The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-15

ems and clubs Of London, Mos,
Schaumberg, Maj. Dan McGary ant
Col. Bill Snort of The Crosby County
Clarion and Farmers indicator are
as well known as they are on the
streets of Austin"
"What do you really think of Aus
tins future? What do eastern people
think of Texas as a state"
"That is more than one question
at time. l think Austin has future
that is about seven times as big as its
past, and it has as big a record in the
great heretofore as has any other city
in the union. Since 1 saw it seven
years ago it has improved wonder
fully.
"The capitol, of course, has been
built. l need not tell you, as thous-
ands OF visitors must have told you,
that it is magniticently ahead of any
other state capitol in the country.
Some of the private residences that l
have seen today, and inside the hospit-
able walls of which l have been
entertained, would be creditable to the
proudest city of the Union"
"What do you think of our DAMP"
81 presume you expect me to make
a remark in which the words dam and
damn might be interchangeable. You
must have suffered from that already.
l refrain. knew the spot where the
dam is to be located before you were
promoted to the dignity OF split
tailed coat, and I have often sat
on the crest of Mount Bonnell
with the dear old alcalde, Major Tom
Breckenridge, Frank Hamilton and
Judge Terrell, and talked about water
power and dams and the bright skies
that would shine over Austin when we
would be under the clods OF the valley
and our ears be deaf to thu whirling
wheels of the mills and factories tlat
would line the banks of our beloved
Colorado, l am pleased to think that
the dreams that to us were born under
the sunshine of some years ago
are today not dreams, but reality, and
the great dam that is to furnish
$4,000 horse power to the looms, the
spindles, and the noisy cogwheels of
the factories and foundries of the
future have been started, and the
money that is to pay for it, 81 100000,
is furnished by the progressive people
of my home, the city OF Austin"
"Have you seen our electric roads?"
eyes, when was here last
there was only one-mule
car on Congress avenue. Now
you have transportation facilities
equal to any city OF the size of Austin
in America. Let us shake on that
When / entered Austin first l came
in from the Rio Grande on the back
of q 81 mustang with a halt in his
fore leg and a bur under his tail. No
railroads within forty miles of here
then. Bill Ochiltree (Tom's brother)
sold my cayuse at public sale for 500,
and that was the amount OF money /
had to start me in business at the
capital of Texas"
What do you thing of the deter.
on the part of our citizens
to spend some money advertising Aus
tin?"
81 think that that is all right as far
rs determination is concerned. |
would like to see some cash put up
and some business done. You have
got the men to do it-Wooldridge,
Tobin, Boroughs, Butler, Bracken-
ridge, Hamilton, johnson, Warmoth, |
Tips, Lebold and all the
rest. Now I want to tell
you that in my opinion an exhibit at |
the Worlds fair, Chicago, will be
good thing, right thing 20 do, but
that the spending of some cash in
other methods of advertising will be
the biggest thing for Austin that Aus
tin ever did. Recently l handed a
young man an advertisement of Texas
that appeared in an eastern
journal. He had 100000 to invest,
and was the son of New York mill
ionaire who had other hundreds of
thousands to give his son. I advised
him to try Texas. He is now in San
Antonio, and has invested his money |
in lots, on which he is building houses.
Such men and such money you want.
How will you get them? Only by adj
vertising in the eastern journals. Darn
the men who made the 1876 constitu-
tion, the wretched thing that prevented |
the legislature of Texas from appro-
priating any money to induce or fur
Their immigration" |
"Do you ever expect to come back
to live in Texas?"
Both Alex f. Sweet and myself
would like to come back to live with !
you. If the city will present US with |
a dam site (Which they won't do 10y a
damn sighD, OF offer some other in
we may return"
Just then Knox started off with
dozen of his old friends on an old
time Texas Siftings rabbit hunt