Gilpin observer., 1899-04-27
GOSSIP FROM ooLoRADo's CAPITAL.

liz wagon rOtu III san M1guel county,
| 5000. 49, ~
Wagon rond at Bear creek, $4,000.
= Wagon road from Empire to Ber-
thoud pass, $4,000.
Two other bills were signed. One
was Senate bill No. 217, by Senator
McCreery, increasing the state tax fof
the Normal School from n sixth to q
fifth of a mill. This increases the an.
| nunl income of the Normal School by
$4,000.
The Rocky Mountain News states
that a vigorous and persistent attack
upon the trusts and combines of Colo
RADIO is to be made by Attorney Gen
as construed by Attorney General
Griggs of Ohio. Mr.. Campbell is quo
ted as saying: LAS the thing stands
now, and l have made as yet only a
casual investigation of the subject,
feel that l will have little difficulty in
proving the illegality of trusts in gen
eral and certain specific trusts in par
ticular. We We're disappointed in the
failure of the Legislature to pass an
antitrust law, but nevertheless we do
not feel disheartened. Yes, we will
proceed with our prosecutions under
the common law, not any particular
section, but the whole thing simmered
down to one great principle that all
combinations of wealth which have a
tendency TO centralize the property of
the world in a few hands are illegal
and contrary to the spirit which ac-
tuated our forefathers when they
founded this republic and laid the
foundation of the common law as 1t
exists to-day. On this subject l have
m INN mi toI with nistrtnt A Atfnrnnv
Griggs of Ohio and other learned gem
tlemen. and they agree with me in
my belief. At all events, we propose
to give the thing trial. We will test
that argument in the courts, and feel
confident that we will not do so in
vain"
The State Board of Capitol Managers
took important action few days ago
toward the completion of the building.
1t was the original intention of those
who framed the law providing for the
construction of the capitol that only
Colorado material should be used 1t
was charged, however during the ses-
sions of the recent Legislature that
marble and onyx from other states and
countries had been used in the floors
and walls. Attempts have been made
to induce the capitol managers to
withhold part of the payment as a pen
atty. This attempt has failed through
the action of the board at its meeting
n few days ago, when the contractors
were allowed the full amount Of their
claims. The board went further than
that. The improvements in bronze and
st. Baum foreign marble in the dome
previously announced We're formally
decided upon. The architect was in
structed to proceed with the dome
work at once. 1t will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000 in connection
with some other slight changes con-
templated. Where 1t was formerly in
tended that Beulah marble should be
used for wainscoting in the basement,
white foreign marble will be used in
stead. The change will save the state
$1,000, and will make the basement
much lighter. The bases will be laid
In Beulah and the field in white. Above
the third floor the windows, now all
open, will be at once put in place.
The wooded doors will be replaced by
bronze. The wooden staircases from
the second to the third floor will be
taken out and replaced by cast iron
with bronze finish. The tiling of the
state library and room 12, law library.
will be done as soon as practicable In
vitrous tile.