San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-24
TRAVELS IN WONDERLAND.
The New Smelter-After the Worlds
Fair-New Street Car Line-NO
Yellow Fever -Schools-City
DOts-PersOnal

Yellow Fever -Schools-City
DOts-PersonaI.
TO the San Antonio LIGHT.
MONTEREY, Mex, July Is, 1891.
Last winter the Guggenheim Bros,
of New York, who have large smelter
and mining interests in Colorado and
Mexico, purchased 200 acres of ground
in this city for the purpose Of erecting
smelter. They put force of men
to work to sink wells so as to get q
supply of water. AS soon as they
were ready to build the government
imposed tax of per cent on each
ton of lead that contained over SO per
cent of silver. That was considered
too much, 80 they entered into a cor
reepondence with the Mexican gov.
eminent so rs to get them to allow
more silver TO the ton of lead. In this
they were successful, as they allow
them 204 ounces of silver to the ton of
lead, As soon rs they receive notices
of this, Mr.. Sol Guggenheim, who
was in New York city, telegraphed
his agent here that they would 60 on
WIN bu0 WOIk6y ouu tu0t no WOulO
start for Monterey at once.
This plant will be one of the larg.
est in the republic; the capacity will
be about 600 tons Of ore per day. The
machinery lie laying at Laredo and
Eagle Pass, and it 10 expected to be
forwarded at once.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
This week we met Lieutenant
Asher Carter Baker, of the u. 6.
navy, government commissioner of
the Worlds Colum bian Exposition at
Chicago. Mr.. Bakers mission to
Monterey was to gather statistics
about the country, the resources, and
o list of the products. After he gets
through here he will 60 to Saltillo,
to see the governor, and from there he
will visit Victoria, Tsmaulipas, and
3 ct list of the products of that state,
and work up good exhibit to send
to Chicago.
NEW STREET RAILROAD.
"The AL Oriente y Sur de Monterey
Co" have commenced this week to
build q new line of street railroad to
| the John r. Prier brick yard at the
foot of the Saddle Mountain. This
company have the best system OF
street railroad in the city and their
cars are of the latest style and best
quality. Their main line starts from
the Monterey & Mexican Gulf Ry.,
traverses the principal streets, crosses
| the San Juan to the foot of the noun
tains south Of the city; while north
ern branch starts from the thiathe
and crosses the Ojo de Aqua and runs
parallel with it to the surburbs of the
city. Mr.. Jasper Mas, of Laredo is
superintendent Of construction.
NO YELLOW FEVER AT TAMPICO.
Word has been sent out from the
City of Mexico and published in the
San Antonio Express that there was
yellow fever in Tampico. This morn
ing Mr.. J. H. Copelsn, general pas
senger and freight agent of the Mon
terey and Mexican Gulf railway show
ed us certificate that he received
from DR.. Charles M. Harris, who is in
chsrg Q OF the hospital at Tampico, who
says that to his knowledge there has
not been q case of yellow fever in
that city in three years. Also letter
from q prominent merchant who
states that there had not been case
in eleven years. Tampico has been
very healthy for many years. The
authorities take spacIsl mains to keep
the city clean and healthy.
MINERS. AND MINES.
The reports received from the min
ers in the Monterey district are very
fiattering to the owners, and the
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are very rich, and the owners feel
elated att The smeiters in this city
are receiving hundreds of tons of ore
daily. Mr.. B. F. Lsrm, of Villaldama,
shipped alone from his mines since
the first of May 2l2 cars of ore.
The Mexican National. and the
Mon terey and Mexican Gulf railroad
bring in train loads every day, and
their siding and yards are full of cars
of ore.
Today the flags are at half mast in
memory of Benito JuareZ.
There is some prospect Of having q
large hotel Quilt in the near future,
either in the city or at TopO Chico
hot springs. A good hotel is needed
here very much.
Mrs. Manuel Hernandez presented
her hus band, on the morning Of the
Fourth Of July, with three boys.
Two have since died. If they had
lived he intended to name them tho
Fourth of July, Gnco de Mayo and
Sixteenth of Septem Der.
Mr.. II. Breusing, of san Antonio, Is
in the city for the benefit of his
health. He first went 70 Corpus
Christi where he met Eli Perkins.
He informed US that he could get
along with him, but when he wss
told that Sam Jones was going to be
in Corpus in few days he pulled out
He was afraid that if Sam got after
him that he might get him to join the