The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-10-29
THE NEW CAPITOL.


FOL arrived Saturday-some of il
the Quarrie5. About six miles of the
quarry railroad has been laid ready
for the rails. Sub Contractor Wilke
expects the road to be completed to
the quarries by or before December 1
He will soon have fifty convlcts at
work there. The quarters for them
have already been provided.
Mr.. Gus Wiike, sub-contractor, left
the city for Houston, last night.
Workmen were employed yesterday
in rigging up the derricks, clearing
rubbish and other wise preparing for
an early resumption of construction
of the building.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
The Seguln Water Works company
filed its charter yesterday, the incor-
porators being j M Abbott, w E
Goodrich, r Burgess, j M Blanks.
j D Fennell. J B Dibbreil, s Gallaher.
Z Burgess, j F Mckee. Joseph Dam
nen6Qum and s w White. Capitol
$50IUO.
The Tyler Wagon & Manufacturing
company filed its charter, the inccrpo-
rators being w s Herndon, john C
Robertson, j W Shuford, B & Selman.
} L Whitaker, j M Brasiner, l. W
Mathews. N j Mcfarland and I R
Bonner. Capital 100000
That of the Waco Gas company was
also filed; capital 100000; incorpora-
tors: George Clark, r q Patton, w z
Donica and John q Dyer.
Secretary Baines returned from his
hunting trip to Bastfop county on
tuesday and soon after reaching home
he Was attacked by a fever from which
he is still suffering.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
A general oVerhauling is going on
in this department ami regular work
will not be resumed until next week.
The clerks are busy examining the
files, Of which there are very near two
hundred thousand.
the application made to tbs land
board to lease the contested lands in
Cara county was declined.
The work of putting in iron file
racks. to hold the manys thousand If
files in the office Is now the sole cause
OF retarding the resumption of busi-
ness In the land department of the
government. Before this work be-
gan, every wooden pigeon hole in the
Two lille rooms was packed full, and
35,COO files were piled around
on the floors; when 1t is completed,
every file in the Office will be properly
d posted, allin one room, and there
will be 800 pigeon holes to spare. This
arrangement will greatly facilitate
the rapid handling OF files.
During the progress of this work,
Commissioner Walsh has utilized the
time in overhauling the files. At the
close of Office hours yesterday, about
1S0, 900 files have been examined, and
every paper closely scrutinized. The
completed work in this particular in
cludes the Fannin and Bexar land dis
tricts, which are now perfect not a
paper missing.
The office viii be ready to resume
business on November 1, proximo.
Capt: Walsh will leave to his sue
cessor the general land office in bet
ter condition than 1t has been at any
time during the past twenty-five
years, and the people OF Texas. whose
interests he has sacredly guarded. will
ever remember him as pains-taking,
conscientious officer, the peoples
friend. the school children's pro-
tector.
Information has been received from
Tom Green county of considerable
crookedness In the purchase of lands;
/. g., a great number of actual settler
purchases have beer made in bad
faith. Some strange transactions viii
soon see the light Of day. and then you
will hear something drop.
LAND BOARD.
1t is interesting to note that sine
July, the receipts Ut the boarli on ac-
count Of leases and sales Of school sad