Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-17
OKLAHOMA CAPITOL
BUILDING MAY BEGIN
Special TO Daily News

Under terms Of the capital location
bill passed by the Third Legislature.
Gov. Cruce will accept the slOO,OcO
voted by Oklahoma City Monday and
$50 acres Of land. subject to approval
by the legislature.
II is proposed to begin work with
in thirty days after payment Of the
money. Local people assert there
will be no delay in converting the
bonds into cash. They have TO be
approved by the Attorney General as
eN-oficio bond commissioner for the
State. and will probably be involved
in a lawsuit. The Attorney General
now has a suit in the Supreme Court
10 determine whether the bond COM
missioner Is required 10 pass upon
bond issues Of a town having the
commission form of government.
Governor Cruce announces that no
has authority to receive the situation
as 81 will DE rendered by the Capitol
Building COMPANY which made the
first agreement with The legislature
Hc will, however. submit the plans
20 the legislature for approval or
rejection.
II the recent bond Issue proves
valid the state will soon find itself
in the city real estate husiness and
will have n large number OF town
lots 10 place on the market. The
Capitol Commission, composed Of the
members OF the State Board o. Pub
lie Affairs. will supervise the con
struction Of the Capitol and the han.
ding Of all moneys derived frori
the sale OF lots In the capitol site
The present plan is 10 have the COM
missioner Of the land office. Of which
Gov. Cruce Is chairman, sell the lots
In the same manner as town lots
arc sold from school lands adjoining
townsites. with the exception that
there will be no preference rights 10
consider and the sales will b. ont
right. The State expects TO begin
the construction Of the Capitol with
tho 100000 recently voted and 10
continue tho work as money Is real
lied from the sale OF town lots The
Legislature may he asked TO supple. /
mont this fund with an appropriation
10 be- reimbursed from the sa. of
tho lots
The Capitol Commission is D1m-
noscl Of Lon Frame, Eugene Norris
and T.. r. Howard. who also are
members OF the Board Of Publ. NJ
fairs and who have had considerable
experience in purchasing materials
and letting contracts and IN the con-
struction of State BUILDINGS. This
board for several months has been
catherine information from other
states as 10 the most modern ideas
In Capitol building, and also has been
gathering data on the various kinds
Of materials produced in Oklahoma
which would he available for capitol
building purposes and the lowest cost
OF such materials.
one granite-producine company
has offered 10 furnish all the granite
for the Capitol building free Of cost
to the State. Warden Dick Of the
state %penitentiary has offered 10
place at the disposal of the State a
large number Of skilled wo-kmen
who are confined in the p%enitentiary,
and who al present are being util-
i1ed in the construction Of the State
prison buildings at McAlester. The
labor unions. however, generally are
opposed to the utilization Of convict
labor In the construction Of the cap
itol and propose TO put mp a hard
fight against such a policy. Gov
has not declared himself as 10
whether he will favor convict labor
on the Capitol.
The funds for the plating and ad-
vertising OF the capitol addition lots
be paid from the capitol fund
created by the 500. 900 bond issue
and the sale OF lots II the sales
Of the School Land Department
be utilized In selling the lots
II will not he done AZ tho expense
M tho school fouad of the state. The
Commission a-rcaGy has re.
.elved a number Of applications from
persons who desire commissions 10
sell town lots FOR the state on q
commission basis The commission
also has received "a number Of in
l%uiries as 20 the nricc Of lots. How
ever, Il has not determined how the
lots will be sold and will not do so
until the money and land Is turned
over to the State.
The Governor has received legal
that he Is authorized 10 carry
ont the state part of the present plan
without an appropriation Of funds BY
the Legislature.