Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-11

for use now, III IL coulu nave Dcttl &c
built at all, without a very consider
able additional expense, and tn
great expense Of renting houses an,
rooms would have been continued
neccc sarily.
While the board could not, aud die
not, give him any promise OF add
tional compensation for all of the add
tional work, necessary to give full assn
rance of the safety Of the building, /
Is equitable and right that he should
have 1t, on the same principle that, al
every sessin heretofore held, lately a
least, persons who have volunteered
TO make Necessary provision in advanc,
for the holding of sessions of the legis
latue have been compensated for the
expenses incurred.
There Is other work necessary to bt
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 rs
drainage fer the fou Ldation, sewerage
supply of water in case of fire, pave
ments, enclosing the lot west of the
building, aud the planting of trees In
il, so as TO protect its rear or western
side from the view of the Governors
Mansion. The necessary works. fully
set out in letter of the superintendent
in said report.
GOVERNORS MANSION.
In this connection it may be proper
to State that the mansion should have
the addition of n good ornamental roof
that would turn the water that falls
on ii on the outside of the walls, and
the walls, especially on the north side
of il, should be heavily painted, so a.
to prevent the water from penetrating
them; which necessary improvements
could not be made to 1t with the APP
preparations heretofore made for it,
Improvement.
The report of the
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 it unnecessary to dc
more than refer your honorable bodies
to it. 1t will exhibit full account OF
the expenditures made for it, including
twenty thousand dollars placed under
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sion of 1881.
Of the building is faithfully carried
out, of which the character and capac
ity of the contractor and of his sureties
give ample assurance, Texas will have
II magnificent capitol, which will bc
the pride of all of its people.
STATE SEWER.
The law providing for the construc
ton of u state sewer is found only in
the act of appropriation of the special
session of 1882, in the following words
and figures, to-wit
ITO provide efficient sewerage for
the lunatic asylum. state university
state capitol, and institute for tn,
blind, forty-tlve thousand dollars
($i5, 900. ~
No board having been otherwise ex.
prcssly created for the ordering of thi.
work, and for the disposition of thi,
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 head.
of the boards having control of these
institutions, would be SO recognized.
Therefore, in view of it's pressing
necessity for the lunatic asylum par
tlculariy, mt present the president o
the board of managers of the lunati,
asylum, the president of the board o
regents OF theuniversity, the governor
rs president of the capitol board, anC
the president of the board of trustee,
of the institute for the blind, hav,
acted rs state sewer board. This
board has appointed an engineer, had
routes selected from the institutions
named to joint main, and thence to
the Colorado River, had profile made
OF 1t, obtained the right-of-way from
owners of property, where necessary
in the route, and have let out the con.
tract for It's construction all of which
Is fully explained in the report of the
state sewer board, to which you are
respectfully referred. 1t is obviously
an omission in not having expressly
named the members of board t.
carry the law into effect, which thi.
legislature can readily supply, and in.
sure the spec " completion of this
important work for the state.
a HOARD FOR SUPPLYING WATER Tc
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AMI
GROUNDS.
The great necessity of supplyina
water and proper sewerage to the
lunatic asylum caused the board of
managers to submit the subject. To the
special session of the legislature in
1882, They had nravionsI,,
h9d III contemplation the pro.
curement of the water for that
nnd other public buildings from the
colorado River, opposite Mount Bar
ker, near Mount Bonnell. They had
survey and profile OF tn. route made
WIN estimates thereon. At the same
une two other plans Of supply were
presented, one 20 get water from Bar.
Ton springs, by the purchase and use
OF the watcr-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 narties to
have this Holly system introduced
into the city Of Austin, that plan of
supply OF the public buildings and
grounds was adopted by an act Of the
Legislature, and an appropriation of
sIeOl per annum was made. and n
board was created 10 carry it into ef-
feet.
This board is composed of the gov
ernor president of the asylum boards,
the capitol commissioners and presi-
dent of the board of regents of the uni
Versily. The work Of the company is
progressing, but it has not vet been
put IN operation, aud therefore the
board has never been called together
FOR action under the law. | did no
approve the law, for the reason that /
did not believe tha. the State OF Texas
ought to be Experimentation private
corporation TO supply water to its pub
nc buildings and grounds, merely
because the immediate expense OF pro-