San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-06
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Building BoOm-Want More Hotels
Will Celebrate Fourth of July
Miners and Mines
Mast - Resigned APP
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Every one wants to see their city
and town booming the mossbacks
and antiprogressionists excepted-but
they are the first to take advantage of
the boom that others have started at
their own expense) and push the city
ahead. The word "boom" seems to
cause some people to turn up their
nose and throw cold water on 1t. Let
them have their way. Such people
never built cities, schools, churches,
railroads, nor any kind Of public
works. They are the drones that &C.
cupy more space In every community,
than the man that leads in every
enterprise-build railroads, schools,
churches, colleges, etc., etc. Well
they are like the boys cane that he
plunged in to the water. While there
it displaced a certain amount of wa
ter, but when it was taken out 1t left
no visible marks behind 1t. That Is
about the kind of record the anti
boomer and the moss backs leave be-
hind them.
Monterey is now ON the eve of one
OF the grandest booms that was ever
inaugurated in this country. 1t is not
of o mush, room growth, but it Is one
of those that Is going to stick. The
demand for residences and stores are
80 great that there is not day but
what ground Is broken and founda-
tons laid for dwellings and stores;
and yet they cannot supply the de-
mand. There Is not day but what
parties are hunting for houses and
rooms, and they can't get them.
What is needed most at present is
one or two more hotels. The hotels
that are here are not adapted to the
wants of the travelling public. People
who come here have no alterna-
tive but have to put up at them
them, because they cannot help tnem-
selves. There is big opening her Q
for some capitalists to come and erect
two or more hotels. 1t Is almost i'm
possible to get room accommodation
at present. Building material is
cheap. Stone, brick and all kinds of
mar BILE are within easy reach of all,
and reasonably cheap. There are two
y
q superior brick. The black marble is
80 plentiful that they build fences
with 1t, curb and pave the streets
with it, and the supply Is inexhausti-
BILE. There IL q white limestone found
here that makes splendid building
material. 1t is so soft that they chop
it out with axes, and when quarried,
they cut ii with saw. When exposed
to the sun and weather 1T hardens. 1t
is beyond q doubt the cheapest
building material In the country.
There are churches and buildings in
the city that have been erected over
three hundred years ago, and are in q
good state of preservation.
THE 1. b. OF R. G. PICNIC.
The Saddle Mountain Division No.
II of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf
railroad, Brotherhood Conductors,
will give picnic on the 4th of July
at the San Juan park on the line or
the Gulf road. The Saddle Mountain
division will invite the railway en-
ployes of the Mexican National and
the Texas Mexican, the Mexican In
ternational, and the San Antonio
Brotherhood to join them on that
occasion.
A special invitation will be extend
ed to Governor Bernardo Reyes and
staff, to the mayor and municipal Off.
GERS, the Masonic fraternity, the l. o.
o. F., K. of p, and q general invita-
ton to the citizens of Monterey, Sal
tillo, Garcia, Morales, Linares, VIC
toria, Tampico, Salinas, Villaldama,
Bustamente, Lampazos, Porfirio Diaz,
Eagle Pass, San Antonio, Houston,
Corpus Christi and Laredo to unite
with them in celebrating the Fourth.
One or more military bands will fur
nish the music. The committee of
arrangements will have all kinds of
refreshments on the grounds.
The San Juan Park Is situated in
beautiful grove on the banks of the
most picturesque river In Mexico dis
lance from Monterey thirty four
miles.
The committee who has this busi-
ness on hand will not leave anything
undone towards making this the most
successful 4th of July celebration that
was ever held in the Republic of Mex
leo.
The committee most respectfully,
request that the /. b. of II. G. will
bring theirwives and sweethearts with
them, and thus give them an opper-
tunity of spending the glorious fourth
in this wonderland.
There will be three trains leave
Monterey on the morning of the 4th
6, Z and 8 am. 0 m. The fair to San
Juan park and return $l.0O.
MINERS AND MINES.
Col. John r, Price president of the