Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-09
TWO IMPORTANT SUITS FILED,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT cuLDEnsoS
AFTER TWO RAILROADS.
To Collect Principal and Interest OF
Money Due the school chiidren OF
Tess.--An Appointment Made Dy
Land Comnissioner-Eiect baker.

Austin, TEX, Dct. o. Al ne iHpsN iH'-
portant suits that have been n.ed &:
late by the attorney general on behalf
OF the state were filed today ia the
[ 5srd district court Of Travis county.
The suits are against the Houston
and Texas Central railroad and the
Galveston. Harrisburg and San Antone
railroad. for failure TO pay prineipn
and Interest on their bonds. given TO
the state for loan from the speciai
school fund in 1850 and 1863, under the
acts Of 1853.
The loan for which the Houston aid
Texas Central railway Is held RESPONSE
bic was originally made TO the WASH
ington county railway company. and
the Houston and Texas Central railway.
The former principal and interest
amounts to ss6.i6i.9O. and the latter,
sill 1851.
Foreclosure Is asked for on the Hous-
ton ana Texas Central from Hemp
stead to Brenhain and from Houston 10
point three miles aouih OF 1<oasc.
The suit against the Galveston. Har-
risburg and san Antonio railway Is for
s6lO,S59.25, with an additional Hen Of
$4,000 FOR interest and still other in
tetest Foreclosure Is asked against
the entire lien OF the aGlyeston. Har-
risburg and san Antonio from Houston
70 III Paso.
The interest against the Houston and
Texas Central railway IS not included
IN the above mentioned amounts. hut
the petition asks for the interest. which
Mili be calculated
Col. A. j. Baker. the commissioner OF
fhe general land office, has notified
Capt Louis c. Wise OF Abilene that he
Wal ap9pht MIN US cnlef drlughtsman
OF the land oliice. No better appoints
ment could be made In all Texas, 80
Col Baker thinks.
capt. Wise was strongly Endorsed
By cX-GoY Lubbock ard Hubbard
Judge T, IL. Conner district judge OF
the Abilene district, Congressman Cock
rel and John IL. Cochran and Senator
4. b. Gage. He was also indorsed by
the lawyers and county officers OF Tay-
Tor county
Capt Wise Is a native OF Virginia.
nephew OF the late Gov. Hcasy A.
wise OF that state. ana Is yrEduite
or ihe virginia military institute, uu cx-
derato soldier ami now 90 years
OF age, After the war he went to Mex
leo' where he was engineer on the Veid
Cruz and city OF Mexico railway.
III Appa ne came 10 IcNua and engaged
IN teaching school and surveying. In
1874 he entered the land ONCE as
draugdt- where he remained untu
the Texas and Pacific road was built
TO III PaAo In 1850, He then located In
Abilene, where he has lived ever sniee.
capt Wise Is now county surveyor Of
Taylor county, having been elected this
year without opposition. Hts education
IS liberal and he has distinguished him
SELF In his profession as surveyor and
englneer BEING a Western man and
having spent the last ten or twelve
ears largely In surveying In that sec
ton. his familiarity with the eondI-
tons OF the state and school lands
unsurpassed by any surveyor In Tex
az,
Ihe commissionef-elect has made a
wise and business selection ana the
u .ltc wsll thus he able To have tho SER
Vices OF an efficient chief draughtsman.
Sapt sam AShc OF Houston IL ann
IN the city. He Is pressing his claim
ior the clerlship OF the criminal dis
trlet court. composed OF the counties
or Harris ana GALVESTON. His torn OF
oHlcc expires In February.
MI Spencer Hutcnns and ex-sherin
hils OF Houston are applicants for the
position, and IL Ia pretty well under-
STOOD that MIR. Culberson will appoint
Alf' EIlls unless he changes his mind,