The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

| hr. WSrd, OF the nrm named, ueslgnAteu
an employee of the firm to point out tn me
all the improvements, complete and incom-
piste, made by the said lessees, both on
the land of the State and the lots abutting
on said land. After having al these i'm
provements designated, 1 proceeded with
great deal OF care TO appraise or estimate
the value of the same, and the following is
the result, VIZ:
One brick wall, eighty feet long, twenty
two feet high. with an average thickness
/ OF three feet, with IRON gate therein, value
$2S07. Que wheelwright and blacksmith
shop, two stories high, 124x50 feet, built of
brick and with tin roof, value $6S07. One
workshop, three stories high, 70x50 feet,
built of brick with sin roof. value $505l.
One Incomplete cell building. S911e5 feet,
designed TO be four stories high, built OF
brick with shingle roof; the cellular struc-
ture inside is now two and say one-half sto-
ries high; value in present condition, $l5,-
643. One addition of two stories, built Of
brick, tin roof, TO old prison builoing; ad-
dition valued at $i2, 504. One brick addi-
ton to an old engine house, valHe $l269.
One brick addition to the building in which
the dining-room is now situated, value
of addition $377s. One new well
house, value $55. Ten blacksmith forges,
value $3.50. Ten cells for female
convicts, made of wood, value $320.
Que set of water closets, value $50. One
dining table for the female convicts, value
$50. Making the value of NIL improve
ments, complete and incomplete, placed
| by Ward, Dewey 81 Co. upon the land be-
longing to the State, and upon the street
abutting on the State land, amount TO
$4S, ga. of the foregoing property there
is situated, upon the land spoken OF as the
"street," the first named item, viz, the
brick wall and iron gate, valued at $2S07,
about two-thirds of the new cell building,
or say to the value of $40 900, leaving as
the total value of the improvements placed
upon the States land the amount of
$35, 1857.
On their own land, near the pen
itentisry, Messrs. Ward, Dewey s. Co. have
erected the following improvements, viz:
One store house, built of brick, tin roof,
three stories high, 65x125 feet, valued at
$15, 900. One brick residence, 9 9 stories
high, shinge roof, occupied by Mr.. A. j.
Ward and family as Il residence, value 81, 900.
Three frame ware houses, one story, shingle
roof, 5000. One wood shed for saw mill,
value 5000. Making toal value of i'm
provements placed near the penitentiary by
the lessees, upon their own land, amount
to SEQ, 100
REHABILITATION.
Improvements on State land, $35, S67.
Improvements on "the street" a" property,
$l2, S07. Improvements on the land Of
lessees, $40, 100, Total value of all inn
provements, $77,774. All of which is re-
spectfully submitted. J. LARMoUR.
STATE OF Texas, COUNTY OF TRAvIs.-
twenty-frst day of June, 1876, j. Larmour,
4 MI hga hatnr Anlxy tk kn nt.,s.
report is true and correct, to the best of
his knowledge and belief.
J. LARM UR.
Sworn to and subscribed before ME on
this, the twenty first day of June, 1876, at
the city of Austin, in Travis county.
w. T. COLEMAN. Chairman.
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, June 10, 1876.
| Hon W. s. Coleman, chairman Of the omm ttee OF
the House Of Representatives, Huntsville, Texas:
AT your request We have to-day examined
all the cotton and wool machinery turned
over to Messrs. Ward, Dewey s. Gu. by the
State and have fixed its present value, in
Guiding engines, boilers, shafting pulleys,
and in fact all the State machinery now In
or about the penitentiary pointed out TO us
by Col A. j. Ward, at the sum of thirty
three Thousand nine hundred and nineteen
dollars, 1888. 919.) While this machinery
may have and probably did cost much more
than the sum named. yet, by reason of its
condition and the fact that it 10 all old
fashioned, the above is a full and fair valu-
alton of all the State machinery at or about
the penitentiary. Not having examined
SAID machinery in 1871 we cannot, from an
examination now, ascertain the injury done
it since that date. We have also examined
all the machinery pointed out to Us by Col.
A. j. Ward and an employee designated by
Col. Ward, as the machinery put in and
about the penitentisry by Messrs. Ward,
Dewey & Co., and find as the full and fair
value of the same, the sum of fourteen
thousand one hundred and twenty-three
dollars, $14, 1873
full n