San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-05-30

To the San Antonio LIGHT
While the Monterey and Mexican
Gulf people were boring for water on
the Chicoy hacienda, thirty five
miles this side of Tampico, they
After going through il, they found
some prospects of striking coal Oil, so
now they are boring for oil with q
steam drill.
The terminus of the road is now
within thirty miles OF Tampico in one
of the finest prairies in the country.
They are we'll watered with mountain
streams, which are lined with heavy
timber. There is some OF the lnest
grazing and agricultural land the
world between here and Tampico.
Capt. Charles Fowler, Jr., and
Capt. w. A. McVite, of Galveston,
who went to Tampico last week with
the view of establishing a steamship
agency in that city, returned Sunday
night. They informed your cores
pondent that they had q good time
and that they were royalty enter
tanned by the people. Captain Fow-
Ter fell in love with a dark-eyed beau
ty at an eating house on the way.
While he was looking at her and ad-
miring her, it seems that he attracted
her attention, and that she fell in
love with him. AS the Captain could
not speak Spanish, nor could she
speak word of English, she took in
the situation. She went out and got
q drinking cup that had the follow
ing gilt letters on it in English II
love YOU" and gave it to him. That
settled il. AS soon as he reached
Monterey he purchased Spanish
phrase book and he is now taking
lessons in Spanish. The captain in
formed us he would be back here in q
few weeks and would spend a month
in this wonderland.
On Monday they went to Saltillo
and spent day in the Buena Vista
of the Sierr. Madre. They were de-
lighted with what they saw in that
city. Capt. McVite fell in love with
some of the senoritas. He informed
us that he saw some of the handsom-
est young ladies that he ever saw.
AS he requested US not to mention his
name in connection with them, as he
expects to come back here again and
spend month in Ssltillo, we agree
TO let him off.
Capt. F. H. Waters, of Brooklyn,
n. Y, has been appointed steam ship
agent of the Monterey and Mexican
Gulf railway, with headquarters at
Tampico. He will have charge of
everything afioat that belongs to the
company, and that will be consigned
to them. He will leave for Mobile,
via Galveston, in = few days, and will
return to Tampi(o by steamship.
There are large number OF pros
pectors in the city at present. Since
writing my last letter four pros pect-
ing parties have gone to the noun
tains to hunt for mines. A large
quantity of ore has been received at
the smelters during the week.
Prof. A. A. Merlett received some
more copper ore from his Coat uila
mines which contains more gold than
that which he received last week
Your compositors changed the read
ing of the assay that was made of his
ore, in my last letter. 1t assayed 80
per cent of copper to the ton in place
of 80 ounces.
MIR. Sol Guggenheim, of New York,
and his two brothers, arrived this
week. They have large mining in.
terests in Mexico and Colorado. Last
winter they purchased about 200 acres
of land near the city for the purpose
of erecting smelters. Prof. A. w
Gust, their general manager, is In
the city also, to superintend their
works here
DIR. D. H. Randolph, late postmas.
ter at Laredo, and DR.. A. Theriat, Of
Nueva Laredo, are going to estab.
fish drug store in Monterey.
Col. s. G.. Robbs, a commission
merchant OF Laredo, is going to estab
lish q commission house in Monterey
Montemorales and Tampico for the
sale of lime and cement
There is considerable complaint
among the business men because the
American government does not ap
point consul at Monterey. When.
ever they have any documents to
acknowledge they have to go t.
Saltillo or Nueva Laredo. This en-
tails considerable expense and delay
Your correspondent has been inform
ed that the reason one has not beer
appointed is that the Mexican
government does not want one here
We do not believe there is any truth
in said report. The opposition Gomez
from another source. Several petit
tiOns have been forwarded for tn
position, but 10 attention has beer
paid to them.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Beravi, proprietor o
the Wilson House, Laredo, is visiting
mis- daughter, Mrs. Ord.
Mr.. g. l.. Mayes, of Laredo, ha
been sight seeing in Wonderland 70
several days.
Col. J. G. Middleton, one of the rep
resentatives Of the Nueva Leol
smelling and refining works, re-
turned last niUht from a husinas