Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-24
THE nEw PAVILION.

THE NEW PAVILION.
| The State Board of Agriculture held
special meeting yesterday to consider the
plans and specifications for the new Agri-
cultural Exposition building. Present-Di-
rectors Chase, LIS Rue, Green. Hancock,
Newton. Coleman, and President Finigan in
the chair.
Architect Burrell was present. and, after
discussing the plans and specifications with
the Board, motion was made and carried
that the matter Of plumbing and gas-ftting
be postponed and let separately from the gen.
eral contract.
a. A. Cook, the architect, WAS appointed
superintendent of building on behalf of the
Board.
Directors La Rue, Chase, Coleman, Han
cock, Green, Newton, and President Finigan.
were appointed building committee to su-
perintend the superintendent and architect.
A motion was made and carried that the
contracsor be required to complete the work
before September 1st, and forfeit $500 per
day for each day required to complete the
work after that date.
L. Heating, of San Francisco, appeared
before the Board in regard to lighting the
new building with electricity, but no action
was taken in the matter,
Diiestors Green, Coleman and Hancock
were appointed committee TO wait ON the
citizens committee and inform them of the
action of the Board.
The Board at 11:S0 P. N adjourned, to meet
at the Pavilion May 80, at P. NJ, at which
hour bids for erecting the building will be
opened.
Sealed proposals for the construction of the
new building will be received by the State
Board of Agriculture, at the Office of the
Secretary, up to s o'clock P. NJ. Of Thursday,
Msy Sd. The building is to be built in &C.
| cordance with the plans and specifications
| fer the purpose drawn by A. w. Burrell and
adopted by the State Board OF Agriculture
and the State Board of Capitol Commission.
ers. No bid exceeding the sum of S74 900
will be considered, and all bids must be
accompanied by certified check for 81, 800,
payable to the Secretary OF the Board and
the check of the bidder to whom the contract
may be awarded will be forfeited to the
Board Of Agriculture In case the bidder fails
TO enter into contract for the construction of
the building in the manner and within the
| time specified; and shall also furnish bond,
within five days after such award, in the sum
| of $50, 600, for the due performance of the
contract. Copies of the plans and specifca-
tions can be seen st the Secretsry's Office in
Sacramento, and also st the architects Office,
No. % California street, San Francisco,
Room %. Bids must be represented by the
bidders in person at the opening of the bids.
THE WISD.-All day long yesterday the
wind was blowing briskly from the north
west, carrying with it almost everything that
was loose. Sergeant Barwick, in his report
last evening, says the wind came to an end at
5P. NJ, but he probably learned better before
retiring last night for, although it had veered
to the west and the heavens were cloudy, it
was still blowing briskly at midnight. The
Sergeant says: The northwest wind that get
| in so briskly at midnight the night of the 22d
came to an end at about 5 P. N. last evening,
during which time 461 miles of wind had
passed this station, making an average Of
25.6 miles for the eighteen hours that the
wind from the north and west had been blow.
ing, which was a pressure of 3.A pounds to
the square inch of exposed surface. During
the wind-storm its greatest velocity reached
3S miles between and 10 A. NJ, and IL noon
and P. NJ, when its pressure indicated 7.22
pounds against each square inch of surface
exposed to its full force. The relative humid
ity yesterday at P. NJ. was about the same
as it was at P. NJ. on the 18th during the
severe northerly wind that passed this station
on that day. 1t hos been said by an
intelligent and observant '49sr that when.
ever clouds begin to appear during northerly
breeze that it is an indication of cessation
of northern hostilities. During the afternoon
of yesterday clouds began to appear in the
northern and northeastern horizon, and
shortly afterwards the winds velocity de-
creased, and its direction changed:g from
northerly to northeasterly, but was very light
in its velocity, being not moro than five miles
Per hour. At noon yesterday the wind was
brisk to heavy from the northwest all along
| the Pacific slope; the barometer was high in
the north and low in the south, which is one
of the atmospherical causes of the northwest
erly winds that blew go freely along the Pa
ci6c slope during the thirty hours ending at
P. N. yesterday. Iu all probability the
damage done by this northwest wind along
| the coast will be very slight in our grain and
fruit-producing districts, owing to the copious
precipitation of moisture during the few days
previous to the blowing OF this moiss-anni-
hilsting norther.
THE NEW NIcKEL.-The new nickel five
cent piece. which has been passed SO often as
FIVE dollar piece, has reached this city. and
yesterday gentleman who had been victim
of one of the plated ones showed the coin at
this Office. It is known that the Mint laws
require that the value of the coin shall be
stated on its face, but this little requirement
was overlooked by the designer of the new
| coip, who simply had engraved the numeral
| V on the die. "A newspaper man discovered
this violation of the statute, and called the
attention of tho Treasury Department to it,
when an order was issued to have the word
| cents added. The new coin with this amend
ment is now being stricken off. It has re-
Gently come to notice that the three cent
nickel coin, authorized eighteen years ago.
does not conform to the law of February,
1873. because it simply has the mineral Ill
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to the quarter eagls, and only trihs smaller
than thu three dollar piece. II these latter
coins were as common as the half eagles q
little gliding would enable INSCRIPTIONS
parties to work them off for So. It is claimed
that there is no law which forbids the gliding
of nickel coins. The new five cent nickel,
gilded with the same alloy used in the making
of gold coins, may be easily passed as So
| among persons not accustomed to handling
metallic money. With the exception that
the edge is not milled, when lying with the
head up it can scarcely be distinguished from
the five dollar coin.
REMEMBERING THE FRIENDLEss.-Th REC
ORD UNION yesterday stated that the remains
of Thos. c. Brelsford were lying at the Cor
oner's Office without flower upon the coffin.
Previous to reading that nobody remembered
that Brelsford was friendless, but all day long
| yesterday NOWSF5 were sent 80 TIE COronerS
ofsics to be placed on the coffin, in many in-
stances ladies bringing them. until last even
| ing the corner of the room where the remains
are lying is now one mass of flowers, among
them being many handsome pieces. This
shows that there are many kind and tender
hearts in Sacramento.
Bound FOR FoLsoM.-Last evening Deputy
Sheriffs Wilson and Farrell, of San Francis
co, arrived with six recruits for Folsom
prison. They will be taken there to-day.
They are Thomas Palmer, sentenced for ten
years for,robbery; John Hogan, Ifour years, for
burglary in the second degrees; John Cole
man and Martin Cassidy, each three years,
for burglary in the second dsgree Nick Will
Jams, five years, for burglary in the second
degree, and John Ryan, two years, for an
assault with deadly weapon.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS BY AUcTIoN.-Sher.
burn s Smith announce an auction sale of
household goods at the residence of T.
G. Salisbury, No. 600 q street. between
Sixth and Seventh, tomorrow at 1880 a. NJ,
comprising, in part. two cottage bedroom
sets and spring mattresses, one writing desk,
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