San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-07-13
TEXAS CROPS AND RAILROADS
A Splendid Showing for a Large Harvest -,
Huntington Llne and European Trade.

A Splendid Showing for Large Har,s-n.
Huntington Llns and European Trad,. "
Mr.. Ed. Wicke,, of San Apto,;.
Texas. arrived in New York yestera,,
and answered the questions about n.
crops in that state to this effect: sWs
have had one of the greatest wear.
Texas has ever known, and what tsn
you about it is not matter Of guess.
work, but of fact, because our crons
are gathered, measured up, and Wa
know just what they are. The oats
the corn and the rye are finished with
us, our season being much more for.
ward than yours in the north. Va
have got yield of about twenty-five
bushels OF wheat to the acre, whereve,
planted, and our oats cropis something
immense, running from 70 to 125 bush.
to the acre. There is both food "a,
horse and man-oats and oatmeal. We
shall have full crop OF corn beyond
all contingencies, running from As to
60 bushels to the acre. The backward
season has little retarded our corn,
but we consider that no harm has been
done. The cotton is standing elegantly
and gives the very best promise. It's
a little backward, too, but we anticipate
no trouble with it. So Texas is show
ing ont magnificently this year, and
there is so much of her that when she
comes out strong itmeans great DEAL
'"What developments are going on
in Texas since I was there last Febru.
airy, Mr.. Wickes?"
"The latest thing is line of eighteen
new steamships to be put on from Eng.
land to the Texas trade, to bring emf.
grants out to us and take cotton, grain,
ores, cattle, etc. I saw the agent in
England of this line before l left Tex.
as, and he told me that when he was
ready, which would be in very little
while, he would astonish Texas with
the quantity OF things he meant to
throw in there. The very best we have
is German, except only that northern
immigration which comes in from Iowa,
Minnesota, Arkansas, ETC., by way Of
Dallas"
Glow are the railroads going on in
Texas?"
"Well, Huntington's road, from San
Antonio through to Ell Paso, will be
opened early next year. The railroad
from San Antonio to the Rio Grande
has been pushed 100 miles into Mexico,
and next spring it will be into Monte
rey. But Mr.. Gould has stopped
building on his line in Mexico for the
present. 1t was supposed that the Pal
mer railroad was also going to come to
O stop, but that raised the wind and are
going forward"
els Huntington the principal spirit
in the railroad toward Ell. Paso?"
Huntington and Pierce. Pierce is
the man we come in contact with more
DIRECTLY in Texas, land he has very great
standing with us. He was dry goods
merchant in Boston, who went into
railroads and he has the best roads, l
suppose, in Texas. Huntington CO.
operates with him. I am told that
these gentlemen mean to bring all the
wheat of California over that railroad
which has very low grades, and ship IL
to Europe from Texas"
when you say Texas, suppose you
mean New Orleans, Mr.. Wickes|
well, it is the same thing. Either
New Orleans or Galveston will be the
enterport to Texas. We are so close 70
New Orleans by rail that it makes no
great difference to us whether & our l
produce goes out there or at uAi'
weston, Everything about Galveston .
depends on whether they can ee'
enough water. They are working OIL
the lefty diligently, and have gone
some depth already. They rely vs ebs
Ioroalv on the securing power OF INC
northers to scoop the channel O ou
through the jetties. 1t is to some "a "a
tent experimental, and we are all l1O IA
ing on hopefully. If we don't geNS Nm AZ
the water we want there we nave Nes
Orleans, anyhow.-Gath, IN C'"c"'