The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-22
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Editor Republican notice III
the Arsus-Leader 5aader head 81
special to the arsas-LeAder from
Pierre an article which IS enatlei
as follows Turned Down 5 \.
Stone. desire to say that tae article
does not in any manner state the
facts aog does ii even state a log
ical conclusion 1t does this and
this only II echoes the cry Of some
OF the stoue men in 5e state that
there is only one kind or character
OF stone within the boundaries 81
the state OF South Dakota with which
the capitol can he butt. and hat is
Sioux Falls Jasper or Parmley's
prairie boulders.
prepared and presented in the
horse a bill providing that all OF the
stone used in the construction OF the
capitol should be South Dakota
building stone. aud a duplicate OF
such bill was introduced in the SEN
ate by Senator Dudley. About the
same time. or perhaps a little later.
a bill was introduced in the senate
by Senator Goodner. which bill re-
ceiyed the favorable consideration Of
the senate committee on capitol
grounds and buildings, and which
bill passed the senate by an almost
unanimous vote.
After consultation with Senators
Goodner and Dudley and also with
Governor Crawford, who is, by the
terms of said bill, made president of
the capitol commission, | concluded
that the surest way of compelling the
capitol commission to use South Da-
kota building stone was to allow my
bill introduced in the house to slum-
Der in committee, and to adopt the
senate bill introduced by Senator
Goodner. which bill provided for
practically all that was asked for in
my bill and in addition to that, it
went into detail with reference to
plans and specifications of building
and also as to duties of the capitol
commission with reference to the use
of South Dakota building stone.
We have South Dakota stone with
in the boundaries of the state of
South Dakota. to-wit: Hot Springs
Cand ctnnn - with which tho oorifo1
a be built, and it is not a new
proposition, a sample of which stone
has been on exhibition on my desk
in the house for some time and
which nearly every member in the
house and senate as we'll has exam
ined. This stone has been adopted
by the government in the construc-
ton of the National Sanitarium at
Hot Springs, a building which has
now cost more than half a million
n will before it is finally completed
cost at least a million dollars.
The government had under CON
sheraton at the time of adopting
Hot Springs stone the proposition of
using Bedford, Indiana, stone and
after giving to both and all other
stone propositions under %considera-
ton all known tests and due consid-
GRAFTON, decided in favor of Hot
Springs stone. This is not all. Ev-
cry building of any consequence that
has been built in Hot Springs for the
past few years has been built out
of Hot Springs building stone and
indeed this is not all, for nearly ev-
erygovernment building that has re
cry government building hat has re-
Gently been built in the Black Hills
has been built out of Hot Springs
stone.
Sioux City and several other cities
have public buildings built of the
same stone, all of which | will at
the proper time present to the cap
itol commission.
In regard to the getting out of the
stone in the necessary quantities OF
in blocks of necessary size there is
no question and the commission car
easily be satisfied upon that prop
osition.
So far as the cost of getting out
the rock and the cost of shipment is
concerned we, with the road across
the country from Pierre to RAPID