The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-16
The Capitol syndicate About b Drop
Their Jumbo Job
TO AVOID LOSING BIG SUGAR
Che GREAT Gall OF the Greer County GauF
Of BuiiionAIroa-rhe new. Land
Ehi the Hope Of a monopoly
Other State items.
CHAPTERS OF SPICY READING,

H,-rIN, April s.-Isr1cia1l-n {,
! rI. .ant h1ra that the capitol contractors
have secured ABOUT a. WucA Texas .cr.
gioTy ~ ,hay desire and iutoudrttuing,
! leaving the state to complete the
capitol rs best she may. Ouu O
the capitol commissioner when mp.
preached o. the subjeo. to-day, said
he heard tho rgmnrs, but knew nothiu,
] definite, From tao cunyurs tt.Jl had 10
| nppenr7 THAI the contractors have had
! patents lssuOd TO them covering 100000
acres uC laud, valued BY tho state ut 80
cents pOr acre. This iIdi 'Itt9 that tho
work completed cost S2in,O the state
having retained 20 per cont, On esti.
mates. The contractors are under bend
OF only 500, 600, which they viii haYu 10
pay n they rrliGquish the work, making
tho total cost to them, with the bond,
$4,000. In addition to this they have
constructed few miles of railroad
costing some sl5,Go, purchased
gether with other expenses, will
possibly increase their outlay to $FOo,OoO,
the sub.contractorg having furnished ali
tools, derrickS, etc. The lands, IS now
valued by the state, under tho new law,
are " orth $4,000, giving the c0ntrac-
tors $4,000 on their Investment, If thoJ
retire, and 1t seems probable they will.
An editorial in The Philadelphia Times
fow weeks ago, on the Texas state
house, said IL was physical impossi-
bliity 70 construct building OF its
dimensions aud requirements for less
than $lO0JO,0O0, and that the state would
he fortunate If IL was completed for S2O,-
100000. Tho Chicago syndicate seem 20
think so, and gracefully rotires carly
with 100000 profit, leaving tho state
tho bag TO hold and wrestlo with
tho expensive part of tho structure,
Rel alive to the order OF the FranGk-
! lyn and other cattle companies alluded
in the special from here lass night,
southern rauchmen hero informed the
HERALD correspondent TO day that they
would pay no attention 10 IL. ue was
also informed that the words djicenJ
counties" incorporated in tho order are
there simply to doludo, as all tbs COM
| pauies signing IL are in GreOr county.
1t il sUrmised they are in COllusiOn Tor
! the purpose OF defeating The claim OF
Texas TO the territory, hoping thereby
! 10 Oj9yt all claimants under tho author
| ity Of Texas and secure control OF the
entire county. For this object tho
suit now panding in the United States
court Mt Waco has been instituted, and
| it will be pushed for all it Is worth
/
in the county by virtue Of certificates
issued Nv the state are Interested, and
it = understood will appear 10 maintain
! their rights in the case, The Termination
of which, it. is believed, will virtually
settle the question as to the disputed
boundary lines.
CULLTNGS.
The Crescent City Insurance compsny
pdiu III lera que lie sIaLe to-day 500.
The comptroller deposited 5000 tC
the credit OF the available school fund
A letter received to-day from q promi-
nent citizen of northwest Texas says II
the new land law is permitted to go into
effect it will ruin that section by per
hitting the purchase and consequent
control OF all watered sections by large
syndicates and cattle companies. II is
said that one large company now has
so actual settlers ready TO locate upon
as many watered sections, giving them
control for years of a vast area of graz
ing grounds. The bill romans I'M
signed, and as to whether the governor
will approve it, there are conflicting ru-
mOrS,