Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-21
SILLY DALLIANCE.
A Chance to seoure Granite Capitol NJ
Hardly any Additional Cost AL
lowed to Slip By,
The whim Of Minority Of the Board
Leads to & Wild'Goose Chase into
Peocs County for Limestone.
PREPARATIONS for Granite Going On The
Proposition Will Likely Be-
Adopted 10 Day.

Speclnl 10 tue Nshhette.
AUSTIN, TEX, July 2o.-The capitol
beard had a chance to get granite
building to-day at an additional cost
OF almost nothing, and Instead OF
grasping at IL IA majority OF the
board wanted to do the proposition
was brushed aside 10 await more i'm
formation about a limestone quarry
somewhere up in Pec0s county, The
estimates prepared yesterday, the sub
stance OF which was telegraphed, were
submitted.
MUCH SURPRISE
was expressed by the governor and
the other members that so few alter
ations had been made In the plans
and specifications AS soon as he Us.
certained that these were satisfactory
Col Taylor amended his proposition
OF Saturday, which was 10 bear
half the expense OF granite, and stated
that he would construct the exterior
walls OF granite, enlarge the interior
walls and strengthen the dome, Az
gregating an additional expenditure
OF 1857, 900, II the state
WOULD MAKE THE ALTERATIONS
agreed To, amounting 10 $l3IQO0, and
eliminate the por,icos at the east and
west ends OF the building, costing
| 800 600. This contemplated the use
| OF convlcts, of whom, however, he did
not want more than $50 or 500, agree
Ing to feed, clothe and guard them.
Col. Taylor explained that the por-
tocoe could be added ut any time, and
that after the building was finished
and some Of the convicts became
granite.cutters the state could get
them at one-third
uststst sFfg .tsas
Col. Templeton moved to accept this
proposition.
The governor said before accepting
II ne would rather find out whether
Texas limestone could not be procured
to complete the building according to
the original plans aud specifications.
He was not willing 20 dispense with
the two porticos
TO SECURE GRANITE,
II limestone could. be gotten, aud he
mad telegram read from James
Converse, chief engineer 81 the
Southern Pacific railroad, inviting
the beard 10 inepsct quarry on that
road in Pecos county, rendering u
4 special car for the purpose.
: Col. Swain sa!d they should show
no discriisinations, but II they went 90
Pscos they should also go to Shackel-
I
where Il was claimed stone existed in
unlimited quantities. For himself ne
did not care IL they found 5000 600
acres OF limestone Ave miles high he
pre- ferred the Burnett granite,
Col. Templeton said that expressed
his sentiments.
Gov. Lubbock preferred the lime
stone proposition IL they could iind
the stone. Nobody could show "a
limestone building that WAS crum-
bling down.
Col Swain read an extract showing
that the Tennessee capitol, built OF
limestone, was decsyinR badly.
Col, Walsh said his mind was made
up Ia favor OF granite, but that they
could go ON with the testimony II
they wanted TO. He WAS perfectly
willing that the commissioners
should go out and inspect Mr.. Con.
, verses quarry, but II would not alter
, his vote for granite.
AS the governor insisted on an OK
animation Of the Southern Pacific
quarries, the board agreed topostpone
action until that could be done.
. Gen. Walker, supervising architect,
when asked his opinion about the mat
ter, stated that granite WAS the material
out " which 10 build Il house. 1t was
: the best building material In the
! world. Limestone cannot be entirely
, relien on because
IT WILL DlsCOLOR AND BREAK Or
, at the corners. The Bedford, Ind,
/, stone was the best Limestone he had
ever seen, and he preferred granite To
that. III he knew that there WAS
enough stone In the Pecos quarrles 10
build four houses he would AXE gran
4 tie.
Commissioners Lee and Melquren
said that they would prefer the
! original plans and specifications "
they could get them In Indiana stOue,
but doubted whether limestone free
from coloring matter could be found
IN Texas.
Col. Taylor said he had submitted u
J liberal granite proposition because he
thought every body in the state wanted
Il, aud he was willing 10 do almost
anything 10 secure harmony.
The governor remarked that ifsuffl-
y cient limestone could not be found In
: the Pecos quariies he wonld favor the
= graulie proposition, otherwise he
y would not.
When the question OF giving the
y contractor possession OF lands came up,
Col Walsh said he was willing
that posse. sion should be given II the
). contractor would execute bond 10
!. pay rental, IL, for any cause, he did not
:. complete the buil1ing. This was SAL
n isfaclory To all parties.
n Gov. Ireland thought an extension
1. OF one year would be sufficient for the
construction " granite. but Col. Icy
lor said he could not possibly d. y in
less than two.
IF The governor stated that he had re-
II ceived over 1000 pro- ests against lac
"a employment VI convict laJtr Oh Inc
Al capitol.
/, In reply TO this, Col. Taylor said NJ
!, would agree 10 employ every grant,
r, cutter now In Texas at union rates.
" READY FOR THE TRIr.
10 A telegam was sent to Coz. CONVERGE,