The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-11

.ue sa"1 her retNrn, and II NpurpNSSes
ihtenH' zee hsr,-lCurwensville ~ositioN
!, ,dnaI II ana, >sdi. :
work thus Is ore Of the best
the walls, N 10 y lady with q
the supple ~. Hulrs Cough
in the repUt sn edy to cure oi
tract, the lal 49,,
IN substantial VI
been anchored toinstrel mana IL
oraclng supports genuine me-
the west end haye'y every col en-
the house has bel and put -
lieved, rendered pernilee songs 10
work, IN addition TO t'they arc !,
walls, has entailed upths adj -
large expense, over anly have .e(
O. ntenrplated in the orielire 10
but lust 70 state, that i'm the Tu
changes, andNeddltions toIing imf
the WORK proSgessed, the Sc
exhibited a sliberarSpirit of Sc oCE
readiness read s for mJpse tbs mpet p, Ss:ot III. aEll
ut ITS present session.
III he had not done so, a.teE tn r,,pp 7
tune Of the fall of the walls, NJ BY oihh"
not have occurred but for the . 90 10 oui
would have been impracticable to havoc Cinci
the house completed for use now, il it co,uisvi
have been rebuilt at all, without a yeSllnir
considerable additional expense, and tiuu.y'
great expense OF renting houses and rooms
would have been continued necessarily.
While the board could not, and did not,
give him any promise OF additional COM
pensation for all OF the additional work,
necessary to give full assurance of the safe.
tv of the building, ii is equitable and right
that he should have it, on the same princi.
pie that, ut every session heretofore held,
lately. at least, persons'who have volun-
teered TO make necessary provision in ad-
vance Tor the holdiug OF sessions of the
legislature have been compensated for the
expenses incurred.
There is other work necessary to be done
to and about this house, for its preservation
and utility, which the board did not have
the means to have done, and which could
not have been done before the present
time, such as drainage for the founda-
tion sewerage, supply of water in case of
hre, pavements, enclosing the lot west of the
building, and the planting of trees in it., 50
as to protect its rear or western side from
the view OF the governors mansion. The
necessary. work is fully set out in u letter of.
the superintendent Of said work.
GOVERNORS 5 MANSION.
In TINS connection 10 may be proper to
state that the mansion should havs the ed-
dition OF II good ornamental root, that would
turn the water that falls on it on the outside
of the walls, and tie walls especially on the
north side of it, should be heavily painted,
70 rs to prevent the water from penetrating
them; which necessary improvements could
not be>made to II with the appropriations
heretofore made for its Improvement.
The report-Gf the
COMMISSIONERS.
detailing its action, NTH that OF the capitc
board in regard TO all that has taeen,
about the permanent state care
il unnecessary TO do more than ref,l = =
honorable bodies to it, 1t will exhib. cp
iul account Of the expenditures made ioa
1t, including the $4,000 placed under tho
control OF the governor at the session of
1881. :.
II the contract for the construction of the
building is faithfully carried out, of which
the character and capacity OF the contractor
and of his sureties give amble assurance,
Texaswil havea magnificent capitol, which
will be the pride OF all OF its people.
STATE SEWER.
| The law providing for the construc ton of
a sta sewer is found only in the act of ap-
lproplation Of the special session of 1889, in
the loiiowing words and figures, to.Vit;
TO provide efficient sewerage fse tttre
lunatlc asylum, state university, state cap
! ltol, and institute for the blind, forty-iiye
Thousand dollars, (Si5,00Q)"
| No board having been otherwise ex.
pressly created for the ordering of this
work, aud for the disposition OF this fund,
! the comptroller was consulted q, to what
authority would be recognized as the
proper one for those objects, when it was
determined that the heads Of the boards
having control Of these institutions would
be so recognized.
Therefore, in vie of its pressing neces-
sity, for the lunatic asylum particularly,
at present, the president of the board of
managers OF the lunatic asylum, the presi-
dent of the board OF regents OF the univer-
sity, the governor, as president OF the capi-
tol board and the president OF the board OF
| trustees of the institute for the blind, have
acted as state sewer board. This board
has appointed an engineer, had routes SO
lected from the institutions named to a
joint main, and thence to the Colorado
river had profile made of it, obtained the
right-of-way from owners of property,
where necessary in the route, and have let
out the contract for its construction;
all of which is fully explained in the report
of the state sewer board, 10 which you ara
respectfully referred. 1t is obviously an
OMISSION in not having expressly named
the members of board to carry this law
into effect, which this legislature can
readily supply, and insure the speedy com.
pletion of this important work for the state
BOARD FOR SUPPLYING WATER To THE pUB.
Lie BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
The great necessity of supplying water
and proper sewerage to the lunatic asylum
caused the board OF managers to submit the
subject to the special session of the legisla-
ture in 1882 They had previously had in
contemplation the procurement OF the wa.
ter for that and other public buildings from
the Colorado river, opposite Mount Barker,
near Mount Bonnell They had survey
and profile Of the route made with esti.
mates thereon At the same time two
other plans of su pplv were presented, one
to get water from Barton springs, by the
purchase and use OF the water power of that
stream, and the other by what is known as
the Holly system.
The Water Works corporation of this city
having contracted with parties to have this
| Holly system introduced into the city of
Austin that plan of supply for the public
buildings and grounds was adopted by an
act of the legislature, and an appropriation
of 81 600 per annum was made. and board
was eatcd to carry IL into effect.
This board il composed OF the governor,
the presidents OF the asylum boards, the
Capitol commissioners, and president Of tho
board OF regents of the university. The
work OF the company is progressing, but it
has not yet been put In operation, and
therefore the board has never been called
together for action under the law. | did
not approve the law, for the reason ,hato
did not believe that the state Of Texas ou'aY
to be dependent upon private corpora,I
to supply water to its public build!nIV
grounds, merely because the immf6
expense Of procuring facilities for IL MT
seem to bo, or be promised to be, thu
cheaper, II was allowed to pass, In deter.
ence to the nee essity of gettinga water sup
ply in some way or other. No contract
having been made with tho company,
the legislature may, Of course, repeal tho
law, or 80 modify Its provisions as
that . temporary contract win not bind the
state longer than d more appropriate mode
of supply may be al
The report of thJU for surveying
THREE uuSpRnnerly OF . OF LAM yoR rIx
vii, exhibit tesssR ksi eSpl.Na; ~ s,a ;,N
accomplishment of thans Nv" IS a! C