San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-07-27
THE CITYS HONOR.

This week ends the days OF grace
given the citizens Of San Antonio TO re-
deem the pledges make for them by the
public spirited thirteen. or the $4,000
then remaining unsubscribed OF the
SlS0,OO0 required, less than One-fourth
has been pledged. There remains there
fore not less than from $4,000 to $685. 900
which must be secured this week If the
pledges made for the city are to be re-
deemed and its honor maintained. That
this is a question in no way involving
the interests OF the proposed extension
is true. The pledges made for the city
to the railway company were without
conditions, the thirteen who signed that
guaranty for the city became surety for
the requisite $4,000 and are so held by
the company. There are such things as
a sense of public honor and justice,
which in some minds weigh more pow
erfully than any mere monetary con-
alterations. 1t was upon this sense of
public right and mutual obligation that
selves the voluntary sponsors of the citi
zens who had as yet extended no aid to
the proposed railway extension; an ex
tension In which all were, or should be,
mutually interested as it was a public
enterprise from which all would reap
benefit.
The returns made, OF new subscrip-
tions, since the pledges were given by
the committee, relying upon the even
handed dealing Of their fellow citizens,
amount to less than one-fourth of the re-
quired $4,000. The committee, having
waited in vain for those who are still
delinquent in meeting their share OF the
expense necessary to secure this new
feeder to our commerce, have determined
to devote little more labor and valua-
BILE time to this work, that it may not be
said hereafter that San Antonio did not
act honorably by these sponsors for her
public spirit. The committee acting
upon the suggestion Of Mr.. A. Beckman
have concluded to start subscription
for small amounts. A corps Of twenty
five energetic young men will take the
field to-day ,districting the city between
them and making a thorough canvass.
Secretary l.. M. Gregory, Of the commit
tee, ia also on the war path with col
league and will stir up the pure minds
Of the dilstory and forgetful, by way OF
remembrance. Col. Belknap has already
raised more than his one-thir-
teenth Of the deficiency and thus
the work progresses. Saturday
night closes the month. What is to be
done by our citizens must be done be.
tween Low and then. With the first Of
August comes new deal. The COM
mittee will then have to bear the bur.
den Of all. dead weights as we'll as meet
their own liberal subscriptions, to say
nothing Of the weeks OF valuable tint
and unpleasant labor they have spent II
endeayoring to persuade others, fully al
able and more certain to be benefited
than themselves, to do their share IL
this work. San Antonio gets her north
west extension; gets it by the hardest
gets 1t by the self-sacrifioing ::labors Of
few men to whom this road will be of n,
more benefit than to hundreds OF gu
citizens who have not spent an hour o
their time nor given one dollar OF thei
money to aid an enterprise which is uni
versally accepted as promieing more re
suits to San Antonio than any other tina
could at this time be devised. 1t !
most devoutly to be desired that tn
four days remaining between now an
Saturday night will witness a NOR
hearty response to the claims the "libel
al thirteen" have upon the assistanc
OF their fellow citizens than has as ye
been shown. San Antonio owes it to hel
selfnot to secure public benefit lik
this at the expense Of few OIL citl
zens.
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