San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-12
SCENES IN WONDERLAND
Going Towards Ghe 'IrOpics-Esmh-
les Among Orange Groves, Fruit
Orchards and Beds of Roses
Factories improvements
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Floods-Persanals.
VICTORIA, Sept. Sth, 1892.
IT, the Daily LIGHT.
A few weeks ago we reached this
the first tropical city ma the line OF
the Monterey aud kLeXseau cult rail-
way south OF Monterey, distant fTom
thst.city l76 mikes
Victoria Is the cspitslef the state of
Tamsnlipss, aud is one OF the Oldest
cities in the state.
The majority OF the buildings are
one and Two story stone and brick
fat roofs, while the bslance are
adobes, jacals, and are thstched with
the palm leaves. Many OF them are
over one hundred years old, and they
look as though they are good for a
quarter OF a century more.
SCENERY.
The country between MontemoreIos
and Victoria is picturesque. New
scenery presents itself with every
mile OF the road. the road is built
over rolling lands, over prsIrIes,
through rich and fertile valleys
and between small hills, through
forests of timber, orange groves, tr0p'
icsl fruits, and fields OF corn
snd sugar cane, aud over sparkling
streams, whose banks were lined
with tall cypress tree, whose every
limb and b. anch furnished q resting
place for the thousand parrots who
make the woods ring with their
merry song and laughter; while of to
the right are the sierra Msdre, whose
peaks rise above the clouds; while at
their foot is some of the most fertile
land that is to be found in this Won
derland. The whole scenery is pic
tlr-s9ue an panoramic.
Tourists VINO travel over this road
cannot form any idea from the cars OF
the population and producls of the
couu try. The road is built most OF the
way on ridge that>skirts the valley,
while from Ave to twenty miles away
out of sight of the roads are cities OF
5000 to 10 600 in inhabitants, whose hab.
its and customs are as primitive end
picturesque as are to be found any
where in the repub bile. Bat as we
expect to visit some of them before
we return to Monterey We will not
say more about them at this time.
PRODUCTS
The products OF this section are va
rious and prolific, and embrace every
variety of cereals, tropical fruits, tim
Der, rare birds, wild and domestic
animals.
The following varieties of vege-
tables will grow lin this district the
year round: cabbage, turuips, carrots,
psrsnips, radishes, cucumOeTs, beets
lettuce, onions, csntelopes, musk and
water melons, citrons squash, pump
kins, tomatoes, caulifiower, maDger-
wurzels, ruta begas, sweet and Irish
potatoes, chayotes, melonZspotes,
egg plants, pinespples and horse.rad-
dish. They raise corn, rice, sweet
and broom corn, clover, alfalfa, mil
1t, cotton, tobacco, John son grass,
and iXtle. They raise oranges,
lemons, lines, bananas, plantius,
agulacates. pears, plums, peaches.
gu noes, pomegranites, figs, grapes,
cherries, msngos, msmilles, psgnas,
taronias, cherimoyas, anomss ,papsyas,
tamakindas, cedras, pltsyes, tunas,
appricots, dates, rawberries, black
berries, pecsns and walnuts. They
raise cattle, horses, mules, burros,
sheep, goats, hogs and poultry. They
get gold, silver, lead, iron and cop
per out of the mines. In timber they
have pine, spruce, cedar, live oak,
red. white and black oaks, sycamores.
cypress. ebony, lockwood, rosewood,
pecan, walnut. bois d. arc, sweet and
bitter orange, ash, elm, cottonwood,
willow, mdsquite, cherry, aguacate,
bareta, ceron, alamo, coma, tenZs,
graIjlnas, palo amarillo, mara, ma
huIrs, palmetto, pslo blanco, and a
great variety OF dye woods. They
have in this district great variety of
rare birds, hooking oirds, parrots,
wild turkeys, javalius. bears, ante
lope, deer, mountain lions, panthers,
tigers, leopard cats, spotted cats, ar
madlllos, coOns O'possoms, haggers,
ground hogs and monkeys.
PRICE OF LAND.
The price of land in this district,
like elsewhere, IS governed by the
quantity of water ana close proximity
to the city. A days water is worth
from 500 to $1,000; while a thirty
days water is worth from s., 900 to
$50. 600. A days water will lrIigate
from twenty to thirty acres There is,
with every tract OF this land, large
body of uplaDds. This lie used for
grazing, and is worth from IS cents to
81 per acre. Wild or state lands are
worth about $500 q league.
CLIMATE
The general opinion abroad is tina t
this is q very hot and sickly country,
butsuch is not the case. Your CORE
spondent has been here In October,
May and August. aud we did not find
1t hot nor cold. The nights are always
cool and we had to sleep under cover.
We fipd that there is very little sick.
ness in the city. The principal dis
ease that prevails here Is mslsrial
fever, and that is confined to the men
who work irrigatlng the crops There
is not q city of It's size Ina the states that
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