The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-04-16

aay 10 be The unfinished business OF Frdaythe bill TO
provide for DEFICIENCIES Of appropriations Tor the service o.
ing being upon the amendment reported from lne CON-
muee on Finance, striking out the following
Towards the erection Of the wings Of the Patent Once
building according the original plan, under the dfecuon
Of the Secretary Of the Interior ninety thousand dollars 70
be paid out of the patent fund"
Mr.. DICKINSON trusted that the Senate would be
able 10 come 10 vote upon the OIL during tns aay ne
had nothing more 10 say upon the subject OF the amend
have been desired to have petition read upon the
subject OF the Patent Once u is upon branch Of me
10 have il read and il any tors wish to speak and
discuss the subject still further hope that we shall des
patch the business so as TO get TO a vote to-day
The petition was read as follows:
TO the honorable Senate aad House of Representatives
Of the Untsd States IN Csngrsss assembled:
The prayer Of your menoria respectfully showeth that
en residence; that when the advertisement
sgned Robert Mills, architect and superintendent" cali
building appeared IN the public papers Of this city. he
piled for and obtained copy ofrhe description and speci
Although the notice very brief for important work
being more than weeks, if 50 much-he prepared
decp,sa II the sailed According to the in
suctons Of the Secretary Of The Department Of Interior
who had he supervision OF tho wok these sealed proosds
be BY the superintendent handed to the Com
missiones e Public Budings BY whom they were % DC
authorized and directed into with the
poper bidder on The part Of the United States for the com
Your memoralist distinctly charges that he Is informed,
said Instructions opened lie p1oposas himself examnsd
them, and permted other and Interested persons 10 ex
though demanded BY the Of Pabio Buildings
Instead Of the original proposals. under SEAL he delivered 20
marked b. and still retains them in his possession.
He went furhers Without authority from your memorial
posals Of your meorias in particular item, 70 in
its several thousand dollars which item had
sdeed il ia SIS charges for lie other TENS Of which fact
he notified said superintendent.
This unauthorized alteration might not alone have been
sufficient deprive your nemorast Of the contract as
being the lowest bidder, without additional arrangement Of
the estimates twill be found examining the 'descrip
ton and Specification A. That The kinds Of oork sp eli
fed, but no, the qaanie respectively When the several
der could be known, necessary the proper officer
should estimate The qsaafyd If each kind and. by cacu
psrison. which was The loves ia The item Of sheds and
builds" your memorialisi made charge, having es
tractors Bid IS each superficial Tha, price,
4 estimated upon TIE q that kind q wora reaay
far above your menoras and every for refusing
at only 1900 feet which 20 cents amounts TO $685.
and is entered in the bill Of the contractors AL
have already been paid for ii s5i s The toai which viii
be required in the two wiag " II amount to nearly fy
gong price, would be fortsn thousand dodars and.
course would have Increased the aggregate Of their bid
ms'eorias, as offered By HIMSELF was only sisi,s62
With the unauthorized addition made by the snperin,end
abatement needs no comment
But another arrangement has been made between the
parties concerned by which great advantage is gained
by the contractors the of the government and
which, made known 10 your memoralst in time, would
much 70 the government Either before after the
entered into under which the present work is
the facing in the basement BY the description and
specification" the basement face was required TO be
was changed TO the chumcred asher, which is a much
cheaper grade of work For the channeled work your
work he would have bid 10 cents, and win do any
Of the kind at that price But nor only the change in
been allowed and paid for as he Is informed and believes
by which the present conacot receive A. cents for each
aud oilers execute 20 per foot and would
have entered in his bid had that kind Of work been
his with great reluctance YOUR msmora!ist feels himself
constrained by ofjastce himself make these
allegauons affecting they do In degree, the
conduc OF others But considers himself unjus,y
deprived of the contract Tor building The work named, by
which he could have made fair profit and the
have received full satisfaction II he has done Injustice
any one no one viii be more willing than hmse to repair
alone have the power 10 investigate the matter and the
Ss o. wseag ssny al such as
is therefore, prays that strict and thorough examination
may be made into the matier and full justice awarded TO
Il Il shall appear your memoralstwss in truth the lowest
bidder under The foregoing he psy that the
him for the of the work and that there may be
Obligations. he tenders full and ample security to be ap-
proved by whomsoever Congress may designate And he
will ever pray, NC.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1850.
Thequeston being then stated upon the pending amend
ment,
Mr. DICKINSON said: As the Senate is more full
now than il will probably be hereafter during the day.
will ask the yeas and nays upon the question OF striking
out in order that full may be obtained; and il il is
stricken out, shall offer the following amendment;
"For the erection Of the wings Of Patent Office upon
the plan submitted 10 Congress by the Comm
Patents in his annual report Of December 1885, which
estimated 10 SI5oOU0, fy thousand dollars to be paid
Public Buildings 10 hereby directed 10 arrest the work
In Irogress, aud TO TO be hereafter prosecuted by
the Contractors thereof IN strict conformity with said tlan,
removing such portions OF the work In progress
be necessary for that purpose which Just pen.
aton shall be paid out OF the und hereby appropriated"
That amendment will bring the question back to The
original panhat 10, the Official plan. Others offer
such amendments they think proper; at present the
motion 10 to strike out.
Mr.. CLARKE desired TO offer an amendment TO the
clause proposed 10 be stricken out, which he thought
would meet with the favor OF the Senate The amend.
men related to this same appropriation for the building
OF the wings oil the Patent Office, and was as follows
Towards the erection Of the wing OF the Patent
Once building. and placing the foundation OF the west
wing IN a sistc Of security. s90,000."
Mr.. DICKINSON. The amendment Mr. President,
OF my honorable friend from Rhode Island does not in
my opinion attain anything Ii IL Just what the Secre.
tafy OF the Interior himself has done He states in his
report that he has felt himself authorized TO contract in
view OF the law as IL stands, 10 lay the ground wall
only oil one wing and bring II up 10 where he put IL
N state OF security That is all ne proposes TO DO with
me west wing but the other wing he has directed be
carried and finished So the amendment leaves il pre-
where he of aft and