San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-31

the principal place in Lower Califor'
MIA, but as yet no work has been done
except some preliminary surveying
1t is altogether possible that should
anything be done in that way that il
will be done by English capitalists.
Between this city and Los Angeles
a considerable rivalry exists, and
Misrepresentation of the one by the
other is the order of the day. On my
visit there was much amused at an
old resident of that place who con-
tended that our channel lead
ing into the port would not allow
two deep water vessels to go Ill
abreast or pass each other and that a
dozen vessels couldn't be accommo-
dated in the bay for anchorage.
Whereas, the truth is hundred of
the largest ships afioat could anchor in
the bay and still have ample room for
as many more, and the channel will
admit vessels drawing as much wa
ter as any entering New York or Bos-
ton harbors and more than two at a
time. He never had been here and
had failed to make himself acquaint-
ed with the real facts in the case.
Here Los Angeles is represented as
being in basin and having no drain
age and being almost continually
covered with dense fog. None of
which is true altogether. They have
fogs and in some localities the drain
age is bad but most of the city drains
itself readily and lies beautifully, and
has more beautiful homes and grassy
yards with semi-tropical shrubery
and evergreens than any place of its
size l ever saw. For a summer resi-
dence it is not as pleasant as San
Diego, as the days get very warm and
the nights quite cool, it being too far
inland to be affected readily by the
sea. Los Angeles has an abund-
ant water supply which this
ed through some of the streets in open
bitches and runs quite rapidly show
ing the fall to be sufficient for good
drainage.
The new Short Line Railroad be-
tween this place and Los Angeles
makes communication between the
two places easy, quick and pleasant;
the run is made in four hours and a
half; about half the distance along
the coast, and the remainder through
beautiful valleys, including the Santa
Anna, which is perhaps the largest
and most beautiful in Southern Cali
fOrnia. The wonder is that the first
railroad was not built over this route
instead of from Cotton. The latter
road comes over some of the worst
country for a railroad that can be
found and is subject to washouts, |
every year.
We have had one slight rain this
enough 10 lay the dust, and !
wash off the trees. The rainy season
does not usually set in here |
until after the middle of November,
but we are beginning to feel the eff
fects of cold weather north, in the !
cold nights and mornings and the in |
creased humidity of the atmosphere.
should rain come early the product |
would be greatly injured. The raisin
crop which is getting to be large and
valuable is wholly dependent upon |
the continuation of the dry weather
for success, so you see the Power that |
rules all things made the seasons and |
Ill other things to just fit one into
the other, the rain is withheld until |
the proper time, and then comes in
gentle showers until sufficient
amount is deposited to last for the
ength of time necessary for the fruits
% ripen and the grain harvested. Not
Ong since we were treated to gen
line thunder storm, which is like
snow in San Antonio. a thing of eX-
;eeding rare occurrence.
l trust that the fair enterprise in
San Antonio, which seems to be pro-
crossing favOrably, will be of sufficient
interest to warrant it's permanent es-
You could do nothing
better in the way of advertising your
section of the state. 1t is means of
giving at glance a view of your re-
sources, and it is to be hoped that no
Iittleness will find place in the man.
agement and that visitors and eXhioi-
tors will go away well pleased. All
San Antonio needs is a wise and pro-
gressive administration and more lib
erality on the part of her monied men
to make her one of the fairest cities in
Texas. never lose an opportunity to
put in a good word for the Alamo city.
Yours truly,