The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-01
LOCAL NEWS.
"GIFF" AT LAREDO.
Enterprise VIII TeiI-PersonaIs and other
Itema


For genuine grontier enterprise the City
Council of Laredo takes the cake" II has
ordered the issuing of $4,000 per cent. 30
year bonds, to be sold at not less than par for
general Improvement purposes-including n
$4,000 school house, a city hospital, market
house and city hall, grading and graveling the
principal streets, planting of trees and erection
of attractive fountains In public plazas, etc,
and should this amount not be sufficient they
viii order the issuing of more. The present
administration is unit, and propose to make
Laredo the attractive city of all the Rio Grande
The financial condition Of Laredo is gilt
edge; no Indebtedness aud taxes only 4 of
per cent. On the new enterprises inaugurated
She "holds good hand" and when IL comes to
a draw" she can play winning cards. For
the privilege of the bridge she receives. cash,
in 10 years $4,000, with privilege of purchase
at end of this time at appraised value, which
she will in all probability do, making IL n free
bridge In the water works enterprise she
takes 100 hydrauts at SIS each per annuIn, also
holding purchasing privilege at end of 10
years. In the gas works enterprise she takes
100 street lamps, distributed over five miles of
main pipes at $3.50 per lamp per year, holding
privilege of purchasing at expiration OF III
years.
The city is now Offering $1,000 acres of good
land for sale at auction ON June IL, on two,
four and six years time. drawing per cent.
interest, situated IL miles below the city, front
ing on the Rio GUnde. No bid will be enter
tanned for less than 81 per acre. To man up
a tree, the above would look like n pretty fair
showing and guarantees for Laredo great
success. / will put 1t 1900 people and two
more railroads in five years
Mr.. PatriciO Milmo is in from his mine TO
spend day or two.
Hon. John Hancock, of Austin, passed
through here yesterday In company with an
English capitalist on their way to Corpus
Christi and Captain Kings cattle rancho. They
will investigate Aransas Pass before returning
The Judge will prove good subject for an in
terView on his return on the subject of more
water across the bar" When | was at Corpus
some three weeks ago investigated the water
across the bar business, aud IL was more than
| could stand; but possibly the water may be OF
Il better quality on Arkansas Pass.
The amateur theatrical last night under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid society, for the
benefit of the Episcopal church, was Il decided
success, both in character OF performance and
the receipts. The play, Esmeralda, was re-
markably well rendered for amateurs, aud was
duly appreciated by the audience. They give
another performance tonight with the caste
OF Toodles, after which they will spend the
evening in tripping the light fantastic.
Mr.. Edwin Il. Wilson, of Kansas City, Man
ager of the Texas Land and Cattle Company
limited, passed through here to-day on his way
home from an inspecting tour of one of the
company's ranches, purchased some time age
of Captain Kennedy. This company is nov
the largest in the State. IL has capital paiC
up stock of S3,0OOOOO, owns 100000 acres OF
land in their ranches, one in the coast county
one in the Panhandle, and one in the Indian
Territory, stocked with 10000 head of breed
ing cattle, and several thousand head of horses
and mules. They are improving their stock
every year by the importation of fine blooded
stock, and this year will pay over a 20 per cent
dividend. "GIFF."