The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-12
STATE UNIVERSITY.

Committee" bitterly complains OF
| the action of the citizens of Car
son City in offering a bid for the
State University, and says that
Washoe has made the only tangl-
BILE proposal" and that consists OF
the "old brick Court house at
Washoe City, two lots of land and
Sl.135 in gold coin; said Court
house being 4Ox6o feet. two stories
high" Next comes Theo. Winters
dwelling house. with 60 acres OF
land, and the p~rivilegeof purchasing
go acres more. at not exceeding one
hundred dollars per acre..
When the Board of Regents called
for bids they did not ask for land or
gold coin. but for Il good location.
with suitable buildings. They did
not advertise for dwelling houses,
| Court-hOuses or ranches. When the
donation was made by Congress 1t
was not for the purpose of building
up towns. or particular localities III
the several States, but for the pur-
rose of establishinga free institution
! of learning in each State that may
avail itself Of tue privileges granted,
to wit: the furnishing, free OF eX-
pense to the fund, lands and sultab e
buildings for the proposed Cn1ver-
sitv. The Board of Regents adver
tised for bids from all sections OF the
| State. and WHY should Carson he ex-
! cluded? The fact that her superior
location has induced the building OF
the Capital and Orphans Home here
should not deprive rs the privilege
of fostering an important institution
of learning in our Llldst. or OF hav-
ing it located here. 1t is in reality
Ia national institution, designed TO
benefit the people generally. and
was not intended to induce the sale
of 800 acres of land, or to build up
Carson. Washoe, Reno, Elko. Genoa.
or any other place. In its location,
health, convenience, p~leasantness:
and cheapness of living should have
weight; but. the tangible point Is.
necessary lands and buildings.
Washoe offers a Courthouse. Cox
10. two stories high which, for the
purpose required. to-wit: a good
college building, is worth just the
value OF the old brick, after being
pulled down. and not one cent more
How much of a college building
S4.130 Will erect, l leave those, com
petent architects. to determine.
The residence of Theodore Win
tiers, though it may have cost $40
900. is entirely untitled for the Uni
versitv. To remodel it wOuld cost
nearly as much as the erection of a
new building, and it would then be
only an apology for a college build
ing. The construction of Il building
should be in keeping with the pur-
pose for which it is intended. \
good dwelling house would not make
a good stable or quartz mill, much
less a suitable building for a State
University.
The truth of the matter is, Carson
made the only offer c~overing=the re
quirements of the Board OF Regents
and the establishing acts. Hel
proposition is, the gift of not less
than ten acres of first class tillage
land. and to erect thereon a cut stone
building LOG by A. feet, with hal
proiectives: to be threestories high
and thoroughly tinisLed-tle Board
to make conditions of security re
! ouirad for fulh1lment of contract
; plans and specifications, with bond:
for deeds of lands, were filed. One
of the lots of land offered is that OF
l which Miss Clapp's boarding schoo
+ building now stands, which building
I though costing much less, is as suit
able for school purposes as the res
idence of Mr.. Winters, and yet til,
r.. Carson Committee did not conside.
it worth rendering to the Board
even for temporary purposes.
e Douglas, Reno and Elko made lib
eral offers of land and money which
in the mind of your correspondent
were one hundred per cent. ahead o
o Washoe.
# That the liberal offer of the Gen
9 eral Government should be mad
available forthwith, no lover O
learning will deny. That any hin
drance or delay should be Above
because of the jealousy of one POI
= ton of the community, growing GU
of matters entirely foreign to til
, subject, would certainly be a matte
r of regret throughout the State T,e