The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-01
oUR NEW CAPITOL
,,irbinu Which is to Cover the
Ss.sdS SssssrIsston State House as
With a Garment.
..,.,,, for It's Erection Awarded by
Il'@'u,. n, Board ufPubIIc Works.
,.rr0r,I. ofIhis City, the Sue.
III H. s"A s"'sssr-A sI5O,OOO Start and
s"'iai d,isa n' for any balance Needed.

.,,.iul BiddeI-" ,,,I,nre needed.
me Given amy n"'""''
,,,tiou ol.he public interested in
lh' ,po.s,I new Capitol building al
!. P,sp j.,,pD, this Slate, have been waiting
Csp'sId C,.,I dsys the result Of an examina'
1S,s'5 y he State Board Of Public Works
M. submitted by contractors for
a..,Ion ap' g'So olsuch building. Last Thurs
'as "a INST, was the day appointed for
y r., ,,'I NE award, but the Board was
S.,ns i,...,r impressed with the responsible
,'..Ir' y 4, action as well as bothered by the
. i,, %'' character of the bids, for it has
~ rEbs ss,5iDs Sis' sessions almost daily at the
s..asl d building during the past week and
I.s,Si I.fT, 10 conclusion until last evening;
'',,. ~. VAS no public announcement oi
y i5st J..i.jon Of the Board last night, but
4 .sro,jou that an award had been made
alots1,D i.ss1 an IsrElLloEscsR contractor late
! ,',I ~ evening and after some trouble he
I,,.s sni hat NJ. Alexander H. Sheppard,
,,,Si. n. .ity, was the lucky man. The bal
'.soi ~ IL. work was comparatively easy.
ny r.ss A. Alex belongs to polite family and
s...,.s, ss@' information so pleasantly that
,.,.ri,ripg him Is in the nature OF moral
.,,i,r He resides with his family at
K! Il S,,Tn !s.su, House, and there the reporter
iasSS;ISiI ls.S Mn last night evidently a good deal
4aalj 4N...j i,N aver The result Of the days work.
~ SGobt eyed old gentleman with a
hs rSts head and llorid complexion
N i n, S apparently reached the neighbor-
III Il three score and ten, but has 9
ID ID Ss,l Of activity, both mental and
sS,.is,l, lei,, and talked aboutthe new
P[ PIs;.,nI,s with as much animation as
.IsS,S M i was his first venture. He is a
S,.,Es, sss Z d NJ. Jerry Sheppard, OF this
II, Sty'' md Hon. Furman Sheppard, OF
SS;i,Ssjpbia, Of which city the family
L..s Is o,i1ipaIIy residents, and he settled
". Slter receiving the contract for the
G,Si,c Building in this city, five years
Sists ub.eaueatly carrying on the 6usi'
5ss | Il building in connection with MIR.
YrFIdden.
Al Ne reporter, II got 1t. There were
s,sbidjers, two from this city, one from
E,iruOpt one from Pittsburgh aud one
f,om Columbus, Ohio, who covered all the
Tsrk Beside these there were a good
S,py m '.ids bids as We call them, that is,
HdI which were for particular portions
d the work"
AT what figures was the award made
iOue hundred and fifty thousand dol
In That was not for all the work shown
iutbs plans and mentioned in the specih:
dtonS, however. The board concluded
thlIIl would not be advisable to contract
lorlLthe work according TO the plans fur.
IIhed at this time, although ultimately
tie plans will be carried out"
aHhat portion Of the work shown in
.hs plans Is LEFT out in the award?"
aEsll, there is a good deal Of the orna:
n1utll stone work including the whole Of
be iunt pOrtico and some of-the other
trimmings. Then there are some thirty
d dsHy mantels left out aBd other things
d that kind that are not absolutely needed
b nnpets the building. OF course the
hSldiDg will never be finished until they
n uded, but they can be dispensed with
Iltil the necessary appropriations are
Eide'
4What would these omissions from the
plin amount to, Mr.. Sheppard?"
Il should think about $50, 900. don't
bllsvs Il will DO more than $500, 900
beIdiug, untless additions are made"
Have you any objection to stating what
Jour original bid wasp"
u would rather not, unless the others
sn Published too, will say, however,
that in all the bidding for work Of this
lind that have seen, and / have had
god dealoi 1t, | have never seen more
Intelligent proposals submitted. Two or
three thousand dollars would have cover
tlLl the differences OF the bids; whereas,
IN similar cases heretofore, ] have ire.
qutntly seen differences amounting to
s0,00, To the fact that mine was the
lOSeit bid, | am indebted for the contract
made 10 day. The reduction to $3.50, 900
ina the figure originally offered by me,
vls made by the omissions before refer.
isdtO.
4When will you begin the work?"
"Rght away. My contract provides that
ln' to begin on the 18th OF next month,
nd | expect to go down on the Andes
lGt Tuesday, which will be the 7th. Mr..
Asuble, the architect, goes with me. He
he Stale agent employed 10 supervise
be work, and as the person who drew the
2LAns Is the best person to see them car
led out =
"HoE long have you to finish the
Eurkg
"Uutil the LIST day OF May, 1884"
"Ihltis good wkile. isn't lt?"
fes, but can finish II as much sooner
lhelpprOpriations warrant. We built
ae capitol here, you remember, In about
ighieen months. The State does not
Ilnt the new one until 1885 aud II will be
VI the better for having been built slowly.
twill be about as much as we want to do
get the foundations completed this
ealon, aad next years work will depend
% the appropriations next winter.
have got 10 keep within the
mount available, you know, and $50, 900
sal that can be reached at present. We
a1ld get the brick work up next season
the Legislature wanta 1t. l heard aman
~ to-day, though, that he believed The
would refuse to put another
sat into the Capitol building at Charles
on, and would abandon the So 900 al
sady appropriated rather than see tht
'aie government go there. What d.
'ou think about III"
The reporter thought all things werI
. Sibls 10 an average Legislature, but ht
~ not believe they would do such
'anEetY blank thing as to build $50, ,00l
ellir IL Charleston and q capitol som
llaee elAe, and 50 expressed his opinion
good night.
conservatory OF lIusle.-Io
full Music lessons for sIe.5O.
The Piisburgh Conservatory OF Musit
snnected with the Pittsburgh Female Co
s.se, ia enjoying remarkable prosperity
Nearly two hundred and thirty pupil