Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-18

is ready for the worship of Almight,
On Sunday morning next, Ma,
slst. il will be solcmaly coaseeaates
to his holy services. take this
| then, to be the most fitting time Il
make You q, clcar and concise state
! men, Of receipts and expenditures
an, t. set RIGHT several matters tnoi
clearly understood. &
| turn first to matters not clearly
understood, and which have place.
me at times uader severe censurc.
! L. know there has been much
fault found because gave the
church bud,6ng contract tosa gen
,leman not living in Silver City
when ii was thought | should have
given il To ono of her citizens. Ny
reason was this: I left the church
plans and specifications IN the oihct
Of T.r LYON County TINES for fully
two weeks. and in repeated issues OF
that paper invited bids for the con-
tract. was particularly anxious
that some one of your builders
>hould assume the work. 1 even
told one Of them that | should
not hesitate to give one Of them the
lob. even if his bid Mts several hun
bred dollars more than the bids OF
outsiders. But after waiting all this
time. there was not single bid made
by any person living in or around
Silver CITY. Notwithstanding this
failure to put in a formal bid, went
10 one of them. anu he most excel
lent workman, and told him that |
Was 81 lcsirous of giving il 10 some
one in the place | Wished he would
make a verbal bid; even this he
seemed iisiaciiued to d., and 50 |
was compelled to 20 outside. Am /
~ much To blame, then! or the
written bids made, that of Mr.. Wood
Was nearly one thousand dollars less
than any other. | made inquiries
and found that he was a competent
and responsible workman. and 50
awarded him the contract, As the
custodian Of public fund | did not
feel myself authorized to throw
away one thousand dollars of the
money OF others for the mere gratlti-
cation ri awarding the contract to
a workman who had happened 10
hive in the State a few years longer
than the other,
?. one morning ! met one of Your
best and most respected citizens,
gentleman for whom l have the
highest respect and consideration,
aud asked him if there Was any
thing tha, he ai~apprased OF IN the
way / Mas managing the eonstruc-
tioa Of the church. lie very frankly
said there Was. c said tiiat when
tine church was first talked Of had
pg1mlsed that there should be a
church building committee, and that
they should have the management OF
affairs. He further said that iae
building was far under way, and that
lie never laai heard or seen anything
OF the building committee. As re-
CARDS this, | reply 10 you as ! re-
Piled To him. la the infancy OF the
enterprise invited. in several issues
Of your paper, "a puollo meeting oi
an persons Interested IN the matter
and especially the gentiemeii--
50 that committees Of various kinds
could he formed for the carrying out
of the Project was extremely re-
luctant tn assume the whole response
bilitv. never chad donc such =
thing BEFORE. anu felI deeply "a!
oWn incom potency. The invita-
ton was made for certain day. |
went there anl waited, and waited,
but not single gentleman came---ex-
cept one gentleman, i roomer III The
house, did come in; he, however,
stayed bat moment, and, eNcusing
himself, left. then saw that the
gentlemen were all too hass, or dis
iueiined 10 las hand 10 the work,
and. much as fel, my own iuabil'
ity, determined IN assume II ali
ant. trust to God and the fu-
turc tn show that VAS purely disin-
tcrestetl ia the affair. personally. To
make a one man AFFAIR out of IL va.
the farthest from my thoughts. |
gladly would have had committee
of your experienced men OF bssi-
ness; bat the writer OF this is utterly
20 form committees cut If
When the gentlemen woald
not come, ccrtaialy could not make
them.
B. Again, there has been much
waader that the church shagld have
been buils al such very late and
unreasonable time; at time when
winds we're highest, storms fiereesi,
lumber not seasoned and nothing IA
vorabie. assure you that had had
my own way the building woald
have been done long before the bad
weather set in. l began my sGo-
scription lis, on the s1th day Of
July, 1875. intended pressing the
matter as vigorously AS eauiapossi-
bly,, and completing the building by
the middle If November, at the latest.
! was getting along very rapidly
and satisfactorily With my list, when