San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-22
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.

AhiupiCO TIC Vulure Ofeat ShY-
The ola and the New Cities
Scenes IN the CITY Pro
ducts Wants = Port
Notes-PersonaIs.
TAMPICo, Mex, Sept. II, 1892.
! To the San Antonio LIGHT:l
Tampico is destined to be the
future great city on the Gulf of Next
co-Velasco second. Tampico is so
situated that nine-tenths of the CON-
merce of Mexico will pass through,
her port. She has the best hsrbor on
the Atlantic slope; it Is open the year
round; it is exempt from the lee fields
In winter and out of the track of
storms. She is now connecte with the
principal cities in the Republic by
two lines of railroads, the Mon terey
and Mexican Gulf and the Mexican
Central Again before the close of
this century she will be connected by
rail with the Pacific Ocean, either
at Alfalfa or Mazatlan, or both, by the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railway,
which will give them q direct route
to the Pacific and by steamship
to the Islands In the Pacific japan.
China and Australia; while on the
Atlantic slope she is connected by
lines of steamship with Velasco, Gal.
weston, New Orleans, Havana, the
West Indies, Mobile, Philadelphia.
New York, Boston. Halifax. st. Johns,
New Brunswick, Great Britain and
Europe. Again, there are two or
more railroads that have been char.
tered whose objective point Is Tam.
pico.
A look at the map will show that
Tampico Is SO situated that the pro-
ducts of the old world, the east and
the west, and old Mexico, will pass
over her bur and be discharged at her
wharves.
Thus it will be seen that Tampico is
destined in the near future to become
the largest city on the Gulf of Mex
leo!
THE OLD AND THE NEW CITIES.
AS we stated in our last letter Tam
pico is nearly surrounded by water.
There Is but very little ground left
to build on, unless they go back some
distance from the river; and that is
not suitable for business purposes.
When the Mexican Central and the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf Rail-
way people procured their charters
to build to Tampico. They also pro-
cured water fronts, to enable them to
deliver to and receive freights from
the ships over their own wharves. AS
there was not room enough in front of
the city for that purpose, both COM
panies selected ground fronting on
the river north of the lagoon, between
the city and the bar.
The Monterey and Mexican Gulf
railway company have water front
of about four miles, and they run
back many miles more. The depth
of water In the river front
ing this property is from thirty
five to forty-five feet. They have
their depot, office and ware house
there; they have about 500 feet of
wharves built and they have force of
men extending them along the river
front. The river at this point Is about
3 900 feet wide, so that the largest
ship that floats can lay along side of
their wharves. In front of where they
are building the wharves the ground
is as level as a table, just such place
as railway company likes to have
for its yard, machine shops, round
house and ware houses.
On the north side of these flats their
land gradually rises to height of
from thirty to forty feet and is COW
cred with timber. From this land
there Is fine view of the harb Dor,
the entrance to the river, the light
house, the jetties and the Gulf of
Mexico. There they get the full bene-
fit of the gulf breeze. There is no
lsgoons nor msrshy ground between
It and the gulf; all the lagoons are to
the southwest and west of it.
Edmond is not 8 prophet nor the son
of one, but he don't hesitate to pre-
dict that in that vicinity the new city
will be built. 1t Is the best because |
it is the healtniest place, for it, and |
there Ii ground enough there for q |
million or two Inhabitants.
The Mexican government who al |
ways takes q deep interest in the well |
fare OF their people will In the near |
future establish the custom house |
there and they will erect bonded |
ware houses, so as to facilitate the |
handling OF the goods.
v The Monterey and Mexican Gulf
galway are erecting two-stOry hotel.
is built close to the river and COM
hands fine view of the mar Dor.
fThe Mexican Central railway COM
ANY are erecting wharves and sink
e an artesian we'll on their property.
the improvements that will be
fide from this on will be made in
lat direction.
II SCENES IN THE CITY.
Ehe scenes in the city are pictur-
Due, and they have to be seen to be
sbreciated. The first thing that