San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-21

.orty nights cosU from 5000 to 5000 Our
opera house will seat 5000 people, and we
have as leading tenor the great Tamagno.
Patti is now there. She has had most bril-
liant success and has received from the
Argentines the highest rate of remuneration
ever paid to any operate performer on any
stage. The city has large parks, and these |,
are frequented by carriages, the style and
elegance OF which are equal to those of any
city in the world. Palermo Is the principal |
park. and includes many acres. No city is |
so we'll supplied with tramways or horse car
lines as Buenos Ayres. 1t has at least 250l
miles of them The service Is Of the best
kind and the cars are of the finest Arrange |
ments are now being made to light the city J
by electricity"
"What about schoolsg"
EVERY state of the province has a normal
school for boys and another for girls. At
the head Of the latter, with but few e1cep-
tions, there are American girls. In Buenos
Ayres the public school buildings are hand
somer than those Of New York. Last year
the total number OF schools in the country
was 3,02S. They were served by 6,241
teachers, and their attendance numbered
227 $50"
"How is the climate9'
"Very temperate and delightful The
mercury rarely goes above 50 degs in sum-
mer or below GO dogs. in winter. The great
est extreme is 10 degs 1t is not tropical
country but Is dry and healthful about the
temperature of Georgia, except that it does
not have the extreme cold that state some
times experiences. Rarely does ice freeze
thicker than a pane of glass This makes
the Argentine Republic the best cattle rails
ing country in the world. 1t is never neces-
sary to house the cattle. The number of
sheep now being raised there is 100,000,0 900,
and OF cattle 100000 A new industry
has taken great bold of the people of late.
It is the raising Of horses 1t is prophesied
that in few years the Argentine Republic
will have as fine stocks Of horses, if not finer,
than any country in the world. One of tho
latest horses imported for breeding purposes
cost $4,000
"What about railroadsp
1.-THE number of miles Of railroads in the
country is 4,43O. They cnst s167, OOO, 900.
Their gross earnings are S25, 0O0, 900 and net
earnings over sl3OOO,OO0 They pay divi-
dends Of from 10 to IL per cent. One COM
pany has 1000 miles, another 500, and one is
now building to be 1900 miles long. The
government has ordered the building of
road about 1900 miles long. Another now
being constructed Is to reach from Buenos
Ayres to Chill. The line will be done in two
years. 1t will connect Buenos Ayres via
Mendoza with Valparaiso, and will make
Buenos Ayres the great metropolis of South
America, as all west coast passengers, mails
ard light freight, ETC., for Europe will save
ten days by using this railway"
hor l-aI oh
ave have some very bright daily papers
and a number of them, and they compare
favorably with those of this city for enter
dispatches from New York, London, Liver
pool, Rome, Berlin and other principal
points. Two of the dailies are printed in
English and the rest in Spanish. OF the lat
ter the leading ones are La Nacion and La
Prensa. The income of.the former is $4,000
net, and that of the latter is scarcely any
thing less. The leading English paper is
The Standard, one of the proprietors of
which is the great statistician, NJ G. Mulhall
"The prosperity of the people is remark
able. Failures are almost unknown, and
mono of importance have taken place in the
last eight years An Argentine's word is his
bond A note was never given there for a
debt before ls76, and today the largest
transactions of the country are done on
simple verbal promises or agreements to pay.
l have done millions of dollars of business
without ever having document pass until
the business was fully completed. The peo-
pie have always found hospitable and
amiable. have known few worthy Ameri-
cans who did not succeed there. York
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