The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
JEWELLERS RESENT
CONTRACT A. . Al. AWARD !
2Atr. Sylal,d Speaks His MiEt,t1 ii
Reference 10 Silver Service Tor
Battlcsl,ip Virginia.
ALSO AFTER COLONIAL DANES
Takes SHOT 1T Ladies Who Like
wise Go Out5of State 10 Sc
cure Service.

In view OF tic well known dssa tlsfac-
lion Of Virginia competitors for the con-
tract 10 furnish the silver service to the
MrgJD. b., l1ylnnd, Of y. B. ftyland and
Cornpllly, Of Lynchburg printed below,
wll be found very interesting. Mr.. Ry-
j lund said:
& During the session of the Legislature
tust closed, Senator Campbell, of Bed
ford, Mt the request Of ccrtaip ladies,
introduced IL bin which passed both
houses, npprUpriuting $4,000 for the pur-
chase of a silver service for the f'rst-
class battleship Virginia, now about com
Spletcd was opposed to such an APP
preparation, nnd 80 expressed myself ~
letters both 10 the senator and delegate
from this district. believed then, anu anu
behave now, that funds for such pur-
poses should be raised by popular SUI
scription and not appropriated from wy
treasury OF the State 40.
SIN these letters strenuously au eE', :
Gated that II the Legislature was ~. "
termined to pass such 6ili tiia. 80.
terms OF such Bill should expressly ~
.,,i,,,iat n5that5the contract for furnishing
the service should be open to com e..
( tive bids from Jewellers III the state .,
Virginia only, and that no designs sh ou'u
10 nsked fo,- and no bids accepted IRON
ntbcr so,,rces While ,this provision was
not embodied In the bin as passed, my g
been informed that the commission "
ward provided for in the bill deciaIeu
IL 10 be their intention OF accepting oius
only from the Virginia jewelers.
# ~ reanonse ia a general letter Issued
from Tho office OF the ndjutant-gene:ai
and signed by him, designs and estimates
we're submitted by ten t10) jewelers. ~
& Virginia. and ono retailer IN Phlladei-
mia for the consideration OF the com
mittce. After frequent sttings ana que
deliberation the committee on SATURDAY
last narrowed their choice down 70 Two
designs. one OF which wa5 SUBMITTED w
Richmond firm. THE No"lan Cof,,,'
,,any ard The other from the house IN
philadelphia. because these designs were
r,olonial In effect and in keeping win
,ho three picccs presented by the Co
a.,oniaI Danes. Finally. the contract Was
awarded the philadelphia frm-Ba'ley,
panks and Blddle Company-the only
CONCERN outside the State submitting q
bid.
After Colonial Danes.
THO Colonial Danes religiously follow
inr tho prnyerb that "a prophet ts not
without honor save, In his own country
gave no Virginia Jeweler an opportunity
10 confer with them In regard to the
order they proposed placing, and gave the
order 10 this same Philadelphia firm.
II the committee named By the lcgisla-
ture proposed to match the design OF the
pieces ordered by the Colonial Danes. the
fact should have been SO stated IN me
letter issued and some Idea OF the de-
sign wanted given the Virginia jewelers.;
and further. there is certainly no valid
reason why the Bailey Company tAould
have been allowed to bring down their
designs and submit them. and at the
same time exhibit before the committee
the pieces they furnished the Colonial
Danes II their design was to be ad-
nltted al all, 1t certainly seems to me
that the pieces above referred to should
have been debarred from exhibition. as
their display would certainly affect the
decision OF this committee.
eft these piSces wore going to be dis
played before the commission the retail
jewellers OF Virginia should have been
appraised OF the fact beforehand, but no
r,timati was given to this effect in the
litter Issued by the Adjuta Mt General, nor
does the information given. In that letter
covey the idea that the pieces made
for the Colonia! Danes would be on ex-
l.,bition before the committee, nor does 1t
convey any idea OF the fact that they the
Colonial Dames) would be a potent fac
tor affecting the decision OF this commits
tee.
Contrarv to Precedent.
This award, ] itsileve, is contrary to
ali precedent in the purchasing Of such