San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-03
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Rain--Railroads-S Shelters - Miners
and Observation-Disclosures
Personal
MONTEREY, Oct. 1, 1891.

| MONTEREY, Oct. !, 1891.
To the LIGHT
| The rain makers are getting their work
in in this section and adjoining states. At
p. m. Thursday night it set in raining
and rained all night, showers on Friday,
pour-down Saturday, Monday night,
Tuesday and showers yesterday. As far
| as heard from the rain extended to Tam
pico, and south as far as CatOrie on the
Mexican National railway, and north to
| Laredo, This has been the biggest rain
| that has visited this section in ten years,
| This rain has put stop to railroad build
| ing in this section for the present,
Mr.. w. T. Robertson, who has the con-
tract for building the extension of the
Mexican National from Torreon to Du-
He Informed US that as soon as he got his
outfit up from TamUiee that he would
commence active work.
On Monday morning we called at the
general office of the Monterey and Mexi-
can Gulf railway, where we met Mr.. j.
A. Robertson, theigeneral manager of the
road. In reply to the question, How
from Trevno to the Sierra MOjada!' he
replied, I'VE expect to commence work in
about six weeks, and will not stop until
we reach the Pacific ocean. Our course
will be westward, and we propose to open
up that section of country to immigra-
tion, and develOpe the mineral and agri-
cultural country that lays between here
and the broad Pacific Ocean. just as
soon as the lineis located active work will
commence"
Your correspondent has been informed
by parties who travelled through the
country that the road will pass through
the best wheat, corn, rye, barley, cotton,
fruit, cattle; horses; sheep, and mining
districts in the Republic of Mexico. The
climate of that section of country is not
eXCelled on the American continent. AT
present it is very Sparsely settled.
MINERS AND MINES.
Last week we met Mr.. R. III. McCracken,
of San Antonio. He informed us that
he is erecting a smelter at MuSquez, state
of Coahuila. The capacity of the Smelter
will be POO tons of ore per day.
Yesterday morning we met Mr.. VIII
Guggenheim, manager of the Guggen-
helm smelter of this city. He informed
us that they are pushing construction,
and if the rain does not delay them they
they will be ready to fire up by the first of
January, 1892. The capacity of this plant
is 800 tons per day.
Last week Major Jules A. Randle, of
this, sent some of the ore that he received
from the Don Julio mine TO Professor 5.
q. Bridge to be aSSayed. On Saturday
morning Mr. Bridge sent the following re-
port to the Major: Silver, 27.O5 OF: lead,
$3.50 per cent; iron, 1918 per cent to the
ton. That is considered by mining men
as being very rich ore.
On Monday morning we met Mr.. Philip
COhn, of Conception del Orc, state of Ia
catecaS. Mr.. COhn has a half interest in
the Las AnimaS copper mine Of Concep-
ton del Orc. The ore from that mine
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ship the ore to Gomez LarieS, on the Mex
lean National railroad.
Prof. q. Bridge received the past
week over forty samples of ore to be as
saved.
Mr. B. F. Larue, of Villaldama, made a
flying trip to this city for the latter part
of the week. On account of the heavy
ton the past week, he was only able to ship
about so cars of ore for September,
against al for August.
Mr.. James +. Flynn came in from Val
lecillo Sunday last. He informed us that
they are getting along nicely with their
diamond drill at the NallecillO mines.
wAsHINGTON's MEMORY HONORED.
A party in this city opened a saloon and
painted George Washington over the
door. As soon as Governor BerardO Reyes
heard of it, he sent an officer to notify the
He told them that the memory of George
Washington was reVered by the Mexican
people, and that he would not allow it to
be put over the door of dram shop.
There are drug-StOreS. streets and pub
lie places that are named after Washing
ton, side by side with HidalgO and lara
goza, but HidalgO and Zaragoza are never
seen on dram shops, and General
Reyes proposes that WashingtOn'S name
shall be kept of them also. The Ameri-
can colony, not only in Monterey but
throughout the Republic will extend
| their thanks to Governor Reyes for the
compliment he paid to the memory of
Washington on that occasion.
Last week we met Mr.. Phillip &. Roder
of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. ROder is agent
| for Spanish America for the Standard
| sewing machine cOmpany-and the MeXi-
! can CORES pOndent of the Anglo Ameri-
can. Mr.. ROder is quite linguiSt. He
! speaks English, Spanish, French and
! German very tiuantIy. He was at one
time interpreted for the Pan American
| conference.
Mr.. B. W. Thacher, and Mr.. William
! Kelley, his private secretary arrived
from City of Mexico Monday night and
they will spend few days in the city.
Mr.. c. K. Dunlap, commercial agent
of the Mexican International with head
quarters at Monterey, has an Office on the
the northeast corner of theZaragoza plaza
Mr.. Serapio SepuilvidO, a prominent
druggist and a brother of the mayor, died
suddenly MOaday evening. He was com
planning of not feeling we'll and he took a
dose of medicine, but got hold of the
wrong bottle and took swallow of poi
son. As soon as he discovered his mis-
take he took an emetic, but he died before
il took effect He was promising young
man and was about % years of age.
Mr.. j. $. Alexander, of San Antonio
spent a few DAYS in the city last week.
The following parties left their sigma
lures at the Plaza hotel
J. A. Alexander, w. c. Robertson. Jos
Wilmer, Chas. Orrian, San Antonio, +. NJ