San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-14
A NEEDED OUTLET.

ally and rightly centers, in the work
now being undertaken, and in the
work now being under consideration
as we'll, upon our gulf coast, San An
tonic should remember that that
work is destined to center at the
coast great lines of competing rail
way systems, and she should pre-
pare herself to be benefited by that
movement. Conversing yesterday
with one of our leading citizens, a
gentleman who had large manufac-
turing interests to care for at the
north before making his home in San
Antonio, the opinion was expressed
by him to the LIGHT that San ALI
tonic should not loose sight of her
proposed northwest connections.
That Northwest Texas and the Pan
handle will reach the gulf coast of
Texas and the great seaport, so soon
to be in the vicinity of Arkansas
Pass, by a shorter route than through
either Fort Worth or Dallas may be
accepted as absolutely certain. The
Gulf coast is not all that opens to the
trade of the Panhandle, and the great
grain fields of Northwest Texas.
The Mexican trade and the South
American trade by rail must always
be an inviting object, to the great
carrying companies of this country,
no less than to the manufacturing
centres which are so certain to spring
up in this great west and southwest,
once this vast southern market Is
opened to US under the advantageous
conditions of reciprocity as certain
to come, as that its coming will be a
great benefit to Texas. Draw your
air line from Denver to Corpus Chris
ii, and it not only passes through this
city, but it follows the line proposed
and nearly graded, between this city
and Llano. That line in operation,
it would offer itself naturally
as the trail to connect with which the
great Colorado lines of railway would
| extend themselves southwark. There
need be no fears that railway lines
will make long haul to deep water
when shorter one of at least 2OU
miles can be provided. This is just
the advantage which the port, so Ger.
tain to be opened at the extreme west
end of the Gulf of Mexico, possesses
over every port that can be opened.
1t is nearer by some 200 miles to Den
yer than any other route; along its
line will lie the great grain fields of
Northwest Texas; and, at Corpus
Christi, at the great angle Of the gulf,
this line must meet the great lines
entering Mexico from the farther east,
there being no point to the eastward
at which Mexico can be entered. 1t
is of great Importance then to San
Antonio that this line to Llano be
utilized, and utilized in such
a way as to give this city control of it.
The money necessary to complete the
grading of this road should be raised
at once. 1t is the opinion of those
deeply interested in the development
of this city that If this line properly
graded was offered to the receivers of
the Arkansas Pass, an order of court
could be obtained authorizing the
roning of the road and its operation.
Then let Waco build through Lam
pasas to Llano as she con templates.
aud Austin extend her Burnet line to
the same point, San Antonio would
| command trade that neither of her
rivals could touch and could make
their local traffic, in some measure at
least, contribute to the maintenance
of the road leading to this city. San
Antonio cannot afford to let the vast
mineral wealth of that region be
diverted into other channels.
| ~
CAN the Stockdale, Wilson county
Citizen prove up on the following
declaration which appears in its edi-
torial columns, issue of October 9th,
1890.
"The next thing we hear from the
san Antonio papers will be a COM
plant that people would not attend
the FAIR. In answer to such COM
plant, we would state that many of
our citizens visited San Antonio with
the intention of attending the Fair,
but were dissuaded by San Antonio
merchants, who told them the fair
was q failure.u