San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-18
AFTER THE FAIR.

afforded for summing up the results
counting the cost and ascertaining
wherein the profits lie. No one will
doubt that the fair has paid, and paid
San Antonio well. Whoever may OF
may not have gained by it, 1t is Ger.
tain that the citizens, the merchants,
the hotel and clearinghouse keepers
and the people in general have gained
| by it. San Antonio has had more
people upon her streets during the
past two weeks than during any prev
ious two weeks of her history. These
people have seen better San Anto.
Mo than any who have preceded them
as visitors to this historic city. They
have seen a city far behind other
cities of her size and Importance
i'm all that pertains to municipal
progress, but they have also
seen her threatened with change Of
municipal front In the way of public
Improvement. They have seen the
beginnings of that which in itself is
very crude and imperfect in the way
Of street paving, but, is a beginning,
and as a beginning marks the end of
the old and the commencement of the
new. The commencement of q new
that will effectually discover this pres
ent and the future from all the past
and mark new era In our city's pro-
gress. They have seen the foundations
and marked the proportions of our
new city hall. and Of the federal build
ing whose architectural beauty is the
admiration of all beholders. They
have seen in how very few days a
fair that was abandoned has been
into living action, and
made by no means discreditable
of what lies within
the compass of our possibilities to
produce. They have seen our cotton,
corn, fruits, vegetables, minerals,
building materials, live stock and
babies, and have marveIled much at
the richness of our soil, the variety of
our products and the perfection in
which all things grow. They have
our incompatible climate
and noted how quickly even the ter
rible norther softens into a southern |
breeze in this favored latitude. They
have seen our merchants conducting |
q retail trade unmatched by any city
in Texas, and unsurpassed by any
city of its population any where, and
they have noticed the magnificence
and the magnitude of these temples
ot trade. They have wandered for
days beside our beautiful river and
grown enthusiastic over its limpid
,learness, its cascades and its water
falls, and have never tired of linger-
ng along its banks. They have Wis.,
ted, at least many of them, not only
our parks and gardens but our sub
lrbs, and seen what beautiful sites ma
;ure has provided for future thousands
who shall make their homes among
Is. The Thoughtful and far seeing
mes have taken note of our unrival-
ed and largely unimproved advan-
ages, and some of them have shown
attn in our future by permanent in
Testments. All of our people have
been benefited to the extent of ready
money left among us by our depart
ng guests. The city has been seen,
8 better understood and will be bet
er known than ever before, and out
# this knowledge will come advan-
ages and good to us as a community.
his fair will lead to considerable
inquiry for farming, cotton and fruit
rowing lands in this county and ad-
AGENT ones. Prospectors will look
his way more closely than ever be-
ore, and we will not be the terra in
Ognita we have heretofore been.
he advantages Of holding this fair
annot be Overrated so far as this
ity is concerned. That it has been
any special advantage to those
'ho have managed 1t, been RESPONSE
lie for it's success aud for the redemp-
ion of its financial pr omises may be
mother consideration. There is not
n this section of the state, within a
adius of 100 or 200 miles, the popula-
ion from which to draw for con tin
ed attendance of from ten thousand