San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-30
HOTEL SAN EsTEBAN, /
SALTILLo, Dec. "a, 1891. !

HOTEL SAN EsTEBAN,
SALTILLo, Dec. "A, 1891, !
To the LIGHT
improvements are the order of the day
in this mountain city. Since we sent our
last letter from here there has been many
new enterprises inaugurated. Hon. John
WoeSsner, the American consul, is going
TO enlarge his furniture factory. He is
going to put in new machinery and steam
motive power. He is now turning out
some handsome furniture.
Col. NJ. C. Barrow is also enlarging his
factory and putting in new machinery
Both of them will give employment TO a
number of mechanics, and will supply the
citizens with home made goods. Until
they commenced work here nearly all the
fine furniture was imported from Europe,
but as they get all the machinery, and
nearly all the lumber comes from the
Unired States. Uncle Sam gets the benefit
OF the establishment of factories in this
country.
SHELTERS.
During the past week. capitalists have
made application to the governor for
conces ion towards building a smelter in
this city. We were informed yesterday
that bill would be introduced this week
to the legislature for the purpose OF
granting them the concession asked for,
and that the bill would be approved be-
fore the close of the year. As soon as the
| concession is granted, an agent will be
sent here to select the location for the
buildings. As the company have ample
capital, IT is expected that they will
commence work some time in January
next.
DISTILLERY.
The concession asked for, for the erec-
| tiOn of diStillery will be granted this
| week, and it is expected that the incOrpo-
rators will commence work in January,
| 1892. On account of the early completion
! of the distillery, the farmers in this dis
| trict are sowing considerable wheat, bar
| ley, rye, corn and oats
RAILROADS.
The news received here in reference to
| the building of the railroad from Jaral to
| Saltillo is very favora BILE. In the event
| that Mr.. Huntington does not commence
work on it in the time specified, there are
! others ready TO take the concession from
| the state government and build the road
for them. The citizens of SaltillO and
| those along the line are bound to have the
| road built the coming year.
| THEY ARE NOT STARVING.
| The reports that have been sent from
| Mexico TO the American press, that the
| citizens of the border states are in state
| of starvation, are misleading and were
| intended to do much injury to those
| states. Your correspondent has been in
| formed by reliable party, one who
| knows all about the country, that there is
very little trath in said reports. 1t was
only in a few isolated places ia the State
| of Durango that suffered from the drouth
| of last year..
Take the statistics of all the states that
| have been reported whose citizens have
! suffered from the drouth, and y0u will
| find that they have raised as much corn.
| wheatS, barley, rye and beans that was
] necessary TO support them. In Tact the
| number of bushels of small grain that
was raised this year will not fall short of
previous years.
There are several reasons why those re-
| ports have been sent out. They may be
| CIasSed uDder three heads: One was to
prevent proSpectorS from coming into the
country: another to depreciate the value
/ of all kinds of stocks and bonds in those
1 states. and the third was to enable those
| who have large railroad outfits in those
1 states to get cheap corn for their teams.
| Since those reports have been sent out
/ thousands OF bushels of corn, beans and
4 wheat have been brought To this city.
/ There is not a ranch IN the Saltillo dis
| trict but what their grainereS contain
| wheat. corn and beans. But of course on
the line of the new road that they are
| huiiding from TOrreOn to durango, corn
| is scarce from the fact that the railroad
| contractors had to have corn for their
! teams and they bought up all the corn
| that they could find in the country"
ANNUAL BALL.
! On the night of the 18th there was an
| annual ball and supper given al the Cas-
1 inc hall in honor of the reelection OF the
Hon. Jose Maria Cara Galan, Governor
| of CoahHila. The elite of the city and
| many prominent citizens of the cities,
] towns and ranches throughout the state
| attended and paid their respects to the
governor.
Since Gov. Galan took held of the reinS
| of government many public Improvements
| have been inaugUrated. The Mexican
! international railroad was built through
| the state from Porfirio DiaZ to TOrreon;
| the Monterey and Mexican Gulf road
| from Monterey to Trevino; the locating
of branch Of the M. & |. from Jaral to
| SaltillO; the erection of an electric light
/ plant in this city, and in connection with
| It the building of an electric motive pow
I err street railroad. the building OF large
steam -four mill: three soap factories:
| several smaller factories and enterprises:
| the organizing Of the
| BuENA VISTA REAL ESTATE AND IMPROVE
| MENT COMPANY OF sALTILIO.
This company is destined to do more
| towards building up this city than any
| thing attempted heretofore.
He has done more since he was elected
| governor in 1856 to develope the resources
| of the state than any one of his pre-
| decessOrS There has been more mines
| discovered and developed, and more ore
| shipped out of the state of Coahuila since
| he went into office, than had been dis
covered and developed from the time
| Columbus discovered America There
| has been more ore shipped out Of the