The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-01

culiar meaning. lie says there Is no
reason to doubt the integrity and patriot
ism of every member, and suggests that
those who come after may improve on
the present. Considering the fact that
the wires were laid for Mr., Ireland ms
possible Senator. he could have broken
oil much larger chunk Of taily for the
members.
UNprR the head Of Texas Politics
the Kerens Light very truly says: alt
appears that Texas that has SO long
been staunchly Democratic Is soon TO
witness divisions, factions that have
hitherto been unknown In her history.
Now that the Democratic National adj
ministraiion appears to favor our Con-
gressional delegation, II displcases many
OF our State politicians who think that
they are entitled to some prciermenl.
At the next State election the existence
Of an administration faction will be made
manifest and there will be great OLSEN
tions in the old party ranks. Heretofore
the Democrats have had nothing to di-
vide them but now it is different
"MH. 4. T.. ATWNTLR, Secretary Of the
National Cattle association, who has
been making tour Of Texas" says the
New York sun. "estimatcs the loss of
cattle in the State this season at from ,
to > per cent. The closing Of the old
trail north will compel the owners to
throw much Of their surplus stock on
the market, which win depress the price
Of beef. The Texas ranges are over
stocked. Last year at this time over
$ 100000 worth Of contracts were held
by Texas runchmcn, hut this year not n
dollar, owing to the closing OF the trail.
Mr.. Atwater thinks the day Of free graz
ing in Texas about over. In the near
future stock raisers Will have to pasture
their herds on their own lands and cul-
tivate ground enough for fodder to carry
their cattle through the winter
An LAST has Texas been recognized by
the administration, and her $4,000 ma
iority indicated Ex-Governor Il. Il.
Hubbard, "Our Dick has been nom
mated ms Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenopotcntiary of the United
States to Japan. lie is in luck, for the
way the Offices were gong, llobson's
| choice would have been the alternative
in few weeks. W. W. Lang, Esq, is
another Texas man who has been nomi-
mated. and who is credited with the
Consulship at Hamburg, Germany. lie
was for number of years the head OF
the grange In Texas, and has been in
Europe for the past few years, ms the
emigrant agent of the southwestern
railroad system. The Texas plums are
slowly coming out of their shri Velet
condition, and "what are we here for
becoming n glorious reality.
"lr looks now" says the CuerO star
"as if the San Antonio and Gulf railroad
will be built at an early day, also that
the New York. Texas and Mexican rail
road will be extended from Victoria tC
Goliad. The building Of these road
will result in the material improvement
OF this section, in providing better ship
ping facilities for its products, and thu
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| ton. The business interests of Cuero
however, will suffer for n time on nc
count of the establishment of competing
trading points. and for this reason thOs,
most interested in the welfare of the
town should be up and doing. An ef
fort should be made to secure chang
in the course OF the san Antonio road
II the management could be induced (,
build to CuerO they could secure ever.
advantage to san Antonio that 1t Is like
ly to be gained by building to some pon
on the coast, while the number of mile
of road to be built would be only abou
one-hnlf. Cuero and the Gulf, Wester
! Texas and Pacific railroad would b
greatly benefited by connection wit
san Antonio. The country betwee
CuerO and san Antonio can not be SUI
passed for agricultural purposes an
is sufficiently advanced to render linan
cial aid in the building of such a road
THE Arkansas Pass and San Antoni
railroad and its proposed Northwestern
connection, has awakened the people {
the Northwest very positively. rh
Kerryille Eye says; "rhere is n
doubt but what the diret
tors of the Aransas Pass railroad mea
business, and that work will be con
+ menced on that part Of the road frol
San Antonio to the Gulf soon. Ii is ais
their intention to cont inue the line wei
! from san Antonio 100 to Fredericksburg
II seems to us that the Sunset Railrou
company that has already surveyed
line OF projected road from Lacoste ST
? ton to Castroville, thence up the Medil
valley to Bandera, through Bandei
Ipaag 10 IA nprvflla thanpa n
lupe and on to the Llano, will not stan
4. idle by, and see the Aransas Pass con
I pOny build their road to Fredericksburg
When the Sunset people see that ii
Aransas company mean to build, the
s will push their projected road out
this direction to completion. This lin
of the Sunset traverses far superb
G country, than any line from Frederick
e burg can possibly do. The suns
1, route will take in the fertile valley
the Medina and the town of Castrovil
= and Bandera, iraverses for nearly
miles the rich valley lands of the Quad
. lupe to Kerryille, and on to Juncti,
city; 1t is the route and the only rou
II that will serve the best interest Of Nor
/. west Texas, ms any one can see by
, glance at Il good map Of this section.
crosses nearly ut right angles all I
- most prominent public highways of I
o North and West to San Antonio. WheI
ms the route by Fredericksburg won
leave all the best land to the west of
e., would cost immensely more by havi
- to tunnel through huge mountains
reach that lager beer drinking tow
/ and through its entire length of
", miles but two towns would be touch,
ne Boerne and Fredericksburg, both r,
al hot Republican towns, aud we do /