San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-07-17
NEWS FROM WONDERLAND.
The Fourth at Saltillo-Scenes In
The City. A Summer Resort
New Enterprises-Elec-

HOTEL SAN EsTEBAN, July 9, 1891.
To the LIGHT.
Previous to the Fourth of July the
American missionaries in this city
gave notice that they were going to
celebrate the Fourth by picnic at
Arispe mill, and the American colony
and their friends intended to join
them and have a good time. But
great was their disapoint ment when
they were informed that none but
those who were invited by ticket
would he permitted to JOIN them In
celebrating the national day in this
city. All the railroad employees, as
| we'll az many of the foreign mer-
| chants were snubbed, as they were
not considered worthy of associating
with these American Missionaries.
| If that had been made known sooner,
| the American colony and their friends
| would have made arrangements to
celebrate the day in becoming man.
| ner. This was the first time in their
lives that they heard that the Ameri-
can Missionaries had exclusive right
| to celebrate the Fourth in Saltillo.
Hence they feel agrieved.
Many of those merchants and rail-
road men informed your correspondent
that when these missionaries want to
| raise money, and want free railroad
| transportation, that they were the
first ones that they called on, and
| that they never failed to give them
| from five to twenty. five dollars. But
| as they have been counted unworthy
| to associate with them in celebrating
the Fourth, they will not contribute
| any more money to the American
| missionaries of Saltillo.
How liberal and patriotic the Amer
leans in Monterey acted. There the
| railroad men made preparations to
celebrate the Fourth, and they invited
| every one, the missionaries included,
| to join them, and the result was they
| had the most successful celebration
that was ever held in the Republic of
| Mexico.
Next year the American colony in
| this city will celebrate the Fourth,
and they will invite every one to join
| them, including the American mis-
sionaries.
| SCENERY IN THE CITY.
The scenery in and ABOUT Saltillo is
not only romantic, but panoramic and
] picturesque. Tourists who come in
here in the night miss seeing the
| grand mountain scenery that towers
above the city, the Buena Vista Of
| Saltillo: the American and Mexican
Notifications crown their brow, but
are now crunbling znto dust. Then
one can see the grand cathedral, the
| theatre. the market plaZas, beautiful
| o 'chards, fields of wheat, plantations
| of century plants, and quaint build.
| ings. All these are worth seeing.
But If they want To see beautiful
W omen, and fine music, they should
| so arrange their business to that they
would spend Sunday in the city. On
| sunday evening and night the ladies
can be seen at their best. At night
from p. In. to IL they are on the
plaza promenadiug and keeping step
| with the msic. The impression that
is left on the minds of the tourists who
| spend few days in this, the Buena
| Vista of the Sierra Madre, SaltillO,
| will meyer be effaced. They will carry
| home with them q better opinion of
| the people of this wonderland than
they had before coming here.
AsUNiMER RESORT.
SaltiIlo is destined in the near fu-
| ture to become one of the greatest
summer resorts in Mexico. The eli
mate is equitable, the air is pure and
bracing, the thermometer rarely GO
ing above so. There are no marshes
| nor stagnant waters; it is free from
! flies and mosquitoes. The nights are
| always cool, and no matter how tired
you are when you lay down at night,
| you get up in the morning as fresh
as q lark. Your correspondent
now speaks from personal experience.
NEW ENTERPRISES.
Since our last letter from here many
new enterprises have been talked of
in the city. Mr.. q. Siebur, of the firm
of G.. Siebur Il Co., has organized O
| company to erect a flour mill. They
have purchased the ground near the
Mexican National depot. They will
commence at once 80 as to be ready
to handle the next wheat crop. The
building will be three story brick,
latest improved machinery, capacity
of mill 200 barrels -four per day. The
| whole plant will cost about 500, 900.
There is q movement on foot to erect
one or more smelling and refining
works, a foundry, machine shop, roll
ing mill, brick yard and hotel. The
parties who got the contract for the
electric light plant have arrived and
commenced work at once. They are
required to have the works ready by
the 18th of September.
There is to be found in this vicinity
the finest specimen of plaster paris
rock in the world. There was an ex-
pert here last week, and he informed
us that the specimen that he sa" was
so pure that it burned by setting q
match TO IT,