San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-04-21
SAM MARCOS.


| SAM MARCOS.
In speaking of this beautiful little
city writers usually go into stch rap
sodies over its exquisite surroundings
its wonderful river and lovely hills
that very little place is left for any
thing practical. Leaving the beauty
the romance and poetry to those who
have gone before OF those who may
come after us we will look at it only
as commercial or business point.
Being the county seat of Hays coun
ty and situated on one of the most
important railroads Of Texas, the I. &
G. N, it could not fail in time, being
an influential place, but it has also
many other important factors that &c
to make upa substantial city. First
among these, it has a corps of live
business men, men with means and
enterprise; without these no place
no matter what its natural advan
tage-, N ever grow to be anything
81 me Of these citizens have grown up
here with .he town and Others have
ONE from a5ro al and settled here
rea ri lg TINT no place in western
Texas PRESENTS q fuirer field for com
mercial operations than San Marcos
This section of the country is one
Of the most fertile in Texas, produc-
:ng splendid crops OF corn, cotton and
small gra IL, and supporting some o.
5he finest stock i'll the state, of which
mention is made in another column
II this issue. Heretofore the greater
portion of these products was mar
ieted at cth.r points, but since the
advent Of the rallroad SIM Marcos has
II Will bece me the depot for all this
,urrorn ling country. The reasons
.or this are, San Marcos merchants
re widely known, as the most libe-
tal trading and reliable of any in the
wesj; the roads leaving here are gen
rally leye. and usually kept in good
sond tion, and last, though not least.
;he law-abid;ng and orderl characte,
of the citizens Of this town does mucL
20 attract business here. 1t is a vel
known fact that nothing drives trade
from a place more than disorder, and
violence, while order and harmony in
vite confidence and secure patronage.
San. Marcos being about half way
between Austin and San Antonio does
not interfere. nor is interfered with,
by either of these cities The town
mas it's own sources of trade which
have kept it fully up with the country
which il; supplies and on which it de-
pends. Evidences OF substantial thrift
ire to be seen on every hand-tht
pubic buildings are good, many OF
them of solid stone or brick and NOR
5ar The court house is Of stone as
is also the college, the Methodist
church is large BRICK building, the
Presbyterians, Christians and Episco-
paliaps have comodious frame church
ss,and the Baptists and Catholics own
sites On which they expect shortly to
ouild. ..-
The location of the town fer aplace
of residence is unsurpassed, eithei
ior beauty or healthfuness. On the
north it is protected from fierce "nor
Tiers by cedar-crowned hills, where
a ready some beautiful villas are be
ing built by wealthy citizens. The
plan IN winch the business portion
Of the town is built stretches away
md .tinitely to the south and west.
The streets run east and west in al
most direct parallels, commencing at
tle court house square or pubic pla
zL Some of these streets FAR out to
the west are built up with handsome
residences. San Antonio street, which
is wide and Level, illustrates what all
the avenues leading TO San Marcos
m ght become with little care Its
b ,autful cottages are surrounded by
gconps of immense live oak trees, cur
ined with the everywhere, sombre
grey moss, give one the impression of
beng in an old city. til one happens
TO remember the trees were probably
there century CO two before the CT
Ages we're
TIL EIgLR
To the cast Of the town runs the
San Marcos riva,E0w the chiefPrideof
The pace and no doubt at no distant
DIV to be cne # its principal sources
Of wealth This river LIS Deen de
seribed in Poetry and prJse by scores
q winters and vOu.d long ago Lave
l1ea an exhausted thene. but that Il
Is .nz-haustlble. NJ vTiteTor pant
q cln ever ID It justice as It i one
oi tllose eEsuislts Iaals.srIliec q Tie
CT Il Art.st Ehose work ID L1alan
h.ai ean evor T.,Tsoe.iiyizaita.e- The
river sprI1g bosls up and fo.-s out
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