The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-06
GRANT.
Row GRANT BECAME A STOCK
HOLDER IN THE SENE-
Y l.gCA QUARRY. 50

y
HOLDER IN THE SENE-
Sf.gCA QUARRY. ~
now GEMS. DON'T, PoRroR, AND BABcooK
BECAME sHAREHoLDERs--oRDE -s-
sryD 20 USE THE sENEcL STONE AND
NO OTHER Or WORK ON PUBLIC PROPER
Tr-' RK FOR THE COMMITTEE OF
SEVENTY TNiwAsHINoToS. } A. .
Correspondence of the n. 7. SUM-
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 80, ls7l.-
Three years ago j. l.. Kidwell of this city
made the discovery that he, had some
va uable stone quarries on land which he
o~ 4. 1 In this vicinity. He proceeded at
Dice to organize company, known as
The Seneca Building Stone Association,
with view to have this material intro
duced in the various public buildings and
works, OF Washington. Kidwells political
antecedents, however, were OF such an
objectionable character, and his sympathies
with the Lost Cause had been SO openly
avowed,. that be met with no encourage
ment on the part OF the authorities, and all
the orders received by his company for
from old private citizens and sccessionists
Kidwell is a shrewd man and II did not
take him long to find out that under the
present Administration he must offer some
ether induccment than would merely bene-
fit the public, before he could touch the
sympathies or awaken the interests Of those
having authority. SO he increased the
stock, which was originally marked at
100000 to $500, 900, and proceeded to dis
tribute the same judiciously among the
different members of the Administration.
| This new departure disguised large
number OF Washington business men, who
were willing 10 subscribe TO stock in this
company 80 long as 1t was o legitimate en-
terprise, and they withdrew their names
from the concern altogether. They argued
that ,suchs bnrefaeed attempt to interest
Government officials in the company would
overreach itself, and that the fraud would
be so patent that no official would dare to
order any of this Seneca stone to be used
in public work of any kind. But
Kidwell had faith in his plan and
has continued in it in the face of all oppo-
sition. Mullett, the government architect,
has held out against all Establishment un-
I'll this summer, when, either through wan,
of influence or positive connivance, he has
| allowed Seneca stone to be used in all d.
Il
rectlons.
The government stcckhcidsrs as they
now stand on the books, with the amount
Of Stock credited to their names, are as fol-
lows: ~
|, u. S. GRANT, president of the United
States, $25, 600.
Horace Porter, private SECRETARY to the
president, $4,000. - - -
Gen. +. Z. Dent. assistant private secre-
tary 10 the president, $lO,OOo.
Gen. Michler, former superintendent Of
public buildings, $4,000.
Gen. y. Il. Babcock, present supcrintend-
ent OF public buildings, SfOOo0.
II. ID. Cooke, governor OF the District Of
Columbia, $24Q, 900. e..
}. L. Kidwell $4,000. ari
Paymaster-General Brice, $4,000.
b Surgeon General Bafnes, 4ll 900.
Quartermaster-G enersi Meigs, $1,000
| Vi John w. Forney, $1,000. a'.-f
Gen. Eaton, $4,000.
| Nathaniel Wilson, 81 900.
| Con Dent rece;vad his stock on thu do
4 ira, Henrv n Cooke rac;veS hi. .nno;n;'
ment as Governor Of The district of Cplnm.
h;e a. pahoo, ~ .ne s,' h;. 81 oo,uii
Tina no a.s snnoin,sS s'nar;'' 49,, Wv -,
tnnhI;n b";Id;ndl v;oa Gan M;,ahio" ~
rfaona5 ~ ~
SINCE the governments ring was organ
ized, the Seneca quarrles can hardly yield
last enough TO supply the demand. The
stone Is USED Tor everything There are
Two mules Of solid walls built OF this ma.
terial around the Arlington Cemetery, and
4 Il used ciusiveiy IN national cemeteries
within eo2yea,eht access OF this point. The
has inst been mn, nm in a1nsvIran; ~" au'
enue' north If ,ha ItreasnrY derartnsr,
is built Of seneca stone Tbi. il he bniid,
| ing which ia hereafter 70 accommodate ,b,
Department of Justice. and several o,he,
government officials, at a rental of 81 8 .OOl
state department building, now bein,
erv Ii IN ,ne rear OF 'he navy department
;,ao, NJ M NJ " an,s s.ohe, IN spte OF arch
A trarv no. 49, e as ,e Pro.est 70 tne con
IS soft a. ,bis y. wy 'P'H,on shA. 10 to
o morts ornn,d po'.' al ."e improve
tbis s,n'roor Wv o"suly uepnrtnieE
$500 , "a.o Seeh maui Win IN
@ ana ia nv" "".ns "'u Win
v ,sa 1'i ones TORN up ana re
. po1q W ~. over AZ the iAgricu
u .ura' bureau " - also the iavorite materli
p Ior al hlhos OF purposes. And up at II
caPtoi TINS summer IT has been used !
immense quantities In the improvement
ND I'll 4,