The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-29

a good advantage.
/ trust that these terms can be complied
with as desire Vermont to be in the fu-
turc as she has been in the past, first and |
foremost when called upon to sustain our
national reputation.
Your obedient servant,
N. I. SPRAeUE, JR.
To Gov. Asahel Peck, Richmond, VT.
The following is the governors reply.
GOVERNOR PECK TO MR.. sPRAeUE.
RIonMoND, VT, March 90, 1876.
Hon. N. Il. SPRAGUE, JR.:
DEAR SGR--l received yours of Goth inst.
last evening. You will see by the telegram
to Mr.. Patterson, which is copied into my
letter to you, to which letter yours is In ie-
ply, that we asked him to "see Mr.. Gosh
orn, find out the utmost possible time he
will allow for getting materials for head
quarters on grounds" you have the reply
to that telegram also copied in my letter to
you already mentioned, which says "Mr.
Goshorn will allow you until nineteenth
April to enter materials, but must know
immediately;" Mr.. Pattersons telegram
also says "Answer me and I will get best
available location" We could not answer
till we heard from you whether you with
this information would erect the building
under your offer in your letter to Mr.. Bax-
ter, under the limited time given in that
telegram for getting the materials on the
centennial grounds. You say you upon
receiving advice IRON me. will do all you
can towards putting up the building, ship
the slate and marble, also the timber
framed for immediate use," "with the ex-
press understanding that you shall have the
liberty after using due diligence, to take
In urpttpIu ~ Won OF
see at once you are requiring stipulation
on my part that is beyond my power to
perform. The limitation of time for get
ting the materials on the grounds is one
imposed by the director general Of tile CEN
hnnidl, and | have no control of 1t and no
stipulation on my part of the character you
require would have the effect TO enlarge
the time OF entering the materials upon the
grounds. You must judge for yourself
whether you can erect the building under
the limitation of time of getting materials
on the grounds mentioned in Mr. Patter-
sons telegram. If you can get the time
enlarged for that purpose any reasonable
length of time, l have no objection to such
extension, but you must run the risk of
that.
If | can aid you in getting such extern
sion of time | will cheerfully do it. AS to
location you have the right so far as be-
tween you and me to select such location
as you can procure upon the centennial
grounds under the lease we have obtained
to erect building. DIR. Goldsmith sent
me Since the date of nv letter to you of
last week. may of the grounds and of the
| main buildings with certain marks showing
think three sites, either of which he
thinks might be obtained, some Of them
| quite desirable as described in his letter to
| DR.. Goldsmith, which letter and the map
return by this mail to DR.. G., where you
can inspect it and get the desired informa-
| ton so far as the map and the letter will
show. If you desire the site you say was
| promised you when you were at Philadel-
pha by the director general, of course if it
is now to be obtained, you can take it.
l think DR.. Goldsmith will render any
aid he can to you in obtaining suitable To-
cation. / certainly would if in my power,
the selection of location is with you.
think it is quite obvious that the terms
and conditions you require as to an agree
ment on my part that you shall have q
longer time to enter the materials on the
grounds than is given i'll the telegram OF
Mr.. Patterson by the director general is re-
quiring me to stipulaie as to matter as
much beyond my control as beyond yours.
1t is for you to say whether you will
erect the building under the requirements
OF the director general or not.
Please reply at your earliest convenience
as it is proper we should inform the drec-
tor general whether we take space for a
building or not.
Truly yours, AsAHEL PECK.
To which Mr.. Sprague made the follow.
ing reply:
MR.. sPRAGUEs FINAL LETTER TO GOVERNOR
PECK.
March 25, 1876.
MY DEAR SIR Il returned from Albany
n. Y, at one this p. IN. | find your favor
of the 23d waiting my return. hasten tC
answer it by the first mail north. There il
but twenty-five days to elapse ere the TINT
expires for permitting materials to be put
on the centennial grounds four of these
days are Sundays, leaving only twenty -ont
days to get materials on the grounds and
to erect a building that should cost from
ten to fifteen thousand dollars canno
do it in that time, and erect building tina
would be a credit to our state. | deeply
regret this state Of affairs, as | had HOPED
that my letter of February 10Th, offering
to erect said building would been answered
previous to March 18th, especially as
said to DR.. Goldsmith they might draw or
me for funds to pay expenses of running
said building, doing away, as | then sup,
posed, all objections on your part al
governor of the state TO accepting my offer
Between seven and eight weeks bav,
elapsed since my arrangements were made
such as selecting site tor the building il
person, engaging mechanics, contracting
for the delivery of materials with Mr..
| unn t.ri,t <,f tt. nalo
ware and Hudson canal company, ere
move was really made to accept my propo
sition. If one-half of this wasted time
conld now be added to the time we now
have it would be sufficient the building
could be erected within the time. do no
feel that it has been my fault. To the con
trary, made the offer in good faith, not
moment doubling but that it would be a
once accepted after it had received the
sanction of our state commissioner, Mid
dleton Goldsmith, and the head o
the executive centennial committee
John N. Baxter, esq, and receiving
their sanction. | also submitted to th,
gentlemen a copy of my reply dated Marcel
Goth, 1876, which to them seemed satsfac
tory to them at that time. | would say il
conclusion that if had been met on thu
part of the state with the promptness tina
the subject deserved Vermont would hay,
had headquarters that would have been
credit to her and your humble servan
would have been relieved of a six weeks
state of uneasiness and doubt, which would
have conduced much to his happiness.
Your obedlent servant,
N. 7. SPRAGUE, JR.
To Gov. Asahel Peck, Richmond, Vt.
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