The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-10-22
LOCATING COMMITTEE MAKE CHOICE OF SITE
FOR NEW STATE SCHOOL BUILDING.
Forty Acre Tract North of Houston Street in East
Part of Town is the Choice
of the Committee

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ing Committee for the West
Texas State Normal College has
selected Canyon City as the place
for the school and then they
have selected the site for the
buildings, the selection coming
after many days labor, trying to
get all the committee together in
this city. The first of the COM
mittee was Hon. John Marshall,
who spent several days here be-
fore Superintendent Cousins
could make his appearance. The
Lieutenant Governor Davidson
was tied up in the trial of an i'm
portant case in court and he
could not come back for a REIN
spectiOn of the various sites, so
Mr.. Cousins went back to Austin
and another meeting Of the whole
committeewas held in Ft. Worth
at the Siebold Hotel on Friday of
last week, a little afternoon a
telegram was received announc-
ing the selection Of the site.
The site chosen by the COM
mittee contains forty acres of
land lying north Of East Houston
and about eight blocks east Of
the square, 1t is a block Of land
belonging to L. G.. Connor and
lies almost in square ond is very
gently sloping from almost the
middle point of the tract to each
Of the four sides and is an ideal
tract for the location of the hand
some building which are proposed
to be erected as soon as possible.
1t is close enough to railroads for
the buildings and grounds to be
seen by every passerby on the
trains and is on one of the main
streets of the city and is so sit
uated that there is plenty of
building grounds surrounding the
campus for enough good, large
houses to be built for the accom-
mediation Of those who desire to
attend school at this place,
Judging from the remarks
heard upon the streets after the
announcement was made, the
choice as made by the committee
seems to be entirely satisfactory
to the entire citizenship Of the
city as the location is entirely
suitable for the school and it will
tend to balance the interests Of
the city more than it has been in
past, Then there are other
things which accrue which make
it desirable for the interests of
the city.
Before leaving the city both
Mr.. Marshall and Mr.. Cousins
stated that they and the State
Board Of Education We're more
than anxious to begin the build
ing operations and announcement
is made that the Board of Educa-
ton would meet in Austin on the
! first of next month to select the
architect, after which the work
on the plans for the main build
! ing will be rushed so that the
contract for the construction may
| be let. 1t will be possibly some
sixty days before the contract
will be let and then some fifteen
or twenty days before the con-
tractor will be able to go to work
on account of material which will
have to be shipped. 1t is possible
that the State Board will appoint
a competent superintendent of
construction who will urge the
construction work from the day
of beginning. 1t will be the in
tention to have the building
ready for occupancy by Septem-
Der l, 1910. Of course all these
details are not as yet worked out
but are gathered from the de-
sires of those who will look after