San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-12
TEXAS AN EMPIRE.
New The harvsisss Ds.slns OF Ts1.. A.. n,
Developed This Year. arc Bsils

developed This Year. Ds'as
Galveston News
A trip through Texas at the n,s..,,,
season of the year will show the 0,s.,
commonwealth to excellent advan s1'
1t is q marvellous domain. Tboss u
customed to judging of the state ' t,o ae,
what they read about il can nUiu
form a faint idea Of what is real,S y
progress. Moderately fair not;on ~
can, of course, be formed of what =
going on in Texas by those who m. -
depend entirely upon studying amy
searching closely the current literat hus
of the day upon the subject. Su,
nothing approaching exact estimate
of the states wonderful growth csn
be obtained short of actual observe wa
ton. The cities of the state are en-.
evidences of the march of improve '
ment. Galveston, Houston, San An.
tonic, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco
Austin and Brennan are more imms'
diately representative of the business
energy which invigorates the whole
state. The towns along the Central
railroad, from Hampstead to DENIM.
son, are busy and business like also.
so are those upon the line of the Sun.
set road from Houston to San Ante.
MO, while the new country opened bv
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe and
the Fl. Worth and Denver CITY rail.
roads, from Richmond, over the Bra.
EOS, to Wichita Falls, on Upper Red
River, is strong with thriving and
prosperous communities. The popu.
lation of the state must be increasing
very fast, and its wealth is being ad.
ded to in an unprecedented measure
On the Austin Branch of the Inter.
national and Greet Northern, from
Palestine to San Antonio, a fine ratio
of improvement is discernable in all
the settlements of that prosperous
section. West from Fort Worth, on
the line of the Texas and Pacific, from
Fort Worth to Colorado City, a SINH.
lar spirit of thrift, push and enterprise
is observed; which is also the case on
the line of the Missouri Pacific from
Taylor to Denison and from DEM.
son to Mineola. The same may be
said of the towns and settlements on
the Texas and Pacific from Marshall
to Fort Worth, and on it's transcond.
mental branch from Sherman to Tex.
arkana. There has never been any.
thing like it in the history of the state.
The whole country is in glow Of
prosperity, which is felt from Denison
to Laredo, and from Texarkana to Ell
Paso. D., To enumerate specifically
would burden newspaper article.
Crop prospects throughout the state
are again excellent. The past season
was fruitful one in all directions,
and the present promises equallywe
In North Texas there has been some.
what too much rain for small grain,
but the corn crop is magnificent In
this section it is somewhat late, but
very promising. From Brennan, on
the line of the Santa Fe, running its
entire length to Fort Worth, and be-
You'd, on the line of the Fort Worth
and Denver road, to beyond Decatur
the whole country is cultivated like a
market garden, and crops OF all klna
never looked better. In Central lex
as corn is good and cotton well ad
vanced and looking fine. In Eastern
and Northeastern Texas the crops are
beyond an average. In some parts
Southern and Southwestern Texas
the corn crop has certainly been cut
short by drough, but even here The
seasons have been partial, as some
portions of the country shows go0a
corn. Cotton throughout Southern
and Southwestern Texas IS spotteu
from the same cause, although the
general outlook for this.plant is faVOl.
able for moderate yield in even sns
unpromising districts. Grass is 1 nhs
in all sections and cattle fat. Ilt
value of exports from the state St, e., =,
Texas during the past year will PREF sS
closely to $12O,00O,000. The oulioTn
for the season ahead promises no la a..
ing off. This sum represents Wv
products of the state for export HUI ~.
which an idea may be CLEANED OF w
entire agricultural and R pa ,l,a.
wealth of the grand state. Inc m
terial situation in Texas is Slmp'
amazing in its Superabundance'