San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-06-27


attractive, but in their place she has
more modern structures in the form of
mammoth business houses, palat1al
dwellings and public buildings,
her streets are wider and
a commercial aspect that il to be en-
! WED. She Is also progressive and
enterprlslng and will take front rank
in the march of progress. With deep
water secured, San Antonio must be-
come the Manchester of Texas, if she
hopes in any way to maintain the
supremacy she now enjoys over the
embryo Texan Liverpool.
The main attraction is the beach,
which reminds me foreibly of Bright
on, and here, especially at night, will
be found the main body of the citi-
breathe. Many sit and listen to
Herbs band, more indulge in the
luxurious bath the gulf affords.
While not a few, especially the
eye glassed dude, promenade and
cast eager glances at the ladies'
| forms, as in attractive costumes
they splash about like modern mer-
maids. Some dudes in these instances
can not trust their own eyes and use
opera glasses. There lovers are seen
prone aiding and enjoying the sweet
| nothings OF courtship, while the con-
vivial findpleasure in keeping walters
busy supplying them with the amber
gambrinian fluid that is vulgarly
called beer. The children too find
their pleasures in building castles of
sand, as the elder children do of air,
only to be demolished in few brief
moments. 1t is indeed a pleasant
sight to find men, women and chill
dren of all ages and of all races
mingled together in search of the
luxurious recreation that a seaside
affords. Galveston knows this Is one
of her strong points and Utilities it
well.
The first San Antonian I met here
was William Appman, the druggist,
who was in the business part of the
city looking for the breeze he could
not find, and on the homeopathic
principal, like cures like" we found
some GOODNESS in the bracing cocktail.
Then Willie took the cars and left for
home.
John X. Lunsford. formerly city
editor of the LIGHT, Is mere and has
just been promoted to similar posi-
ton on the News. John Is doing
good work for his paper and is popu-
lar with the boys here.
Ex.Postal Clerk Hayes is here doing
we'll in experimenting the street car
construction; Otto Doerr holds cases
at Clark & Courts and Is flourishing
but he misses delightfulS. A. JohnE.
Muckle, formerly of San ntonio, Is
doing good business In coal gener-
ally, but, of course, Galvestonians are
| not very much after coal now.
Galveston has two big wants, of
which we have q superhuity-thati Is,
ice and water. If you could only
pack up one or two of our superfluous
Ice factories and send them by express,
9. o. D., and tap the Breckenridge
spring so as to run it here. The people
| would think they were in paradise,
and be almost disposed to worship
you as god. Ice Is scarce here and
people are paying as high as five
cents bucket for water, that looks as
| If 1t had just come out of the sewer at
the bridge, just above the
LIGHT office, after q heavy rain.
And while you are thus acting as an
angel OF charity, you might as we'll
connect me with one of our excellent
breweries I do not pretend TO be an
expert but my limited experience
with the local beer leads me to be-
lieve that for GOODNESS, condition and
quality the San Antonio beer is away
ahead. However, if I get to Houston
I will call upon Dan McGary and get
an authoritative opinion, reporting
l fur RI
\ Antonian au important subject.
There is one thing, however, that
| Galveston is away ahead, and that
is in her block paving. Oblong blocks
| Of cypress or bois dare are used, not
the sexagon and round mesquite
| blocks, as in San Antonio. Some OF
this paving has been done ten, twelve,
| fifteen and even twenty years, and
although there are faulty places in it,
the pavement as a whole is more than
than that recently laid in San Anto-
MO. This work has evidently been
| done by conscientious workmen who
knew how TO do 1t and appreciated
the Importance of good foundation.
| There has not been much
news of general Importance in
the city. The main object of
conversation has been the injury
into the I. & 6. n. receivership, the
drowning of two visitors who persisted
in the gulf almost In sight of two
thousand spectators last Sunday, q
strike of the street car men, who are
making similar demands as to those
made by the employees of the San
Antonio Street Railroad company and
the nomination of the new city
officers. The latter has been especi.
ally exciting because there was a dis.