San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-14
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Monterey, the Pittsburg of Mexico
Rattle OF the Rails--Promoted-

Monterey, the Pittsburg of Mexico
Rattle OF the Rails--Promoted-
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MONTEREY, Mex, May II, 1891.
Daily LIGHT:
Persons living In Monterey can
hardly realize the amount of improve
ments that have been made here
since 1883. In that year you count on
the fingers OF your hands all the fac.
tories that were within the city linn.
its. All this is now changed. There
are factories all over the city.
A person standing at the Mexican
National and the Monterey and
Mexican Cult depots, can see smoke
stacks all over the city, while the
smoke from them rises and is formed
into clouds and waited by the gentle
breeze above the mountains and be-
yond.
Since 1883 the following factories
and mills have been erected: The
Giraud Daugherty & Co.'S planning
mill, sash, door and blinds, furniture
and broom factory; the J. R. & w.
Prices foundry; the Mon terey flour
mill; two smelling works; two samp-
ling works; one soap factory; two
breweries; two ice factories; one
electric light plant; large railroad.
warehouse; round house; machine
shops; starch factory; bottling works;
two brick yards; Martin power street
car line besides number of small fac
tories. In the building line there
there have been hundred of one
story stone and frame residences
erected, besides q number of two
story stone and frame buildings put
up In all parts of the city. The merry
sound of the hammer and saw is
heard from the rising of the sun In
the east until it sets beyond the Bue-
ma Vista of the Sierra Madre, Saltillo,
in the west.
Nearly all these Improvement have
been brought about by the building
of the Monterey ana Mexican Gulf
railway. If it had not been started
it Is doubtful if one-tenth of the fac
tories and improvements would have
been made.
The fiery furnaces which light I'D
the city at night; the Believing of the
steam whistle; the rattle of the rails;
the electric lights that flash from
wire, and the ringing of the locomo-
tive bells as the trains 60 laundering
by, forcibly reminds one of Pittsburg,
Penn. Hence 1t may be said that
Monterey is the Pittsburg of Mexico
Col. J, A. Robertson, general mana
ger of the Monterey & Mexican Gulf
railroad, returned from Tampico Sat-
urday and he informed your CORES
pondent that they were pushing
things at the front and that they
would soon reach the city.
Col. John Grace, general superin-
tendent of the road, returned from a
trip over the line Sunday, and he
informed us that they were pushing
ahead. They had some heavy rains
along the line in places the past week,
which retard the grading and track
laying little. He went out again
this morning.
Col. ]. D. Copelan. the genial pas
senger and freight agent of the road,
showed us q letter that he received
this morning from Mobile, Alabama,
which informed him that they
were loading several barges in that
city with coal and coke, which would
be consigned to them at Tampico, for
the Monterey smelling works.
Captain Fred Hardy, who has been
general storekeeper tor the road at
Monterey, has been appointed fuel
agent for the road and his bookkeep-
or, Mr.. J. g. Faulkner, has been APP
pointed general storekeeper.
When the Jolly drummers were
here last week Capt. G. w. Tandy,
wife and little boy were along. About
8 q. m. the little fellow strayed away
FROM them; and when they missed
him they gave the alarm. Soon
after his mother found him, and
she asked him why he had left them,
in such q big city as Mon terey. The
little boy replied: "Why, ma, we
take the LIGHT, and last week was
looking over the list of San Antonio
merchants that advertise in the
LIGHT, and thought would help
papa, SO started out to take orders
for those San Antonio merchants" A
bright boy. Your correspondent
would suggest that he be made an
honorary mem Der of the T. P. A.
Capt. o. Paget, Ell Paso, who ia we'll
known among the newspaper men of
Texas, is in the city, taking orders
for presses and printing material.
Mr.. r. M. Allen, w. c. Daugherty
and Sam Pearsall, M. @. Levin, l.. B.
Miller, San Antonio; John Martin,
Louisville KY; John 8. Martin, Pablo
Barlango, Manuel Hinijose, DR.. Ire
vino Saltillo, Sam Park, Manuel Rod
riguez, Laredo; Walter Snyder, w.
w. Leach, Philadelphia; Manuel Dam
gollado, City Mexico; Julio Joseph,
Nuevo Laredo; g. G. Ganreguehury,
st. Louis and d. G. Russell, Villal-
DANA have left their autographs at