Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-04
Contract Has Been Awarded and
Work Will BE Commenced
AT Once
FINE SHOWING TO Be MADE.
State Capitol Building viii Not be
Moved Preparing for Good
Wagon Roads.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence,
Boise, Idaho, April 2.--Word was re-
ceived from Executive Commissioner
Mcbride, OF the Lewis and Clark ex-
position commission, that the contract
for the erection OF the Idaho building
at Portland, has been awarded, and
that work on the structure viii be
commenced at once The contract for
the building has been awarded to the
Burel Construction company, the price
for the building complete being $4,000,
This was the lowest Of eight bids that
were received. the bids ranging from
$4,000 down to the offer of the con-
tracing bidders.
The building, which has been illus
trated In the Oregonian early this
week, Is In form somewhat resembling
n Swiss Chalet, with commodious
porches. Ii will be about 100 feet
square, and besides a large room for
exhibit purposes, Will contain num-
Der OF rooms for parlors, waiting rooms
and for other uses. The site selected
for the building is next TO the site Of
the New York building, oyerlooks
Guilds lake and the gigantic band
stands, and in the opinion OF Commits
sloner Mcbride is the best site on the
grounds, According TO the contract
the exhibit hall is TO be ready by May
1, and the entire building be ready for
occupancy by May 20. The plans for
the building were drawn by Architect
Fennell Of Boise, who will also SUPER
wise its construction.
PREPARING EXHIBIT,
Commissioner M, j. Vessels, who is
in charge of the agricultural exhibits,
has already commenced the work Of
gathering the exhibit Besides this he
has the major portion of the st. Louis
exhibit, from which the more valuable
portion will be selected, and viii form
| the nucleus OF the exhibit at Portland.
Mr. Vessels has several carloads of
material ready for shipment as soon as
| the exhibit hall has been prepared.
| Commissioner Bradley of Haley, who
| Is In charge OF the mining exhibit, is I'm
| correspondence with mining men In all
| portions of the state and anticipates no
| difficulty In getting up the finest ex-
| hibit OF ores ever shown from any Of
| the intermountain states.
The commission, headed by Gov
| Gooding, is determined that the Port
| land exposition shall be made a vehicle
| for the conveyance TO all visitors at
| the Portland fair, OF fair idea OF the
1
| of the Gem OF the Mountains"
| and TO this end Is insisting
that the exhibit shall reflect
the products Of the mines, fields and
| orchards Of the state, In the opinion
of the commission the Portland fair can
| do great deal to educate the people
| of the east and great middle west to
| the opportunities and advantages TO be
found here. Governor Gooding has
taken up the matter OF stopover priyl-
| leges and side trips with the railroad
companies. He has secured the prom
| Use OF stopovers being allowed on the
| excursion tickets that Will be sold, and
| the matter Of sIdetrlps on such tickets
| will probaly be decided IN our favor
| within a short time.
CAPITOL BUILDING.
There have been several meetings Of
| the capitol building commission, and
| Il has been practically decided that
| the capitol will not be removed, but
| that the central school block will be
| purchased for $4,000. This Will give
| two blocks for the capitol building and
| grounds, The commission Is now adj
| vertising for plans TO be submitted by
| June u, when the plans will be exam
ined, and very probably one OF the
| plans submitted will be accepted. Ao-
cordlng to the advertisement, the pro-
| posed building is to be about 300 feet
| In length, OF which 200 feet, including
| the dome and central portion, are to be
constructed at present, leaving the
extreme ends for future construction.
| II one OF the plans submitted meets
with the favor Of the commission, II
contract for the architecture OF the
| capitol building viii be entered into
with the author OF such plan who shall
be paid $1,000, which shall be part Of his
commission as architect.
FOR GOOD ROADS.
There will be meeting OF the In
! termountain wagon road commission on
Monday. The commission Is composed
OF the governor as chairmanand Messrs
M. ". Lewis OF Moscow and Joseph
Wheeler OF Shoshone. II Is expected
that at this first meeting OF the COM
mission. secretary viii be appointed,
and after consideration OF the proposed
roads, for which bills were introduced
during the recent session OF the legs-
lature, an engineer viii be selected with
instructions TO make such surveys as
will be necessary TO give the commits
sion a good idea Of the proposed work.
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