The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-09-13
DEPARTMENT DoINes.
Items Of General Interest Cleaned In thu
papartmenta Yesterday.

Governor Hogg is in receipt of 6
proclamation from Governor Waite OF
Colorado, dec rig quarantine to pre-
vent and suppress infectious and con-
tagious disease among domestic ami
mails in that state. The cause of the
proclamation is that Governor Waite
has received information to the effect
that the sheep in the territory of Okla
bona have the scab, Governor Waite
now warns all persons bringing sheep
from that section into Colorado that
they must stop at the state boundary
line until inspected by the state vet
Urinary surgeon.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The Western Cotton Oil Manufac
turing and Cold Storage company OF
San Antonio yesterday filed its charter
with the secretary of state, placing its
capital stock at So ),C00 Incorpora-
tors: Geo. w. Sanders, Herman Bren-
del, S. w. Ogden and J, NJ. Chiffon
The printing board made its awards
for state printing yesterday. Ben G.
Jones & Co. first class, and Eugene
Won Boeckmann second third and
fourth.
Ben G. Jones & Co. also secured the
book and cover paper in addition to
fiat paper for second class paper
Clarke s. Courts OF Galveston were
awarded the printing of the higher
court reports.
The board did not pass on the sta
tionary yesterday but will do so this
morning. The bids on the 10 leading
items that will be used during the
next two years, are as follows: Austin
Stationary and Printing company
| 81, 099 So J. J. Tobin, $40. $40. Al; Cor
ner Bros, so, 514 so; E. Won Boeck-
man, $S731 ga.
The following charters Were filed
with the secretary of state yesterday:
The Catholic Aid society of the Sinner
Catholic church of Sinner Lavaca,
Tex capital stock $4,000; incorpora-
tors-A. j. Kopecky, J, Strauss, j.
Kloesel, Jr., F. ALBRIGHT, ]. Hubner,
A. Roeder.
The Bartlett Athletic club of Bart>
lett, Tex, capital stock $500; incorpo-
rators-G. A. Lindeman, j. NJ. Dalton,
J. D. Bell, s, Grubel, j. q. Rogers, E.
F. Kelley and l.. w. Belk.
The Seibert Fire Company No. 10 of
Houston. capital stock $4,000; incorpo.
rators-W. P. Seibert, w. s. Proctor
and Louis Hirsch.
The printing board yesterday awar.
ded to Eugene Won Boeckmann the
contract for furnishing stationary to
the state for the next two years.
TIE COMMISSION.
The commission yesterday granted
the Fort Worth and Denver City and
authority to apply rate of 10 cents per
100 pounds less than current fifth class
rate on canned goods in car loads be-
tween stations on the above named
road. The ruling becomes effective
Sept. 20.
The commission also granted the
Texas Pacific railway authority to
make a contract to haul a circus out
fit consisting of II cars over its lines.
The commission also granted the
Texas Trunk road special tariffs on
cottonseed and cottonseed products
and also on -four, grain, grain pro-
ducts, hay and straw. This road is
excepted from all general tariffs
The I...& G.. n. and G.. H. & H rails
roads yesterday filed their annual re-
port with the commission for the year
ending June 80. This is the first re.
port received from any road of any
magnitude.
General Manager P. A. German and
General Freight AgentJ E. w. Fields
of the Waco and Northwestern rail-
road and W. F. Mcmillan, chief clerk
of the genera managers department
of the Texas Central were before the
commission yesterday morning for the
purpose Of securing some amends
ments to the cotton tariff
They desire exemption from the
operation of the tariff on their
roads north of Waco. They want the
commission to let them make 40 cent
blanket rate Oh all points north of
Waco so as to permit them to be in the
line of competition, The tariff re-
Gently issued by the commission makes
rate of from Is to 80 cents, and they
want this changed, as above noted.
They also ask that the commission
look upon them as one road in all past
and all future tariffs. Their request
was taken under advisement.
The following circular was also is.
sued yesterday:
1t is hereby ordered that the Rio
Grande and Ell Paso railroad be exempt
from the operation of commodity tariff
No, !, issued by this commission.
This order shall take effect Sept. 81,
1894.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
The city OF Denison yesterday SUBJ
mitted an issue of $4,000 worth of
funding bonds to the attorney gen.
erals Office for approval.
A. L. Webb, city attorney of Pales-
tine, was in consultation yesterday
with this Office with reference to the
public school building bonds which
have been hanging fire in that Office
for some time, owing to some techni-
cal errors. The bonds will now prob
ably be approved within the next few
Gays.
The attorney generals Office yester-
day approved an issue of $500 Oak
Cliff waterworks bonds.