San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-12
THE DENVER VISITORS.

Our Denver visitors did not pan out
as numerously as was anticipated,
but what they lacked in numbers
they made up in vim, geniality and
interestedness. Colonel A. G. Fisk,
vino heads the party and is a promi-
nent member of the Board of Trade,
though not so handsome as some of
the other members of the party is a
hos in himself and is intelligently
alive TO all that passes within
the range of his observation. He
paid the LIGHT Office long visit yes
terday afternoon and made many
very complimentary criticisms upon
Texas in general, and San Antonio
in particular. Like all parties who
come from Denver, these gentlemen
are most deeply interested in all that
looks towards the opening of a deep
water harbor on the gulf coast, and
not being posted, were very anxious
for information. Few of them were
present at the Denver deep water
convention, and they regretted their
absence from the city on that occa-
sion, as they now realize how much
is involved in the opening OF a deep
waser harbor on the gulf coast of the
state.
More than anything else did the
gentlemen with whom the LIGHT be-
came most fully acquainted seem sur
prised at the growth and appearance
of San Antonio. Particularly was
this true of Col. Fisk, Messrs. Hamil-
ton, Pettet, Poole, Gurley and DR..
Morris, as genial a party ofgentlemen
as the LIGHT has met around a din
ner table in long time. 1t must be
borne in mind, however, that these
gentlemen were fresh from the hands
of the warm hearted and hospitable
residents of the Island City, and visit
ors fresh from those pastures do not
have q very exalted opinion of this
city until after they they have seen it.
Then their opinions change. This
was evidently the case with our Den
yer friends, who were very pronounce
ed in their establishment at our me-
tropolitan proportions and at the gene
raj appearance of business and the
evident signs of growth visible on
every hand. Real estate was a
prolific theme of DISCOURSE; prices
and conditions of business SEEM
ed never failing topics of in
terest. Colonel Fisk voiced the
general sentiment when he re-
marked that without the real estate
man there would be no growth and
little progress. The moderate prices
at which real property is held in San
Antonio was general theme of
surprise, as compared with Denver
quotations they are way down in the
cellar. The profitable investments
thus opening in view of the inevitable
growth of the city were not los. sight OF
and it may be that this visit will in
duce some Denver capitalists to take
quite dip into real estate matters in
this city.
The pleasure of the LIGHTS inter-
course with these genial gentlemen
was in no wise marred by the fact that
most of them were staunch republi-
cans and very deeply interested in
hearing a Texas republican views
upon the situation as well as In ex-
pressing their own. Quite a CONVEX
sation with Col. Fisk on these topics
elected the fact that the colonel looks
for a very vigorous conservative adj
ministration of the government, and
though originally an Alger man is of
opinion that the very best has been
done for the country in the selection
of Mr.. Harrison.