unwittingly, and that yesterday he could - not bave votcd agalnst the propused stcal; lience his absence. The fires surrounding him are burning brightly, snd,when be does face the music, If he vates aizafnst’ Walker and Uerlolat {:fv’umm do it atthe expense of lostug thelr MR, n'mn..‘ the favorite bildder since Walker hns heen beaten, was around all day, He was mixed in mind and purposc to un alarming degree, He had read tho Interview In these col- umns with bis portuer, Mr. Fanning, and fully urrrc«-lntcd the effect of his_departure fram hls agrcement already printed in these columns, e could not deny that such o bar galn exlsted hetween mnl.acn and Fanning and Henncesy, and, further, that he had been eap- tured by ihe “Ring.'! He would say nothing,. however, to the reporter to bu used a3 an fntes view, and all that could ne ‘gnllmml from hln “was in w drcumstantial way. lio eald he would ulllmately vindieate himself and disprove all of the dsperslons cast upon him, The agrecment made with Fanuing had been abrogated at Fanning's request, he sald, aud he was strafght. e «did notdeny, however, that he had held a conference and reached an agrevinent with Perfolat and Walker iy tho watter, and that his bld was really Walker's, . RAILROADS. FAST FREIGHT LINES. The movement to sholish all the fast frefght lines or consolidate them into three lnes, has taken o much mote tanglble shape since the fact ‘was brought out in Tur TRIBUNR a short timo 8go. Heveral meetings of the varlous Eastern radrond managers have latcly been held, and there remain but few obstacles in the way of the consummation of this much-lesired reform. Of course the fast freight Hunes are kicking azainst this movement, and do nll they can toavert their impendiog doom, All thelr efforte, how- ever, will be of but llttle avall, as the raltroads In thelr present straits canuot afford to support these drones. If all the fast frelght lines wero organized ke the Blue and Red Lines, thero couldt be but little objectlon to ther existence. These lines are owned by the rail- roads aud get only 1eent per ton per milo for their work, This amount just about covers the cxpenses, and the railroads themsclves could hardly do the work for less, But there are . number of fast freight lines, of which the Mer- chants’ Dispatch 1s o sample, who et for thele work from 10 to 15 per cent of the rates. Naow, if the rate from Chicago to Now Yrk is 20 cents_per 100 pounds, the Merchunts' Express can afford Lo cut the rate to 18 cents, and still have amargln left. And this very fact often Is the cause of the breaking of the! n'{;ulnr agrees ments between the varlous Ines, Unlesa these lines are driven from the field, raflronds need never expect to be able to inaintain regm- lar rates. The fast-frelght lincs, finding Lhat their days are numbered, bave begun to ree duce their expensea, The Bluo Line hias made a reduction in the salarics of ol its cmr!nycn nt 25 per cent, and It s understood that dll the othur lnes will make a stintlar reduction on the 1st of Beptember. BOUTHERN RAILWAYS. ‘The Business Committes of the conference ox Bouthiern Rallroad Managers, held at Saratoga a few days ago, recommended the following rem- cdial measures for the evils now existing and threatening to bankrupt the property committed to the care of the Mansgers: Firat~Tteform In the existing management, tho rentoration of the rates for through buslneés to Jrices fair and {nat av between the companies and- helr patrons, “adjnsted with roference to uni. formity and permanence, Srcond—As a mrans of avoiding injurious com- ; petition, the Committes recommend a division af tarritory between competing linen when practicas ble, and when such arrangements canuut be ef- fected then divide the Lusiness ab the competing points. When compoting roads canuot agree then refer matiors to arbitratora. . Zhird—The abandonment of pasments of com- * minsiun to Influcnce trade or* travel between com- peting Hnew. In fustherance of these views It in recommended that the Southern railromd and steamship lines form u pormanent Avsociation, as #n organization calenlated to effect much good in l)romuung fair management between competing Ines; and it fs nrged tpon mansgers of all roads In thuir section to becaie members of and abide by the regulations ani declsions of the eald Assncia- tion, a8 being nbsolutely necessary to enable it te meel the objects and purpases of lis creation, — CUTTING DOWN. Owling to the raitroad war, the stagnation fa busiucss, and other causes, the earnlugs of the varjous roads centering in this clty have greatly fallen off, und therifore, the manngers of thess roads have decided to curtafl expenses where- ever practicable. All employes yho can pussibly be spared will ut once be dlscharged and more work put upon those who remain, The work In the shops will also be reduced to s minimum, ‘The salories of the cmployes of most of the ronds wikt be reduced on the 1st of September from 10 to 25 per cent. The Ilinols Ceutral Rallrood declded yesterdny to makea re- ductlon on all salaries above $50 » month. Tha reduction will be graded according to the salary, ———— ANOTHER MISSISSIPPT BRIDGE! apecial Dlspatch to 42 Irivune, Drs Moixes, lu., Aug. 2L—The Clinton & Misstssippl River Bridge Company has declded to construct a rallroad and wagen bridge across the Mississippl River at Clinton, the same to be completed July 1, 1877, It i understood that for this purpose the Chicago, Butlington & Quincy Rund releases the city from Ita con- tract for's poutoon bridge. Coy Ry T, A2 P #Apecial Dispalch 8o The Triduns. Drs Moixes, 1, Aug. 31.~The Iron on the Southwestcrn Exteuslon of the Chicago, Rock Islanit & Pactfic Rallroad haes been lsid to the crosstug of the Keokuk & Des Molnes Road, | below Lejghton, and about 0 tiles west of Os- kalvoau. THE LATE M. C, KERR, Wasmminaton, D. C., Aug. 2L.—The follawIng telegram was recelved frow the lon. 8, 8, Cox this afternoon: Tocx Bunak, ALux Sriinsas, Va., Aug, 21— Mr. Adswmennd Mr. Sayler arrived hera this morn- ing with a casket, The remmine are embalmed, and the eacort will loave for Washinglon this svening, . and arrivu there at 7 ju the worulng, and thence by $ho first train far the Weat. Vice-President Ferry, having received o dis- . patch from Mr, Adaws, Clerk of the House of © Representatlves, stating that e, with the body | of Mr. Kerr, would svrive hiero to-morrow morn- inyi lias delayed his departure for Michigan, und will accompany the remains of the lata Spesker to their sinal resting-place at New Albany, Tud, Naew York, Aug. 2).~—Flags on the city bulld- ! ings of this city und Hrookiyn to-day were dls- played at half-iuast out of mreul to the mows ory of the late Speaker of the ilouse, e —— OUTRAGES AT THE SOUTH. v the Bditor af The Tribuns. Cuicado, Aug. 2|.—In a communication from me to your paper ¢f tho 30th ult,; giving an ac- count of thy treatment of Northern men lu the South, and of theironing of prisoners to the tioor of the fafl fn Washington County, Mliss., recelved in a private lettes to me, I would say, in answer to many {nquiries, that the fuforma- tion was not recelved from any resident of de Washiugtou County, but frews auother url‘l of tho State. Resprctiully, ¥ [