Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-21
|..S..ltution Of Granite for Lime
E.re in the Capitol Building
Improbable.
.,,trsctors Anxious to Get Imme-
'S,te Possession Of the Entire
Tract Of Capitol Lands,
\. Of the Board of University
Esrents "A System Of High
Schools Proposed.

n board in regard to the adj
nv of the regents assuming
n the uniyersity lands. The
.ent of the latter ia that
sods should be so utilized
Weld Immediately the greatest
n OF revenue possible, and they |
! that this may be best accom-
4 by reducing the lease price Of
rds from eight to six and four |
according to quality. |
ommittee WAS also appointed |
,eport on the feasibility |
.yslem of graded schools estab- |
i All over the state as feeders TO |
nlyersity.
Ipfoposed addition to the lunatic |
N which was intended to accom-
btlity extra patients, has been
Eoned for the present for financial
Iprolect to substitute granite for
|6ne in the construction of the
N walls Nf the new capitol
'nq seems to be dragging just
singularly enough IL is Ia the
|5f dissolution, while every one
Ins. How | wish the capitol
10 be Of granite II wishes
effect the change, it would be
.plished ten times over. The
Elhe difficulty Is the same from
! Is said to spring all evil
i, money, money, Said a prom
official to me:
BIZ people would not stand a
8sr sWropriation ofa million or Il
a and a half dollars,
the contractors claim
be the additional eX-
Involved In a change to granite.
tat many were opposed TO the
4 million-acre trade, aid heavier
ments in the capitol would be
He'd with general disfavor.h
bher remarked: 1--WE will al
have to issue deiiciency.bonds TO
.hDunt Of quarter OF a million
and the political life Of the
no prop osed to increase that by
s,mlllion or million dollars for
spitol, would not be remarkable
4 longevity. No, there isn't likely
=ary change in the capitol con-
Every body would prefer gran
1lt IL is just simply beyond our
Ifthat contract - carried out we
pave u pretty good building,
3y; IL may discolor q little, but
8ili not detraet from 10 to any
9al extent y
r canvassing the situation thor
4 THE GAZETTE correspondent is
sed 10 state on the best of author
d there will be 40 etlof made 10
an appropriation from the
euth legislature for thi3 purpose.
pilol board, consisting of the
Jon, treasurer, land com missioner
slorney-generRl, are united on this
They al express q preference
mite, but say that II comes too
The supervising architect and
gilol commissioners favor the
but after all the arguments,
con, were weighed itb q secret
ID he capitol board last week
salt az indicated was agreed
Bis things stand now this
BE granite question forever
the construction Of the walls
Age to commence soou, but three
fmaining ia which % complete
lldmg under the contract, anC
lweutiety Legislature convenes
Amld be towering up 200 fee
There is one contingency, how
fhieh may yet intervene to Sc
y change. a gentleman who i
ghly informed as TO the whol'
said to me:
my opinion that If the eapito
ssionera do their duty in reject
stone which is unfit to go rntC
lls, the contractors will soon 81
Jug for the substitution o
~ their own expense. Their
reason to believe that the pres
.fries will De exhausted long be
capitol is completed, and ever
II prove otherwise, they Wi
70 through so much rubbish
stone that it viii cost them a
u not more, than granite
she cost of working the latter j
y good deal OF the carving
0e dispensed with. which woul'
sutraliae this. AS for the cos
portation il could not be muel
ior thirty five or forty mile
lght or ten. After it Is loaded,
nee Of q few miles with a raj
simply no difference ut all, an
matter the contractors coul'
900 or $50, 900 aud purchaa
fnet road.n
z not anew idea. II has been II
from various quarters that ia
ors were excf edingly anxiou
nange should be made in tn
substituting granite for linz
cause their quarries were raj
lg There Is q world OF gran
Burnett in q solid nlountal
70 hundred yards high, an
marrying required would sin
4 y chip II Off in whatever si7
The contractors, Farwei
!. ailu Babcoek. are shrewd bu
a-typical Yankees, and lils
6emus' tar-baby, they are |,
aud "sayin' nuthinN IL the
80 million or so extra for
which perforce OF necesali
he driven TO, II will he
l.aeely TO swell the dividends,
mat Is the way son
argue who ought
what they are talkiI
roaslbly they are wrong; the
millions of feet Of Erst-ola
z Ae 10 the 0atmanyllle quarris
much Is certain, the contra
lot ayesse 10 making Il
hey simply say they want
4nined IN the extra cost
which According tn their e.