The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-05
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
MONDAY.

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MONEY FOR RAILROAD BUILDING.
The following correspondence
touching the question of building
railroads is interesting:
I49 BROADWAY, NEW \ DIRK,
June 81, 1888.
! Gov. John Ireland:
! DEAR SIR respectfully call your
attention to matter having reference
to the material welfare OF your state.
You will agree with me that the
I building of long lines of railroads
through your state would be of great
benefit to your people. Very often
the people are confident that the bonds
could be placed, but they know that
bankers do not advance money to
build railroads, and therefore they do
not organize, not knowing where to
go for funds.
will therefore inform you that i
am prepared to carry on the building
of several long lines of railroad at a
time, and do not want any money till
sections of twenty-five or fifty miles
are built and equipped. l would de-
sire companies to place their bonds
to be cashed when sections of twenty
five to fifty miles were completed. Ii
you would give this letter to the press
for publication, / think the result
would be the building up of your
state. Yours respectfully,
ALBERT l.. RICE.
The following is the reply from the
governor
Albert L. Rice, Esq
Sir am directed by his excellency
Governor John Ireland, TO acknowl-
edge receipt of your favor of the
9th ult. relative to railroad building
and to say in reply that it shall re-
ceive consideration, and furthermore,
/ that your suggestion as to giving it
to the press has been acted upon. l
am respectfully yours,
r. J. KENDALL,
Executive Private Secretary.
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
There was a meeting Monday Of
the board, merely for the purpose of
opening and considering bids for sup
| plying the asylum with furniture,
clothing, bedding, etc. None of the
bids were acted upon, the members of
the board being engaged in eXamin-
ing samples furnished by the bidders.
The items are being selected in detail
and it will probably be several days
before any Of the bids are accepted.
FISH COMMISSIONER.
G.. G. Waterson, writing to Com
missioner Lubbock, from Live Oaks,
Bastrop county, gives his experience
in raising carp, which is subject of
interest at present. About six months
ago he got fourteen small carp
through the United States fish COM
missioner at Austin, carried them
home in ten gallon milk can across
rugged roads, and turned them loose
in tank which he had ready for
them in the prairie. In six months
one of the fish by actual measure
ment had grown from about two to
fourteen inches in length. Two of
them which he afterward examined
weighed four pounds each, and meas
ured 1917 inches. They were not fed
at any time. The statement shows
how rapidly the carp grow.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Baptist church
of Denison was filed Monday IN the
Office of the secretary of state.
No requisition has been received
for the arrest of Cartwright, of Fort
Worth, who killed a man while act
ing, he claims, as an officer. He fears
that he would not be permitted to
have trial if taken back.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
About $4,000 was paid into the state
treasury upon warrant of the comp
troller. The office is fairly besieged
with collectors making their final set
Elements for the year ending June 80.
The work is principally revising of
their statements by checking off and
verifying their various accounts.
Ten thousand dollars of the bonds
of the. city of Rockdale were issued
by the comptroller. The bonds are
for school house purposes.
THE CITY CHARTER QUESTION.
In reference to the last clause of
the city charter act, about which
some question has been raised in the
public mind, and which reads: 1.-The
near approach of the end of the ses-
sion creates an imperative necessity
that the rule requiring bills to be read
on three several days be suspended,
therefore said rule is hereby suspend
ed, and said act shall take effect and
be in force from passage" Speaker
Gibson, who is now in the city, eX-
plains that in order to have the act
take effect from and after its passage
it would have been necessary to insert
the emergency clause, as well as the
imperative public necessity" clause.
See section 80, article 3 Legislative
Department. of the constitution; and,
also, section 80, same article. The
words appearing in the printed law,
Takes effect from passage" as Sec
rotary of State Bains explains, is
mere memorandum added, without
legal bearing or effect as to the opera
ton of the bill itself. The question
has been referred to Attorney Gen
eral Templeton, by Mayor Saylor, but
that officer has not given any opinion
gency should have been expressed
Immediately in connection with the
act taking effect.
THE NEW CAPITOL.
The question of fixing the test for
the tensile strength of cement to be
used in the foundations of the new
capitol building, which had been re-
feFred to the supervising architect,
Myers, has been settled by the unqali-
fled approval of the architect. 1t will
be remembered he had accepted it
only conditionally.
THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL.
The contract with Capt. Smith for
the improvements to and around the
temporary capitol has been approved
by the board and signed by the proper
contracting parties.
STATE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The receipts for the month ending
June 80 were as follows /:
General revenue ......,,.... S261 ,661 81
Available school fund .............. 4G,252 SO
Permanent school fund. ............. 69,3I9 90
Settlement of estates. .............. 159 %
Smith county bonds Observation-Disclosures. 12,601 53
Anderson county bonds. ........... 600 90
Mckinney city bonds ............... 81 81
Unorganized county fund.-. ........ 946 IS
Harrison county subsidy bonds 1896 Sc
Redemptions unorganiZed counties 1881 40
Total :. ... .... $685., 1893 81
The Drocant cash halanpa in the