San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-10-25
SAN MARCOS,
Sltnatlon...Water-Power-.- business.
From the Extra FArH PEsss Revised

and noaltny, AZ we'll Us exempt iroIi
mud and dust From any point o
approach the view of the town is ver.
fine, resembling the Swiss villages o
the Alpine region, only lacking thu
towering mountains. AS long ago as
1875 resident celebrated her charms
and anticipated her future as follows
She holds, by Natures partial grace,
10 Texas broad, a peerless place
Here glorious river springs so bright,
As pure as heaven, as clear ~ light,
Her smiling plains and woodland bowers,
Vocal with birds and genmed with flowers,
Her mountains standing gnard around
All pOiut to her as chosen ground.
But not for natures charms alone
She stands contest from zone to zono.
Bat fer the worth aud truth os we'll
OF those who IN her precints dwell
Her valiant sons and daughter fair
In lovolinoss beyond compare
Their various gifts Of heart and mind.
OF manners simple. yet refined,
These give her yet higher claim
To noble and enduring fame.
Ban Marcos with prophetic eye
Thy future progress deScry,
Whom kindred souls shall thronRing como
To make ,hy lovely hHunts their homc
When all the wide spread prairies round
Shall smile as cultivated ground
When mansions fair shall line thy streets,
And grnce thy heights as country seats;
When ready art and shill shall bring
Tho vptarp of thv nstchlrsy unrnu
And forth the sparkling tribune pour.
AZ free rs light, at every door,
TIL streets and grounds are bright arrayed
In graceful Snrb OF grateful shade
Recalling Edcn's fruits and flowers
To charm the lingering summer hours;
when Learnings temples shall arise,
And cloudy columns pierce the skies
From mills aud factories Tar and near-
All this shall swiftly follow hero
The advent of tho Iron Horse
All this, and more, attends his oourse--
More than tho bard may write or dream
waits on the wondrous power Of steam:
God grant that ere another year
Hiswakening scream our wales may hear
We need scarcely say that much Of
the above anticipation has already
been realized, and the remainder ap-
pears to be in rapid state Of fulfil
ment. "Tho advent of the Iron Horse"
has revolutionizel the place. A new
era began with the fall of of 1880.
Since then old things have been
steadily passing away. The influx Of
kindred souls, the subiugation of
the widespread prairies round as
ground" the mansions fair
lining the streets, and grazing the
heights Us country seats, the bring
ing of the waters of ''her matchioss
spring" to every door; MI these an
ticipations for San Marcos and vicin-
ity are actually being realized. The
"Loarning's temples, the mills and
factories" "all this and more shall
swiftly follow here"--no further ques-
ton of it whatever.
But we are getting just n little
ahead of our story. We meant to
say word rs to our public schools.
Our school fund ut present is, I'M
wisely rs we think, dividodup among
the various private schools, whose
facilities for teaching the additional
number of free schoo! scholars are of
course inadequate, and though We
have n spacious public school house
which cost about $1,000, the conse-
uuence is that it stands vacant. We
hope however, ere another year, to
see our people take direct charge of
the public schools, rs they are auth
orized to do by law, and place them
upon an independent footing. The
funds are now we believe. sufficient
to extend the terms of such schools
TO probably six months in the year,
and the people OF corporate towns
and certain other school communities
are authorized By law 20 tax them
selves to continue the schools longer
if they SO desire. This is matter
Of the first importance to the
standing and reputation Of our town.
at home and abroad
The new Court House Is regarded
rs one Of the hardsomcst in design
and best built public buildings IN
the State. The material is stone.
found few miles distant Among
the other principal reccL: improve
mCnts are the three fine two story
stone buildings on TIC North side Of
tine plaza. built by Reynolds \ Daniel,
Hutchinson * Cover and q. W Don.
Alison X Co. respectively. Another
II the same sort j. vel advanced.
built hv W. D. Wood And there
are two oilers On the south s1e II
the square built by WA Giescn and
ii J. l. Green-an but the last
named built since 1SSl There crl
also good railroad FrC'-ht AMI Pas
z1ura- DcT5ts built siDce that date
the latter night new and veIy Land
some Be-5dcs tie husin les E
h5uses uuuar1us han q n q
Tllv1te reld,uoas have gone Mp CT
ar tslu- b1lli sd cvl1 ile co17,lrzts
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