The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-12
TT XAs AT THE FAIR.
An Interesting Letter in Regard to the Beau
tiful Building She Will Have.

The following interesting letter has
been received by Mrs. Tobin, and
speaks for itself. II is of interest to
all Texans.
CHICAGO, Dec. 81, 1892.
Mrs. Benndette' B. Tobin, President Texas
"'n"'ds Far Ass CATION Austin, Tex;
MY DEAR MADAM arrived in
Chicago from Texas Thursday and
went to the Worlds Fair grounds yes
terday, and in company with Secre-
tary Dickinson visited and examined
closely the site for the Texas state
building and the structure now being
p erected thereon by Messrs. Harley d
Sons for your organization, and also
inspected for comparison the locations
and state buildings of more than
% twenty other of the leading states.
II Nearly all the buildings but the
FTexas building are about completed
and many of them already being oc.
7 .cupied. The Texas building is sitting
bin a beautiful grove OF trees, 1mmedl-
ately to the right on entering the
agrounds from the city from the north,
land faces east and south in the main,
with magnificent drives and walks ON
s two slues and the elevated railroad
" Immediately in the rear. After ex-
aiming the sites for score of other
state buildings, declare none OF them
so beautiful nor eligible as the Texas
site. From the great drives, hotels
and panoramas north of the grounds
the Texas building is the first object
to be seen in the grounds, from Lake
h Michigan landing in the grounds. up
a beautiful drive the most consplcu-
GUS site is the Texas building. From
the. west entrance to the grounds,
HYDE Park station on the Illinois
Central. the most charming and at
tractive sight the eye meets as 1t wan
ders down boulevard of magnifi-
cent buildings is the Texas building,
/ and from the classical porticos OF the
-, beautiful National Art building one
! sees towering DER the Florida and
the other state buildings and up the
!, beautiful main drive the Texas State
! building.
( While 1 am sincerely grieved that
i our building is not nearer completion
/ than it is, as other states are already
moving into theirs, yet am delight
\ cd that so much has been done on 1t,
when remember the struggles that
have been made by few enterprlslng
and loyaI Texans in it's behalf. The
tai frame work of the building is complet
ed and the roof is on, and the staff is
a being put on the walls. Nearly all
81 the staff is moulded and as saw
much of it can say that the design
: ing is supremely beautiful. The con-
y tractors told me that they are anxious
Nbegin work on the interior finish as
J ,nbn as possible, as all building must
be completed by March l, next. The
bSjNGng as it stands looks well and
nrontises much, for its cbaste beauty
must be the remark of every ore when
one when beholden after completion.
found that the Messrs. Harley d
Sons. contractors for our building,
have built the Illinois, Utah, Mon
{ rama Ohio and several other OF the
heat state buildings and that they re-
gard fine Texas building as the crown
inc work of their buildings as far as
strikingly architectural beauty is con-
certed. This firm is also building a
sewerage canal for the city that costs
several million dollars and several
million dollars worth of the higher
Grade of modern hotels and residences
now going up in the city, and they
are regarded as the very best anc
most reliable contractors here. 10
nrove to you the interest they take In
Tho construction of the Texas build
;nn thew have refused to sublet any
nart of the work, and one member of
the firm personally superintends its
construction. moreover the superln-
tendent of construction of the govern
roantal bindings visits and examines
the work on the Texas building uaiiy'
early shipment of some of the beauti,
fuI Tlano granite, and curly pine and
% mag and if possible some Of the onyx
4 or prophecy found near Ell Paso Tor
II wainscoating the building. Ii you