San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-12
ruAr NEW STREET RAILWAY.

ers of the LIGHT. That application
has been referred to committee of the
council on railways, telegraphs and
elephones, and it is understood that
this committee regard the project quite
favorably. 1t cannot be doubted that
the railway lines proposed would
open up very valuable and extern
sive tract of land for building pur-
poses, now practically shut out OF
market, and would add largely to the
taxable values of the city. The OBJ
iect of the projectors is to place the
property at the head of the river,
usually known as the McLane proper
ty in railway communication with the
pIazas and railway depots of the city.
They propose to build and operate an
extensive hotel at the head of the
river on the very slightly location
there, overlooking the city, and to fol-
low that in time with a sanitarium OF
the same character as that at jack
sonyille. Florida, and elsewhere, by
which such large numbers of northern
visitors have been drawn to southern
resorts for winter residence. This
proposed railway scheme, for which
right of way is asked. would open up
some three thousand acres of land for
building lots and afford to purchasers
choice of slightly properties that would
add greatly to the beauty OF our SUB
urbs so soon as improved, The inten-
ton is to operate the road by electric
motor and to make good time. The
storage battery motor, now coming 50
extensively into use, is the one pro-
posed, and the one which experiment
has demonstrated can be most eco
nomically and safely applied.
The LIGHT sincerely hopes that no
factional opposition will be made to
scheme so thoroughly in harmony
| with the progress of the city and SO
vital to her development. An ordi-
nance can be so framed as to protect
| every interest of the municipality,
and at the same time grant the
privileges asked in the very
strong petition presented the council.
This line will not be antagonistic to
the lines already laid and in success
full operation, but each will aid the
other. The city should see that the
| ordinance is so drafted as to protect
| her citizens and insure the completion
| of the line within a reasonable time,
| beyond this nothing more is needed.
| This work, the opening of street
railway line to the head of the river
and building large hotel and sani-
tarIum there. is one which is very i'm
portant to the present as well as the
future increase of this city. This
project is not the scheme of land BOOM
| h,DaI hnt iS tho OIltnnna OF
months of earnest work on the part OF
our own citizens who have 1elt the
need and understand the necessity
of increased hotel facilities and
the establishment of cOmmO-
dious sanitarium, If we are 10
draw here the thousands of winter
visitors that our climate entities us TO
expect, and the thousands OF 1nVallds
who would come here during the
severer seasons of the year were
good sanitarium established. The
names of good citizens, deeply inter-
ested in building up San Antonio are
on the charter roll of this company,
and not the names of foreign specu-
lators. There is no land boom in this
thing, but it is the contamination OF
a two years effort to secure possession
of the McLane property for the pur-
pose of building a large hotel and
establishing a sanitarium under such
competent medical supervision as will
commend it to the invalids OF
this contin ent. The rest is large
ly incidental to this, ana
follows in Its wake as a consequent
The opening of this electric motor line
and the building of this hotel which,
if the franchise is granted by the
council for right-ot-way, will be inn
mediately begun, will mark a new era
in the progress of this city. 1t will
help solve the question of hotel &C
commOdation for our next fair, and aid
in every way to fill our city with tenn
porary guests, and also with many
who will make it their permanent
home.
The judge in the TimesParnell case
is in IA quandary. He fines Edward
= Harrington, NJ. p, 81, 800 for contemp
) of court, and as Harrington refuses t.
7 pay the court must levy upon hi!
: property. All the property that Har
=. rington has to levy upon is his news
paper and presses in County Kerry
Ireland, and legal authority is of Opin
/ ion that the commission being specia
g has no jurisdiction in Ireland. |
this view is sustained Harrington vii
L be very likely to manifest all the con
!, tempt that he feels and let the judg
y whistle for his fine.
y Tonight.
At $50 O'Clock tonight st. Mark