San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-31
TEXAS AND THE G. Il. 4.
Impressions Made by San Antonio
and the Good that Will Come
To Her.


congratulate herself upon the impress
sion she has made in her reception of
the General Passenger Agents Asso-
citation on last Saturday. From per-
sonal conversation with more than a
score of these gentlemen, represent
ing important railway lines in
Milwaukee, Chicago, Buffalo, Pitts
burg, Troy, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Nashville, Memphis, Charleston, w.
Va, st. Paul and Rock Island, the
LIGHT is assured that an impression
most favorable TO San Antonio has
been made and that it will yield fruit
TO this city's increase and benefit in
the future. The surprise was univer-
sal at the commanding position occu-
pied by San Antonio on the great
highway of trade, and yet not so much
on this account as at the evidences of
her growth, and her enchanting sur
roundings. The general impression
! had been that the city was low, flat,
| little elevated above the coast level,
and with not much to commend it to
! consideration save as point OF his
| tOric interest and rather a quaint
| specimen of frontier town. To find
! themselves in city of the magnitude
of San Antonio was surprise, and
! to find that city sentin elled with hills
and watered as no other city in Texas
! or the South is, or can be, was sur
! prise as agreeable as it was great.
| The views obtained of the city from
| Government Hill and Laurel Heights,
| to which latter only some Of the party
were driven, was revelation, while
! the river and springs were an unfail-
ing source of complimentary remark.
Upon special invitation of the Vice
| President of the ASSOCIATION, f. q.
! Mccormick General Passenger Agent
of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Day
! ton, headquarters at Cincinnati
| Ohio, the LIGHT accompanied the
party to Austin and fully utilized the
| Opportunities thas afforded for make
ing enquiry concerning the impress
sions created concerning San Antonio.
This much is certain, there was a
very general regret that so little time
could be given to San Antonio, many
expressing themselves as sorry that
the visit in the City of Mexico had
not been curtailed a day and the
time given to San Antonio. While
speaking only in the most cordial
terms of Mexico and duly apprecia-
tive of the distinguished courtesy and
universal hospitality which was &C
corded them in the sister repub bile,
their return to the United States was
a home coming to them which they
did not fully realize until they saw
the old flag waving on government hill
and witnessed the review of the
troops. Had Uncle Sans boys in
blue heard the enthusiastic express
ions of their visitors over the perfec-
ton of their drill and their manly
bearing and splendid uniforms they
would have been more than repaid
for the fatigue and labor attending the
superb military drill of Saturday
The memb ers of the association seem
ed to realize that they were home
again and pleasurable sense ofprlde
and real glory in all that was Ameri-
can was as manifest in manner as
in speech. To many of the visitors
the military manuvers were entirely
new, as they had never before wit
| messed either cavalry or artillery
drill. Government Hill will ever be
associated in their memories with one
of the most delightful mornings of
their lives, and for this impression
San Antonio is indebted to the kind
less and cordial good will of this
United States Military department.
The banquet at the pavilion IN
Riverside park was the finest spread
they had enjoyed during their travels
and was most heartily enjoyed. At
its close, while riding up to the 1. &
G.. \. depot, there were very many
expression of regret at the necessity
of leaving, and quite feeling pre-
vailed in favor o: coming to San An
tonic for their annual meeting two
years hence. San Antonio will reap
the benefit of this impression in Sc
curing the cooperation Of these gen.
eral railway passenger agents in
filling this city with visitors. These
gentleman have had ocular demon
stratiOn of our perfect climate, our
beautiful surroundings, our peerless
river, our attractions and our hospi-
tality, and will now speak what they
know concerning US. In their hands
San Antonio can rest secure, for all
that they can do to induce pleasure
seekers and invalids and those seek
ing homes and investments to come
our way will be done. The LIGHT
was particularly impressed with the
fact that neither Dallas, Fort Worth
or any other city in Texas had taken
anything like the hold on the mind
of the association that San Antonio
had.
The ride to Austin was improved
| in pointing out the agricultural pOssi-