The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-07
THE STATE CAPITOL.

capitol, are 10 some extent troubled on the
question of building material They had e1-
pected TO get marble from the Springfield
quMries, in BurDet county, where it abounds
in limitless quantities and Of quality that is
superb, both for durability and beauty. This
marble, wo are told, is Of different colors, is
close grained, hard and takes polish equsl
to the famed Parian marble. 1t was the
intention of the commissioners to have used
this stone. and they looked to the construc.
ton ola narrow gauge railroad from Austin
to Bcrnet county as medium of transport
tatioD, but it seems that this project hss
fallen through, but that there Is on foot a
measure to connect Burnett with George
town by narrow gauge which
will be a shorter line than
the one frs! contemplated. If this latter
line.be.buil. at once, why cannot the CON-
missioners still get this stone! as they can
bring it from Georgetown by way of Round
Rock on:the International road. 1t may
cost little more for transportation by. that
route, we don't know, but .certsialy not q
great deal more. The state has given OF her
public lands for the construction of this can.
itol building 100000 acres, which we
have been informed has been bsrgained 10
competent and responsible contractors fer
$l,500.000, or rather ..for.thc cons ruction of
building to be worth tina! amount. This
is large sum Of money, and while it is not
30 great a sum as some Of the states have
expended on their state cspitols, yet it will
pay for handsome, commoaious, imposing
structure, building that will be an .or.
nament and credit to the stale,
especially if it be constructed
Of our own beautiful marble of
which there isso vast a quaatity to b. had.
All around Austin, Now Braunfsls and
San Antonio, MOTTO mention other points, as
pretty building stone, and of as excellent
quality as ever was, can be obtained without
end: True, this stone is not so handsome,
not SO elegant in quality as the Burnet mar.
BILE is reported to be, still it is of a superior
quality. The eyes of the people of the
State are upon the capitol commissioners, in
fact, the eyes Of thousands of people from
abroad are upon them; for contemplating
=. immigration to our state, they want to see
capitol building worthy of its greatness,
worthy Of its magnificent future. With the
railroads that are being built in the state.
bringing countless multitudes of people to
letsle up our rich valleys, hillside and
prairies, An eye should DO had to the future
by the state in Its every action. Our unpre.
cedented resources are already being
rapidly developed; our commerce and
DO such as to attrac! attention. to furnish
food for favorable comment and to al
with pleasure tho hearts of every Texan
Our state pitol can be made just such bull
dingand upon the commissioners devolves the
duty Of making it so. We are not indul-
ging in these remarks in any spirit of caving
or fault finding for We have no occs-
sion for such thing, no reason to doubt
the capacity or fidelity of the com.
missionors, but we think 1t not
amiss to remind them of what is expected Of
them. Every now and then some quid nunc
busy body, never possessed of two political
ideas at time, has something 10 cay about,
dividing the state Of course those proposing
such a thing can give no reason for division
can advance no argument either for or
against it, but while the world lasts there will
DO Jeremy Diddlers and Rsnzy Snill % to
suggest something or say something that
there is no sense in, saying or sug.
costing. With capitol building worthy
OF tho price of 81 100000 to be
and agricultural and poslersl aud mineral
products are being yearly increased and 10
another decade Texas will have rot less than
fifteen THOUSAND miles Of railroad, not less
than flvo millions Of population and all her
material interests will have grown TO mar.
Vicious extent. To keep pace with all this
prosperity and this development, the state
must have public buildings that will answer
her purposes, that will meet her growing
wants, and that her people can poin. to
with pride aud can talk about with pleasure.
II Is grave responsibility these capitol COM
missioners have upon their hands. Austin,
the cspissl Of tho state, a great and mighty
commonwealth like Texas, will always te
the centre Of fashion and of the best ar I'd
most in,clligen. society. Strangers visiting
The state will always 20 there our own ci..
zsns will make their yearly visits there and
II 10 emlnen,ly proper, indeed iii ssn absolute
necessity tha! the states public buildings shall
paid for II, this attenuation Of ghost will
be laid forever aud the Diddlers and the
Smiles may rack their little brains for
something else to delight them. Under the
state conssilusion,.if we remember Alright
It, reading. there can never be any moro
senator's than we now have, and only ono
hundred and ilf.y repre- en,a,ives. Tho d.
mensions Of tho proposed capitol building
II a. we have read them, will be ample Cor
thls number Of statesmen and the, various
other halls and rooms contem plated
70, embraced within IL wAlls. We think Il
would DO good thing II the commissioners
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