Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-19
GEoRGIA's NEW CAPITOL.
All the Bids Rejected and Readvertise-
ment Ordered.

ATLANTA, July 1S.-At a late hour last
night the tenor of the views expressed by
the Capitol Commissioners on the bids
and proposals presented for constructing
the new capitol was that nothing could
be done at the figures named, and that all
that remained for them to do was to read.
Yertise for bids and proposals, and in effect
to make another effort, trusting to luck
tor better success. When the board met
this morning the question was discussed
fully until the subject took shape as set
forth in the following resolution. which
was offered and unanimously adopted:
ReSotUed, That the board reject all the
D-ds received for furnishing materials and
the construction of the State capitOl.
heSotred further, That the Commission
Immediately readYertise for other bids for
furnishing materials and construction OF
the State capitol, to be received until
Sept. 4, 1884.
The necessity for this new advertise
ment arises from the fact that the aggre-
gate amount of the local bids exceeded
the limit allowed by the act. There
are many of the bids that are
practically within the limit OF
the figures prescribed by architect Ed
ward Brooke. There are others, however.
that exceed his estimate considerably.
and there are several items of Importance
upon which the commission had no bids
at all. The commission of course could
not accept the bids that were satisfac-
tory unless they knew positively that they
could put under contract the balance OF
the building within the limit. 1t is a
noticeable fact that there are discrep-
ancies IN the bidding which would indi-
cate that the different bidders nut
different constructions on the plans and
specifications and the details of the work.
1t is the purpose of the commission TO
make these things exceedingly plain and
explicit, in order that all bidders hereafter
may bid on the same basis. The commits
sion has also had intimation that the
hgures for some of the material can and
VIII be reduced in the next bidding. The
former advertisement for bids has been
remOdeled and ordered inserted i'm
speclned newspapers, as heretofore.
Commissioner Crane, in an interview
with the NEWS correspondent to-day,
said: s'The lowest estimates made by the
contractors who put in bids to furnish the
material and do the work aggregate
about SSO,OOO over and above the 81, ,0O0,-
OOO that we have to work with and we
are going to keep within the appropri-
alton. We don't want to let the work for
more than 100000. The remaining $780,
600 we want to hold as a reserve or con-
1ngent fund to pay other expenses with.
We are of the opinion that with another
trial we can accomplish this. At any
rate we are going to try again."
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Gov. Mcdaniel to-day commissioned as
Notaries Public in Chatham county the
following applicants: A. BOnaud for the
Fifth district; s. Elsinger for the Fourth;
Waring Russell, Jr., for the Second; john
5. Tyson for the Third; Michael Naughtin
for the First; James T. Buckner for the
Sixth; Mcleod King for the Seventh. and
Van r. Winkler for the Eighth. These
are for four wears from date.