Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-28
INDIANA LIMESTONE.
What the Papers Say Of the sslso,io

| galveston News: Considering the
SIZE and extent Of Texas. the building
OF the state capitol out OF Indiana stone
VIII be a poor advertisement for the
natural resources Of the state.
Waco Day The capitol board has
probsoly done the best II could by &C.
coping Indiana limestone In the con-
struc'ion of the state-house. The leg.
lslatu1e ought TO have provided for the
use OF granite-not because 1t could be
found IN Texas, but simply because
the most enduring material ought to
have been used in the construction OF
| such grand building,
Austin Statesman Texas without
stone to build her own capitol! This
Is the official declaration now before
the world. The capitol board should
never have passed any resolution upon
the subject. There was nothing in
the contract calling for such resolu.
tion, Hence the state should have
been spared this unnecessary, unjust
advertisement by its executive board
Galveston News: News comes
from Austin that Gov, ireland is
inclined TO disanprove the action
of the capitol board in giving
permission TO the contractors to use
Indiana limestone in the construction
OF the walls. II 1t can be proved be-
yond doubt that Texas has suitable
building stone in sufficient quantity,
the governor should be heartily sus-
tained by the people Of Texas in refus-
ing to give his assent TO the use OF any
other stone. There is hardly doubt
that sufficient stone Of supeii Or quality
can be found in Texas. Let the capitol
syndicate throw up their contract if
they want to. The idea Of a state like
Texas not being able to furnish stone
to build her own capitol is almost too
absurd for serious contemplation.
Houston Herald; The agony is over
a. last. Its now settled fact that
Indiana limestone will be used in the
erection OF the state capitol. While 1t
would have been a matter of state
pride to have the capitol built OF Texas
material, yet Texans should not COM
plain If Indiana limestone Is cheaper
and of better quality, than the Tex
as limestone, rs alleged by the capitol
board. II Is certainly to the interest
ofthe Taxpayers of the state to procure
the building at comparatively mod
crate cost. BY taking this step the
capitol work can go forward at once
and the state will be saving money.
H. on the other hand, Texas material
in whole had been adopted, the work
would, in all probability, have been
delayed for years, and at last the cap!-
toll would rear it's head amidst an IN
creased cost of thousands of dollars.
San Antonio Express: The capitol
building stone question appears To be
settled, and the exterior walls are to
to be used to advertise the building
materials OF Indiana. 1t is to be
hoped that no great parade will be
made of The humiliating fact that the
people of Texas are going to see vast
quantity OF building stone hauled
| nearly Thousand miles TO build them
a capitol, the shadow Of whose dome,
when completed, will almost fall
athwart vast quarries OF the finest
| building stone in the country. IL Is
doubtful If another state community
III the country would submit To 1t,
and the Express can never be made
to believe the people of Texas will in
dorse the proposed action. They are
grossly misrepresented.
Cleburne Chronicle: The capitol
board has at last consented TO allow
the use of Indiana limestone in the
construction of the outside walls. Th e
governor is opposed to this and filed
his protest, but will not withhold his
signature from the revised contract
IL is an admitted fact that the Indiana
stone is much better than any lime
stone To be obtained in Texas, and 1t Is
said to he the best building stone, out
side of granite, in the United States.
| There was nothing in the original
| contract compelling Texas stone TO be
used, and there ia nothing but state
pride To cause Texas stone To be pre-
ferred above what is obtainable in
| Texas, since the former is OF better
| quality. State pride is less than moth.
| ing when IL would force the use of poor
material in such building as the
capitol is to he.
Abilene Reporter: There is an
abundance of the best granite the
world produces to be found in several
portions Of the state, and st why the
board should decide TO 20 out Of the
state for material which Is really infe-
rior to that which abounds at home IL
a mystery to those who view the mat
ter from an interested standpoint. 1T
appears that it would have been much
more appropriate for the state capitol
to be built Of Texas granite, and IL
shows too much of disposition TO run
out OF the state for every little article
that Ia needed. Home production
should he encouraged not only in local
affairs, but also in those that pertain
to the state. There will be l5,O01 car
loads OF stone used in the construction
of the building, and, as the material
comes from another state, It strikes us
that view of the new building, when
completed will not inspire the average
Texan with any large amount OF pairl
otism, pride or enthusiasm.
Dallas Times: Gov. Ireland ex-
presses himself in strong terms against
the amended contract between the
capitol board and the capitol syndi-
cate. He ts in favor OF holding the
latter to their original contract, ana
goes on TO show that the state Is to be
benefited by standing pat. ~
argument Is strong and some facts In