Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-11-04
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awhile our home Working lofce has
been very small for many months.
owing to the contingent daily furnished
for the no building of the capitol, still
we have not allowed the interests of
the penitentiary 10 suffer. The pre-
paratory work for the enlargement OF
the penitentiary has been pushed as
much as our crippled condition would
permit. The gratings for windows
and cell-doors are nearly ready and thr
latter will now be put together and
stored away until needed. As o es
we can obtain the necessary moun OF
graphite. the casting Of brackets, etc
for the new cell house will be taken In
hand. For this purpose an adequate
blast furnace has just been erected.
The foundation for the enlargement of
the present building, with the excep-
ton OF the front wall, is nearly com
pIeted. This portion Of the foundation
has TINS far required the excavation
and removal Of 1870 cubic yards o.
dirt, 227 cubic yards of concrete and
the hauling and placing OF 1,2b2M
perches of rock The dressing of stone
for this extension has been greatly
retarded by the withdrawal from our
force OF nine OF our best sto%ne-cutter
who were d. mpnded by the capitol re-
building board; Gov, Otero having
been appealed to by that body, under
date OF October 2nd, ~ issued his
decree authorize g the superintendent
OF the pe%nitentiary to send outside the
prison. for the purpose Of work on the
capitol building said nine s,one-cu'ters.
The penitentiary has thus far-from
Juoa to October 31st-furnished to
The Terri, rial capitol 1920 DAYS OF
labor, 424 300 brick and 1873 900
pounds OF lime. To supply the latter,
the capitol board furnished the peni
tentiary with fifty tom of nut coal.
"Another requlsition was made up
the p%enitentiary by the insane
directors for an additional
l25, 600 brick, Under the provisions
Of section A, chapter 43, laws of '95
the Insane asylum board was to notify
The superintendent of the peuitentiary
and sstate to him, as nearly as can be,
The number of brick required Their
first r. QUESTION stated the number at
800, 900 brick, and 80 that number was
furnished by the peniten,iary In '96, the
superintendent naturally thinking he
had complied with the law, and hesltat
ing therefore to honor the second de-
However, consulting the solicit.
Dr. general, he was advised to furnish
he additional brick asked for, and, 81
the second requisition was
,romptly filed, making the number of
,rick thus far furnished the insane
626. O00."
Aside from considering the above
eports at length and endorsing them
unanimously. the board let a number
t contracts for supplies covering the
ext six months.
The beef contract, 68,625 pounds
yas let to H. ID Reinken, of Watrous.
t So 63 per cwt. delivered; 40 900
fl ,ur, ssPride of Denver" to
Blackwell G. Co., of Las Vegas,
So 81 per cwt. delivered; 10. 900
ounds native beans to Browne & Man.
mares Co., OF Las Vegas also, 25. 1000
ounds oats, at ST. 06 per cwt., deliv
red ; also, 100 gallons molasses at 81
per gallon; also, $50 pounds
Yaporated peaches to the same at 9
,nts per pound, ard 200 pounds cur
lnts at 10A cent per pound. Gross,
lackwell q Go also got nine barrels
hominy at 81 10 per barrel; four :
oat fakes al So 10 per barrel;
900 pounds japan rice at 1918 per
inbred twenty tons of upland hay 4
$40 80 a ton, delivered. The coal :
400 ons at 81 90, l
mt to Arthur Seligman, Of "a
nta Fe, the only bidder. He will
irish Monero coal, and the Santa Fe sc
.rcantile company got the mems )
and contracts covering several
NOR items in the dry goods line.
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