San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-30
cHAs. L. DIoNowITY's SUCCESS

of the Vicar OF Wakefield, remarks
81 was ever of opinion, that the hon.
est man who married and brought up
q large family, did more service than
he who continued single and only
talked of population" This same
opinion can be applied to our own
community In the matter of building
up our country and developing our
natural resources. We have hum
dreds of worthy monied men, VINO
remain idle and only talk of popula-
ton while other men go abroad and
enlist capital to invest in our lands,
and convince people of our natural
advantages and of the desirability of
our section as home for enterprising
and intelligent people. OF the latter
class no one deserves greater NEE
of praise than our fellow tOwnsman
Chas. l.. Dignowity, VINO for the past
several years has been busy all oyer
the north, northwest and in the New
England states urging the superior
claims of San Antonio and west
Texas over all other sections
of the south and west. Mr..
Dignowity has been untiriDg in his
labors, and 1t was through him main
ly that the excursion of sportsmen
came here last winter resulting in the
inves tment of several hundred thous-
and dollars in and about San Antonio.
Last summer and fall he brought
down two sets of syndicates to San
Antonio traversing the southern
states i'm order to show them the differ
ence between the negro states and
west Texas; Mr.. d. had to meet the
In hnr inc
the south in consequence of its politi-
cal troubles arising over the race
problem. To prove that Texas, es-
pecially the great country of which
our city is the center, is free from the
political and social surroundings
applicable to other portions of
the South was one of his hardest |
tasks,-to convince the Northern man
that our country Is in every respect |
Western in its characteristics requires |
actual observation and persistent |
work. Men from the East and North |
prefer the icy blasts of Dakota and
freedom from negro politics to the
South with all its natural advantages |
and mild climate. But San Antonio |
and West Texas with its large white |
republican constituency, city with |
its cosmopolitan population; ITS splen-
did public schools; its churches; its |
its law abiding people |
whose we'll known spirit of liherality |
and independence and loyalty to the
government and our national institu- !
tons gave nlr. Dignowity strong |
hand to hold against those who were
booming the West. In 1888 Mr.. Digno- |
witty spent five months in Minneapolis
and the northwest advertising our
section at his own expense, and dur
ing the past year he devoted several
months to New England. The fruit
of his labors are now materiaIizlng in
the Lake View enterprise. The sale
OF Mr.. Henry Elmendorfs property,
and the organization of syndicate
of New England capitalists to devel-
ope and improve their property which
will prove one of the most valuable
additions to our city, and will result
ia the investment of large amount
Of capital in our city and section.
Among the names of the New England
syndicate of San Antonio are Hon.
Henry Pierce. secretary of common
wealth, ofMassachusetts; Ed win Morey,
president Lowell r. R; +. K. Abbott,
book manufacturer and binder, Boston;
S. d. Andrews, banker, Norway, Me-;
Freeland Howe, Insurance, Bos ton;
&. w. Torrey, and E. p. Torrey shoe
mani. Rookland, Mass; F. w. Sand
born. editor aud proprietor Norway
Advertiser; Jas Webb, shoe mani.
of Portland Me; ]. s. Webb. high
sheriff of Cum berland Co, Me-, Albert
culver, merchant ROcklaUd, Main;
F. o. Pennington, Mechanic Falls Me /; !
f.. w. Moves merchant Norway, Me-;
G.. S. Tucker, merchant Norway Me I;
S. C.. Hayes, capitalist Dover, n. H.;
Mrs. E. H. q Dow, Prest Horse r. r
Dover, n. H. (only lady president of
Stock Co. in the Union. &c. a. Fair
banks, capitalist and prest. Water
works Go. Dover, n. H; Henry H.
Hunt, NJ. d. and capitalist, Portland
Me-; E A. Cannon merchant. (Trus-
tee,l Mechanic Falls. Me-; Kimbail
Eastman, Merchant, land member
democratic state convention) Port
land, Me; VIM. P. Watson, M. D
Dover, N. H., general manager N F.
Syndicate OF San Antonio;) DR..
Hayes, dentist, Dover n II;
Ricnard, Pike, attornoy-at-law
Dover, n. H, F. w. Bascome
Wholesale druggist, Montpelier, VT.
one of lrustees) VIM. Fl. Usher, mer-
chant. Portland. Me; Geo. HI. Chase,
nurseryman, Boston, Mass (trustee).
The syndicate composes about forty
members and subscribers.
The syndicate will run excursions
from Boston to San Antonio as soon
as their work is in progress, which
will bring hundreds to our city who
will see for themselves the truth of