San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-14

The timber consists of live oak red
white and black oak, cypress, ebony,
hnx wood. mahogany, cedars, spruce,
pine, ash, elm, mesquite, walnut,
pecan, bOis d'Arc, sweet and bitter
orange, aguscate. cotton wood, has
wood, poplar, willow, sycamore.
cherry and haretta.
MANUFACTURES.
There are over one hundred plan
clio mills IN this districts; there are
several tsnneries; wagon and car
rage shops, tin, copper and black
smith shops; there are furniture fac
tories. brick yards, and marble and
slate quarries close by.
PRICE OF LAND
The price OF land is controlled in
this country by the quantity Of water
that goes with them; days water.
twentv-tour hours. is worth from $500
tn 81 son while thirty DAYS water Is
worth $4,000 to S35 900, according to
quantity and close proximity to the
city. The above price il for land in
cultivation-in corn. sugar cane, cot
ton, vegetables and fruit, including
all the improvements, In addition
to THE, there is a large body of up
land that goes with each tract. which
Is used for grazing purposes. This
upland is worth from fifty cents to
dollar an acre.
WHAT THEY WANT.
There is big opening in this ser
ton for large and small capitalists.
They want men who will erect and
operate cotton gins: sugar mills; can
fruits and vegetables: manufacture
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saw mills; grit mills; bagging, Irvine
and rope factories; distellery; sink
artisan wells; build street railway:
put in an electric light plant and
water works for the city. To such
men they will be granted liberal con.
cessions
PERSONALS.
While here we met DR.. w. Brown,
q native Of Nielsen county KY. The
Doctor went to California In 1S49, and
mbsrked In mining, and as soon as
he made his "pile" he returned to the
States. About twenty seven years
$40, he came to this country and 10
Gated in this city, opened drug store
married and settled down In the prac.
tice OF his profession. Last winter
Captain w. H. Wentworth late chief
engineer of the Gulf road married
one of his daughters, abandoned
railros ding and like the Doctor he EN-.
q srked In the mining business, in the
san Nicolas district. state of Tamauli.
pas. The Doctor Is also u large plant
or and fruit raiser. He owns an orange
grove close by. He raises corn, sugar
cane and vegetables, and this fall he
and Mr.. Frank 3. Furnival are going
TO try the experiment of raising Irish
potatoes on the adjacent mountains.
Although the Doctor 10 now on the
shady side of life, yet he is live,
active aud progressive man.
We also met, while here. Mr.. VIM.
Oliver, the private secretary of Col.
G. A. Merriam, the general superin-
tendent of the Monterey and Mexican
Cult road, who Is on q ten days leave
Of absence. About q year ago Mr..
Oliver purchased about $50 acres of
land, adjacent to the city, and put
about $50 acres of IL In cultivation.
Last week he cut and baled so tons of
Johnson grass. He has now two
sulky pIows breaking ground, for the
purpose of planting corn, cotton,
sugar cane and vegetables for the
Mon terey market. He is also having
an orange grove and fruit orchard set
out. Mr.. Oliver Is q young English-
man, single, and is matrimonialIy in
clined. AS this is leap year, the young
ladies should look after him.
Mr.. Thomas e. Wheat, late of La
redo, came here about twenty months
ago and purchased valuable tract of
land which he is improving. He has
q portion of 1t In corn, sugar cane and
vegetables. He Is also making
arrangement to set out q large orange
grove and fruit orchard. He is also
young man, fun of energy, and is
one that the young ladies have their
caps set for.
Mr.. J. M. Meyer and Son, originally
from Ohio, have located here, and
have embarked in the raising of sere-
ais and fruit.
Capt. Henry Ellis, late of her ma.
has located here, anu is planting an
orange grove.
DR.. n. B. Butcher, of Philadelphia,
Penn, has located here and last sea-
son he set out about 10000 orange
trees.
Mr.. M P. Lynds, a young man from
st. Louis. Mo-, is another interpris-
ing man that located here. He has q
thirty acre field with permanent
water that he is setting out in oranges
aud other fruits. Mr.. Frank 3.
Furnivali is a young Englishmsn who
planted himself right here for the
purpose of showing the natives how
TO raise big crops OF sugar cane, fruit,
oranges and potatoes. II Edmond is
q judge of human nature, and he
thinks he Is, 1t will not be many
moons until F. is gathered into the
matrimonial net.
Mr.. Jacob Ingram has esta blished q
dairy in the city and is cuItivating 200
acres of land beside.