The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

Y. ....0oudence to The Times.
~ l.'soN' ca,l','' Oct. 13.-rhe board
aCksos, ssess Of the state lunatic
truS,0et y. @et in this city during the
nS lp'a and contracted for Il the eur iur-
gSiuas N for the large brlcK e (, a. annuA nnn
enlIsS bnilt for the accommoda,
t.g q PoiIs The &C colored insane U9 who
z ,'ow 9, co confined in the several
J. G1J y the state. The two state
,5,,,s g al already care for several
Dasd lppTjng pat1sp'n' made de' investigation
eplrS ad III tbat some three or four
astsd sospp more sors were were being cared ed
!ls Z su couuti addition to the state ssy
\ x 1arue - enough to accommodate : Ia
n ItlsS them, and appropriated ~
Nior \ that purpose When II u was Was
sd"nced ~ s that the trustees OF the
aSut I.;tmt;on we're ready to contract
i,"' ,Ss furnishings Of the colored
.ssR ~ the beiWlSl Wholesale merchants Of
lfs 'efsou and other cities OF tne the
" ss'Ua naturally expected to sell the
W. " III Sut they we're mistaken on
pOus' puo ;+oms Strauss q
h gSOf If Jackson, lacks captured the con-
w I for four hundred beds lat at
w y. To .Iones Bros. & Co. sold zoo
nm blankets at 90 IL cents eaon;
s;ls yap Hulett Bros, of Meridian,
genred i the mattresses, 3oo az
INV SS and 100 at 1925. Chicago
N III Philadelphia firms got tne tne
DDtrscts for 200 blankets, 4oo :
niIts 'i1aasso 400 spreads, 5000 yards Of
Isstine & and 1000 towels, and
'Ssr necessities. There is said TO
! disposition on the part OF sew
a If # the local dealers to protest
psinst the awarding of these con.
Escts to outside concerns, and 1t is
css;ble ss;I e that the board of trus-
pss TH will come in for a lambastjng
'm,lar n a to that accorded to the
.Oard Of public contracts for hay
n S'a the . state printing done else
F6ere. It is the policy Of the state
4 Ii let the printing and all other
'optracts to the lowest RESPONSE
Il bidder, no matter where ne
hsy happen to be doing business,
nd there is q howl Of indignation
Very time the board orders
eam of note heads or a box o.
Iepcils for one Of the departments
Eow that some other than then
|Wn OK is gored they are confident
N expected to be consistent
The New Capitol.
The people OF Mississippi hav'
discovered that it takes some TIM
b get ready to build q new caPltoll !
during the legislature, which ao
burned in March last, q commls
hon Of five men were appolnte'
I'M charoed with the work o
lecting The building on the SIT
shen occupied by the penitentlary
and which, by the way, is SUI
encumbered by o large portion :
|he old plant. 1t has taken q gres
Heal longer to tear down and g
he old eye-sore out of the wa
Than any one ever imagined, an
lhe consequence is that the groun
has not been broken for the ne
million-dollar capitol. Mr.. ine'
dore Link, of st. Louis, to wnol M
was awarded the contract tor ~
bishing the plans and speclnc'
lions, has Just notified the con
missions that he has compIlete!
that portion of his labors and WI
be in jackson the first OF ne:
week, ready to go to work. I
has also been engaged to super
TEND the construction. The Col
mission announces that they W
meet the first of next week WI
MIR. Link, and that they will ma
arrangements toadyertlse for oie
In the meantime, the work OF {
mohshing the old state prison e
merrily on, the brick that .
taken from same being used IN I
construction of a forty thousa
dollar annex to the state luna
asylum, and an addition to
blind institute. Only a small nu
Der of the state convicts are n
here at the capitol, and tney
the lame, the halt and the Dill
Arrangements are being mace
care for them on one of the 81
farms, and they will be transl
red in a few days. On their
parture, the remaining builol
at the old prison viii be dyna
ted and gotten out of the way,
that the work of active constr
ton of the new capitol may
gin as soon as the CONTRACT
be let.
The Back Tax Suit
The jackson attorneys WHO
engaged in The big back-tax
Of the state revenue agent aga
the Illinois Central railroad !, Z
pany have All gone on 70 w