The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
TUESDAY.


About one hundred and thirty APP
plications for pardon are now on file,
awaiting consideration of the gov
ernor, and requiring a great deal of
consideration on the part of "A conSci-
entiouS executive.
Gov Ireland will probably be alb
sent till Friday attending the COM
mencement exercises OF the a. and NJ.
college at Bryan.
ATTORNEY GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
1t is expected that an issue may b.
raised ard referred to the attorney
general, though he may not be the
proper advising officer of the city, as
to the powers of the present city coun-
Gil. under the new charter, to whi IN
there is an emergency clause, us pub
lished in the acts of the last legis-
lature.
CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT.
w. d. Cox, sheriff and collector of
Cumanche county, settled with the
comptroller, having made previous
statement in full of his accounts. He
was the first sheriff to make his set
Element during the present regime.
His remittances proved to be $1,000 in
excess of his dues-Which amount
was consequently returned to him.
A. w. Brown, tax collector of Shell
by county, settled, paying Sl73l into
the treasury.
FISH COMMISSIONER.
Fish Commissioner Lubbock hav-
ing shipped about 400 carp to Mckin-
ney, has received the following Salts
factory reply from Hon. t. C. Good
uer. county judge of Collin county:
mckinney. June %, 1883.
DEAR SIR-Fish came to hand in
splendid condition, and all delivered
at once to eager applicants. Many
thanks for the unusual interest taken
10y you i'll the matter.
Respectfully, I. g. GoODNER.
The commissioner had the promise
ri some gold fish from st. Louis, but
was disappointed on account of their
dying before they could be sent
THE NEW CAPITOL.
About fifty men are engaged at the
Oatmanvllle quarry in getting out
stone for the construction of the new
capitol building. The contractors APP
piled for convicts for the work, but
have not secured them, and probably
will now do without them.
THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL.
AS the public have noticed, the city
railroad, after turning the corner of
Congress avenue, describes Il Serpen-
tine course from one side to the other,
like the letter S, on Mesquite street,
running so near either side as to make
the passway between the railroad
track and gutter curbings of the street
too narrow, first on one side and then
on the other, for vehicles to pass co.,
veniently without running across the
railroad. The track further on going
north cuts across the southwest cor
ner oil Capitol square, without the
right-of-way therefor having been OBJ
tanned from the state.
The temporary capitol board, and
the city authorities also, it is presum-
ed, desire the track Strengthened, and
the board at their last meeting ap-
proved the action of Superintendent
McLaurin in writing to DR.. Tobin,
president of the railroad company, on
the subject. The letter not having
been answered. the board requested
Capt. McLaurin to again call DIR. To-
bins attention to the matter. Capt.
McLaurin wrote DR.. Tobin that he
found it necessary to change the grade
of Mesquite street for the length of
the building in order to prevent the
flow of water during severe rain
storms from flooding the capitol build
ing, and that this change necessitates
a change of both grade
nd n Of hn pf1y
of the railroad company. and that the
change would be of advantage not
only to the state but also to the rail-
road" He might have added great
convenience to the public.-3epor-
ter. 81 also intimated," he writes,
that your road is located for some
distance upon state property, without
any grant of right-of-way from the
state, and that l thought it advisable
for your company to repair this street
for the distance above indicated, (the
cost of which will be but little) in
stead of forcing the state to do this
work for you, which doubtless would
bring up the question of right-of-way
over state property"
Capt. McSamin has complied with
the instructions of the board and
awaits reply from DR.. Tobin.
The board approved the contract
with Capt. Jas. B. Smith for improve
ments to and around the temporary
capitol; and also approved the con-
tract and specifications for the sewer
to connect the governors mansion
and temporary capitol with the state
sewer on Colorado street.
In this connection it does seem high
time that the city council should act
one way or another as to the right-of-
way for the state sewer. If there is
any reasonable objection to granting
the state the right-of-way the council
chould make the objections known in
an official manner.