San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-01-03
TUESDAY, JANUARY, 3, 1888.
THE CITY'S MOVEMENTS.

San Antonio was making time all last
year and catching the step OF progress
This year all signs indicate that she will
hear the cOmmand-FOrward March /!
and keep glad step to the music OF In
dustTisl improvement, the buge call for
which has been rung In her ears for b
decade. All things are ready. The
natural advantages OF her location arr
the wonder and the admiration OF all
who visit her and become in any manner
acquainted with her resources OF soil
mineral products, manufacturing posi-
bilitles. commercial enterprise and al
else that enters into the sum total al
what must make the future and the for
tune OF any city whose people are Intel
ligentIy alive to her possibilities. The
changes have been rung from day
TO day for year past upon al
that San Antonio is and upon all thai
she is not; upon what she might become
and upon what she has not; upon her
small advance compared to her gresr
advantages and Unreasonable pOssibili-
tee. These things have been so Offer
pointed out In these columns that II
seems needless work to repeat them.
Still, the pure mind must be stirred up
again and again by way Of remember
ance. The wheel horses who have been
bearing their full weight into the collar
for the past few months must be rein
forced by others. The leaders must
straighten their traces and more teams
must come into harness. The work
opens brightly, auspiciously this
year. No man looking over the
field, noting the spirit Of today,
contrasting 1t with that of one year ago,
and critically drawing the lines OF de-
mercation, but will see vast improve
ment in the tone OF this city. The silent
persistent work Of the citizens improve
ment committee, the work OF the board
of trade, more recently organized, the
more hopeful tone OF the street CONVEX
sation, the criticisms OF the press-all
have their bearings. their influence, and
In their measure help along the work OF
increase. The projects now before this
city are OF immense importance. The
extension of the lines Of railway commu-
nicatiOn into the Texas panhandle is the
most important work that could have
been laid before the people OF this city
1t will recover to them all the trade LOST
through the opening up OF the east and
west lines OF railway TO the north Of US
and add many fold to that trade, by Civ
ing us commercial control Of regions YET
beyond, and opening the old territory tC
population and production Of raw
material q hundred fold greater thar
in the earlier days. The GENERALIZATION
of the interests of all south western Tex.
es, and the movement to harmonic al
her divergent efforts and bring the united
force OF all to bear upon what is so clear
ly seen to be for the interests OF all, II
one of the most sensible moves evel
made in this city. The results canno
Of necessity be now correctly approx
mated. So great possibilities lie Within
the compass OF southwest Texas wher
she puts forth the combined power ant
strength Of her mighty empire that the
outcome must be largely left to the i'm
agiDation. Certain it lie that there arr
possibilities OF growth through natura
development, stimulated, fostered ant
directed by judicious, concerted effort
such as few OF our most sanguine oiti
zens even dream. San Antonio stands
fronted towards these possibilities today
as never before and on herself In verI
large measure depends the future which
awaits her. That she will grow 10 pros
perity is necessity, no v rapidly depends
upon herself.