TEXAS INDUSTRIES INC
DEF 14A, 1994-08-23
STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS)
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                                  SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (RULE 14A-101)

                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

          Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
                    Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.    )

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<C>        <S>
    Filed by the registrant /X/
    Filed by a party other than the registrant / /

    Check the appropriate box:
   / /     Preliminary proxy statement
   /X/     Definitive proxy statement
   / /     Definitive additional materials
   / /     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12
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_____________________________TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC._____________________________
                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

___________________________ROBERT C. MOORE, SECRETARY___________________________
                   (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)

Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):

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<C>        <S>
   /X/     $125 per Exchange Act Rule 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(i)(2).
   / /     $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(3).
   / /     Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11
   (1)     Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:
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   (2)     Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:
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   (3)     Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
           Exchange Act Rule 0-11:(1)
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   (4)     Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:
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   / /     Check  box  if any  part of  the fee  is offset  as provided  by Exchange  Act Rule
           0-11(a)(2)  and  identify  the  filing  for  which  the  offsetting  fee  was  paid
           previously.  Identify the previous filing by  registration statement number, or the
           form or schedule and the date of its filing.
   (1)     Amount previously paid:
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   (2)     Form, schedule or registration statement no.:
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   (3)     Filing party:
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   (4)     Date filed:
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(1)  Set forth the amount of which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
     was determined.
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                                     [LOGO]

                                                                 August 29, 1994

DEAR SHAREHOLDER:

    You  are cordially invited to attend  the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders
of Texas Industries, Inc.,  to be held  at 9:30 A.M.  Central Daylight Time,  on
Tuesday,  October 18,  1994, at  The Ballpark  in Arlington,  1000 Ballpark Way,
Arlington, Texas.

    The following  Notice of  Annual Meeting  and Proxy  Statement describe  the
formal  business to be  transacted at the  Meeting. During the  Meeting, we will
also report on the operations of the Company. Our 1994 Annual Report accompanies
this Proxy Statement.

    It is important that your shares be represented at the Meeting regardless of
the size of your holdings. If you are unable to attend in person, we urge you to
participate by voting your  shares by proxy.  You may do so  by filling out  and
returning the enclosed proxy card.

    If you arrive early, you are invited to have coffee and meet informally with
the Directors.

                                                        Sincerely,
                                                     ROBERT D. ROGERS
                                                        PRESIDENT

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                         TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 18, 1994

    The   Annual  Meeting  of  Shareholders   of  Texas  Industries,  Inc.  (the
"Company"), will  be held  at  The Ballpark  in  Arlington, 1000  Ballpark  Way,
Arlington,  Texas, on Tuesday, October  18, 1994, at 9:30  A.M. (C.D.T.) for the
following purposes:

        1.  To elect two (2) Directors to terms expiring in 1997.

        2.  To transact  such other business that  may properly come before  the
    Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

    Only  Shareholders of record  at the close  of business on  August 22, 1994,
will be entitled to  vote at the  meeting. A list of  such Shareholders will  be
open  to the examination of any Shareholder during ordinary business hours for a
period of ten days prior to the meeting, at the Executive Offices of the Company
at 7610 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas.

    While you are encouraged to attend  the meeting, you are requested to  date,
sign  and  return  promptly  the accompanying  proxy  in  the  enclosed envelope
provided for that purpose.

                                           By Order of the Board of Directors,
                                                     ROBERT C. MOORE
                                                        SECRETARY

Dallas, Texas
August 29, 1994
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                                     [LOGO]

                                PROXY STATEMENT
                                      FOR
                         ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                          TO BE HELD OCTOBER 18, 1994

                            SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

    This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by and
on  behalf  of the  Board of  Directors  of Texas  Industries, Inc.,  a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), of proxies in the accompanying form for exercise at
the Annual Meeting  of Shareholders of  the Company  to be held  on October  18,
1994,  and at any adjournment thereof. The  approximate date on which this Proxy
Statement and accompanying proxy were first  sent to Shareholders is August  29,
1994.

    The  cost of soliciting proxies  in the accompanying form  has been, or will
be, borne by the Company. In addition to solicitation by mail, the Company  will
request  banks, brokers and other custodians,  nominees, and fiduciaries to send
proxy material to the beneficial owners and to secure their voting instructions,
if necessary. The Company  will reimburse them for  their expenses in so  doing.
Officers and regular employees of the Company may solicit proxies personally, by
telephone  or  telegrams from  some Shareholders,  if  proxies are  not promptly
received. In addition, the Company has retained Chemical Banking Corporation  to
assist  in  the solicitation  of proxies  at  a cost  of $5,000  plus reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses.

                      OUTSTANDING VOTING STOCK AND QUORUM

    The outstanding voting securities of the Company as of August 22, 1994, were
12,491,090 shares of the Common Stock of the Company and 5,976 shares of the  $5
Cumulative  Preferred Stock of the Company. Each  share is entitled to one vote.
The presence at the Meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority
of the issued and outstanding voting  securities of the Company is necessary  to
constitute a quorum to transact business.

                                VOTING OF PROXY

    The  proxy enclosed is designed to permit  each Shareholder of record at the
close of business on August 22, 1994, to  vote at the Annual Meeting and at  any
adjournments  thereof. Shares cannot be voted at the meeting unless the owner is
present or represented by proxy. Any proxy may be revoked prior to the voting by
notice in writing to the Secretary of  the Company at the address stated  above.
The  shares represented by any unrevoked proxy in the accompanying form, if such
proxy is properly executed  and returned, will be  voted in accordance with  the
specifications  made  thereon,  or in  the  absence of  such  specifications, in
accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations.
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                SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

    The following table  furnishes information concerning  all persons known  to
the  Company to beneficially own 5% or more  of any class of voting stock of the
Company as of August 5, 1994.

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<CAPTION>
                                                                          AMOUNT AND NATURE
                NAME AND ADDRESS                        TITLE OF            OF BENEFICIAL        PERCENT
               OF BENEFICIAL OWNER                      SECURITY              OWNERSHIP          OF CLASS
- - - -------------------------------------------------  -------------------  ---------------------  ------------
<S>                                                <C>                  <C>                    <C>
Co-Steel, Inc.                                        Common Stock          1,216,652 shares(1)        9.7%
Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Suite 5010
P.O. Box 130
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5H3Y2
Dietche & Field Advisors, Inc.                        Common Stock            814,000 shares(2)        6.5%
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
FMR Corp.                                             Common Stock          1,245,900 shares(3)       10.0%
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Trimark Investment Management, Inc.                   Common Stock            752,835 shares(4)        6.0%
Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Suite 5200
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H3Z3
Gerald R. Heffernan                                   $5 Cumulative             2,500 shares         41.8%
22 St. Clair Avenue E., Suite 1700                   Preferred Stock
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4T2S3
Sally M. Eldredge (Mrs.)                              $5 Cumulative               315 shares          5.3%
P.O. Box 539                                         Preferred Stock
Newport, New Hampshire 03773
KINSAT                                                $5 Cumulative               551 shares          9.2%
Bankers Trust Co.                                    Preferred Stock
P.O. Box 704
Church Street Station
New York, New York 10015
John C. McCrillis                                     $5 Cumulative               315 shares          5.3%
P.O. Box 458                                         Preferred Stock
Newport, New Hampshire 03773
Merrill Lynch, Pierce                                 $5 Cumulative             1,213 shares         20.2%
 Fenner and Smith, Inc.                              Preferred Stock
P.O. Box 12006
Newark, New Jersey 07101
<FN>
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(1)  Robert D. Rogers, Gordon E. Forward and Richard M. Fowler have sole  voting
     power  as co-trustees under  a Voting Trust which  expires August 29, 1995,
     and Co-Steel, Inc. has sole dispositive power.
(2)  Based on Schedule 13G dated March  11, 1994 which indicates that Dietche  &
     Field  Advisors, Inc.  has sole voting  and dispositive  power over 814,000
     shares.
(3)  Based on Schedule 13G dated June 6, 1994 which indicates that FMR Corp. has
     sole voting  power  over 48,900  shares  and sole  dispositive  power  over
     1,245,900 shares.
(4)  Based  on  Amendment  4  to  Schedule 13G  dated  February  12,  1993 which
     indicates that  Trimark Investment  Management, Inc.  has sole  voting  and
     dispositive power over 752,835 shares.
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                             ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

    The  bylaws of the  Company provide for a  board of not  less than three nor
more than twenty-one directors with the actual number to serve at any time to be
determined by resolution of the board. The bylaws further provide that the board
shall be divided into three classes, each class being as nearly equal in  number
as possible. The three classes have staggered terms of three years. The terms of
office  of two of  the Directors expire  at this Annual  Meeting and the proxies
solicited hereby cannot be voted  for a greater number  of persons than the  two
nominees named below. Unless otherwise indicated, all proxies that authorize the
persons  named therein to vote  for the election of  directors will be voted for
the election of the nominees named below, each of which is presently a  Director
of  the Company. Directors are elected by plurality vote. If any of the nominees
named  should  not  be  available  for  election  as  a  result  of   unforeseen
circumstances, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote for
the  election of such substitute nominee, if  any, as the Board of Directors may
propose.

NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS

    The following are nominees  for election as directors  of the Company for  a
term  of office expiring at the Annual  Meeting of Shareholders in 1997 or until
their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified.

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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      SERVED AS     PROPOSED
                                                            PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION                      DIRECTOR       TERM TO
           NAME                  AGE                       DURING PAST FIVE YEARS                       SINCE        EXPIRE
- - - ---------------------------      ---      --------------------------------------------------------  -------------  -----------
<S>                          <C>          <C>                                                       <C>            <C>
Gordon E. Forward..........          58   President and Chief Executive Officer of Chaparral Steel        1991           1997
                                           Company(a)
Ralph B. Rogers............          84   Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company(b)            1951           1997
</TABLE>

CONTINUING DIRECTORS

    The term  of office  for each  of the  continuing directors  expires at  the
Annual  Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the year indicated below, or until
his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified.

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<CAPTION>
                                                                                                      SERVED AS
                                                            PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION                      DIRECTOR       TERM TO
           NAME                  AGE                       DURING PAST FIVE YEARS                       SINCE        EXPIRE
- - - ---------------------------      ---      --------------------------------------------------------  -------------  -----------
<S>                          <C>          <C>                                                       <C>            <C>
Robert D. Rogers...........          58   President and Chief Executive Officer of the                    1970           1995
                                           Company(b)(c)
Ian Wachtmeister...........          61   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Empire, AB,         1977           1995
                                           Stockholm, Sweden
Gerald R. Heffernan........          75   President, G.R. Heffernan Associates, Ltd., Toronto,            1986           1995
                                           Ontario, Canada, since April 1990; Chairman of the
                                           Board of Co-Steel Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from
                                           January 1987 to April 1990; Director, Chaparral Steel
                                           Company
Robert Alpert..............          62   Chairman of the Board of Alpert Investment Corporation,         1975           1996
                                           a financial services, real estate investment and
                                           development firm, Dallas, Texas(c)
Richard I. Galland.........          78   Attorney at Law since January 1991; Of Counsel, Jones,          1974           1996
                                           Day, Reavis and Pogue, a law firm, Dallas, Texas(d)
<FN>
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(a)  Mr. Forward  is a  member of  the  Board of  Directors of  Chaparral  Steel
     Company.
(b)  Mr. Robert D. Rogers is the son of Mr. Ralph B. Rogers.
(c)  Messrs.  Alpert  and  Rogers  are  members of  the  Board  of  Directors of
     Consolidated Freightways, Inc. and Chaparral Steel Company.
(d)  Mr. Galland is a member of the Board of Directors of D.R. Horton, Inc.
</TABLE>

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                BOARD COMMITTEES, MEETINGS, ATTENDANCE AND FEES

    The Board of Directors has an  Audit Committee and a Compensation  Committee
and  the full  Board of Directors  acts in  lieu of a  Nominating Committee. The
Company's Compensation  Committee,  composed  during the  last  fiscal  year  of
Directors   Galland,  Alpert  and  Forward,  met   once  during  the  year.  The
Compensation Committee recommends and approves the salaries of top management of
the Company and all stock option awards to key employees of the Company and  its
subsidiaries. Its actions are subject to the review and approval of the Board of
Directors.

    The  Company's  Audit Committee,  composed during  the  last fiscal  year of
Directors Alpert, Heffernan  and Wachtmeister,  met twice  with the  independent
public  accountants during the year. The Audit Committee reviews the scope, plan
and results of  the annual  audit with  the independent  auditors; approves  and
ratifies  each  professional  service  provided  by  the  independent  auditors;
considers the  independence  of  the  auditors; and  reviews  and  approves  all
non-audit fees paid to the independent auditors.

    The  Board, acting in lieu of a Nominating Committee, will consider nominees
for directors recommended by  shareholders. Communications to  the Board may  be
addressed in care of the Company's Secretary at the Company's Executive Offices.

    The  Board of  Directors met  four times during  the last  fiscal year. Each
director attended more than 75 percent of the meetings of the Board of Directors
and the meetings of the committees on which he served.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

    Directors who are not employees of the Company currently receive $15,000 per
year plus $1,000 for  each day that  a Board or  Committee Meeting is  attended.
Under  a deferred compensation arrangement, such amount may be deferred in whole
or in  part  at  the election  of  the  Director. Compensation  so  deferred  is
denominated  in shares of the Company's  Common Stock determined by reference to
the average market price during the thirty  (30) trading days prior to the  date
of  the arrangement. Dividends are credited to the account in the form of common
stock at a value  equal to the  fair market value  of the stock  on the date  of
payment  of such  dividend. The  Company also  reimburses Directors  for travel,
lodging and related  expenses they may  incur in attending  Board and  Committee
meetings.

OTHER TRANSACTIONS

    No  reportable transactions occurred  between the Company  and any director,
nominee for director, officer or any affiliate of, or person related to, any  of
the  foregoing since the  beginning of the  Company's last fiscal  year (June 1,
1993).

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION

    The Compensation Committee is comprised exclusively of Directors who are not
officers or employees of the Company. Mr. Forward is President, Chief  Executive
Officer  and Director of Chaparral Steel  Company, 81%-owned by the Company. The
President of the Company serves on the Compensation Committee of Chaparral Steel
Company. No other executive officer of the  Company serves or has served on  the
Compensation  Committee  or  as a  director  of  another company,  one  of whose
executive officers serves  as a  member of the  Compensation Committee  or as  a
director of the Company.

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                        SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

    The  following table sets forth as of August 5, 1994, the approximate number
of shares of Common  Stock of the  Company and common  stock of Chaparral  Steel
Company  ("Chaparral") beneficially  owned by  each director,  by each executive
officer named  in  the Summary  Compensation  Table  and by  all  directors  and
executive officers of the Company as a group.

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<CAPTION>
                                                                                        COMPANY              CHAPARRAL
                                                                                     COMMON SHARES         COMMON SHARES
                                                                                  -------------------   -------------------
                                                                                  BENEFICIALLY          BENEFICIALLY
                                                                                    OWNED**      %(1)     OWNED**      %(2)
                                                                                  ------------   ----   ------------   ----
<S>                                                                               <C>            <C>    <C>            <C>
Robert Alpert...................................................................      3,555(3)    *         1,000       *
Melvin G. Brekhus...............................................................      5,112(3)    *          None       *
Gordon E. Forward...............................................................     52,974(3)    *        89,100(4)    *
Richard M. Fowler...............................................................     41,332(3)    *        36,100(4)    *
Richard I. Galland..............................................................      8,807(3)    *         3,000       *
Gerald R. Heffernan(5)(6).......................................................    111,000(3)    *          None       *
Robert C. Moore.................................................................     13,167(3)    *        16,600(4)    *
Ralph B. Rogers(7)..............................................................     32,434       *         5,000       *
Robert D. Rogers(8).............................................................    149,320(3)   1.2%     106,800(4)    *
Tommy A. Valenta................................................................      4,950(3)    *          None       *
Ian Wachtmeister(9).............................................................      3,371(3)    *          None       *
All Directors and Executive Officers as a
 Group (10 Persons).............................................................    451,503(3)   3.6%     259,650(4)    *
<FN>
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 *   Represents  less  than  one percent  (1%)  of  the total  number  of shares
     outstanding.
 **  Except as indicated in the notes below, each person has the sole voting and
     investment authority with  respect to  the shares  set forth  in the  above
     table.
(1)  Based  on the sum of (i) 12,490,749 shares of Common Stock, which on August
     5, 1994, was  the approximate number  of shares outstanding,  and (ii)  the
     number of shares subject to options exercisable by such person(s) within 60
     days of such date.
(2)  Based  on the sum of (i) 29,679,900 shares of common stock, which on August
     5, 1994, was  the approximate number  of shares outstanding,  and (ii)  the
     number of shares subject to options exercisable by such person(s) within 60
     days of such date.
(3)  Includes, with respect to such person(s), shares of Common Stock subject to
     options exercisable within 60 days of August 5, 1994, as follows: Robert D.
     Rogers,  20,000  shares; Robert  Alpert, 1,000  shares; Melvin  G. Brekhus,
     4,600 shares; Gordon  E. Forward,  5,490 shares; Richard  M. Fowler,  9,300
     shares;  Richard  I.  Galland,  1,000 shares;  Gerald  R.  Heffernan, 1,000
     shares; Robert C. Moore, 8,300 shares; Tommy A. Valenta, 4,600 shares;  Ian
     Wachtmeister,  1,000 shares; and all Directors  and Executive Officers as a
     group, 74,490 shares.
(4)  Includes, with respect to such person(s), shares of common stock subject to
     options exercisable within 60 days of August 5, 1994, as follows: Gordon E.
     Forward, 74,000 shares; Richard M. Fowler, 35,000 shares; Robert C.  Moore,
     16,000  shares;  Robert D.  Rogers, 66,000  shares;  and all  Directors and
     Executive Officers as a group, 193,000 shares.
(5)  Mr. Heffernan owns 2,500 shares of $5 Preferred Stock, approximately  41.8%
     of  the  class outstanding.  See Security  Ownership of  Certain Beneficial
     Owners.
(6)  The wife of Mr. Heffernan  owns 971 shares of Common  Stock as to which  he
     disclaims beneficial ownership.
(7)  The  wife of Mr. Rogers  owns 5,214 shares of Common  Stock, as to which he
     disclaims beneficial ownership.
(8)  The wife of Mr. Rogers owns 4,000  shares of Chaparral common stock, as  to
     which he disclaims beneficial ownership.
(9)  Includes 100 shares of Common Stock owned by the wife of Mr. Wachtmeister.
</TABLE>

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                             EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    There  is  shown  below  information  concerning  the  annual  and long-term
compensation for services in all capacities to the Company for the fiscal  years
ended  May 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992, of  those persons who were, at May 31, 1994,
(i) the chief executive officer and (ii) the other four most highly  compensated
executive officers of the Company.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              LONG TERM COMPENSATION
                                                                    -------------------------------------------
                                             ANNUAL COMPENSATION                                      PAYOUTS
                                                                                        AWARDS       ----------      ALL OTHER
NAME AND                                     --------------------                    -------------      LTIP       COMPENSATION
PRINCIPAL POSITION                     YEAR  SALARY($)   BONUS($)   CLASS OF STOCK   STOCK OPTIONS   PAYOUTS($)         ($)
- - - -------------------------------------  ----  ---------   --------   --------------   -------------   ----------   ---------------
<S>                                    <C>   <C>         <C>        <C>              <C>             <C>          <C>
Robert D. Rogers(1) .................  1994   631,916      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-            22,635(4)
 President and Chief Executive                                        Chaparral
 Officer                               1993   567,696      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-            22,501
                                                                      Chaparral
                                       1992   519,024      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-            22,476
                                                                      Chaparral

Richard M. Fowler(2) ................  1994   190,000     43,130       Company          16,500          38,000          3,600(4)
 Vice President -- Finance                                            Chaparral
                                       1993   180,000     43,200       Company          -0-             -0-             7,841
                                                                      Chaparral
                                       1992   180,000      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-             3,600
                                                                      Chaparral         25,000

Melvin G. Brekhus ...................  1994   140,000     31,780       Company          -0-             28,000          3,892(4)
 Vice President -- Cement Production   1993   118,333     28,400       Company           8,000          -0-             3,787
                                       1992   110,000      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-             3,591

Tommy A. Valenta ....................  1994   135,000     30,645       Company          -0-             27,000          2,746(4)
 Vice President -- North Texas         1993   112,500     27,000       Company           8,000          -0-             2,700
 Concrete/Cement Marketing             1992   100,000      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-             2,436

Robert C. Moore(3) ..................  1994   130,000     29,510       Company          11,500          26,000          3,200(4)
 Vice President, General Counsel and                                  Chaparral
 Secretary                             1993   120,000     28,800       Company          -0-             -0-             3,120
                                                                      Chaparral
                                       1992   120,000      -0-         Company          -0-             -0-             3,185
                                                                      Chaparral         15,000
<FN>
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(1)  Mr.  Rogers is Chairman of  the Board of Chaparral  and participates in its
     stock option program.

(2)  Mr. Fowler also serves as Senior Vice President -- Finance of Chaparral and
     participates in Chaparral's  profit sharing, stock  option and  performance
     share  programs. During 1993, he received  no profit sharing payout. During
     1994 and 1992, he received profit  sharing payouts of $19,038 and  $10,197,
     respectively.  In 1994,  1993 and  1992, he  received increments  of profit
     sharing earned in 1989 but deferred, $309, $8,071 and $1,210, respectively.
     Under the performance share  program, he received  dividends of $1,422  and
     $2,612 in 1994 and 1992, respectively, and vested performance shares in the
     amount of $68,108 were redeemed in 1993.

(3)  Mr.  Moore also serves as Vice  President, General Counsel and Secretary of
     Chaparral and participates in its profit sharing and stock option programs.
     During 1993, he received no profit  sharing payouts. During 1994 and  1992,
     he received profit sharing payouts of $13,026 and $6,798 respectively.

(4)  Vested  and  non-vested portion  of  amounts contributed  and  allocated by
     employer to employee benefit plans.
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
    On  June 1, 1993, the Company  entered into a three-year employment contract
with Mr.  Robert D.  Rogers,  its President  and  chief executive  officer.  The
contract  provides for a base salary of  $300,000 plus an annual award of 10,816
shares of Common Stock, or the market value thereof. The contract also  provides
for  an annual incentive award equal to  one percent of the Company's before tax
consolidated net income if  such net income  for the fiscal  year equals 20%  or
more  of the average common shareholders equity  for such year and an additional
one percent of such  consolidated net income  which is in excess  of 20% of  the
average common shareholders equity for such year.

    The  Company offers a  Financial Security Plan for  substantially all of its
senior  managerial   and  executive   employees,  including   officers  of   its
subsidiaries.  The Plan includes disability benefits under certain circumstances
and death benefits payable to beneficiaries for  a period of ten years or  until
the  participant would have attained age 65, whichever last occurs. Participants
who retire  at or  after attaining  age  65 (age  60 in  the case  of  executive
officers) will be entitled to a supplemental retirement benefit. In the event of
termination  of  employment under  certain circumstances  following a  change in
control (as defined  in the  Plan), a  participant will  be deemed  to be  fully
vested  in any supplemental  retirement benefit, without  reduction, provided by
the Plan.

1994 STOCK OPTION GRANTS

    The following  table  sets  forth  certain  information  concerning  options
granted  during the  fiscal year  ended May 31,  1994 to  each executive officer
named in the Summary Compensation table under the Company's stock option plans.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                                                                            VALUE OF ASSUMED
                                                 % OF TOTAL                               ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
                                                  OPTIONS      EXERCISE                    PRICE APPRECIATION
                                     NO. OF      GRANTED TO     OR BASE                   FOR OPTION TERM(%)(2)
                        CLASS OF    OPTIONS     EMPLOYEES IN   PRICE PER    EXPIRATION    ---------------------
NAME                      STOCK    GRANTED(1)       1994       SHARES($)       DATE       0%     5%       10%
- - - ----------------------  ---------  ----------   ------------   ---------   -------------  ---  -------  -------
<S>                     <C>        <C>          <C>            <C>         <C>            <C>  <C>      <C>
Robert D. Rogers......   Company      --           --            --             --        --     --       --
Richard M. Fowler.....   Company     16,500        18.9%       24.0625     July 14, 2003  -0-  249,691  632,766
Melvin G. Brekhus.....   Company      --           --            --             --        --     --       --
Tommy A. Valenta......   Company      --           --            --             --        --     --       --
Robert C. Moore.......   Company     11,500      13.2%         24.0625     July 14, 2003  -0-  174,027  441,018
<FN>
- - - ------------------------
(1)  Options become exercisable in annual  installments beginning one year  from
     the date of grant.

(2)  The  dollar amounts under these columns are the result of calculation at 0%
     and at the 5% and 10% rates  set by the Securities and Exchange  Commission
     and  are not intended to forecast  possible future appreciation, if any, of
     the price of  the Company  stock. The Company  did not  use an  alternative
     formula for a grant date value as it is not aware of any formula which will
     determine  with reasonable accuracy a present value based on future unknown
     or volatile factors.
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>
OPTION EXERCISES AND YEAR-END VALUES

    The following table  provides information concerning  each option  exercised
during  the 1994 fiscal year  ended May 31, 1994 by  each of the named executive
officers and the value of unexercised options held by such executive officer  on
May 31, 1994.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        VALUE OF
                                                                                   NUMBER OF           UNEXERCISED
                                                                                  UNEXERCISED         IN-THE-MONEY
                                                                               OPTIONS AT FISCAL    OPTIONS AT FISCAL
                                                      NUMBER OF                     YEAR END           YEAR END(1)
                                                       SHARES                  ------------------  -------------------
                                         CLASS OF    ACQUIRED ON     VALUE        EXERCISABLE/        EXERCISABLE/
NAME                                      STOCK       EXERCISE    REALIZED($)    UNEXERCISABLE        UNEXERCISABLE
- - - -------------------------------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  ------------------  -------------------
<S>                                    <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>                 <C>
Robert D. Rogers.....................  Company           56,243      473,044     20,000/30,000       358,700/538,050
                                       Chaparral            -0-       --         66,000/24,000             --
Richard M. Fowler....................  Company           16,872       87,980      4,000/22,500       37,260/193,046
                                       Chaparral            -0-       --         35,000/15,000             --
Melvin G. Brekhus....................  Company              -0-       --          2,000/11,000       18,630/103,425
Tommy A. Valenta.....................  Company              -0-       --          2,000/11,000       18,630/103,425
Robert C. Moore......................  Company              -0-       --          4,000/17,500       37,260/151,484
                                       Chaparral            -0-       --          16,000/9,000             --
<FN>
- - - ------------------------
(1)  Computed  based upon the difference between aggregate fair market value and
     aggregate purchase price.
</TABLE>

                                       8
<PAGE>
PERFORMANCE GRAPH

    The Company has  two major  business segments --  a cement/concrete  segment
operating  under Texas  Industries, Inc.,  and a  steel segment  operating under
Chaparral Steel Company, an 81%-owned  subsidiary of the Company. The  Company's
consolidated  financial  statements  include  the  accounts  of  Chaparral.  The
following chart compares  the Company's cumulative  total stockholder return  on
its  Common  Stock  for  the  five-year period  ended  May  31,  1994,  with the
cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index
(the "S&P Stock"), the Standard & Poor's Steel Index (the "S&P Steel Group") and
a Cement Peer  Group comprised of  the Giant Group,  Ltd., LaFarge  Corporation,
Lone  Star Industries, Inc., Medusa Corp.  and Southdown, Inc. (the "Cement Peer
Group"). These comparisons assume the investment of $100 on May 31, 1989 and the
reinvestment of dividends.

                             TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
                              FISCAL YEAR-END 1994

EDGAR REPRESENTATION OF DATA POINTS USED IN PRINTED GRAPHIC

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
             Texas Industries,
                   Inc.            S&P 500   S&P Steel Group    Cement Peer Group
<S>        <C>                    <C>        <C>               <C>
1989                100              100          100                  100
1990                 74              117           95                  115
1991                 72              130           86                   85
1992                 81              143           99                   97
1993                 78              160          149                   99
1994                111              166          168                  137
</TABLE>

                                       9
<PAGE>
                      REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
                           ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

    The Compensation Committee of  the Board of Directors  is composed of  three
non-employee  directors.  The  Committee  establishes  the  general compensation
policies of the Company  and the compensation plans  for executive officers.  It
also  administers the Company's Stock Option  Plan. The Company's Benefit plans,
such as the Company's Retirement Plan and group insurance plan, are administered
by the Company's Human Resources Department.

    GENERAL.  The objective of the Company's management compensation program  is
to  (i) attract  and retain  highly qualified  and productive  individuals; (ii)
motivate such individuals;  and (iii) align  their interests with  those of  the
Company's  shareholders by  building long-term  value and  thereby improving the
return to the Company's shareholders. The program provides for competitive  base
salaries,  annual bonus  opportunities, long-term  incentives in  the form  of a
rolling three-year  incentive  plan,  stock  options  and  competitive  benefits
including  health, life and disability insurance, vacation, a Financial Security
Plan  and  a  savings  and  defined  contribution  retirement  plan.  Typically,
executives receive annual performance reviews. Such reviews cover considerations
such   as  revenue   generated,  operating   profit,  return   on  assets,  cost
improvements, operational efficiency, safety, customer service, and  cooperation
with  other employees, depending on the  responsibilities of the executive. Only
the Chief  Executive  Officer  of  the  Company  is  subject  to  an  employment
agreement. All other executives are employed as employees at will.

    COMPENSATION   ELEMENTS.     The  executive   officers'  total  compensation
opportunities consist of three basic elements -- salaries, annual incentives and
long-term incentives. Annual and long-term incentives are a significant  portion
of total compensation and are strongly linked to financial performance.

    SALARIES.   Approximately 45%  of the total  compensation opportunity for an
executive other than the chief executive is composed of salary. Salaries of  the
Company's  executive  officers are  determined  by the  chief  executive officer
within  the  general  compensation   policies  established  by  the   Committee.
Subjective  criteria, such as the  impact the executive has  on the Company, the
skills and experience required by  the job, individual performance and  internal
equities  are  considered in  determining  salary levels.  Quantitative relative
weights are not assigned to the  different criteria nor is a mathematic  formula
followed.  Salaries are also reviewed periodically  and compared to industry and
geographic salary  surveys to  assure that  they are  in line  with  competitive
market  levels. During the  year, the salaries  of the Vice  President -- Cement
Production and the Vice President -- North Texas Concrete/ Cement Marketing were
increased to  what  was considered  to  be an  appropriate  level based  on  the
criteria  mentioned above. Also during the  year, the Company eliminated certain
perquisites  and   adjusted  the   compensation  of   the  affected   executives
accordingly.  The Company  may at times  suspend or limit  salary increases when
operating performance of the Company will not support such increases.

    ANNUAL INCENTIVES.  For fiscal year 1994, the Company adopted business  unit
incentive  plans for  executives and employees  (other than  the chief executive
officer and those participating in production incentive plans) of the  Company's
cement/concrete  segment. The primary criterion for incentive payments under the
plan was the achievement  of specified levels  of rate of  return on assets  for
each  of the  four business units,  and overall  for the entire  segment, with a
threshold level below which no incentives were paid. Target incentive levels are
not established for  individual executives,  rather they  are the  same for  all
executives  to foster a team based approach.  In 1994, the threshold levels were
exceeded by three of the four  business units and by the entire  cement/concrete
segment  enabling executive officers to earn  an annual incentive equal to 22.7%
of their salaries. Approximately 10%  of the total compensation opportunity  for
an executive is based on an annual incentive.

    LONG-TERM  INCENTIVES.   Long-term incentives  are provided  under a rolling
three-year executive incentive  plan and  the Company's stock  option plan.  The
Compensation  Committee annually recommends  for Board of  Directors approval an
executive incentive plan for the ensuing  three fiscal years of the Company.  To
realize  an annual  incentive award  under the plan,  the Company  must reach or

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<PAGE>
surpass a return  on assets threshold  for the cement/concrete  segment for  the
three-year  period. If the minimum three-year threshold is reached, an executive
can earn an incentive award ranging from 10% to 120% or more of the  executive's
base   salary,  based  on  the  rate  of  return  on  assets  achieved  and  the
recommendation  of  the  chief  executive  officer  based  on  this   subjective
evaluation  of the  executive's individual  performance. The  Committee believes
that the  rolling  three-year plans  focuses  plan participants  on  growth  and
profitability  for the Company. The return on asset threshold established by the
Committee for the rolling three years ending with the Company's 1994 fiscal year
was achieved  and  the  Company's  executive  officers  were  awarded  incentive
payments equal to 20% of their salaries.

    The Committee believes that ownership of the Company's stock is an important
element  of its executive compensation program. When granted under the Company's
Stock Option Plan, stock options have exercise  prices of not less than 100%  of
the  fair market  value of  the Company's  Common Stock,  on the  date of grant,
become exercisable 20%  after one  year, 40% after  two years,  60% after  three
years,  80% after four years and 100% five years after grant, and all expire not
more than ten years after grant. Unlike cash, the value of a stock option  award
will  not be immediately realized  and will be dependent  on the market value of
the Common Stock in the future; thus, the option not only provides the executive
an incentive for years after it has been awarded but ties this incentive program
directly into increasing  shareholder value. Stock  options also strengthen  the
ability  of the Company  to attract, motivate and  retain executives of superior
capability required to achieve the Company's business objectives in an intensely
competitive environment. Options are granted under guidelines established  under
the  general compensation policies  of the Company. An  executive is targeted to
have between two to  four times annual salary  in accumulated options priced  at
the   time  of  grant.  Approximately  45%  of  the  executive  officer's  total
compensation opportunity consists of long-term incentives.

    CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER  COMPENSATION.    The  Chief  Executive  Officer's
compensation  was established after a review  of the salaries of chief executive
officers of similar companies  in the Company's lines  of business and on  other
companies  of  comparable sales  and capitalization,  and  contains both  a base
component and an incentive  based on the consolidated  results of the  Company's
steel and cement/concrete business segments. The Chief Executive Officer did not
earn  an incentive award in fiscal year 1994. The Chief Executive Officer's base
compensation was  higher in  1994 than  1993 because  of the  difference in  the
market value of the stock component of his base compensation.

    TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.  Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue  Code  generally  limits  the  corporate  deduction  to  $1  million for
compensation paid to a person who on  the last day of fiscal years beginning  on
or after January 1, 1994 is either the Chief Executive Officer or among the four
most  highly compensated officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, except
for qualified performance-based compensation. The Company's Stock Option Program
currently qualifies  as  performance-based  compensation  under  IRS  transition
rules.  The  annual and  medium  term incentive  plans  and the  Chief Executive
Officer's incentive are  based on  performance measures  but do  not qualify  as
performance-based  under  proposed  tax regulations.  At  this time,  it  is not
anticipated that any Company executive will receive any compensation in 1995  in
excess  of the limit. Therefore, during 1994,  the Committee did not take action
to comply with such limit.

                                                    RICHARD I. GALLAND, Chairman
                                                ROBERT ALPERT, GORDON E. FORWARD

                                       11
<PAGE>
                             SECTION 16 COMPLIANCE

    Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 generally  requires
the Company's directors and executive officers and persons who own more than 10%
of  a registered class of the Company's equity securities ("10% owners") to file
with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission and  the New  York Stock  Exchange
initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock
and  other equity securities  of the Company.  Directors, executive officers and
10% owners are required by the Securities and Exchange Commission regulation  to
furnish  the Company with  copies of all  Section 16(a) forms  they file. To the
Company's knowledge, based solely on review of copies of such reports  furnished
to  the Company and  written transaction reports of  its Directors and executive
officers that no other reports were required to be filed during the 1994  fiscal
year,  all  Section  16(a)  filing  requirements  applicable  to  its Directors,
executive officers  and 10%  owners were  complied with,  except that  Ralph  B.
Rogers  filed a late report covering the  gift of shares of the Company's Common
Stock.

                         INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

    Ernst & Young were  the Company's independent auditors  for the last  fiscal
year  and will continue to be for the  current year. A representative of Ernst &
Young will attend  the Shareholders' Meeting;  and although such  representative
does not intend to make a statement to the Shareholders, he will be available to
respond to any relevant questions of the Shareholders.

                                 ANNUAL REPORT

    A  copy of  the Company's Annual  Report for  the fiscal year  ended May 31,
1994, is  being  mailed to  each  Shareholder of  record  along with  the  proxy
material,  but  is  not to  be  considered as  a  part of  the  proxy soliciting
materials.

                           1995 SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

    Proposals of  Shareholders  intended to  be  presented at  the  next  Annual
Meeting  of  Shareholders  presently scheduled  for  October 17,  1995,  must be
received by the  Secretary of  the Company  not later than  May 1,  1995, to  be
eligible for inclusion in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to that
meeting.

                                 OTHER MATTERS

    At  the date of this  Proxy Statement, the Board  of Directors was not aware
that any matters not referred to in this Proxy Statement would be presented  for
action  at the Meeting. If any other matters should come before the Meeting, the
persons named in the accompanying proxy will have the discretionary authority to
vote all proxies in accordance with their best judgment.

                                           By Order of the Board of Directors,
                                                     ROBERT C. MOORE
                                                        SECRETARY

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<PAGE>

                          FOR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
                            TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
           PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OCTOBER 18, 1994

               THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The undersigned hereby appoints ROBERT ALPERT, GERALD R. HEFFERNAN and
ROBERT D. ROGERS, or any of them, attorneys and proxies, with power of
substitution and revocation, to vote, as designated on the reverse side
hereof, all shares of stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote, with
all powers which the undersigned would possess if personally present, at the
Annual Meeting (including all adjournments thereof) of shareholders of Texas
Industries, Inc. to be held on Tuesday, October 18, 1994 at 9:30 A.M. at The
Ballpark in Arlington, 1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington, Texas.


         (THIS PROXY CONTINUES AND MUST BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)

                                                                    See Reverse
                                                                        Side

<PAGE>

                                                                 /X/ PLEASE MARK
                                                                      YOUR VOTES
                                                                       AS THIS

TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RECOMMENDATIONS JUST SIGN
BELOW; NO BOXES NEED TO BE CHECKED

                 ------------
                    COMMON

- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEM 1
- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item 1 - Election of Directors (see reverse).

  FOR all nominees
(except as specified
       below)

        / /

    WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
to vote for all nominees
     listed at right

        / /

Gordon E. Forward and Ralph G. Rogers to serve in a class of directors with a
term expiring 1997.

(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for an individual nominee write that
nominee's name on the space provided below.)

________________________________________________________________________________


Item 2 - To transact such other business that may properly come before the
meeting.



This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by
the undersigned. In the absence of such instructions this proxy will be voted
FOR the nominees listed in Item 1 and FOR the Proposal in Item 2.

- - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Signature(s)_________________________________________   Dated:____________, 1994

(Sign exactly as name(s) appear above. If shares are held jointly each holder
should sign. If signing for estate, trust or corporation, title or capacity
should be stated.)

Please date, sign and return this Proxy in the enclosed business envelope.


<PAGE>            FOR SHARES OF $5 CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK
                             TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC.
             PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OCTOBER 18, 1994
                 THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned hereby appoints ROBERT ALPERT, GERALD R. HEFFERNAN and ROBERT
D. ROGERS, or any of them, attorneys and proxies, with power of substitution
and revocation, to vote, as designated on the reverse side hereof, all shares
of stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote, with all powers which the
undersigned would possess if personally present, at the Annual Meeting
(including all adjournments thereof) of shareholders of Texas Industries, Inc.
to be held on Tuesday, October 18, 1994 at 9:30 A.M. at The Ballpark in
Arlington, 1000 Ballpark Way, Arlington, Texas.


         (THIS PROXY CONTINUES AND MUST BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE)

                                                                    See Reverse
                                                                        Side


<PAGE>




TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS'           -----  PLEASE MARK
RECOMMENDATIONS JUST SIGN BELOW; NO BOXES NEED               | X |  YOUR VOTES
TO BE CHECKED                                                -----  AS THIS


          -----------------------------
          $5 CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK


             THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ITEM 1

Item 1 - Election of Directors (see reverse).

  FOR all nominees         WITHHOLD AUTHORITY         Gordon E. Forward and
(except as specified    to vote for all nominees     Ralph B. Rogers to serve
       below)                listed at right          in a class of directors
       -----                    -----                with a term expiring 1997.
       |   |                    |   |
       -----                    -----

(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for an individual nominee write
that nominee's name on the space provided below.)

- - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Item 2 - To transact such other business that may properly come before the
meeting.


This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein
by the undersigned. In the absence of such instructions this proxy will be
voted FOR the nominees listed in Item 1 and FOR the Proposal in Item 2.





Signature(s)_________________________________________ Dated:____, 1994

(Sign exactly as name(s) appear above. If shares are held jointly each
holder should sign. If signing for estate, trust or corporation, title or
capacity should be stated.)
Please date, sign and return this Proxy in the enclosed business envelope.



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