San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-11
a GOOD WORD COR us.


sionists who came down upon this
city November 81, like the bread cast
upon the waters. are being seen after
many days. Every week develops
some new facts, some added proof of
the benefit derived by this city and
section from the visit of the National
Editorial association to San Antonio.
The praises of our people have been
sung in every state, if not in every
tongue, and the ever widening stream
of information and advertisement of
our resources will continue to flow for
our benefit for months to come. There
lies upon the table of the LIGHT this
morning copy of the Wellsburg,
West Va, Herald containing letter
from its junior editor who was one of
the editorial excursionists of last No
vember. This letter pays the Texas
landscape quite compliment by con-
trast with the appearance presented
on the route through Arkansas, and
after speaking very enthusiastically
of the association and its work, an
dwelling upon the historic charact
of this city, speaks as follows concern
ing it's business and its developments,
its citizens and their pluck, in the fol-
lowing glowing terms:
"The hospitality of the citizens of
San Antonio is boundless and the
editors were made to feel it in every
way possible. The city although one
of the oldest in the country havin g
been settled by the Spaniards in 1891,
only began its marvellous growth since
about 1875, when it had $1,000 pOpula-
ton. Now it has 10000 people and
has every modern convenience such
as electric lights, water works, street
car lines, excellent hotels, &C., and
the reputation of being one of the
wealthiest and most progressive towns
in the west. 1t has twelve banks,
number of building and loan associa-
tions, improvement companies, an ice
factory, two good daily papers, and is
the centre for five trunk line railroads.
1t does a big business in wool and
lumber and Is a great horse market.
A sample Of the enterprise of the peo-
pie can be seen in the fact that with
in the last two months, they raised
$3.50, 900, purchased grounds, erected
buildings, and now have in success
full operation State Fair and EXPOSE
ton, although the present continuous
wet weather is beginning to tell a lit
tie in dampening their ardor. San
Antonio is the natural centre of rich
and immensely large area of country
and can hardly fail of constant
growth in population and wealth."
This is but one more block from the
all but inexhaustible quarry of free
press notices which this city has I'M
earthed through the meeting of the
National Editorial Association. Even
the mistakes they make are made to
tell in our favor, as is the case with
that reference to the estate Fair and
Exposition"
No doubt the directors and officers
of that Fair would be most happy to
see that $250, 900 materialize, which it
will do in the next decade, but all the
same that article from the Herald
will do good. 1t will make us known,
and favorably known too, to thou
sands who heretofore have had but
little real knowledge, concerning us.
1t will in time induce scores to visit
our city moved thereto by this and
kindred articles, who, without this
meeting of the editorial fraternity in
San Antonio, would never have
dreamed or coming hither. The
LIGHT refers to these things that our
people may see that their hospitality
was not unwisely dispensed; that
they may see how full returns they
are receiving for the little outlay of
time and money expended in enter
tanning the association; and, also,
that in the future they may be the
more readily induced to extend their
invitations to conventions and asso-
Citations fully convinced that in enter
tanning such as these, there is great
reward.