San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-11
MONTEREY, Mex, Aug, 6. 1891.

MONTEREY, Mex, Aug, 6. 1891.
To the San Antonio LIGHT.l
Sunday last this city was visited by
q heavy rainstorm. A cloud burst
over the city which filled the streets
and low places with water. The storm
lasted for some time and was accom-.
panied by lightning and thunder.
The lightning struck the Milmo bank
and residence and done some damage
to Ii. This rain extended over a large
section of country and was a blessing
to the farmers. All of them have profit
ed by it and are now breaking consid-
cradle ground for planting corn, sugar
cane and vegetables. The crop this
fall will be the largest that has been
raised here for many years. The
market is now glutted with fruit.
The peaches are small, but all other
kind of fruit are good.
RAILROAD MEN AND MINERS.
Last week your correspondent met
| Captain John Rossiter, who has the
contract for laying the track for the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railway.
He informed us that his outfit Is now
within 10 kilometers of Tampico, but
as they had heavy rains in that sec.
ton the latter part OF the week he
had to suspend work for a few days.
In reply to the question, how do
you like the country between Victoria
and Tamaulipas, he replied: 'It is
beyond a doubt the richest country /
ever saw. 1t is the farmer and stock
| raiser's paradise. For raising vege-
| tables and tropical fruits / never saw
any country to equal 1t. The country
is we'll watered with mountain
streams, which are as clear as crystal,
and alive with speckled trout and
other clear water fish. Then the
| country is full of game, wild turkeys,
deer, j%svelinas, antelope, leopards,
cats, monkeys and parrots by the
| square mile.n What do you know
about Tampico? 81 think Tampico is
destined to become the great
est port in the Republic of
Mexico. The city is built on
a high bluff; the sewerage system
the river inside of the bar is sufficient
to float the largest ship that ever
came into the gulf. When the ~jetties
which are now being built are
finished, which will be within the
next twelve months, then Tampico
will have twenty-five feet of water on
the bar, and from thirty TO forty feet
in the river, for twenty miles or
MORE"
What kinds of fruit do they raise
here?"
"They raise lemons, lines, oranges,
aguacstis, pomegranates, pineapples,
bananas, plantains, figs, apricots,
mamalis,-well, I will nave TO stop,
for 1 cannot enumerate them"
"What a they raise on the land
outside of the city?"
"They can raise corn, cotton, rice,
Irish and sweet potatoes, all kinds of
cereals, tobacco, sugar cane, cattle,
horses, sheep, mules, burros and
goats.n
"What else can be had in that Sec
| tion?"
They have found coal, petroleum
and asphsltum. Then there is in
timber, walnut, cypress, live oak,
mohogony, ebony, cedar and dye
woods"
"What else have they?"
Look here, young man, are you
fond of fish ?" Eyes, and oysters,
| too" off that is so Tampico is the
place to get them. There are fish and
| oysters enough to supply the republic
of Mexico and Texas for generations
to come"
What do you know about the eli
mate of Tampico?"
"Tampico is very healthy. The
city is built on q high bluff, and they
have a gulf breeze nearly the year
round; they have a clear; the nights
are cool, and the city is very healthy,
all reports to the contrary notwith-
standing"
1.-THE mineral of that Sec
ton are like her other resources, they
are immense. Take, for instance, the
San Carlos district, which is off to
the left of the Monterey and Mex
lean Gulf railroad, between Linares
and Tampico. 1t contains some of
the richest mines in the republic.
They produce silver, copper, lead
iron and gold. There are mines in
that district that are known to con-
tain more ore than has been taken
out of the bowels of all the mines in
Mexico since Columbus discovered
America, l have seen solid chunks
of native silver taken from
near the surface, and the
sight of them made my hair
stand on end. Just as soO as l get
through with the Gulf road L will
take q hand at mining. 1 have invest
ed several thousand dollars in them
and I expect to get good returns"
Mr.. Rossiter Informed us that he
has organized q strong mining COM
pany; they will erect their oven
smelter and refining works.
We have known him for some time,
and we feel warranted in saying that
he is q r~ustler, and one of the most
progressive Americans today in Mex
inn He il we'll known among tha |