Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-04-04
A BUSY SESSION.
The Question of Rebuilding the Cap
itOl by Santa Feans Before the
Penitentiary Board.
Col. Bergman Reelected Superin-
tendent for the Ensuing Year
Contracts Awarded.

met at t1e institution on Monday morn
ing. All members were present as fol-
lows: H. FL. Belts, president, W. E.
Dame, j. L. Lopez, Thos. McQuiston, R.
A. Baca, 0. A. Hadley and N. B. Laughlin,
secretary.
| resolution was unanimously passed
recommending the governor to pardon
Ernest W. Clark. Clark was originally
arrested for branding calf that no
claimed belonged to his mother-in-law,
was in Jail 1926 days before trial, and was
then tried three times, the last having
resulted in conviction and sentence
to the penitentiary for two years.
The machines for making brick and
clay sewer pipe were received. They are
now in running order and will be started
up on Monday.
The lease between DR.. J. H. Sloan and
Supt. Bergman for clay land adjoining
the penitentiary was ratified.
At the afternoon session the bids for
supplies were opened in the presence of
the numerous bidders.
| Contracts were awarded to A. Staab,
Herman Lindheim, Gusdorf g. Dolan, W.
A. Mckenzie, w. H. Goebel, E. d. Franz,
A. G. Ireland, jr., Grant Rivenburg, Ar
thur Bischoff, s. Wedeles and Dudrow &
Davis, of Santa Fe; Mandell Bros. and
Thomas Keller, of Albuquerque; Charles
Ilfeld, of Las Vegas and Charles Haspel-
math, of Lamy.
| On Tuesday morning committee con-
sisting of Messrs. L. A. Fiske, 7. b.
Catron and Geo. W. Knaebel, representing
the Santa Fe Beard of Trade, appeared
before the board and presented the fol-
lowing communication:
J To the Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
! Gentlemen The Board of Trade of the
city of Santa Fe in session to-day
passed the following resolution, which
am directed to lay before you, and re-
quest your action thereon:
Resolved, That the Board of Trade of
the city of Santa Fe, acting for and on
behalf of itself and the people of Santa
Fe city, proposes to the board of peni-
Tertiary commissioners that, if said board
of penitentiary commissioners will cause
to be quarried from quarries in New Mex
leo by the convicts and loaded on the
cars sufficient stone to repair the outer
walls of the capitol building and will
cause the same to be unloaded at Santa
Fe and hauled in wagons and by teams to
be furnished by the Board of Trade to
the capitol grounds and then dressed and
laid in the wall, and will also cause to be
made and laid in the inner walls sufficient
brick to complete said walls and will
cause all other work to be done by con-
victs toward the rebuilding of the apitol,
which can be done by convict labor, this
board undertakes and agrees that it will
furnish or cause to be furnished all the
necessary lumber, iron and other ma.
terials, except stone and brick, neces-
sary to complete the rebuilding of the
capitol building, and will also furnish the
necessary foremen or skilled superintend-
ents or labor to direct the said convict
labor and also all necessary additional
guards to keep the prisoners while work
ing outside Of the penitentiary, and all
wagons and teams necessary to transport
materials, as also pay all freight charges
necessary for the transportation of all
such material toward the completion Of
said capitol building.
And this board requests said peniten.
tiary board to provide for the said work
suggested to be performed by said con.
victs, hereby guaranteeing that the said
other material and other work will be
furnished by the board.
GEO. W. KNAEBEL,
Sec. Santa Fe Board of Trade
Dated, Santa Fe, N. NJ, April 8, 1894.
After the committee retired the commun
ication was carefully considered by the
offered by President Belts:
| Whereas, The Board of Trade of the
city of Santa Fe have presented com
munication in which proposition il
made that, IN order to rebuild the capitol
building at Santa Fe, the said Board Of
Trade and the citizens of the city of Santa
Fe propose to furnish all material, skilled
labor, plans and specifications sufficient
and necessary for the rebuilding of said
capitol building, and to furnish all ex.
penses for the hiring of extra guards
provided and conditioned that the board
of penitentiary commissioners will allow
to beused any and all convict labor fol-
such work as the quarrying, cutting, and
placing of stone in the walls of said build
ing, manufacturing and laying of brick
and for hauling of stone, brick and other
materials from the railroad depots, and
from the penitentiary grounds to be trans
ported to the capitol building grounds
and the handling Of all other kinds o.
material to be used in and about sale
grounds for the rebuilding and construc
ton of said capital building at such time
and times as may be proper and neces
sary; now therefore, be it
Resolved, by the board of penitentiary
commissioners that the superintendent
of the New Mexico penltentiary be ant
he is hereby authorized and directed tc
furnish such number of convicts as are
not necessary to carry on the manufact
uring of brick, sewer pipe and the com
pletion of the prison wall and all Other
work necessary and required by law te
be done, and for the proper and neces
sary management Of the institution, al
such time as committee appointed by
the Board of Trade of the city of Santa
Fe or an organized company or corpora
tion for the purpose of the rebuilding Of
said capitol building shall deposit sufn
Gent funds with the territorial treasurer
for the purpose of paying for all extra
|guard hire and such other necessary ex
penses as may be required.
Be it Further Resolved, That all con.
victs, when they are sent out of the peni.
'tentiary, shall be under the control of the
su perintendent as to their care and safe
keeping.
That committee of three members OF
this board be appointed by the president,
which said committee shall have authority
to confer with said Board of Trade or
such other company or corporation as
shall be designated for that purpose, and
to have full power to represent this
board in all matters and things pertain
ing to such business, and it shall be the
duty of said committee to represent aud