San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-04
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.

"A New Bishopric
| Personals.
HOTEL SAN EsTEBAN,
SALTILLO, Nov, 4, 1891. !
To the DAILY LIGHT
Saltillo is the capital of the Goa
| hula and is the largest city in the
state. 1t is situated on the line of
| the Mexican National railway, 236
miles from Laredo, 6S miles from
Monterey, and 603 miles from The
| City of Mexico.
There is no city in the Republic of
| Mexico that has inaugurated and put
in operation as many enterprises as
Saltillo has since the first of January
1891
In February last Governor Jose
Maria CARA Galan procured q char.
ter from the national government to
build railroad from Saltillo to
Jaral, to connect with the Mexican
! International railroad at that point
They now have q force of men in the
field making the survey, and as soon
as they get through, active work will
commence on it.
In May last, Hon. Alexandra EIquez
ahal member of Congress, Hon. T. de
la Pena, attorney at law. Hon. Jose
Maria MuZquez, Ex-Governor Hon
| M. Munoz, attorney at law, and Mr..
&. Sulur of the firm of G.. Sulur & Co.,
and other prominent citizens organ
| lied the Ssltillo Electric Light and
| Street Railway company with paid
| capital of $50. 900 for the purpose of
putting in system of electric lights
| and street railway
In July they let the contract for the
erection OF the electric lights to the
Thompson Houston Company and
they commenced active work at once.
The poles are all up. and the arc wire
now connecting them with the incan-
des eat wires; the engine and dypa-
mos are in place and they expect to
have the boilers set by the 10Th and
will turn on the lights by the 18th of
November.
Tae capacity of the plant is So arc
lights, and $50 incandescent lights
There are two dynamos and one Corlis
Q lgine of $50 horse power. The officers
are p. de la Pena, President, NJ. Nun.
OF, Secretary and G. Sulur, Treasury,
NEW FLOUR MILL.
Early In the spring Messrs Sieber &
Co. and other prominent citizens Or
ganiZed the Phoenix Steam Flour
Mill, capital stock 100000. In Sep
TENDER last they let the contract for
building it to Mr.. Jasper Moss, of
Laredo, Texas. The mill is located on
the west side of the Mexican National
railway, near the depot, and has q
aihinn IN D nina N 10 yrorH TI..
mill, when finished, will be the most
complete and best equipped milling
plant in the Republic of Mexico, and
second to none III the states. The mill
| will have capacity of $50 barrels of
flour and barrels of corn meal per
| day. There will be in connection with
it an elevator of $50, 900 bushels capac-
ity, provided with full line of clean
ing machinery, and approved meth
DDS of handling grain, and they will
be driven by a compound non-con-
densing engine of ITO horse power.
The plant will be lighted by electric
light, a separate plant being provided
for same. the officers are: Bernardo
Soto, president; Clemente Sieber, treas
eTer, and Aurelio Msso, secretary.
SOAP FACTORY.
| Messrs. Cole & Martin have recently
erected soap factory. The building
is 75x250 ieet, two story. The capaci.
ty of the plant is 100000 pounds OF
soap per month. They make two
grades Of laundry soap and one grade
of toilet. They purchase the crude
oil in the United States and refine II
at the factory. They now have in
stock 100000 gallons of oil. They find
home market for all the soap that
they manufacture. The machinery is
run by q Corlis engine.
They also deal in ixtle goat and kid
skins. The kid skins they ship to O
glove factory in Paris, France, and
the ixtle TO Hamburg, Germany.
Prof. E. Laroche, French consul
erected soap factory a few years age
aud he is erecting another near the
Mexican National railway depot.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
There are few cities in the epubliC
that has as many and varied manu-
featuring industries as SalttllO, as