The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-10-07
the logical conclusion to be drawn

the logical conclusion to be drawn
from the commissions action In throw
ing aside all the plans and ordering
new ones? Evidently to delay the
building Of the capitol until after the
meeting Of the next Legislature. Then.
II a legislature is selected that is
favorable to Mr.. Quay. a new scheme
could be evolved which would mean the
erection Of capitol to cost perhaps
$4,OoO,000 or $4,000, 600. Any person with
half a mind can see what this would
mean. II would be a repetition OF the
Philadelphia public buildings scandal.
1t would mean that Pennsylvania, like
New York, might spend 25 years in
building capitol at a cost of s25. .000. 900.
1t was prophesied and clearly pointed
out at the time that this capitol scheme
was first brought to public attention
that the state would, as the result Of
the action of Amos II. Mylin. auditor
general; Benjamin ]. Haywood, state
treasurer: Samuel ]. McCarrell and
Henry X. Boyer, in throwing out the
plans, be involved in lawsuits and liti-
cations, and the taxpayers put to tre-
mendous expense solely because, at the
direction of Senator Quay, they were
following out his orders in the matter
of capitol building. These suits have
already commenced.
COMMISSION DRAGGED IN COURT.
On Saturday last Judge Simonton, OF
the Dauphin county bar, heard argu-
ment In the suit of Cope & Stewartson
and Alden & Highlow. architects OF
Pittsburg and Philadelphia, to restrain
the capitol building commission from
awarding the prizes for the best plans
submitted in any other way than that
provided in their published agreement
This is only the beginning of a series
of suits that will be brought against the
state by every architect, and the tax
payers are to bear the burden.
This is the story Of the beginning OF
the trouble over the building of a cap
itol 1t is not q mere bubble over the
selection of an architect; IL involves
millions OF dollars perhaps, and the
people of the state need to awaken
to a full knowledge of this fact. II
would be very small thing If 1t was
simply squabble over an architect
But that Is not the point 1t Is n fight
for the erection of costly capitol. ant
Ultimately job of gigantic magnitude
The friends of the capitol commission
ana the Quay newspapers are doing al
they can to obscure the real issue
Members OF the commission have pub.
lished interviews In which they convey
the impression that the sole reason
why they rejected all the plans, de.
layed the beginning Of work on the
new capitol and involved the state ir
number of lawsuits. was because tbs
plans submitted called for an eXpendi.
ture of money exceeding $3.50, ,0OO Oi
course this Is plausible, but when tn,
public knows that any one Of the plan.
could have been altered to come within
the amount named, and that it was SC
understood by the architects, the ex.
cuse OF excessive cost falls fiat ant
dead. That is the story of the capi
tol building UP to date. There are
rumors of some very grave scandal.
still In the background that must com,
out If this plan is to be pushed through
These scandals, If proven, are of .
character to forever ruin the meg
whose names are involved in them.