The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-24
will bear the test of investigation by

will bear the test of investigation by
competent builders.
A correspondent of the Enterprise,
Mr.. Hoole, of Reno, comes to the aid
of the editor and says: '.He was a
bidder for the Capitol at S94, 44O, and
could have cleared $4,000 on the
job" Now, 1 undertake to say that
there was not in the State of Nevada,
at the time of the letting, mechanic
or builder capable of making close
calculation on the cost of the build
ing by reference to the plans and
specifications. 1t comprised that
variety of work and material which
none hut On experienced and practi-
cal builder of that class of buildings
could safely estimate. Mr.. Hoole
would have found his bid far too low
for the work, and his $4,000 profit
would have been long way over the
left. l happen to know, however,
that Mr.. Hoole had an anchor to the
windward in the way of expected al
terations and extras, as he told me
himself no public building was ever
completed according to the original
plans, and once the contract was
varied he would be all right. That
he could have built the Cupitol as
cheap as any other party, i have no
doubt. That he could have com
pleted the building in the manner it
now is for anything like the money
he claims we would have done it for,
is mere bluff. Mr.. Hoole's fling at
amateur contractors" will apply as
well in Reno as Carson. although /
was not before aware that the Con-
stitution required any general law
on the subject.
| Carson is not responsible for the
acts of Treasurer Rhodes, or for the
want of tact and judgment on the
part of the Territorial Committee
who purchased building ut eight
times its real yalue without title to
the ground on which il stood.
| The bondsmen of Mr.. Cayanaugh
are not responsible for the work and
material used in constructing the
Capitol; they Are responsible to the
State for its completion, and as there
is but a comparative small amount
of work required for that purpose,
the Enterprise and Mr.. Hoole need
not be uneasy on that score. The
Capitol will he completed. The re
lief now asked for Is not for the uss
of the contractor, but to pay labor
ing men, many of whose all is con.
tained in the amount due them fol
labor on the Capitol building. 20
one | cannot believe that body o
honorable men, who have access to al
the facts connected with this case, viii
so far forget the rights of working
men as To allow the State to posses
itself of valuable property withou
! rendering an equivalent therefor
. Nor should the biased opinion OF Al
editor be allowed any more influenc
in deciding this question than tn
D most humble tax payer in the State
The editor of the Enterprise say
that he is told ''that much of Nj
Cavanaugh's Indebtedness is imae
, mary, and that he does not honestl
!, owe one-quarter of the amoun
1 which he asks the State to assume.
e That nearly all the statements mad
$ by said editor are imaginary, thin
he would himself acknowledge, wer
he to examine the facts. Mr.. Cav;
c naugh asks nothing for himself
!, Vouchers are in the hands of I'll
a Commissioners showing what ever
dollar of the Indebtedness is fol
= and who will be the recipients of tn
:. relief bill if passed. b. II. NJ.