The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-08
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WORTHWHILE PENlrgHTlAEY.
ttats via ProbAb'y Loss Heavily
~ tho Hsisuit of the iiunts-
vliin Contraction. iho
Dntnrtsr Ia Error,
-H.krsy1LIr,Tex. SEM. 9,.-IEdllor

HsETsvILLE,T Tex. Sept. s,-l Editor
HERALD. l-In the ~. Louis 0lnt9
DeIn'orat Of Auguat %, app.rr' th,
following special dispatch;
"AUsrIS, Aug q -RumoH reached
hore that sui Bros, contractors IN
tho Huntsville branch OF the State
psnileutiary, had failed I'D CluOly
| With their contract win tho S 80 ul
not making payments whoa due, ana
tina. the p6nit0niarg hIuu bod Csl,Dd
on ,heir blndsA'n 10 HItso good thD
| amounts uua. Tho G,Hro'DUWr.rH.
cor sspnuiuus Gale ga tls governor
| tn day ANA asked .iu, az m uhrr
! u tue DOnilsn'iNry uo ru, how ca.
nal tor stood. pGO = VaTGpr sp't that
| sun Bro8i, oEiug IA uul, .iWgH, had,
| NK0 utuur CONTAGIOUS, De- q uu bio 20
Fell their goods Manufactured, nnd
the state had eXttpubt t.ar tim1 for
paying with the consent %, their sure.
| tiOa, With tho understanding however,
thAs th0 State would hold the bonds
mon responsible for any loss. Tho
governor thinks everything will come
out all right, and says tao
state will not lose anything in any
ayaut.n
The governor a. IN error IN saying
that the bondauen ot SHii Il Bro. are
yoL held and tina. ''tls state Sill not
lnso anything ia any event. The
hOndamOu ara not hoiq, aud II SSH d
Bro. do no. MAKO good tho amount
thsv arc In arrears, tho state will iose
II. Ia proof OF this 10 ~ oHly n9coSE arY
20 net out sh thO facts, io-w.t:
TIE superintendent end tho peni-
Tor tiAry board, by neglog.lng 10 CON-
- O. fU, tho
terms OF their contract, allowed that
fra, IN run behind six or
EIGHT months In their payments for
lab1r u convicts iurnisgad ihrm by
tho Stste. The amount !Cncsos up in o
The thousands, rs th0y employed about
40 co yictu, aud ~ rapidly Increasing.
still d. Bro. mad given y bond, 10 h
snre, Tor tao payment 81 tho labor al
rho conyiGsS under cputTacS TO them
monthly, but the state hud alno Gsunl
itself TO cNlluCt every month"; lusSo2d
OF applying - SnlPs b!udsmen 10
make good the first mouths Srrsars,
t1c priaou authorities permIttvd tue
irn 10 make Ge,ault IN payment
.IOsth afIer .non'h, thereby violating
itso,Vn OBJ gatlou ilcOiiect monthly, -
aailed Tor by The cnnr"cJ. When che
kDnismeu rsre applied "a, sid beked
To 20 down into their pockets for the
anounb due ,be State from sun d
BrC. They cOCily informed the
prison officials tnsl, ain19 toe State
lad neglected to collect monthly OF
sin tt Bro, rs pr cor ,'r', they
id nc. opn.slCr themselves bound,
,nd would lot pay. Ehls ittG the
orison d. opla Ia - d.lenuE, % escape
rom when they Yero comp let %
yesurt 80 The oXpetisnt OF .ekjnS
lien unon tho machinery aEd BOOK C.
counts ct Sill 81 Bro. The
Yoschiuery and bE.uruS gro
uUC worth over SI,@io
Az TO thei, book accounts, l have no
plsit,ve information, bub they af0 sup
nos6d % be small, ~ they cEn'o6 tel
thair manufactured glols. Tai9 iish
liz 81 tho sgcuritV tho Ststo ha9 Tor tue
thousands sun az Bro. are IN srfsars
In taking tho lien, strange as IL nt}
sanfu. Inc mNnufactUEeh of tho IRA
we're MOI encluded ia the On, and they
rS now liable 10 10 levied up - BY
o,,tside creditors. IL + erefors Hppe ars
plain that instead of the bODdsmen be-
jDg reasonable, they consider Cnan
selves as "not boupd' to ply, upo- tho
ground that the Stale had ueon guilt
OF negligence. III tho u2tter ever nuds
i.a way late The couces, - WI bhare
appear PLAN, even 70 the governor,
thSt the State cannot etaap5 "losirg
in any event" Those who are inter.
e.toi viii do ~Gll to "kesp IN eye"
upon theao psnitcntiarg matte
ONE WHO KNOWS,
Z, s.-If thla is tho case Win ono
contractor, how ii IL with the balEncef
Tho governor geems to couple them
all together.