San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-06-18

OOnsplcuOusly absent, Ine DullulnBs De-
ing modern in design and pleasing in
their general architectural features. The
same is true of the section houses, the
older of which have neat gardens around
them, the design being to have good
gardens and fruit trees surrounding each
section house along the line.
THE COUNTRY TRAvERsED.
The section of country lying between
this city and Floresvilie has been too
often described to need particular men
ton. The road follows the valley Of
the San Antonio river and runs through
the very garden of Texas. 1t has rich
soil. some good timber in the valleys, fine
rolling uplands, every square foot caps-
Bile OF profitable cultivation, and lying
to the eye as beautifully as any country
on Gods green earth. Excellent crops
of cotton and corn, even under
the primitive condition of Texas tillage
were rapidly left behind as we whirled
through the miles, now rafting over
bridge, now rushing through valley,
now rising over 4 ridge from which the
interminable miles OF rolling upland
and wooded valleys could be seen
stretching away in billowy greenness to
the far off horizon. The whole scene
was charming. The spirits rose with
every mile we travelled, and there was
but one expression of opinion concerning
the lands that lie between this city and
the Gulf belt, and that was an unquali-
fled acceptance OF their great fertility
under proper system OF agriculture.
The whole region of country lying south
OF San Antonio, for one hundred miles,
should be made the market garden and
fruit orchard of Texas. The soil may
be generally described as rich sandy
loan, varying in depth from one foot to
three feet Below this stratum Of clay,
yellow or reddish, OF from two to three
feet, and below this adobe clay until the
rock is reached. Floresville is building
up rapidly. Her new court house looms
up splendidly as you approach the en-
bryo city from the south, and there are
several private dwellings and business
blocks in course of construction
that would be decided acqui-
sition to any city in the state. The rail-
road has not given the city the 60 by as
is too often the case. The track skirts
the city within few blocks of its bust
ness center, the depot being distant
about half mile from the courthouse
al ~ tTNT
ment all along the road. Cotton fields
are now ready to bloom where last win
ter the ground was covered with thick
growth of small timber. Some idea of
the extent to which land is being cleared
for cultivation may be inferred from the
fact that since the opening of the road
for traffic this year over 300 carloads Of
wood have been shipped to San Antonio
frsm one station along the line.
JACKsoN's GULCH,
destined to be the great picnic grounds |
of the pleasure seekers of this city, % |
miles below town, contains the finest |
mineral springs in Texas. Seven differ
ent kinds Of mineral waters are found |
issuing from the sides Of the gulch with
in short distance of each other, while |
Just across the railway track from the |
springs Of water to be met with any |
where. The volume OF water flowing |
from this spring would fill twelve-inch |
supply pipe and is utilized by the rail-
way company for filling their tanks |
The water supply for railway purposes |
all along the line is good Tanks are |
placed all along the road, at a distance |
of from fifteen to twenty miles, for |
Whlcn the pumping Is uone Dy steam. |
lneIe aie %, alsU special taihs loI eInei
water mower Elmendorf station
about seventeen miles below town, is
turning OUT some OF the best pottery |
ana DrlcK ever seen IN thls state. Inc |
cray ID lnere, OF superior quallty, Is IN
eXhaustlDle quantities, ana II Is only |
question OF months when the Elmendort |
YARDS Will supplant the Laredo and |
otner Drlck yarus from when so oonsld-
cradle portion OF our building Drlck Is
procured.
Time does not admit OF more minute |
description OF places and localities, and |
their attractions. Sufhce 1t to say, that |
at Kennedy, hfty.nine miles below town. |
we resch the point at which the waco |
branch OF the San Antonio and Arkansas
Fsss ROAD diverges from the main line; |
al Iettus, eighty NILES lrom thls CITY, |
we reach the new stock yards Of the |
road, which are destined to corral more
cattle for this line than many men be-
heve Will ever go over the entire south
ern extension; walton, eight miles far
Their south, named after the wide-awake
sheriff OF Bee county, Is the finest natu-
raj location for a town between this city
and the gulf.
INTO BEEvILLE ON TIME.
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