The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
The Capitol Building.

| During the winter of the year 1885 an act
the erection at Boise city of capital build
ing on the easterly half of the double block
bounded by Jefferson, State, Sixth and
Eighth streets, at cost to the territory OF
Idaho of not exceeding eighty thousand dol
lars. This act was approved February 2,
1885, and provided for commission of four
residents of said territory to act in carry
| ing the provisions of the law into effect.
Peter Soma, c. w. Moore r. z. Johnson
and William H. Ridenbough were appointed
such commission. Bonds were autho. zee
to be issued in the sum of 81 600 each, bear
ing per cent. interest, and for the purpose
of securing their payment the territorial
treasurer was directed to set aside the
moneys from all the licenses that might be
collected in the territory, and all rents from
the United States government, as sinking
fund for
THE PAYMENT OF THE DEBT.
Soon after the passage of the acta restrain
ing order was obtained at the suit of GER
tain citizens of the town of Haley,
Alturas county, to prevent the issuance of
the bonds. The case came ON for hearing
before Judge Broderick in the month of
May following. Lyttleton Price and
Homer Stull appeared for the plaintiffs
and E. Z. Johnson, Judge Wicket and
Major Houston for the respondents. After
a full hearing the Judge dissolved the tenn
porary Injunction that had been granted
and the First National bank of Bose city
having negotiated for taking a block of
$25, 900 of the bonds the building was
speedily completed, no difficulty being ex-
perienced in the further negotiation of the
paper. The block upon which the capital
building was erected had been dedicated
for such purpose in anticipation of coming
events when the town was laid out. The
bonds were all negotiated without any dis
count. The building is complete in all its
departments and it is very doubtful, not
withstanding the much higher rate of labor
here than in the east, if a public building
can be found In the country so well con-
structed at such small expense. The
amount of the appropriation covered the
building, its furniture, the heating of the
entire edifice by steam and all the mason
~ work on the square.
THE FINISH AND THE FURNITURE
able for a capitol. The members of the
commission were men of property in the
city, each feeling that he had a personal in
terest in the honest expenditure of the
money and the results designed to be ac-
cOmphshed. Six or seven dollars was all
that was returned into the treasury after
the labors of the commission was completed
so far as the erection Of the building was
concerned. During last winters session of
the legislature, bill was passed appro-
priating Sl4, $50 or so much thereof as
might be necessary TO enclose capitol
square with a good iron fence, equal in
weight strength and durability to certain
specifications furnished, the fence to
be set in a stone coping. There is to be
cement walks from the several gates to the
capitol building and around it so as to pro-
tect its foundation from irrigation and a
like walk on Jefferson, State and Sixth
streets around the square, and provision is
made to survey, grade and
IMPROVE THE CAPITOL GROUNDS
and plant ornamental trees. shrubs, etc,
and to place water pipes for conducting
water under the walks and procure n.y.
drants and hose and rosary fountains for
sprinkling the grounds. The work pro-
vided for by the act of last session is now
in progress. In its accomplishment stately
trees were cut down, but in view of the
to take their place we have no
regrets to express.