San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-07-04
South West Texas.
CoRrUs CnRIsTI, Juno %, lsS0.

We will not forget q word for our
old friend tho FREE PREss, whose col
umns have so often been opened to
orr scribbling. We nre now in tho
land OF sun, sand and water Our
trip worried us somewhat, and since
VIC landed at Corpus we have stuck
rather close TO our room to find out
much OF interest. Tho trip from
San Antonio hero was one OF much
interest tous. The country OF south
west Texas exceeded our expectation
in almost every particular. The lands
are fno for nearly every purpose, they
vary in nature and adaptation OF soil,
until almost any ono could DO suited
The corn crop is as fine as ever a
man looked upon. The cotton is not
so good as our Hays, but promises
fine yield. Large bodies OF new
land is being put into cultivation so
that this will soon be corn, cotton,
and fruit, as well as q stock country.
The S. A. & A. Z. II. r. is doing much
to develop this part OF the State, in
fact these railroads are the great de-
veloping powers of any country
Our Texas legislatures, foam and
froth and legislate against them, still
the railroads go along in the even
tennor of their way, civllizing and
developing every land through which
they go. l hope and believe that State
legislatures will soon learn to attend
to their own business and let rail.
roads attend to theirs. The cattle
are fine on Their endless pastures.
The horses look well. There are
said to be over thirteen million acres
of land in what is known as South
West Texas, yet belonging to the
state and can be taken up at low fig
ures. The owners of large bodies,
where it is suitable for farming pur
poses. are willing and ready to cut it
ND into small bodies and sell it to
farmers. There is positively no ex-
cuse for man wearing his life away
in renting land, when such good land
is now in the reach of all. The grand
capacities of our State have never yet
been dreamed of, some day this land
which can now be bought at such low
figures, will be worth 800 per acre.
SO much for the country. We may
say more when we learn more.
About the city Of Corpus we do
not know much. Rockport is just
across the arm of the bay and is try
in every way to get up n boom. Cor
pus Christi will not boom soon in our
humble opinion. The reason is be-
cause she is cursed with the same
trouble that many cities of Texas
have had to contend with. She has
some men Of strong means who never
made dollar in legitimate business
in their lives, but who were here in
early days and simply sit down and
let wealth grow upon them. II you
will deduct tho increase of values
from their actual expense of living
you will SEQ they haye never made g
dollar since they have been in the
state. They hinder every material
progress and generally curse every
man who has not been here long
enough to SEQ Sam Houston at least
No man can divine where the fu
ture Gulf city will be, but it will be
some where. The future city Of the
| United States IS yet to be Dullt some
where on the Gulf coast of Texas
There will be q city where all the
West Mississippi world will concen
trate her railroads and pour in hel
wealth, and where the ports of South
America will seLd their produce from
that rich and extended domain. Tel
me where that city will be located
and 1 will be rs rich as Astor in thir
ty years.
This is getting rather long. 1 may
send you Corpus Christi and Rock
port in n special description.
Good luck to you. May Chautau
qua prosper. ). \, THOMAS.