Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-12
CENTENNIAL MATTERS.
What MIR. Stevenson Reports

r.
Hon. c. c. Stevenson returned few
DAYS since from bis trip. on Centennial
business. to Philadelphia. He founl
| himfeIf halted within two days ride OF
! home y, the snow blockade at PeqIol
| Yesterday lo cane here to attend a
| meeting Of the Centenuitl Board. At
| hall past 2 P II. there WAS no quorum
present jIessrs Rice, Leete, Stevenson
and Secretary Day being all that had re-
| ported for duty. From Mr.. Stevenson
We learned these main facts relative to
! his trip: The Smithsonian Institute
managers agree to place our minctal0Gi-
| cal collection in their binding, arrange
| and label the same, and make assays OF
| ores at their own expense. It is also
part Of their plan that the donaldson
collection shall form part Of the NeTada
| exhibit Of minerals. The Institute will
| 30 all this provided We deliver our col
! lection on the exhibition grounds az our
!
We app.apTi!to two thousand dollars inr
| showcases wlett in t. display these min
erals This makes very great redUc
/ ton in the original estimates. These
incladed an outly of 81, SEQ for atraug-
! i'm and labelling the specimens aud
! s.. $40 for cases. The saving here, then.
| is 5000. The Smithsonian Institute
! has building o: its own on the Fair
! grounds. The original proposition was
! to turn these specimens over to 80 Ma
tional Cabinet" ut Philadelphia, after the
; Fair hut there IS no national cabinet
! known II recognized except that which
/ forms part Of the Smithsonian InstI-
( tute. II the propositions which Jlr.
/ Stevenson brings from the Smithsonian
meet with the approval OF the board the
cabinet at the conclusion Of the eAAib.-
/ ton viii become the property OF tie In
/ stitu,e- much the best and most con
/ sricUc0s repository IN the United States.
About the quartz mill. this Is the present
, arrangement: The mill vii! ceSt So. 200.
/ A bedding IN which TO erect aud exhibit
| 1t is proposed. Space for tire erection Of
; this building, &c feet distant from Ma
/ chiuerv Hall has been allotted to Us.
TIE dimensions of the contemplated
I building plan Of which Mr.. Stevenson
showed US are 40 x 10 feet The cost
/ Of erecting it will be $3.50. 1t will
have minimum hight inside OF 1G feet
. It Will be wainscoted four feet up. and
above that, glass. 1t will be built oppo-
site an aisle of the Machinery Hall and,
rs we say, only - feet distant from it.
4 railway track runs right i'll from: Of
where the door will be. BY these ar
rangements of cabinet and mill there
will be difference Of $1,000 in favor OF
the appropriation as against the esti-
mates last published 1t will be remeui-
befed that at the last meeting of the
board q sum of money-Sl ,ooo We be-
lieve-was voted toward a Nevada Head
quarters building. Mr.. Stevenson SAYS
our lot has been Set apart on what Is
known as State Avenue, and that We ar
made next door neighbor to Delaware On
one side and Minnesota on the other
OF course all these plans remain as sim
pie suggestions until such time as the
Board meets and adopts them rs It's own.
They seem feasible and well calculated
to secure what we want done. Mr.. Ste
venson's Grand has been well taken.