, 1888-07-26
THE CAPITOL WINGS.
Opening of the Bids For Their
Construction.
Plan of the Wings---The Various
Rooms, Etc.
The Contract Awarded Late Last
Evening.

The bids for the construction of the
two wings to the territorial capitol were
opened and considered yesterday, Chair
man Bresnahen, Secretary Baird and
Commissioners kent, Poole and Gilchrist
being present as was also the capitol ar
chitect D. w. Gibbs of Toledo, O., who
greatly assisted the members of the COM
mission by way Of explanations and sug-
g%estions as to the plans of the wings, etc.
From Mr.. Gibbs THE LEADER reporter
obtained yesterday a general outline of
what the two wings will be, their dimen-
sions, etc. and the rooms each will con-
tain.
Each wing will be 42x8l feet, and the
west wing will in addition thereto have a
p~ortico and stairway leading up to the
center of the wing from the direction of
Ferguson street but something similar to
the present stairway and entrance to the
main stairway. There will be no stair
way to the east wing. The wings are of
course to be of the same height as thGt Of
the main building and the easements Of
each are to be used for whatever purposes
necessary. Unlike the main building
there are not to be three stories to the
wings for the council chamber and the
house of representatives are to be of such
height that they will require all the space
there will be above the second story. The
council chamber is to be in the west wing
and the house of representatives in the
east and on three sides of both the coun-
Gil chamber and the hall of the house
there are to be large and spacious CALLER
les which will be capable of seating from
500 to 500 people.
Whether in the east or west wings will
there be any other rooms in the same
story with the the two legislative cham
bers. but committee rooms ETC., will be
found in other portions Of the building.
This being the fact, the two rooms will be
large enoigh-about 40xS0 on the inside.
Directly under the hall of the house of
representatives will be the territorial libra
ry rooms, while in the other wing and
directly beneath the council chamber there
will be a number of smaller rooms TO be
used for various purposes, such as COM
mittee rooms, etc.
The bids for the construction of the
two wings were opened yesterday fore
noon, and thereafter the commissioners
took a recess until 4 p. m., when they
again convened, but up to the time when
another recess was taken until 8 o'clock last
evening, although The commissioners had
been diligently considering the bids, or
rather the combination of bids, no award
had been made.
The following named gentlemen were
bidders, and below the figures are given.
There were four bidders, as follows:
George McSwain, George East, NJ, P.
Keefe and H. W. Newell of Denver.
NJ. P. Keefe-East wing iron construc-
ton, $62, 950i east wing, wood construc-
ton, $55, $50; west wing, iron construc-
ton. S59, $50; west wing, wood construc-
ton, $4,000; both wings iron, 1922, 600;
both wings wood. $l07. 900.
George McSwam-East wing iron con-
struction, SCI, 900; east wing wood con-
struction, $50, 400; west wing iron con
struction, s62, 600; west wing wood con-
struction. $50, 100; both wings iron, 1923,
800; both wings wood, $105, 500.
H. H. Newell, Denver, Colo.-East
wing iron construction, S5S, 454; east
wing wood construction, $5l, $50; west
wing iron construction, $64, 30l; west
wing wood construction, $5S, III; both
wings iron, 1922, 1856; both wings wood.
$ll0,067.
George East-East wing iron construc-
ton, $50, 739. As (no heating); east wing
wood construction, SAT, sO4.57 (no heat
ing); west wing iron construction, $62,-
$685. 5 (no heating); west wing wood con
struction, SOL ,073.77 (no heating; both
wings iron, 1925, COS. 10; both wings
wood, $l05, 1878. "a.
At the meeting of the commissioners
last evening after considering all of the
other bids with the utmost carefulness,
the contract for the erection of the east
wing, iron, fire proof, was awarded to H.
W. Newell of Denner, for $50, 454, and
the west wing also non fire proof was
awarded to M. P. Keefe, of this city,
$50. $50.
Architect Gibbs in speaking Of the bids
4 - - - =. Ill L.
seen by the table above, said last night
that it was the closest and most skilfull
bidding he had ever known-between the
two extremes of all the bids, there being
only a difference of $1,000. Operations
will begin very soon on the construction OF
the two wings-probably within thirty
days.
GENUINE BARGAINS