Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-05
PROSPECTIVE.

I San Antonio Express: TIE past is be-
yond our control. We cannot change the
acts, though we m.y in 8 manner correct
the mistakes ii any were made. 1t is the
future we must rely upon, and 1t largely
depends upon what we make of it our
selves. Encouragement snd inactlon &C.
complish nothing. Let US, then, lock
forward with hope and determination and
move unitedly and harmoniously in che
work OF creating grand whole in which
each Individual citizen will nave share
in both the glory and the benefits. Let
every citizen OF San Antonio to-day
determine within himself to foin his
neighbor in every practicable effort to
send the city scudding before the winds
OF progress and prosperity, and 1888 will
see the foundation work for the grandest
possibilities laid in the most enduring
manner. We have everything city could
have to encourage Us to this course; no
other city in the south, j. in the country,
has so many advantages for accomplish
Ing the greatest results within IS
short time as San Antonio. Rail-
roads. those mighty agencies of
rapid development, are heading this
way from several points, seeking com.
mon center. Some of these, it IS true, ale
still afar OFF, but it is in our power to
hasten their coming by showing them q
live, progressive city, determined to be-
come, within the next decade, the largest
city west OF the Mississippi and south of
st. Louis. We possess all the materials
and advantages for developing into this,
and 1t will largely be our own fault ii we
fall in the enterprise. Shall the Express
on January l, 1888, draw the horoscope
OF San Antonio for January l, 1898?
Solid blocks OF handsome business
houses. stretching from the present bust
ness center and covering the valley from
Powder House Hill to the Alazau, from
the line of Government Hill to Guenther's
mill. Stately residences and coy houses,
crowding the hills about and reaching to
the Salado on the east, and well filing
the country to the west to near the Me-
dina. beyond the head of the river to the
north, and covering the first and second
missions to the south. Cable roads, and
possibly elevated railways, thread
Ing the city at convenient distances
IN every direction, and miles
into the suburbs a city Of vasEa
wealth, teeming with vast and prosper.
BUS population, famed for its commerce.,
It's beauty, its healthfulness and it's 30
ciel attractions. "Cannon ball" trains
will have familiar mention in the rail-
road schedules, shooting out from a |
grand union depot for the City of Mexico
On the south, for San Francisco in the
west, for New Orleans on the east, ond |
Tor st. Louis and other points to the |
north. With every point CT the compass
here will be constant coming frem and |
going to of myriads of people, adding to
our wealth and spreading the news of our |
greatness to attract still other myrisds to |
our doors.
With the Express the above is no idle |
1ream or fancy. It believes it all can be |
brought about within the time named as
irmlY as it believes to morrow will come,
f the people now here will work shoulder |
20 shoulder to accomplish it, and have an
administration of their municipal affairs
n sympathy with their purposes. We
lave tributary country that cannot be
AIKEN from US, and other advantages of
more local character that fully Justify
ne prediction. But rude iron never vet
worked itself into Damascus blade.
Let US move forward, then. with unity
# purpose and will. Let 1888 mark
he beginning.