San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-22
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.

SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Improvement New Enterprises -
More FactOrIes-Smelters-
ment of Ores-MinerS and
Mines-Was Not Ordered
Away-More Will Leave
.-City Dots-PersonaI.
PLAZA HOTEL,
MONTEREY, Feb. is, 1892.
To the LIGHT:
1t Is safe to say that there is not
another city in the republic that is
growing as rapidly as Mon terey.
There are more substantial improve
ments going on at present than was
ever known in the history Of the
city.
Saturday last we visited q great
portion of the city and there was
moi q place that We went to but what
We saw some new buildings going up
and many of the old ones are being
remodeled. The class of buildings
that are now being built are more
artistic than the buildings heretofore
erected.
Last week Mr.. j. C. Pate of st.
Louis was in the city for the purpose
of making arrangements to establish
q nail factory, and baroed wire
plant. He Informed Edmond that
he was very much pleased with
Monterey and what he saw of Mexico.
When be comes here he will bring
win him some FLOODED stock, and es.
tsblish raSSeh for the purpose of
thoroughbreds.
Col, g. o. Nelson and wife, 81.
Louis, Mo-, arrived Thursday last.
Mr.. Nelson is president of the st.
Louis National bank, and Is here for
the purpose of seeking investments.
Capt. G. r, Leonard, wife and son,
OF Boonville, Mo-, Is here also pros
pectiDg, Mr.. Leonard is a capitalist,
and as there are no openings for in
vestments in his own state, he con-
cluded to try Monterey.
Mr.. Madison Miller, of Louisville,
KY, another capitalist is in the city
also, for, the purpose of inves ting
some of Uncle Sans money.
There were here since our last
letter, prominent citizens from Kansas
City, Denver, Col, and Chicago. ILL.,,
who want to establish business or
factories in this city.
Mr.. f. l.. Cantu, q prominent mer-
chant of this city has opened a new
lumber yard, where he keeps a
full line OF dressed lum-
Der, sashs, doors .and blinds.
He also keeps full supply of me,
chanics tools, mining machinery, and
plantation supplies.
Last week Messrs. Martinez &
Woessner, lumber dealers, com.
menced to put up two-story frame
building for an office, near the NJ. &
NJ. g. depot, where they are estab.
fishing another lumber yard. They
have in the city large lumber yard
and 1t Is connected with the Mexican
National and the Monterey and Gull
railways. This firm has also lumber
yard at Saltillo.
SHELTERS.
While on our round for news Ed
mond took trip to the Nuevo Leor
smelling and refining works. w,
met DR.. 4. G. Mills, the general man
ager, who kindly showed us through
the works. There were five furnace!
in full blast and they were turnin,
out silver led metal by the ton. They
had tons of ore laying all around, anI
hundreds of hands unloading it of
the cars and hauling it to the furnaces
o be converted into metal.
This company has smelted the pss,
six months ,Sl1 tons of ore, which
produced 1850 tons of bullion. Tn
average amount of silver TO the to,
was las ounces, balance led and cop
per.
The officers of the company ar
General Geronimo Trevino, presiden
Pedro LambretoD, vice-presiden
Joaquin Msiz, secretary and treasur
or; II G. Mills, manager; Justo Gal
cia, chemist; M. Stukes, assayist, an
b. NJ. Bowman, accountant. the
give Employment to over three hun
bred men.
MINERS AND MINES.
There were q number of miners Il
the city this week and there wer
some big sales of ores made.
Mr.. Richard Wood, of Philadelphia
spent few days in the city. Nj