Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-08

w ork Of the Land Fraud Board Al
legged Crookcdness Discovered.
Of Interest Before the Peniien-
tiary and Capitol Boards.
Special to the Gazette.

Austin, December THE LAND
/, fraud board to-day turned over TO tn,
1 acknowledgements batch of evidcnc,
involving about 10000 acres, situated
/, in Uvalde, Baylor, Throckmorton
Gillespie, McMulen and Xavala coun
ties. VIM. Casson of Bexar county
IL represented as securing ISL sections
by Illegal means John Weymuller OF
; Uvalde county 263 sections, and l.. G..
Davenport, 81 sections. Hon. /. A.
Patton arrived iast night, bringing
his family, to remain over until
the close of the extra session, of which
he is n member. The session of the
land fraud board Is expected to con-
tinue until Christmas. The amount of
land already reported on is 100, 900
acres, and the total amount on which
the Encouragement will be instructed
to institute suit will reach GOO, 900
acres ut least. and perhaps more.
The capitol board was in session
this morning. A communication from
Abner Taylor capitol contractor. was
considered, asking for directions on
six points where the plans and specifi-
cations are ambiguous OF in error. In
one he says; "The pieces between
ventilating fiues of the basement
water closets are in my judgement far
too weak TO carry the weight upon
them. If these walls are built accofd-
ing to the plans and specifications on
| these foundations, 1t must be at the
| fisk OF the state. rs ] am very conf
dent they will not stand.n He also
suggests that thesewerage pipes should
not ne put III until the
completion of the building, as they
would be destroyed by falling rock in
construction. a deduction would he
,iiaue rom tDe second installment OF
land OF 4I,000 acres, which involves
TINS work and which f" i'll soon be due.
lhis was agreed to by the board. The
capitol commissioners submitted q re-
ply To MIR. Taylor's letter, in which
they urge that in the main the errors
he complains of in the plans and spe-
cificationsare merely misconstructions,
and that a just and liberal interpreta-
tlon does away with them.
me resignation of Superintendent |
tlark was accepted, taking precedence |
over the Withdrawal of the same |
oy a pending motion from previous |
meeting. Among those mentioned for
me vacant position is MIR. Haggert of
rort worth, VINO Is now advocated by
II prominent member of the board
n
sion today to receive the report of !
superintendent Goree and Financial
Agent Haywood Brahan i'm regard to
the establishment of new industries.
They say that wagon and cabinet
shops, with capacity of 400 ordinary
Thunderstorm wagons and 80 sugar
cane wagons. would require an invest.
ment OF $50, 200, in which Is included
the salaries of u superin-
tendent, travelling agent and
other employees, amounting Ia
50, 500. These shops would aIso
manufacture buggies, ambnlances ami
spring wagons. The report saws that
this should be made success before
other industries ARE ATTEMPTED IL is
thought that they might start broom
factory with safety next summer. Inv
which time the broom corn could be
raised for 1t. The investment required
would be only about $500. They doubt
the proprieiy of manufacturing blank.
cts, as Northern competition wouldaba
too heavy. They say that n bapviur
is proposed by private
individuals in Huntsville, which.
IL erected. will secura o,,,,'i,,,'
ment for tiftv or 90
convic,s. The bnnrd I
directed them to immediately nrn-
coed with the erection of the WAGON ,
and furniture shops.
Gonzales, the deputy collector of
Webb county, settled to-day.
Judge Hall of the land fraud board. !
eft for Laredo this evening tn ntton1
10 legal business. He viii ret,,rn $
Monday or Tuesday.
Considerable bitterness has heen Z
,aused in certain official circles in CON. !,
lection with the capitol frnnbln. !
growing oat OF the case of Snnerinl /
endent Clark. His wavering Ionrso =
n iesigning and then withd m w;mS, y
% certain outsida tb,,,,,,, '',. uie
Influences antagonistic 10 the conitni -
The communication of Arcbitect Al ver. i
vas not given to the reporter. hui IL
;nown to be rich and raiw ~, 80 :.
II choosing successor ior Mr. CIori, y
will, it is pretty certain nandor na;- " :,
her faction, but elect some ono AZ "
with either.
The receipts from Mi sources 1, tho i
Office during Novam tm - :,
we're S1l5,lGI. or S. O0o ,hova oo,,,,,on A.
eceipts. o'' ),
Hon. David SANCHEZ movor or Ia y
edo, was In the city In. Jay, H. ,as