The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-29
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Things Seen and Heard Around the
Offices.

The comptroller deposited about
$1,000 to the credit of the general rev.
enue yesterday, and 500 to the com
mon school fund.
The Fort Worth Driving park asso-
citation, with a capital stock of fifty
thousand dollars. filed a charter yes
terday. The incorporat0rs are G.. III.
Day, Jake johnson, T.. W. Barradale
and j. L. Wilkes.
Also, the Austin compress filed a
charter, with Austin AS the head
quarters, where the presses re to he
located aud business transacted. The
capital stock placed at $4,000,
with the privilege of increasing II
TO 100000 at any time, and is divided
In shares of 500 each. The objects,
as set forth in the charter, are "the
COMPRISING and ginning of cotton,
warehousing and storing cotton and
other goods" and to this end to pur-
chase and hold such real or personal
property Us may be necessary. The
&lirectOrs for the first year are To be:
\. X. Dicks, Geo. w. Garrett and
Nm. NJ. Read, of Houston,
Texas. The incorporators are:
IS. X. Dicks, Geo. w. Parrott and VIM.
NJ. Read, of Houston, Texas, and DIR.
r.. NJ. Swearingen, of Austin, Texas.
From the books of the COM
missioner of insurance, statistics and
history, the STATESMAN is permitted
TO take the following figures in
reference to the insurance business in
Texas, during 1882. The aggregate
amount of fire risks written in Texas
during last year was sos, az, 1892
marine risks written, Sl6009,647
Total fire and marine risks written in
1882, in Texas, 1924, 1872 ,O39. Aggre
gate fire premiums, Sl,740,97O.26
aggregate marine premiums
rrS1V5, O41.22. Total fire anC
marine premiums, Sl,936,027 AS
Aggregate fire losses incurred, 81,
500, 703.36; aggregate marine losses in
CURED, S72, 30l. "a; total fire and ma
rine losses, 81, S73, 007.60. The aggre
gate capital stock of forty American
Insurance companies doing business
in Texas last year, S3l, 10000; the ag
gregate gross assets of the above, $50,
Sf6,674.7O. Aggregate gross assets OF
thirty-nine foreign companies doing
business, $40, / Ia, 65901; total assets Of
home and foreign fire and marine in
surance companies doing business in
Texas in 1882, $122, 965, 333.71.
The comptroller has written tn,
following letter TO the state treasurer
\ CoNPTRoLLER's OFFICE,
AUSTIN TEXAS. March 81, 1888. !
Hon. +. A. Lubbock, State Treasurer. Austin
Texas:
Sir--In view of the complication
which has arisen in the adjustment o.
the difference between the holders Of
Bexar county bonds and the citizens
of Bexar county in reference to the
Investment of two per cent of thu
principal of said Bexar county bonds
i have determined as fair and JUS
soiIticR Of g. difiiculty to cali an
amount of bonds equal to the amount
of sinking fund now in hand, say
$4,000. In pursuance of this decis
ion the following numbers of bondi
have been called in, viz: 10, 80, 70
90. 102, 104, 107, 113, 1873, 135, 143, 1872
232, 1888, 260, 290, 29l. the interest t,
cease on these bonds from March |
{ 1883. You will therefore please pa,
all interest accrued on the Who'll,
issue of bonds to that date, stopping
payment of interest on above callet
numbers after March l, 1883.
Respectfully, w. j. SWAIN,
Comptroller.