San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-06
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
Mexican Gulf Railway-ImproVe-
ments Products -immIgra-

CADEREYTA, July 80, 1892.
To the Daily LIGHT.
The fore part of this week your cor
respondent boarded the Monterey
and Mexican Gulf train for the pur-
pose of spending day in this, one of
the oldest cities in the state of Nuevo
Leon, Cadereyta, which is twenty-five
miles east of Monterey. After leav-
ing Monterey the train passed through
fields of growing grain. We saw corn
just coming up out of the ground,
some two feet high, some in tassel,
in roasting ears and some ripe and
cut ready to be shucked, all side by
side along the road. We saw sugar
cane that was from four to five feet
long, barley and oats growing and
cut in the fields in places along the
road. We saw orchards loaded down
with ripening fruit. We saw men
blowing with oxen hitched to the one
handled crooked stick plOw. just as
their ancestors did in Egypt over
two thousand years ago; the plow-
men either barefooted or wearing
sandals; we saw evidences of thrift
and poverty; the modern improve
ment along SIDE OF the ancient;
the oxen and mules hauling
heavy laden carts and wagons,
and the burros covered with
the products of the field prodding
their way to the city at the rate of
tour or five miles an hour while the
modern improvement, the iron horse,
was rushing past them with the speed
of the wind, hauling behind palace
coaches filled with men, women and
children. They were protected from
the sun, heat and dust, while their
cheeks were famed by the cool
breeze from the Gulf, while looking
out the windows. While thus look IN g
at the scenes along the line we could
not help bat feel that we owed deot
of gratitude to the inventors of the
steam engine and the builders of rail-
roads and manufacturers of the palace
cars, while at the same time our SYM
pathies were extended to the untor-
| tunate oxen, mules, burros and those
who had to pillow and tread along the
dusty road in the hot sun.
When we reached The depot we
! found mum Der of hacks in waiting.
We got aboard of one and in about
twenty minutes we reached the Main
plaza. This we found to our surprise
| to be the largest and best laid out OF
any city that we have been in in
Mexico. 1t is APO feet square, the
streets around IL are so feet, the walks
20 feet wide. There are 80 double
back stone seats, "a single stone seats
and 81 ornamental wooden seats. In
the middle of the plaza is an orna
mental iron fountain, white marble
reservoir and around it are ornamental
wooden seats. The whole plaza is
srtistically laid out, walks all through
it and between them are growing the
sweetest Of roses whose aroma fills
the air with their perfume.
On the outside are growing large
orange trees loaded with fruit; while
all round the plaza and through the
grounds are ornamented lamps for
the purpose of lighting it up at night.
The streets are laid out at right
angles; they run east and west, north
and south. They are wide, well Dav
ed and line on both sides with wide
side walks. The cathedral fronts the
plaza on the east and the municipal
hall on the west.
There are several two-story stone
| buildings and q number OF aIOue.
We did not see any brick buildings,
although we have been informed that
there is fine brick clay here.
They have their bull ring and other
places OF amusements in the city.
They have music on the plaza Sun
day and Thursday nights.
AS the city is built between two
rivers, the Cadereyta and San Juan,
the drainage is perfect.
SCHOOLS.
There are several public and pri-
vate schools in the city. The Baptists
and Msthodists hold services here
and each has a private school con-
nected with their mission.
The population of Cadereyta is be-
tween 10 and Is 900. 1t is the largest
city in the state outside of Monterey.
PRODUCTS.
The products of this section of the
country are varied and prolific They
EN- brace all the ceriais. such as corn,
sugar cane, sweet and Irish potatoes,
harley, oats, wheat, rye, millet, john
son grass, all kinds OF vegetable, to
tobacco, cotton and alsalia. In
fruit they grow peaches, pears,
plums ,pomegrsnatis ounces. cherries,
| figs, grapes, oranges, lemons,
lines, bananas plamtines, olives
aguscates, straw berries, black berries,
mamilles, mangas, pecans and wal.
nuts. They raise cattle, horses,
mules, burrOs, sheep, goats, hogs and
poultry. There is one sugar factory,
one peloncillo factory and one tannery
in the city.
PRICE OF LAND.
The price of farming land is gov
arpad nv the uuantity of water