St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-13
A HOWL oFDIsAPPoINTMENT.
Unsuccessful Bidders EnIiven q
Session of the Court House Com.
mission

unsuccessful Bidders EnliVen a
Session of the Court House Com.
mission.
The court house commission held a
meeting yesterday afternoon. As usual,
it was held in DR.. Days Office, and was
long and tedious, beginning at O'Clock
and lasting until Z. The first thing in
order was the consideration of the re-
port of the committee in whose charge
were left the bids and matter of furnish
ing the court house. The committee
reported that it had examined
ders and considered the bids
for furnishing the same. That
after much Investigation and careful
and earnest comparison, it had come to
the conclusion to recommend the pur-
chase OF the required wares and fur
nishlngS from the folloWinfi firms: Car
pets, curtains and draperies. Finch, Van
Slyck d Co.; rubber mats and cuspi-
doris, st. Paul Rubber company; porce-
lain and ruby water coolers, Smith &
LarkiD; metal and nickel cuspidors.
Donaldson, Ogden & Co. Upon motion
OF Commissioner Giifillan the report
was adopted. Then came a vigorous,
kick directed against the committee
Which had Just reported, by therep-
reSentative of Weidenborner Bros, a
carpet and furnishing firm, which had
bid in competition with others for sup
plying what was recommended to be
purchased OF Finch, Van Slyck 6S Co.
This firm claims that its bid was 20 per
cent lower on carpets and much lower
on curtains than any other bidder.
This tickled DR.. Day enough to attract
MIN to the quarter of the room whence
the young and ambitious representative
hurled his complaint. The bids were
resurrected and compared, and, by Jove!
1t was concluSively proven that the
young man was right, except that his
way of calculating the measurement of
carpet differed materially from that of
the doctor. The doctor was degmatical
i'll his theory of mathematics, and the
young merchant averred that as
he had had many years of experience
measuring carpets, he knew what he
was talking about. He proved that his
carpets were identically the same as
those offered by Finch, Van Slyck d
Co., were made upon the same loom, in
the same factory, and that in a room
15XI5, his carpet cost $50, while Finch,
Van Slyck d Co.'s goods were recon-
mended to be purchased at SLIGO for
the same room. He declared himself
willing to submit his goods to any COM
petent judge, and demanded that. if all
merchants were to have the opportu-
nifty, and if justice was to be practiced,
the award should be reconSidered. This
animated discussion between DIR. Day
and the, carpet dealer had the
effect of arOusing general talk
among the commissioners, which
was only shut off by the reminder from
Mr.. BigeloW that much other business
awaited the attention of the board. The
matter was dropped abruptly, and the
young man, failing to get any satisfac-
ton, left the room. The subject of the
iron railing to be placed around the
grounds was then discussed, and sam
pies examined. After an hour and a
half'S debate DO conclusion was arrived
ate The fence will! probably be of
plain, black iron, like that about the
capitol grounds, save that the fence
proposed for the court grounds will
have base-burning spikes on the top
railing to keep people Oh the side
walk and off of the fence.
The total number of feet of railing re-
Quired to go around the outside of the
grounds, parallel with the sidewalk, is
764 feet. A few bills were audited and
ordered paid, that of the st. Paul Mantel
d Desk Co., s1,639.51, being the only
one of over few dollars. The repre-
sentative of McAdams d Cartwright, the
elevator firm, was, present, and assured
the commission that the specified speed
of 300 feet per minute would be effected,
and both elevators made to perform
their functions at that rate as per the
contract. However, he ventured to say
that he thought the hydraulic pipes put
in by the plumbers were not large
enough to carry Off the water in the
cylinders, and if so, the board would
have to change them. That done, he
meant to attain the proper speed.