The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
ERRITORfALNE NEWS.
THE DAKOTA CAPITOL.
Alexander Hughes and Gov. Ordway Much
Pleased with the Minnesota Structure
Work to at 0nca

Alexander Hughes and Gov. Ordway Mucl
Pleased with the Minnesota Structure
Work to Commence at Once.
Alexander Hughes, George A. Matthews an6
John z. Bedding, CT the Dakota capital removal
commission, were Ill in st Paul yesterday
They fell i'll with each other at the Merchants
hotel, which gave them the opportunity OF
talking over future plans and prospects. The
meeting, however, was without prearransc-
ment. The commissioners have sent out no.
tees to architects, inviting them to furnish
plans aud specifications, accompanied by esti-
mates, not to exceed $500, 600, for a brick
foundations. The building must be suited
for the State executive offices and the assem-.
bly, of the two houses Of the legislature, and
must be designed as The main or central part
of q large building. The commissioners re-
serve the right to reject any and all bids, aud
will pay only for such plans and specifications
as are accepted. The bids will be received I'D
to noon on the 9th of July. Capt Hughes. as
chairman OF the building committee, occupied
a portion of his time yesterday visiting various
81. Paul architects, and getting an expression
Of Their views upon capitol architecture. He
also visited the Minnesota capitol in COM
pany with Gov. Ordway, who happened 10
be i'll town, and with the latter was shown over
the building by Gov. Hubbard. Capt. Hughes
/ - ihllSS why lluCu plGhS6u WlLQ the
capitol, in conversation with a reporter, and
"a d that he wa especially struck with the con-
veilei:t arrangement of the offices and rooms.
A building somewhat similar in its internal ar
rangemcnt, a! least. lie thought would DO suit
able for Dakota He was surprised that a
structure of such substantial Luild, and we'll
furnished, could have boen obtained for the
amount of money expended, and hoped
Oak ota might be as fortunate in that direction
as Minnesota had BEEN. Capt Hughes stated
further that the commission intended to lose
no time. The grounds would be plated and
laid out as room as a suitable person had lesn
found for tho work, it being the intention of
the commission to employ only a first class
landscape engineer. Great pains would be
taken, he said, to make the grounds attractive
ssnt G TO- natta,I ana tad 1T was proposed to some ex,
grounds at Washington. Still, no definite ar
engagements had been made in that matter
Capt. Hughes left on the AIS D. IN. train for
f%ankton. but Messrs. Bedding and Matthews
remained in town over night. The latter is
solug 10 Chlcago for the purpose of engaging
the services OF a tirst-class engineer to lay out
the Dakota capitol grounds, and while there
will look over the laying out OF Pullman.
GOV. oRDwAY ELUc1DATEs.
The rort!y form of Dakota's governor held
down q chair at tho Merchants Yesterday, and
he was ready and willing to express himself a.
heartily agreeing with COMMISSIONS Il .ghes
i'll his estimate of the Minnesota CAPT, He
thought such a building could not be built in
Washington for less than ST. 600, 600, and will
always remain q monument to the good iudc-
mcnt and economy of those WHO superiutsnIeJ
its construction. He favors a capitol much
like Mime sota's for Dakota, and said positively
that that the building must be done this year or
es nearly so as possible. He took Alexander
Mitchell and others of the Milwaukee road
around Bismarck while the railway party were
there, and The magnates expressed themselves
as highly pleased with the location and sur-
roundiugs. Mr.. Mitchell said frankly he should
have liked to have had tho town named after
him chosen as the capital site. and would have
done anything honorable to secure such a de-
clslol, but he soon recognized tho fact that
Mitchell lies too far to tho south. Manager
Merrill told Gov. Orlway he was satisfied and
further that If he was to build Il road there he
wanted to know it and commence right oil.
The governor says there is not the slightest
reason to doubt that the Milwaukee will be in
Bismarck before winter sets in. His idea ia
that the southern minnesota, known as the
middle division. will be built northwest to Le-
beau: or near there, on the Missouri river, and
the Hastings Il Dakota division extended west
to Lebaa1, the two joining thence north
to Bismarck, distant about $50
miles from Lehean. Io says IF
the Milwaukee and tho Northwestern roads had
joined on any one town in Southern Dakota.
that woull have been selected as the capital.
but they each had pets on their own lines and
did not even given tho commission their moral
support. The governor is strongly impressed
with belief i'll the future commercial greatness
of Bismarck, and thinks the bonus to the Ter
rltory. If properly handled, will amount to half
n million dollars.