The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
FIFE STATESMAN
From Thursdays Daily.1
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices.
AUSTIN. TEXAS

! Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices.
The Loving publishing company,
of Fort Worth, tiled charter yester-
day, with capital stock of 100000,
divided into shares of 500 each. The
purpose set forth in the charter is
the conducting and transaction of
general publishing and printing
business at Fort Worth, and at other
places in the state of Texas, to print
and publish one or more papers, jour
nails or periodicals. The incorpora-
tors and directors are A. NJ. Britton,
Geo. B. Loving, w. l.. Malone, John
o. Ford and b. b. Paddock.
The governor yesterday RENTED
Judgment of $500. except $50 and
costs, entered against j. X. Aldridge,
Of Collin county, as surety.
The comptroller deposited in the
treasury yesterday $3.50 to the credit
Of the interest and sinking fund of
the Sherman city bonds (Texas and
Pacific subsidy bonds), and Sl852.40 to
the credit of the interest and sinking
fund of the Mckinney City central
railway subsidy bonds. There was
also deposited to the credit of the
general revenue $38, 076.56.
After balancing up the contingent
fund account, the comptroller an
nounced that there is just thirty-two
II cents left. Those newspapers that
A failed to have their bills paid, and
have been raising Cain about it, can
now present them and divide the
thirty-two cents among themselves.
The capital board met in secret ses-
sion yesterday in the governors office
to consider the matter of cement to be
used in the construction of the new
capitol. Letters were read that passed
between the capitol contractor and
the Alamo cement company, in which
the capitol contractor offered to con-
tract with the above company for ten
tons of their cement, provided they
would guarantee it to be equal to
>ssspdard English Portland Ce-
ment. The Alamo cement
company refused to make
any such guarantee. Letters were
read showing that in all the large
public buildings of the country nc
high standards of tests was required
- for the cement used, but that either
the Rosendale, Akron, Louisville OF
Utica brands of cement have been
most generally adopted. the follow
ing well-known architects and build
ers replied to the letters of the CAPT
, tol board regarding the above matter
Hon. James G. Hill, supervising ar
chitect, United States treasury de-
partment. Washington, ID. Z Thos
Walsh. relative to the kind of cement
used in the custom house and bridge
In st. Louis. Samuel L. Smelly, con
corning the kind used in the new city
hall at Philadelphia; F.. Burling, con
corning the kind used in the Gus
tom house at Chicago; John M. 10
down, concerning the kind used in thu
Nengineer for the Engineers News
New York; Major T. II. Phipps, com
mander United States arsenal, Rocl
Island, Illinois, concerning the kline
- used in the arsenal; r. 5. Finkbine
sa,Pcrfpt endent of construction low;
state house, Dies, Moines, Iowa; archi
tect of the public works of Chicago
The following resolution was theI
passed by the board
Resolved, That the contract TO
building the new state capitol be 81
changed as to allow the contractor
to use any standard cement that
not below l50 pounds tensile strength
provided that after the foundation j
put in Texas cement shall be used, i
IL can be procured of the above
standard and grade; provided. also
that all parties to the contract, includ
ing the sureties on the bond, shall
sign the change.
Resolved, That this change also in
Guide the gravel Tor shingle, so called
now being delivered on the capito
grounds.
Gen. @. A. Gilmore, of the United
States corps of engineers, in his "Prac
Dtical u6ceatise ION Lines, Hydrauli,
Ceinents and Mortars," published il
1879, says (page 324) of concrete No. 8
"The mortar of concrete No. 5, com
posed of one barrel Rosendale cement
and three barrels sand, possesses
crushing strength of 100 pounds pc
square inch when two months old
Is the standard quality O
ROSendale cement concrete generally
adopted upon government works. L
possesses sufficient strength in founda
pms and thick walls for any position
which concrete is usually placed"
The Texas insurance chart, just is
sued by the commissioner of insur
ance, statistics and history, for 1883, i
a very full and comprehensive docu
ment. Want of space this mornin,
-r'rcfts us from giving some of tn
0tals footed up in it; but we will Z,
SO tomorrow.
The governor has not yet appointet
the commissioner to investigate tn
land frauds.
The force in the land office is KEEP
\ very busy on current and delaye,
work. The land business is begin
ming to liven up some; though tn
present law, it is thought, will no
cause as much of rush as was expe
rienced this time last year.