El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-22
San Jacinto Battlefield.

| Houston dispatches In the Dalla;
News say: The board Of appraiser;
appointed by County Judge Shaw Il
appsaise the land sought to be con
demned by the state for public par k
on the site of the battle ground of San
Jaciuto, has completed it's lsbors, and
to-day for wsrded iits report to Judge
Shaw. They assess the damages that
will accrue to the present owners in
| the sum of 81, COL, which Is S31 so per
acre, as the full value of said land, i'm
provements thereon and all damages
1t is ascertained through State Sem
| 4tor Burns that the value per acre OF
the land appraised is more than the
state allowed 10 making the appro-
pristion and hence the purchase can
not De made. though the total amount
amount of $4,000 named in the sp-
Dropriatiop bill, which bill limited the
~um per acre to s25. In the parisnce
of OF inc Now" Day. The IT sppro os on
money will perhaps revert to the state.
rne chief disappointment will doubt
less be to the Daughters OF the Repub-
lie, who have worked hard for the pur-
chase Of the property, aud its CONVEX
sion into q public park as monument
% the heroi=m of the gallant Texan
can De safely said, however, that II will
not be allowed by them to rest where
il is.
The San Jacinto battlefield commits
sion held conference Oct. 10, with
Gov. Culberson and Judge 7. A. Full
Ter, assistant in the attorney generals
department.. and discussed what action
-hould De taken in regard to a certain
,ract of sixty-nine acres OF land which
l.
deld. The owner OF this tract held
he land 1t Il price considered exor-
bitaut and Judge Fuller took the first
step in condemn nation of the tract few
days ago at Houston.
The appraisers who set a value on
the land have made the report giving
u value At S37 so per acre, the COM
mission il prohibited by law from pay
ing more than S25 per acre and the
meeting today was to decide whether
an appeal would be taken from the ap-
praisers' decision.
1t was decided at the meeting not to
buy this particular tract of sixty mine
acres at any price and the condemna-
ton proceedings will go no further.
Corsicana Street Railroad Prospects
Months ago, says Corsicsns dis
patch, the city council granted q street
railroad franchise to NJ. M. Bright aud
associates with 8 provision that within
ninety days the grantees demonstrate
their ability and purpose to build and
operate the system. and have the same
completed within another given
time. The demonstration made
by Mr.. Bright and associates
up to this time is q survey OF q route
along certain streets of the city and
there the matter rests, Mr.. Bright and
his associates. whoever they are, being
out Of the city. The long delay In be-
ginning work on the system has
led to the belief here that the
grantees are sleeping on
their rights, and do not propose to
build the street railroad, and the city
council is just now in a frame of mind
TO grant another franchise to anybody
who will build q system of street rail- |
road in Corsicans. Alderman J. A. I
Townsend, who for long time
had faith 10 Mr.. Bright's intentions, |
Is getting somewhat shaky and stated |
% the News correspondent that If |
Bright aud his crowd did not get to |
work soon he, for one, would be will |
ng TO vote street railroad franchise |
10 anybody who would build a road.
'What | want, and what the people |
want said he, lis railroad aud not |
promises that are not to- be fulfilled. 1t |
Toes not matter to me who builds the |
'oad and | am just as willing for some |
,ther company to build it as ] am for
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