The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-17
TEXAS LIMESToNE
1t is Here and Plenty oflt

ABILENE, July ST. see that Mr..
Comptroller Swain says there is no
limestone in Texas fit TO build State
capitol of. Hence the necessity of &C.
ing all the way to Indiana to get the
limestone. 1 am surprised that 30
high an officer should be SO ignorant
of his own State. There is in Texas as
good limestone rs can be found any,
where in tho world, and enough of it
to build ten thousand State Copitols,
or million. Go to Marble Falls, for
instance-almost right under Comp
trOller SWANS noso-Or almost any
where in Llano or San Saba. There
you will find it "world without end"
and Of quality, as to durability, etc,
not surpassed anywhere. 1t is not
Limestone CT comparatively recent age,
like the cretaceous limestone about
Austin, but belongs TO the venerable
ages OF the carboniferous, the silurian
and perhaps still older dates. But we
have no railroads to Marble Falls,
Llano and San Saba. Very well; if
you are determined to have limestone
anyhow, we can wait till the railroads
are built. We are in no great hurry to
build the state house. That one which
we now have is pretty good; aud rose
i'll thai house would suiell as sweet as
ever it could in the greater house that
ia proposed. We are by no means
pining Tor that big limestone house,
especially If to be built OF Indiana
limestone.
But if wo cannot wait, and must
have limestone anyhow, there's mill
ions Off, of the finest quality, on the
Texas & Pacific and Southern Pacific
Railroads. Between Carrizzo Pass
and Sierra Blanca the Texas Pacific
runs over vast bed OF sub C5rb0nifeI-
Gus stone converted for the most part
into pure crystelized limestone which
spRrRles like diamonds, IL polishUs
as smooth and shining rs ice, and
when SO treated it Is Woudrously beau
tilul, with its cOrals and shells spark
ling from the rich, velyety dark blue
ground. Have you anything In In
diana so beautiful rs that? Think
what Z grand capitol house II viii
make,
Then a few miles below Sierra
Blanca the Southern Pacific skirts
along the foot OF the Eagle mountains
Tor long distance. Here this same
stone rises in great hills and noun.
tGins. There id also there very much
granite ana beautiful porphyry-pIe-
cisely like that in which the Roman
emperors delighted to be laid away in
thoir last sl6ep--imperiel porphyry.
Also lying between these two roads, q
few miles further east, thore Is an ex-
tonslVe formation OF massive jasper,
like that which is said to pave some or
the streets of heaven. Just think how
beautiful! Also, In the same neigh
borhood, are great columns OF black !
basalt, sparkling with crystals Of py-
roXene, from 200 to 1000 feet in height |
shaped and formed as If cut by |
the most excellent stone chiseler in
tho world. Just think of ali that now,
and lot Politician Swain blush for
shame OF Whatho hes said of his grand
STATE. What race OF people these
politicians are for beiouliug their own
nests! Before the summer is out |
propose TO make another trip TO that |
great region OF valuable stones, and |
should ike TO take Professors Swain, |
TempletOu ard Walsh along to show
them something of the grandeur and
resources Of their own State. Yes, let
this Indiana limestone Slide, and let
us stick to our own Texas material, OF
W Nun W. now eO anu ~ t,ybht
see In the newspaper advocates Of
Indiana limestone and the capitol syn
dicates good many slurs on the "sen-
OF those who want Texas ma
terial, and don't propose 10 take any
other sort. The Fort Worth Gazette
calls them "blubbering patriots"
Well, think if a man he's not a "sen-
timent" in his heart in favor of his
own State far above any other State
or country, he is a man who should be
made to sleep and eat with wet hounds
sll the days and nights OF his life, as
his only fit companions. Such man
Is fit only for treason, strategems,
spoils and brides. If Thermometer
were buried in tho middle of his pal
plating heart, tho mercury therein
would Immediately shrink to zero-so
cold and worthless Is he. To use an
old expression, would not trust such
n man as far "a could fling bull by
tho tail. OF such men are Cold-blooded
assassins made, who stink behind
beatllng wallis in the dark to thrust
the fatal ponisrd into tho backs OF
their nelghbors. Out upon them! Let
them DO given to The hangmenl
N. 4. II.