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Dr John Wishart, Samuel Mounts, Jacob Slagle, Robert Officer.
Attorneys at Law of Washington:
Thomas McGiffin,
Thomas M. T. McKennan,
John S. Brady, John L. Gow,
Isaac Leet,
Alexander W. Acheson,
Daniel Leet, William MeKennan,
James Watson,
William Waugh,
Joseph Henderson.
Trustees of the Female Seminary:
Dr. David McConoghey, D.D., Dr. Francis J. LeMoyne, Dr. John Wishart, Joseph Lawrence, Dr. Robert R. Reed, Alexander Sweney, John Marshel, Jacob Slagle, John Grayson.
Teachers of the Common Schools in Washington: Daniel Baldwin, George Freeby, Elizabeth Garrett, Rebecca Garrett,
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, ADMITTED, 1841; DIED, 1870. [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph with Mr. J. L. Judson (1851).]
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CONTENTS OF THE CORNER-STONE, 1840.
Edward J. Morgan, Matilda Tener, Sarah C. Hague, Philip Potter-Colored School.
Candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States for 1840:
Martin Van Buren, Democratic.
William H. Harrison, Whig.
James G. Burney, Abolition.
Richard M. Johnson, Democratic.
John Tyler, Whig. Thomas Earle, Abolition.
The Sunday Schools of Washington Celebrated the 4th of July, 1840, at the Presbyterian meeting house, by a musical concert.
It was likewise celebrated by the military and citizens in Mounts's woods, 1 mile West of Washington.
Market Prices:
Wool, 25 to 40 cts.
Wheat, 45 cts.
Corn, 25.
Oats, 15.
Coal, 6} per bushel.
Wood, White Oak, $1.50 per chord.
Hickory, $2 per chord.
Coffee, 163 cts.
Tea Y. Hyson, 75 to $1.00.
Salt, $2.50 per barrel.
Flour, $2.50 per barrel.
The Silk business is making considerable progress in the com- munity.
The year 1840, distinguished for the number of political meet- ings and their size throughout the whole of the U S, pending the presidential election; also the number of political debates in Washington County.
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The Whig party had a very large meeting at West Alexander on the 21st of May, and the Democratic party at Washington on the 25th of May, 1840.
Samuel Workman, Post Master at Washington.
Names of Aged Citizens of Washington:
Henry Arnold,
aged 99 years
John Wilson,
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Jacob Schaffer,
4 77
Hugh Workman,
80
Dr. Jno. J. LeMoyne,
80
William Brackley,
84
James Smith,
77
66
James Simes,
80
Robert Knox,
77
Isaiah Steen,
יי
77
Daniel Moore,
72
Samuel Potter,
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Hotels:
Mansion House, John Dagg.
Washington Hall, Eliza Sweitzer.
Washington Inn, Dan'l Valentine.
Sign of the Sheep, David Blakely.
Farmers Inn, Wm. J. Brown.
Buck, Elizabeth Fleming.
American, S. B. Hayes.
Paul's, Wm. Paul.
Wilson's, John Wilson.
National, James Searight.
Alex. Reed, President of the Franklin Bank of Wash- ington, John Marshel, Cashier,
Sam'l Cunningham, Clerk,
Daniel Moore, - Directors,
Sam'l Murdoch,
David Eckhert,
James Stevens,
George Black,
ROBERT F. COOPER, ADMITTED, 1842; DIED, 1864. [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph with William Cooper, a son. 1
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CONTENTS OF THE CORNER-STONE, 1840.
Jacob Slagle,
James Brice, Th. M. T. McKennan, Wm. Brownlee,
Dan'l Houston,
George Wilson,
Joseph Clarke,
Capital paid in, $120,000.
Jacob Keichlin, Grave-digger.
Joseph Potter, Jailor.
Andrew Means, Crier of the Court.
Wm Hays & Henry Bristor, Constables.
George Cline, Street Commissioner.
Thomas S. Mckinley, Assessor.
John H. Bristor, Collector of Borough tax.
George W. Brice, Collector of County & School taxes.
[List of other Articles with the above Paper. ]
1. Fourth Annual Report on the Geographical Survey of the State of Pennsylvania, by Henry D. Rogers, State Geologist: Harrisburg; Holbrook, Henlock & Bratton, Printers; 1840.
2. Report on the Finances of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- vania, for the year Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, made to the legislature by the Auditor General, agreeably to law: Harrisburg; Printed by Elliott & McCurdy; 1838.
3. Charter and Ordinances of the Borough of Washington, Pa .; also the Supplement to the Charter, passed the 19th day of March, 1829; Printed by the order of Council: Geo. W. Brice, Printer, Washington, Pa .; 1836.
4. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Jefferson Col- lege, Canonsburg; July, 1839: Washington, Pa., printed by Thomas W. Grayson & Co.
5. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Washington Col- lege, Washington, Penn'a; For the year ending September, 1839: Washington, Pa., printed by George W. Brice, 1839.
6. Issue of the Weekly Reporter, Counterfeit Detector, and General Prices Current; Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 30, 1840.
7. Issue of The Daily Advocate and Advertiser; Pittsburg,
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Thursday, July 2, 1840; Edited by George Parkin; vol. VIII, No. 25.
8. Issue of The Examiner; Published by T. W. Grayson & C. C. Kaine; Office, near the lower end of Main Street; Wash- ington, Pa., July 4, 1840: vol. XXIV. - No. 3; whole Num- ber, 1203.
9. Issue of The Washington Reporter; J Bausman, Editor; "One Country, One Constitution, One Destiny." - Webster; [$2 Per Annum, half-yearly in advance]; vol. XXXII: Wash- ington, Pa., Saturday, July 4, 1840; No. 48.
DESCRIPTION OF THIRD COURT-HOUSE.
Our third court-house, as shown by our illustration, was of two rather high stories, and was built of brick. On the first floor, and to the north or right on entering, were three offices: First, the prothonotary's office, entered directly from the portico receding from the supporting columns into the building; then the office of the county commissioners, entered from the hall; and next, until the new jail and its additions were erected in 1868, the treasurer's office, after that year occupied by the County Superintendent of Common Schools; and to each office there was attached an arched vault, in length the full width of that side of the building. To the south or left on entering were also three offices: First, the office of the clerk of courts, entered also from the portico; next, the office of the register of wills, entered from the hall; and next, the office of the recorder of deeds; each office on this side, also, having its arched vault, in length the full width of that side of the building.
The court-room was on the second floor, and was reached from the hall below by a broad winding stairway on each side, meeting at the front on a platform above, from which was the entrance to the court-room by a large double door.
The seats for the public were pew-like affairs, run en- tirely across the building, except for the aisles, and those in the rear higher, to overlook those in front. They faced the bench, which was at the west end of the room, with
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two windows on each side of it. On the north side, or to the left of the bench, for a long period, was the jury-box, seemingly patterned after the one in the second court-house, being one inclosed box, high in the rear but open in front, containing the seats of the jurymen. The bar occupied the space in front of the bench, and parties interested, and wit- nesses and jurymen not in the box, were admitted to seats to the right of the bench and opposite the jury-box; and a railing separated the general public from the portion occu- pied by the bench and bar, jurymen, parties, and witnesses.
Prior to 1868 there were but two jury-rooms, both being in front of and entered directly from the court-room; one in the north corner of the building, over the prothonotary's office, and the other in the south corner, over the clerk's office. But one of the additions made with the new jail of 1868 was a third jury-room, adjoining and north of the court library, and immediately over the new sheriff's office below, which opened directly into the main jail building. This jury-room, as well as the court library, was reached by a door from the court- room to the left of the bench, and this in time sent the jury- box across to the right side of the bench.
It must be said, further, of this old court-house, described somewhat in detail to give to those who are to come after us an idea of what it was like, that its outside was not without taste, nor crude and unpleasant in appearance, and that its court-room was simply perfect in acoustic quality; yet its pub- lic offices, especially those of the prothonotary, clerk, and recorder of deeds, were so small as to make it inconvenient to do business in them, and there was not a vault in the entire building affording protection to the dockets and records, the accumulations of more than a century. But there was a cellar, into which the overflow could be dropped !
What became of the statue of George Washington, when it came down from the top of the dome in 1898? One of the knees had become badly affected by a kind of necrosis, but the body still maintained its erect position, as it had stood over-
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looking the town for sixty years. On its removal it was purchased by Mr. Charles Hallam, and, strengthened in its legs and clothed in a new suit of paint, it now stands on Mr. Hallam's lawn at the corner of Locust and Highland Avenues.
And the clock with the three faces, one to the north, one to the east, and the third to the south, for ten years or so lighted at night by electric lights behind them? That clock cost about $1,000; it belonged to and was kept in order by the borough of Washington, and after its removal it was sold by the borough to Mr. James McCullough, Jr., of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, who has since taken it from Washington and devoted it to private uses.
And the bell, which not only announced the hours indi- cated by the clock, but for sixty years had called the bench and bar together for business? It was no doubt the same bell that had come down from the belfry of the old second court- house in 1840. At all events, when taken from its old home, its old uses were ended, and it was bought from the county by Mr. E. E. Crumrine, burgess of South Washington, for the school building of that borough, now on the corner of Elm and Huston Streets, whence its familiar tones may still be heard in its new calling.
So much for Washington County's third court-house, com- pleted upon the public square in 1842, and obliterated there- from in 1898.
ALEXANDER MURDOCH, ADMITTED, 1843. [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph with Mr. John H. Murdoch (1873), a son.]
V.
THE FINANCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1860.
AFTER the Revolutionary War, finally terminating on the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, on October 19, 1781, the United States of America was at peace with the world, so far as the battles of armies and navies were concerned, except for the brush with England, the mother country, during the brief War of 1812, and the longer contest of the war with Mexico of 1845, until the well-remembered War of the Rebellion, beginning with the seizure of Fort Sumter on April 14, 1861, and ending with the surrender of General Lee at Appo- mattox on April 9, 1865. No one of these wars until the last can fairly be said to have shaken up the people of the whole country, to teach them of what manner of men they were, and the sixteen years elapsing after the Mexican War had allowed the people to settle down into the conservative ways of quiet and peaceful, though progressive, growth. They were yet to be awakened.
To indicate the financial business of Washington County be- fore this awakening, and to permit a comparison to be made with a similar statement of the public business in the year 1900, forty years later, to be found toward the end of this volume, we here copy from the published Auditor's Report, appearing in the Washington Reporter in its issue of February 7, 1861:
AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF WASHING- TON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, COMMENCING JANUARY, 1860, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1860, INCLUSIVE.
COMMISSIONERS' ACCOUNT.
EXPENSES OF COURT.
Grand jurors' fees $410 76
Traverse jurors' fees
1,553 74
Summoning jurors
93 00
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Boarding jurors
$16 80
David Aiken, clerk 182 88
Jas. B. Ruple, prothonotary 23 25
W. S. Moore, prothonotary, 1855-56-57. 169 06 Alex. Wilson, district attorney 215 62
N. McGiffin, sheriff 39 37
C. V. Grier, crier of court 95 00
Tipstaves 311 50
Constables' returns 56 38
Justices' fees in Commonwealth cases 44 95
Constables' fees in Commonwealth cases_ 292 14
Witnesses' fees in Commonwealth cases __
543 30
$4,047 75
SUMMARY PROSECUTIONS.
Justices' fees
$97 60
Constables' fees
93 28
$190 88
CORONERS' INQUESTS.
Coroners', justices' and jurors' fees
$55 10
Post-mortem examinations 45 00
$100 10
EXPENSES OF JAIL.
Medical attendance
$8 00
Jailor
200 00
Guarding jail
83 00
Ironing prisoners
2 25
Clothing prisoners
20 11
Washing for prisoners
25 00
Incidental expenses
35 93
Boarding and jail fees
780 87
Arresting prisoners who broke jail
44 50
Coal for jail
93 93
$1,293 59
PENITENTIARY.
Maintenance of convicts
$320 03
Conveying convicts 300 00
$620 03
THOMAS H. BAIRD, JR., ADMITTED, 1846; DIED, 1899. [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph with Mrs. Baird, surviving.]
FINANCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1860.
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HOUSE OF REFUGE.
Maintenance of inmates $580 73
Conveying inmates 12 00
$592 73
PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL.
Maintenance and medical attendance $567 91
Alms-house 3,332 09
$3,900 00
ELECTIONS.
Election officers, etc. $2,957 76
David Aiken, recording returns
73 12
J. B. Ruple, recording returns 172 25
W. S. Moore, recording returns '55, '56, '57
311 00
Sheriff's proclamation
251 25
Election blanks 43 50
$3,808 88
ASSESSMENTS.
Assessors' pay_
$1,086 67
Printing assessors' blanks
10 00
$1,096 67
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Road and bridge views
$471 50
Road damages.
2,426 75
David Aiken, clerk
55 95
Bridges, built and rebuilt
4,913 37
Bridges repaired
420 00
Bridge advertisements
20 90
$8,307 57
REPAIRS TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Court-house
$85 51
Sheriff's house.
16 47
Jail
38 11
$140 09
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Dockets for offices $86 75
Assessors', collectors' and school dupli-
cates 48 90
Stationery for court-room and commis- sioners' office 55 29
$190 94
PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Premium for par funds $27 06
Interest on money borrowed by directors
of poor. 31 32
$58 38
COAL AND GAS.
Coal for court-room and commissioners'
office. $39 92
Gas for court-room
32 60
Gas for commissioner's office 17 80
Repairs to gas fixtures
5 80
$96 12
COMMISSIONERS' PAY.
Jos. Vankirk, in office
$186 00
Roads and bridges
97 00
$283 00
O. P. Cook, in office.
$204 00
Roads and bridges
111 50
$315 50
G. Taylor, in office
$206 00
Roads and bridges
119 00
$325 00
J. S. Elliott, in office.
$25 00
Roads and bridges
27 50
$52 50
$25 00
Alex. Murdoch, counsel to commissioners Jno. Grayson, auditing dockets 15 00
DAVID S. WILSON, ADMITTED, 1849. [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph with the author.]
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FINANCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1860.
Clerk to commissioners
$600 00
Florence Agricultural Society, 1859 100 00
Washington Agricultural Society, 1859 100 00
Hope Fire Company
50 00
Postage
10 25
Jas. Watson, professional services
20 00
Cost on retailers' licenses
7 38
A. J. Greenfield, compromise.
20 00
N. McGiffin, bringing prisoners on Gov- ernor's requisition
77 69
J. M. Byers, arresting horse thief.
20 00
Publishing receipts and expenditures
133 00
Publishing Treasurer's notice to taxables
106 50
Publishing Collateral inheritance tax
12 25
10 50
Publishing Treasurer's notice to collectors Janitor
56 37
Miscellaneous
23 05
INTEREST AND COST ON COUNTY BONDS.
Judgments in U. S. Court $14,176 63
Coupons paid at Treasury 16,674 56
$30,851 19
Whole amount of Commissioner's account
$58,227 82
Amount paid by Treasurer on commis- sioners' checks and certificates of clerk of Quarter Sessions $49,699 20
Amount of outstanding checks and cer- tificates 8,528 62
$58,227 82
The undersigned commissioners of Washington County certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of the expenses of the said county for the year ending December 31, 1860.
О. Р. Cook.
G. TAYLOR. J. S. ELLIOTT.
SAMUEL LINTON, Clerk.
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- In connection with the foregoing, we copy from the Audi- tor's report upon the account of John E. Bell, county treasurer, a portion showing the tax-levy for 1860 for the several town- ships and boroughs:
TAX-LEVY FOR 1860.
STATE.
COUNTY.
Allen
$244 02
$407 17
Amwell
1,256 46
2,137 99
Buffalo
1,062 13
1,794 44
Beallsville Borough
100 34
172 73
Cecil
747 60
1,258 16
Claysville Borough
82 40
150 95
Cross Creek
818 26
1,374 18
Canonsburg Borough
210 59
364 80
Chartiers
1,003 33
1,657 27
Carroll
616 31
1,070 49
Canton
535 55
907 60
California Borough
68 66
125 74
Donegal
1,039 72
1,760 62
East Pike Run
370 45
619 29
East Finley
576 55
997 81
East Bethlehem
760 85
1,288 35
Franklin.
978 13
1,635 74
Fallowfield
540 59
916 36
Greenfield Borough
67 65
125 55
Hopewell
581 46
979 42
Hanover
1,269 61
2,140 70
Independence
674 85
1,143 19
Jefferson
534 67
908 89
Millsboro
56 90
103 33
Morris
716 43
1,205 83
Mt. Pleasant
1,057 84
1,770 72
Monongahela City
261 60
465 23
North Strabane
906 26
1,520 71
Nottingham
508 29
873 69
Peters
633 95
1,067 36
Robinson
556 18
1,103 16
Smith
1,010 75
1,701 08
South Strabane
861 05
1,465 57
ROBERT M. GIBSON, ADMITTED, 1853; DIED, 1882. [Half-tone by Bragdon, from photograph with Mrs. Gibson, surviving.]
FINANCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1860.
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Somerset
$913 75 $1,529 55
Union
474 68
852 17
West Middletown Borough
114 90
202 33
West Brownsville Borough.
132 04
247 54
West Finley.
517 69
894 33
West Pike Run
475 56
796 30
Washington Boro., W. Ward.
634 42
1,099 68
Washington Boro., E. Ward_ 1,009 28
1,662 21
West Bethlehem
1,335 62
2,261 56
Amount of state levy
$26,317 37
Total amount of county levy for 1860
44,759 79
VI.
OUR FOURTH AND LAST COURT-HOUSE.
THE court-house and other public buildings completed in the year 1900, and on November 17th of that year dedicated to public uses as a Temple of Justice, occupy the whole of the public square conveyed by David Hoge to James Edgar and others in trust for such uses, by his deed of October 18, 1781, recorded in Deed Book B, vol. 1, page 39; save that, for their erection in the form and position desired, a strip of twenty feet in width was taken from the south side of the lot, to increase the width of Cherry Alley, now called Cherry Avenue, and on the west side there was added to the lot a strip of one hundred feet in width, taken by condemnation proceed- ings in the Court of Common Pleas, at No. 80, May Term 1898, from the estate of James W. Kuntz and the borough of Washington; so that the lot as now wholly occupied by the new public buildings and improvements has a frontage of two hundred and twenty feet on Main Street, and of three hundred and forty feet on Beau Street on the north and on Cherry Avenue on the south.
APPROVAL OF THE PLANS.
The act of the general assembly of April 19, 1895, P. L. 38, provided that:
" Whenever the commissioners of any county are author- ized and required to erect a court-house, jail, or other county building, they shall submit the plans and specifications adopted by them to the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the proper county, for their approval; and when it is obtained they shall let the work by contract to the lowest and best bidder, after three weeks' public notice in two newspapers
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published in the county, which contract or contracts shall be made subject to the approval of the said judges."
On November 16, 1897, McCollum & Ely, of Washington, Pennsylvania; Rankin & Kellogg, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania; F. C. Sauer, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; F. J. Oster- ling, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; William Kauffman, of Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania; and John W. Vester, of Washington, Pennsylvania, jointly with Orff & Guilbert, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, entered into a written contract with the commis- sioners to furnish, severally, on or before December 28, 1897, preliminary plans and specifications for a new court-house and a new jail, with perspective views of front and side ele- vations.
From the preliminary plans and specifications submitted by these six competing architects under the foregoing contract, the county commissioners having selected those of Mr. F. J. Osterling, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as the most satisfactory, on April 4, 1898, they presented their petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions for the approval thereof, under the provisions of said act of April 19, 1895, P. L. 38. Thereupon the court made an order "that Monday, April 11, 1898, at 10 o'clock, A. M., be fixed as the time when the county commissioners and any person or persons interested will be heard on the question whether said plans shall be approved or not; and it is further ordered that the plans be kept in some convenient place in the court-house, for the inspection of those interested, from this day until the day of hearing."
PETITION OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
At the date and time of hearing the question raised upon said petition, the county commissioners, by the county solic- itor, Mr. James Q. McGiffin, presented the following addi- tional statement and petition, filed with their former petition to No. 147 February term, 1897, Q. S .:
To the Honorable the Judges, etc., of Washington County: The commissioners of the said county, in connection with
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the matter of the submission to your Honors for approval, of the plans which have been prepared for the new court-house and jail, beg leave to present for the information of the court, the following statement of the ideas which have governed their action respecting these plans:
The project of erecting new public buildings was first laid before the grand jury at February term, 1897. After inves- tigation and consideration the grand jury made a presentment to the court in favor of such erection. At the next term the matter came before the grand jury then serving, and that body took similar action. The court, on May 24, 1897, approved the action of the grand juries, and it thereupon became the duty of the commissioners to cause to be prepared and present to the court plans for the proposed buildings. From that time until the present this subject has received their constant and close attention. To enable them to perform properly their duty in the premises, they have devoted to the matter a very great amount of thought and study, and have made diligent inquiry and investigation as to the various questions involved in a determination of the needs to be provided for in erecting these buildings, and the style and manner of buildings that would be required to meet such needs.
Each step in the proceedings above referred to was of course known to the people of the county as it was taken, and the commissioners, from the taking of the first step, have made it their business to inquire for, receive and carefully consider the views of representative men all over the county. That buildings much in advance of the present court-house and jail are required, is very generally agreed, as is evidenced by the fact that no opposition was presented by citizens before either of the grand juries which passed upon the matter. But con- siderable difference of opinion appeared to exist respecting the amount of money which ought to be spent upon their erection. On the one hand efforts were made to convince the commissioners that the present and prospective needs of the county required buildings that would cost from $800,000 to $1,000,000; while, on the other hand, it was contended that
F. J. OSTERLING. ARCHITECT, PITTSBURG, PA.
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not more than $250,000 to $300,000 would be adequate to meet all requirements.
To enable them to decide between these conflicting views and arrive at a just conclusion, the commissioners studied, not only the situation in this county, as to the present and prospective development of the public business, but also the experience of other counties in connection with their court- houses and jails. As a result of very careful and long-con- tinued deliberation, they came to a decision that, to meet properly the necessary demands to be provided for, would require buildings costing, complete and furnished, about $500,000; and after selecting as their architect, Mr. F. J. Osterling, of Pittsburg, they entered into a contract with him stipulating that said architect should prepare plans and speci- fications for the "court-house and jail, with all necessary and proper appurtenances, fixtures, and furniture not movable, in and about the same, that will contribute to the perfection, completion, use and enjoyment thereof; which court-house and jail, with appurtenauces, fixtures, etc., aforesaid, when fully completed, shall not involve a total expenditure or cost exceeding $425,000."
Carrying out the instructions thus given him, the archi- tect has, after extended study and frequent consultations with the commissioners, prepared the plans submitted to the court, and his estimate of the cost of building in accordance with them is, that it will come within the limit prescribed by the commissioners in their instructions to him. The commission- ers do not intend to go beyond the figures named, and intend, if these plans are approved, to make the contract price come within the limits specified.
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