The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
STATE IS BECOMING
VERY MUCH AROUSED
Opposition Being Raised to the
Action OF New Capitol
Commission.
HOME MATERIAL BARRED
II Is Stated the Commission Has Con.
traeted for Indiana Rock for New
Capitol, While Sioux Fails
Granite Is Not to Be Used.

Mitchell, S. D., March 2.-SOuth Da-
kota has diversified resources In var
tous parts of the state, some of which
are developed and others are not. Some
are mines containing different kinds of
mineral that are developed and show
great riches, and undeveloped mines
that indications point to their riches.
Bitumlnous coal is found in the Black
Hills district and Ignite in the Grand
river country. Colored sand stone of
excellent building quality is found in
the southern Black Hills and cement
mines in the southern counties near
Yankton. Large quantities Of differ
ent kinds of excellent granite building
stone from Hutchinson, Turner and
Lincoln counties on the south to Davi-
son, Hanson. McCook. Minnehaha,
Moody, Lake, Miner, Sanborn, Beadle.
Kingsbury and Bookings counties on
the north, IL easily Quarried.
This stone is the pride Of the state
and the equal of any building stone in
the United States. Public buildings
have been erected from Sioux river
granite quartzite in Burlington, Ia;
Detroit, Mich, and other cities.
The government building at Sioux
Falls Is built from these highly polish
ed brown, red and steel gray granite
and also several state colleges and 9TH
CT public buildings have been con-
structed from the Quarries Of the state.
and there are millions OF cords of 1t
accessible to three or four different
railway systems operating In this state.
During the session Of the legislature
last winter a law was passed authoriZ-
ing the construction of state capitol
building at Pierre. the cost not to ex-
coed 100000 and of that sum $4,000
was to be available during the next two
years, providing the money could be
secured from the sale of state. lands
The same law provided for q capitol
commission consisting OF the governor,
secretary OF state. commissioner of
school and public lands, state auditor
and state treasurer.
There was great anxiety displayed on
the part OF some officers and members
OF the third house while these bills
were pending in the legislature because
there was q person there known as an
architect" named Bell, who seemed to
have q great liking for Bedford In
diana stone. This man appeared before
various committees and as soon as the
bill creating building commission was
passed he was on hand to go with them
and show the new state house at
Helena, Mont, constructed according to
plans drawn b. him..
On feOruary "a, 1SU0, the preSluenL
Of the board of trade Of Sioux Falls
wrote Governor Elrod calling his at
tention to the fact that a representa-
tive Of the board had inspected the
proposed plans for the new capitol
building at the governors office in
Pierre, and that Mr.. Bell, the architect,
had informed the Sioux Falls man that
the South Dakota granite stone would
not be suitable for a state building.
above the base line. This architect,
Bell, insisted that Indiana or a sim
ilar stone" would be in better keeping
posed plans.
Sioux Falls surprised that granite
stone was not considered since it could
be secured in half dozen South Da-
kota counties and that the United
States government had used it in
erecting the public federal building in
Sioux Falls
With variegated sandstone and black,
gray and red granite in this state with
in $50 miles of the state capital, ma
terial that is the most durable of any
of the stone on the American continent,
South Dakotans cannot understand
why 1t is necessary to go 1000 miles
to another state and pay a railway
company for hauling thousands upon
thousands Of tons such long distance.
The people OF the Black Hills have
Joined with the people OF the six or
eight counties between the Sioux and
James rivers in this state In asking the
state capitol commission to use South
Dakota stone for the walls and gables
" the state ruhlic home