The Nevada journal., 1856-08-15

and the charges ehat were made to those
of our people who took refuge there, of
one dollar per meal, and the same for a
bed, were speculative prices against
those they had where they wanted
them"
The idea that as good a fire proof
Court House cannot be made in Nevada
as at Grass Valley, is absurd. The fire
proof brick buildings at Grass Valley
went down before the flames in their
recent fire. But the Court House was
not intended to be fire proof The roof
was merely plank, cased with tin, and
after the fire had been fought and sub
dued at the windows, and the persons IN
the building thought it safe, the roof
came falling upon their heads. All this
can and will be remedied. The new
Court House will be fire proof. AS to
the furnishing of Offices for county use,
we have only to remark that our citizens
in saved brick buildings vacated their
rooms for the county officers without
charge, and the regular session of the
District Court was held, and that and
other Courts will be, in good buildings,
without charge to the county.
But Grass Valley will give bonds, says
the Telegraph, to build Court House.
Why was not the offer made when this
question was before mooted-when Ne
vada might have entered into the COM
petition? ? Neither town had at that
time passed this ordeal of fire. Grass
Valley did not offer to pay dime when
thousands of dollars were paid by our
citizens for an eligible site-a site far
superior to any that Grass Valley can
furnish. The people of that place knew
that under equal circumstances they
could not compete with Nevada in lib
erality-they must take the occasion of
Nevada being crippled to buy the coun-
ty seat. If at that time they had ten
dered to the county proper buildings
they would have deserved, and undoubt-
edly gained the location, had not Ne
vada made equally favorable tenders.
Again, the Telegraph asks if the Su-
pervisors have any authority to rebuild
the Court House. If they have not,
what an abortion the Board would be.
We answer, the power is expressly
granted by statute. The law creating
the Board of Supervisors, approved
March 20, 1855, says:
''To cause to be erected court house,
Jail, and such other public buildings as
may be necessary, and to keep the
same in repair"
AS to thirty days notice, it is necessa-
ry in an original building, but to say that
the repair of public building requires
such notice would compel the Supervis-
ors, in putting down new carpet, OIL
painting door, to be fettered with re.
striction inconvenient and useless.
We have taken pains to examine the
positions of the Telegraph because We
fear no discussion, and we abate not one
word of animadversion upon the disposi
ton that prompted our neighbOrs to seize
upon the misfortune of Nevada as al
auspicious moment to push their OWL
fortunes, to watch the stranded wreck
to appropriate the goods that might be
foated to their shore. Were an index
wanted to the real feelings of Grass Val
ley, the taunts against Nevada uttered
in and outside of the Telegraph, would
supply it We gave the opportunity OF
putting those bad feelings in print, and
the result shows we did not mis-estimate
them. These taunts have no excuse in
that the Telegraph affects to believe we
do not express the views of Nevada. A
comfortable Self-complacency, that be-
lieves it absorbs the admiration of both
places, and the rest of the county
PRoGREss OF THE CITY.-The foun-
dations of the large brick of Knox &
Kidd, on the corner of Broad and Pine
streets, are now being laid. The struc-
ture is certain to 60 up rapidly.
G. W. Keeney, has commenced the
erection of fine brick, one story in
height, on Commercial street, to be used
for Hardware and Tin store.
A pile of brick may be seen above
the St. Nicholas hotel, on Main street,
designed for private residence for G.
Wilson Hill. Esq.
We designed giving a list of new
buildings and their occupants, but the
task was too extensive. Commercial
: street, frcm Main to Pine. is nearlv 70