San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-04

for Cheap Homes.
That Southwest Texas is des tined to
be the richest and most populous Sec
ton of the state, and that within the
next ten years, is becoming more
and more apparent. There is no
longer any doubt among men of cap
ital and foresight that the problem of
deep water on the gulf coast of Texas
is to be successfully solved, and that
very speedily. The ten or twelve
millions of capital now operating at
Arkansas Pass and at Ropes channel,
are q guarantee that the quest for
deep water has begun in earnest,
while every expert report on the situ-
alton is added testimony to the sue
cessful outcome Of such operations.
The effect that the opening of deep
water port in the western extremity
of the gulf will have upon
the settlement of all South
west Texas, can only be at
present conjectured. Certain it is,
however, that the most sanguine ex-
pectations will be more than realized;
for, not only will the stimulus to set
Element such as will be given by an
ocean port be afforded, but there
will be the additional stimulus of
cheap inland carriage, induced by
competing lines of rail, con verging at
the great elbow of the Gulf of Mexico
around which all railways for the
South and Central Americas must
pass. That large and fiourishing
cities are to speedily spring up along
these highways of traffic, and at
these ocean ports, is as certain as that
effect follows cause. 1t Is equally
certain that large interior populations
will grow in to being side by side with
the growth of these seaports andcom-
mercial centers. The present waste
places will be inhabited. The vast
acres of that magnificent territory
lying between San Antonio and the
gulf, territory unsurpassed in the
natural fertility of its soil and its
adoption to all kinds of tillage. by any
equal area on this continent, that
vast territory must come under speedy
cultivation. Upon these now unin-
habited ranges will spring up,a as If by
magic, the farm and the orchard and
the garden, until these grassy reaches
shall blossom with the coming fruit
age of the richest of all lands. Even
now, the advance guard of that I'M
mense army ofagricultural occupation
is taking possession of the ground,
and preparing intelligently for the
future harvest that shall find ready
market in the great cities and manu-
featuring centers of this Southwest.
A few more years and these lands,
now SO cheaply offered to the farmer
and the gardener and the
fruit grower, will be quadrupled
in value, and opportunity for secur-
ing them gone forever, or purchased
on such terms as to exclude those of
moderate means from obtaining them.
THE PRESENT OPPORTUNITY.
Beginning with Kerrville, Kerr
county, and following the lines of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail-
way to Corpus Christi and Rockport;
turning eastward in Karnes county,
and keeping the line to Houston;
branching northward from this road,
at Yoakum, to Lockhart and Gid
dings, and thence towards Waco, the
settler seeking home will find a
variety of soil and perfection of
climate, insuring the largest agricul-
tural possibilities. He will find the
richest soil, abundant water, eli
mate leaving nothing to be desired,
seasons in which all grains and semi
tropical fruits mature, and in which
vegetables of all kinds are grown
in perfection. He will find these
lands adjacent to and traversed by
the lines of the san Antonio and
Arkansas Pass railway, and he will
find millions of acres for sale at from
So to S. per acre. The attention OF
settlers in Northern and Eastern
Texas is being directed to these lands,
while farmers from Kansas and Iowa
and the great northwest are availing
themselves of the opportunities here
offered for securing cheap homes In
an agreeable climate, where the re-
turns are sure and the profits certain.
While lands in older sections of the
state, and in the older states, are SELL
ing for SOS per acre, these lands, at
one-fifth that figure, are showing
larger returns per acre than the
hlgher-priced sections. The mass of
testimony already secured and con-
stantly accommodating on this point is
conclusive, and brief synopsis of
the more pertinent facts is hereby
presented, that those who are looking
fer productive lands, in a climate as
salubrious as any under the sun, and
at exceptionally low figures, may
find that for which they are seeking.
VARIETY OF SOIL AND PRODUCTS.
Beginning in Kerr county, on the
higher lands, one finds soil and eli