San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-08

mountain side and whose bewitohing
smiles would cause the MUSES. to sing
their praise and Edmond this tribute
pay.
PRODUCTS.
This is strictly an agricultural
country. AS the soil is rich and is
well watered 1t produces immense
crops of cereals. They never tail TO
raise two crops Of corn q year on the
same ground, besides a third crop Of
fodder.
The following fruits and cereals can
be grown successfully here: Oranges,
lines. lemons, pears, peaches, pome-
granates, plums, ounces, figs, grapes,
cherries, bananas, plsntius. olives,
pruDos. manIilles, mangos, sguacstes,
black berries, goosberries, strawber-
ries, pecans and w~alnuts. Corn, u
gar. cane, sorghum, rye, millet, oats,
barley, SWEET and broom corn,
johnson gratis, clover, alfalfa, sweet
and Irish potatoes, c~antelopes, musk
and water melons, squash, pumpkins,
q great variety of caDbages, tomatoes,
cucumbers, onions, p%srsnips, beets,
lettuce, carrots, radishes, celery, pep
pers, peas, beans, caulitiowers, ruta.
bagas, mangel wursels and homlny
TIMBER.
The timber consists of live oak,
several vaTities of oaks, pines, spruce,
cypress, ebony, lockwood, mahogany,
cedar, elm, ash, mesquite. walnut,
bOis de'arc, sweet and bitter orange,
aguacate. cottonwood. baswood, pop
lar, buretta, cherry and sycamore.
PRICE OF LAND.
The price of land is governed by
the quantity OF water that goes with
it. A days water, twenty-four hours,
is worth from $3.50 to 81 300, while a
thirty days water is worth from $4,000
to $50, 0G0, according TO the volume of
water and close proximity to the city.
The above is the price of land in cul-
tivation and includes all the improve
ments, There is connected with such
lands. uplands for grazing which are
worth from fifty cents to n dollar
and fifty cents sn acre.
AS there is more water in this district
than they a use; the bitches ara
large so that a days water will irri-
gate about thirty acres. AS it seems
10 be q difficult matter for foreigners
to understand what is meant by q
days water, and why it costs so
much. we will explain it for them.
The agricultural land Is sold by the
days water. For instance: If q man
has 100 acres 1t will require tour days
water to irrigate It, so that when they
purchase that hundred acres the
water goes with it and it is theirs as
long as they own it. They can, when
ever they want to, have the fOur days.
water cut up into eight or sixteen
parts, and if they do not want TO use
it they al sell it for that day. But
it can never be taken away from
them.
STOCK.
They raise cattle, horses, mules,
burrOs, sheep, goats, hogs and paul
try.
FACTORIES.
There are three large sugar factories
in the city. The LA Compania Azu.
garera Mexicanan is built close to the
railroad, and has sidings run into the
yard. The capacity of the Mill is
5000 liles OF sugar per day. They
make brandy, whiskey and alcohol
from the drippings. for which they
get from Sl25 to $3.50 q gallon for.
The capacity of the still is %
Tires per day. The mill is owned by
Chicago capitalists. l.. Stehlius is
president, l.. D. Pollard, secretary,
and Mr.. G. w. ChOat, manager in
charge. This plant is n of the most
complete in the rep olic. All the
machinery is Of the latest and best.
The company get q home market for
sll the sugar and liquors that they
manufacture. Last season they sold
their entire sugar crop tor IL l~2 cents
a pound.
APPOINTED.
On Friday last the following circu.
lar was issued from the office of the
general manager of the Monterey
and Mexican Gulf Railway.
CIRCULAR NO. 5.
MONTEREY, Oct. %, 1892.
MI. G. A. Merriam having resigned,
Mr.. John Grace is appointed general
superintendent with jurisdiction over
maiDtainance OF way, operating and
mechanical department with head
quarters at Monterey. Heads of de-
partments and all other employees
will be governed accordingly. The
resignation of Mr.. Merriam and the
appointment of Mr.. Grace are both
both effective this date.
j. A ROBERTSON.
While here we met DR.. r. A
Welsh. The Doctor is a native OF
MoptemOrelas, and a graduate of the
University of Maryland. The Doctor
has decended from q family of dis
tinguished doctors; his grand father
and father we're doctors, aud he has
two brothers who practice medicine.
Mr.. f. Wilson, an Euglishman, il
representing the Singer sewing ma