The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-02-16

10 twenty miles mas oeen cu' W
towns. and are selling nearly as fast as
.bsv can show them and make out the
Jaaas the purchasers seeming eager 10
bnv before they are all gone, or as II they
yonId lose "a good thing" If they let an
other day pass. 30,
.tor,os or towns laid off III the brush or
in the mountains; GA the contrary they
80 foi- souare transactions, and no de-
cent or fraud has been enarseu 's"iN''
apy of the estate agents. .-..
This is the way it is dore; An estate
man either buys or gets the haholihg ol
q farm somewhere in the country, ABOUT
i may he. ten acres or two hundred the
rrore the better. He lays it OF INTO Town
lots. generally fifty feet font by lou ueeP'
he next laws off the streets ana ai4eys'
grubs no the orange trees NSoune VIZ"
3 600 ripe oranges on them, grape vince,
Iamons. English walnuts or whatever mo!
he in the way; grades up the streets
makes a good Sidewalk Oh oo'u slo'
with solid curbstOne ana cemenC WON,
He next pipes water through his ne" IoTn
and fixes hydrant upon each lot' III .tS
meantime other additions are beng laiu
eff and prepared on all sides OF hiu' anu
a strset railroad is built and running be
fore he can get his water pipes down
Once ready, all he has got to 90 Is W
"whoop it no." as they call 1t mere
The whooping up is done by naming
advertisements in the papers, by dcdgers
handed out by men and boys, by gresV
maps against wall, by floats with bands
of music driven with four or SIX hotses
with great sheets of white cloth on each
side and the ends, on which Is written III
large letters "Lots in Elysia are now on
sale" or "Grand auction sale of lots IN
the New Ceutralia Park this day at . P
M; free ride and free lunch; come one
come ALL" The horses will also be covered
with white sheets with the name OF the
new town. In short the whooping up Is
done to great perfection. l nave
visited a number of these new towns, anc
while il looks odd to see these long
straight and we'll graded roads and beau
tiful cement sidewalks running at RICH
angles through vineyards and groves o
oranges and olive orchards, can but ad
mire the pluck and spirit of a people whit
have brought about this state of things
WHAT HAS DONE IT!
The question is easily answred: NeN
men and new money. And these were oh
tained by advertising, writing books
keeping agents in the field who are skiIle
in the art of inducing immigration t
their country, and by arranging with rail
roads and excursion Offices for excursion
to their city.
Now, when it comes to a matter of fac
San Antonio has climate vastly superio
to Los Angeles, and western Texas gen
orally is better country for the man G
moderate means than any part of Cali
fornia. This is abundantly proven by tn
success of the immigrants from Engan
and Germany few years ago in grea
numbers; those in Texas are getting OF
Notwithstanding the two bad crop year,
while here not one has been found, SO fa
that has gained anything in this world
goods.
With the exception of seeing orange
and lemons upon the trees there is notl
ing more inviting about Los Angeles tina
about San Antonio, and the beautIfl
river and pleasant drives are altOgetht
wanting here. The cold, raw, misty al
especially at night, is rasping even on
we'll mans throat. San Antonio
reached from the northern and wester
states, where most of these stranger
come from, IN less than half the tim
and with less than half the money, al
the 1900 miles of dreary desert to /
passed over is avoided, Living in Sa
Antonio is better and cheaper than her
and oranges and lemons and apples are {
plentiful as here and as cheap; the be-
oranges here sell at 81 per dozen, an
their best apples come from the east an
sell at ~ cents per pound. There al
hundreds and thousands of families VIII
could afford and would prefer to spen
their winters nearer home and at less e.
pense if they knew of the many attra,
J tIons or even of such place as San Al
tonic. These awful storms and cold wave
of the north will drive thousands to tt
south every winter hereafter. They wi
come with the wild goose and in number
but little less. 1t is shame to let I'll
beautiful country both to the north an
south of San Antonio go unrecIaimed;
settled in small farms it would yield
large annual tribute to the city, and a
parties, city, country, settlers and raj
road make money by the settlement.
therefore advise You to
WHooP EN- UP.