The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-18

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wona Ii lays 6oea w ,oSb,s y 6 s, 70 na
M hon"e cdsn N pIhSe now, n 9Ui N oonl'l
sso ' bsea ' ysboI' iei's without, a% 'S ysiy
eVr fdefhhle hddiiional expense, Aid lhg
gitAt cxuenAn III rnntlnf h0tHct 9tud ro0Ii
4 Would kdge bpen cAutlnucf uace1thitly.
n Vale We b3ard coulh ~ n WA did M
8iyehini any pipmme Of ssillilfepH cofll
peasAtlvi iof ~ u The aqdih'laal work
,iltcesaary TO give inll hssnfaneeo. the fait'
NV II The building, u IL eQpitahlc Aud right
lthathe should ~. % tie Anttn princi'
4 pie that, ut every session heretofore held
lately at least, persons who hare yOisti'
n teered to make necessary provision in I'D.
vance for the holdiug OF sessions of the
Legislature have been compensated for the
expenses incurred.
to and about this house, forits 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 drainags for the founda.
ton, sewerage, supply Of wuter in case oil
4 fire, pavements, enclosing thelot west Of the
building, and the planting Of trees in 1t, SO
as to protect its rear or western side from
the view Of the governors mansion. The
the superintendent Of said work.
4 GovERNoR's MANSION.
4 In this connection 1t may be proper to
state that the mansion should have the ad.
/ dition Of q good ornamental root, that would
turn the water that tails on it on the outside
of the walls, and the walls especially on the
north sideof it, should be heavily painted
30 as to prevent the water from penetrating
them; which necessary improvements could
| not be made to it with the appropriations
heretofore made for its improvement
| The report ofth
CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS.
detailing its action, with that of the capitol
board in regard to all that has been done
about the permanent state capitol, renders
honorable bodies to it. It will exhibit q
full account Of the expenditures made for
1t, including the $4,000 placed under the
control Of the governor at the session Of
1881.
Ifthe contract for the construction Of the
building is faithfully carried out, Of which
the, character and capacity OF the contractor
Texaswill havea magnificent capitol, which
will be the pride of all of its people.
STATE SEWER.
n The law providing for the construc ton Of
q sta sewer is found only in the act of APP
preparation Of the special session of 1882, in
the following words and figures, to-wit:
To provide efficient sewerage for the
Ilunatlc asylum, state univeI sity, state cap
itol, and institute for the blind, forty-fve
No board having been otherwise ex-
pressly created for the ordering of this
work, and for the disposition Of this fund
the comptroller was consulted Rs to what
authority would be recognized as the
proper one for those objects, when il was
determined that the heads OF the boards
having control of these institutions would
be SO recognized.
Therefore, in view 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 capt.
toll board and the president Of the board Of
trustees Of the institute for the blind, have
acted as etate sewer board. This board
has appointed an engineer, had routes se-
lected from the institutions named to
joint main, and thence to the Colorado |
river, had profile made of II, obtained the |
right-of-way from owners of property, |
where necessary in the route, and have let
out the contract for its continuation; |
all Of which Is fully explained IN the repor,
respectfully referred. II is obviously al (
omission in not having expressly named |
the members OF board to carry this iaw |
into elect, which this Legislature can |
readily supply, and insure the speedy com
pletion Of this important work for the stale.
4 BOARD IoR suPPryISG WATER no THE rye
Lslsc -anll.p y g AZ ? qnQIyk p q !. I,
art'le bpef seTldlagc " The lanaiic AS fI,iA
sauseh the board 81 naDagers 20 snomit VIC
'uDect ,9 tne special session e ne sgl,sla-
soflt e m DiatiOu fha prDcurelpeut of the wa.
er for that and other public BUILDINGS from
he Colorado river Vpposite NJ cunt Barker.
lesr Mount Bopnelt they nad survey I
md profile Of the ronte made, WITH esti-
mates thereon. AZ the same time TWO
'ther plans oIsp pflly were presented, qne
Q get water from Barton 81 spring. y me
tream, and the other by what Is known as
he Holly system:
The Water Works corporation OK this city
having contracted With parties 70 have this
Holly system introduced into the city OF
austin, that plan OF supply tor the public
buildings and grounds was adopted BY an
L 81 900 per annum wee made. and Z board
vas -eated TO carry Il into eftcct. K
This board IL composed OF the governor.
he presidents Of the asylum boards, the
>apitoi commissioner, and president Of the
'oard Of regents OF yns uniYaroitX. The I!
YORK Of the company y progreminH bae u
!as not yet been put IN opereuon, ana
therefore, the board has never teen called {
ogethcr for action under The law. DID
ot approve the law, for the re1son that 4
i'd not believe that tho STATE Of 4exns ought q
> tc - fcrt 30 --.
. supply water TO ~ public bu1dinge and
rounds, merely boceu9s tho immediate
Expense Of procuring lacilitie! Dr might Q
eem TO be, or be promised 10 Be, the =
heaper. IL YVES allowed TO pen, 10 0efcr- Q
nee TO the necessity Of getting water sup
" in some way or other. No contract =
ayinf been made with the company,
DO legislature may, Of courer. repeal the {
Nv, OF ~ modify It's rrofif0ns AZ 9
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