The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-13


sufficient size to deliver over one
million gallons in twenty-four hours.
Mr.. Drake guarantees, without the
use of steam fire engines, tour fire
streams one hundred feet high,
through fifty feet of two and one
half inch hose, through one-inch
MOBILES, from any four hydrants for
any length of time necessary to ex-
tiDguish any fire. He will also sup
ply water and fire streams as above
at the deaf and dumb and blind in
stitutes and for other state buildings
which the state NAV desire to pro-
tect from fire. He proposes to erect
at the lunatic asylum any reasonable
number of fire hydrants ordered,
and cause the fire streams NEIL
Toned to be produced and permit
/ the use of water from all
such hvdrants for the sum of $1,000
per annum. All water desired for
all other purposes at the asylum, he
proposes to furnish at the rate of
two cents for each 100 gallons. For
all other buildings water will be
furnished at proportionate rates.
Should the state desire to erect
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| spring, water as has been suggested
by some, Mr.. G. L. Robb, owner of
the property, proposes to sell the
same to the state for the sum of
$4,000. 1t is thought by many that
water can be furnished the state
asylum, capitol and other public
buildings cheaper from Barton
spring than from the river near
Mount Barker.
The new asylum building con-
tracted for is being put up as rapid
ly as possible, and will accommodate
200 insane people. Contracts have
been made for heating, sewerage
and furnishing both the new and
old buildings with hot water and
ventilating apparatus.
The report of the commissioner of
insurance, statistics and history
reached this office too late for pub
LEGATION. The STATESMAN applied
for it daily for a week or more, but
for reasons unknown it was with
held. 1t contains but very little, if
any, important information, but
what has already been made public
through the columns of the daily
papers.
| From Saturdays Daily.
| Yesterday the governor appointed
Mr.. w. p. Hardeman engineer to in
spect twenty miles of the East and
West Texas railroad, just CON-
pleted.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Tie charter of the Mechanics fire
company No. 6, of Houston, was
filed yesterday in the office of secre-
tary of state.
TREASURY.
On yesterday there were one
hundred applications for school
lands on file in the treasury depart.
ment. First payment on 10000 acres
of land were received.
THE A. AND NJ. COLLEGE.
From the report of the A. and N.
college the STATESMAN takes the
following:
For maintaining and instructing
SO state students, including board,
fuel, washing, lights and quarters,
the actual cost will be $13 335 per
months for each student, which on
the basis of nine months, would
amount to 1920 per student for the
session. For SO students, at 1920,
ST., 160; state annual appropriation,
$500; deficiency, or actual loss, Gre
ating debt against the college for
each session OF $1,000.
To avoid this indebtedness the
board of directors would be COM
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priation to cover this deficiency,
or discharge the students before the
end of the session.
In the department of agriculture
and horticulture fifty-four students
have received instruction since the
opening of the session, October l,
1881, and forty-eight are at present
in attendance. Most of them are
state students. In addition to class
work the students work eight
hours week on the farm
and in the garden. They have
planted 1000 ornamental trees and
and grated nearly 1000 apple
stalks; sixty-seven and one-half
acres are in cultivation, twelve in
corn, thirteen in oats, five in rye, six
in millet. one and half in wheat,
four in vegetables and eleven acres
in orchard.
There are at present in attendance
in the mechanical department 140
pupils. OF this large number only
six had any practical experience
before coming into the department,
and that but very limited.
The students are enthusiastic and
interested in all that is going on in
the department., and though they
have time and inclination for more
and better practical instruction with
tools and machinery, cannot get it
without an additional equipment.
We invite public inspection to what
we have done and are doing. The
practical instruction is limited to
hand tools almost exclusively, be-
cause we have but five machines all
told. A student scarcely gets
started in his work before he is
crowded out of his place to give the
second an equal chance. In this
school for instructing 14O pupils in
mechanics, we have accommodations
for only eight at vice work and two
ON machine tools Qathes).
| AS a matter of record, we have
the smallest practical equipment
and corps of instructors of any me-
chanical school in the United States
and the largest attendance yet in
dividual pupils have accomplished
as much as is accomplished III any
| school, and more than is done i'll
most of them.
For next year our equipment and
accommodations must be five times
as large as at present to give in
struction of any value upon ma
chimes, and unless so increased the
| efficient instruction of the present
third class, now numbering 104 pu-
pills, will be simply impossible.
Another equally necessary addi-
ton is a draft room. There are no
class rooms or other unoccupied
apartments in the college buildings
where drafting can be done under
the eye of an Instructor. Estimates
for drafting rooms were included in
those furnished you by myself at the
late extra meeting OF the board of
directors.
From Fridays DailY.]
Yesterday the Governor appointed
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of deeds for the state of Texas in New
Mexico.
SECRETARY CT STATE.
Business Of prblic interest in the Office
but clerks had all they could do to keep,
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