The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06

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Louis roads.
WORK ON THE CAPITOL.
The concrete for the exterior walls
of the new capitol building will be
finished in few days, and the trench
es for the interior walls have been
commenced, and those for one wing
completed, All the coursing will
probably he ready for the stone foun-
dation and basement walls by the 10th
of October. The railroad to the Dat
manville quarry and the city track
will both be ready about November
/. The fence around the capitol
grounds will be done in few days.
The work at the quarries is progress
ing finely.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
As already noted in THE STATES
MAN, Profs. Mallet and Brown ar
rived last week. Prof. NJ. w.
Humphres, late of Vanderbilt uni
versity, and now professor-elect OF
ancient languages in the Texas uni
versity, arrived yesterday. Frofs.
Waggoner and Tallichet are expected
| in few DAYS, and Prof. Dabney next
week.
Although the university. is not to
open till the 18th instant, a number or
students, some of them lady students,
have arrived already, and are with
friends in the city. The contractor
for the new building now intimates
that it will be ready by the 10th in
slant.
He has commenced the roofing, but
will hardly, we imagine, get all the
apartments ready in time. Some of
them. however, can be gotten ready,
and these, with the apartments which
are to be used in the temporary CAPT
toll. will suffice for present use.
The hall CT the house of representa-
tives is to be divided by temporary
partitions, to be used as lecture
and recitation rooms. These parti-
tons are to be constructed so as to be
easily removed in the contingency OF
an extra session of the legislature at
any time.
Col. Smith, president; DIR. Wooten,
member, and Mr.. Woodbridge. sec
rotary of the board of regents, had a
conference yesterday with the pro-
fession above named in regard to pre-
liminary arrangements for the open
ing of the university.
Some objection was suggested as to
the inconvenience of using the court
room in the third story of the tenn
porary capitol for the law depart
ment, and it was concluded that Pro-
| feSsors Roberts and Gould should
lecture instead in the senate chamber,
which is also to be used at different
times by the other professors.
The proctor will have list of suit
able boarding houses to which male
and female students will be directed
for quarters. His own room will be
in the temporary capitol, in which
the session will be fully opened, Sep
TENDER 10. The new professors ex-
press themselves as pleased with the
prospects before them, and the evident
general prosperity of the state, and
| feel confident of making the universe
| ty fine institution. They are all
gentlemen of fine address and
have made good impression upon all
who have met them. Two of them
have already connected themselves
with the churches of their choice. All
of them heartily endorse the idea OF
free university such as that of Texas
Will be, open on equal terms to male
and female students.
The university lands could doubt
less be leased in large bodies, but for
the trouble about cutting wire fences,
which it is to be hoped may somehow
be prevented. o..
Since writing the above we learn
that p. of. Tallichet arrived yesterday
and was present at the conference OF
the faculty, with DIR. Wooten, of the
board. Profs. Roberts and Gould, OF
the law faculty, were also present.
THE DISTRICT ATToRNEYsHIP.
Hon. H. C. Fisher, of Georgetown,
writes that he is not an applicant fol
the appointment of district attorney
for this district, but had recommended
another party for the position. 1t was
not stated in this paper that he was
but that his name, among others, was
suggested to the governor for the ap'
pointment, and was upon the authori'
ty of the registry in the governor
office of the names suggested to him
for the place
PENITENTIARY BOARD.
There was a meeting of this boarC
yesterday, to consider the following
communication from Messrs. Seelig
son & Kempner:
GALVESTON, Texas. August 81, 1888.
Governor John Ireland, Walter Tips, j. q
Searcy,. Pententiary Board, Austin, Texas.
Sirs-On the return of Mr.. Seelig
son, Mr.. Kempner finds the contrac,
about the same as one previously sub
mitted to us by Maj. Goree, which We
declined to accept. Now, as we I'M
| Il a \ TO- y oil acfi0n Nxyn n1odf
you proposition to lease the shop:
and certain number of convicts. W.
understood that you accepted our pro
position with one exception, that WE
were to furnish fuel. ALL we ask Of
you, gentlemen, is to make us a con
tract in conformity with our bid, ant
we will sign same willingly, freely
and at once. Such contract we sub
mitted to you, and If our contract
is not in full accord with our PROPOSE
ton to lease said labor shops, etc., WI
are willing that it shall be changed tt
make it conform.
We regret that you do not see thi'
matter in the same light that we do
and beg to renew to you our asSur
ance that under our bid, and in con
formity Herewith. we are willing anC
dQAlOuS 10 6uI6T llIO d COubIdCb WILL
you. On any other basis than the ont
proposed by us, we feel that we shall
be doing violence ourselves in taxing
hold of an undertaking of such mag
nitude (that has not previously II
skilled hands been success, hammered
as the contract submitted by yol
would have us.
Trusting. gentlemen, that you will
recognize the justice and wisdom Of
our proposition, we remain, gentle
men, Yours, very respectfully,
III. SEELIGSON,
III. KEMPNER.
The board instructed the secretary
to reply to the communication as fol
lows:
OFFICE OF PENITENTIARY BOARD,
AUSTIN, September 3, 1888.
Messrs. tyson & Kempner, Galveston
Texas
Gentlemen-I am directed by the
penitentiary board toinfoIm you that
your communication of the 31st
ultimo, was considered to-day, and the
board decided that the terms upon
which you are willing to enter into a
contract for the hire of convicts al
the Huntsville penitentiarY, to be
employed in the manufacture OF
wagons, furniture and other indus.
tries within the prison walls, cannot
be accepted.