San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-05-05
Trip to San Antonio.

Trip to San Antonio.
Or Saturday, the 3Oth ultimo, Local
and Wife, via the l. Il u. N. Il. H.,
were favored with a pleasure trip to aud
from San Antonio. The fields aud ma
tvs pastures present most inviting
appearance to the traveller, betokeniDg
prospects ot the practical aud bssu.iful.
As one leaves San Marcos. on either
side VI the track il spread u broad OK.
pause Of green embossed with flowers Of
every hue, and prevailing among them
are the purple verbeuu, blue an, mot.
tied lupln. yellow cactus, white and
pink primrose, aud numberless species.
10 places scattered in circular beds un
der the mes quit trees, the primroses
peep forth not ''prim"-ly ut oil, but as
it arranged for some gay festival, or to-
welcome the Queen Of May. The fields
Of corn, oats, and 10 places, OF rye, are
clothed in richest luxuriance and bid
fair bounteously to reward the husband :
man, Notwithstanding many drawbacks.
The lo.s OF corn by frost is much less
than might have been expected, the va,
cant hills have been restored aud tie
crop is growing rapidly. Acres and acres
of corn IRE from six iuches to u foot
high and looking splendidly. Near
Goodwin station it seems as It nature
had outdOuo herself in fanciful com.
miDgline OF live oaks. flowers. grain and
charming landscapes. Will some one
please inform III why these Eden-like
politudes are not utilized by immigrants?
1t cannot, certainly. be for want OF fer.
tile soil. Intervening SO many excel.
lent markets. there appears to be no
field more inviting for agricultural en- =.
tcrprise.
When ut New Braunfels we had the
pleasure of meeting that sterling bust
mesa man, Mr.. Geo. Dilley. who, we un.
derstand. has taken the contract Of fur
nishine buildings. tanks. ETC., from San
Antonio to Mexico the work is sub.
let to Messrs Publ L. Sumpf, who will
proceed rapidly with the same. With.
out exaRgerstion it may be said Mr.. Dill
ley il one Of tho moving spirits OF Cen.
trail Texas. lie began with a foundry
Mt Palestine since then no has estAb-
lished his son Clarence at Georgetown,
+" FREQ ut machine works ut Tyler,
has assisted Indirectly in extending the
lumber business at San Marcos. and
now is pushing toward the Ri0 Grande.
Such mans Judgment il worth some
thing; aud when he tells Us that judy.
ing from other towns the prices OF prop
erty here are too high. We believe 1t; he
is right in saying that to become city,
San Marcos must thblish uIanulac
tures-to them ultimately it must look
tor strength aud revenue. AS we were
talking. the three story stone factory ut
New Brauniels showed what might be
done ut San Marcos. At davenport
station new depot is being built. After
lesving N. Is. we saw but one o: chard of
any size and few farms. One sees an
other new depot, and then comes long
stretch If rolling land with here aud
there rancho. When these thousands
Of vacant acres ale cultivated San An
tonic will hum with agricultural as we'll
us mercantile wealth. New buildings are
looming up in the outskirts Of San An
tonic. A metropolis seems TO have risen
from out the wilderness. The new de-.
pot will SOON b. completed; forty miles
Ut railroad iron are stacked up awaiting
the whistle. Construction cars ure run
ming nine miles west. The next move
is across the bridge Ovrr the Medina it
was to be completed the 2ud instant.
1t is not decided whether the road will
strike ut Laredo; come think it may
take n midway position between that
town and Eagle Pass. Every street 10
San Antonio is lined with new resi-
deuces aud stores. Barring the mar
row streets the city is . marvel OF beauty
and solid growth; tho buildings are OF
stone, ret off by many handsome three.
story wholesale houses. :. A. Is evi.
IDENTIFY ION BOOM" We met our legal
friend. l.. ID. Murphy, E-q, who is deep
in the mysteries Of land titles, and has
unlimited faith in the future Of his
adopted city. A visit to the Alamo. a
stroll by the river, a glance at San Pc
dro springs, and slight review Of old,
historic, and new. elegant churches, in
Cluulug IIiutiuB OUCc friu, MI 'hc
role Of sight seeing. The Episcopal ca
ihcdral IL Of stone and cost 81, 00O; the
stained riass windows. mostly memorial,
are exquisite works of art. The gov
crnmept has appropriated $2mOO0 for
military improvements. and this will be
their permsnent headquarters, A call
al the Express. EeeRisg Ligi ssd Times
Offices reveal progressive strokes 10 jour.
nalism. The press is well supported,
and the editors aud Publishers are vide.
awake. western men, full Of vim and
pluck. The admirable system II irri-
cation. frSt in.ururaird by the Je-uit
father. the usesndcring water. sf the
river. aud fairy like ssrdeus Il San An.
tonic rsnder i lovely riaee II rtsi
d,ncc. On Sandsy re bsde nev iriends
sdieu. aud sitter all we're mort charmed
., evening 20 sIrive .sfe'y ~ hone and
r~.'he eDcs more the pare, sweet air
e San Marcos.
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