San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-20
SCENES In WONDERLAND.

observation-disclosures
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HOTEL San EsTERAN, T.
SALTILLo, June 18th, 1892. j.
DAILY LIGsHT:
The agricultural resources of Goa
hula are immense, and 10 capable Of
supporting large population. Tour
lists and others who pass through sAis-
part of the state over the Mexican.
National railroad, generally look upon
1t as dry and barren waste. and
wonder what the people live on.
Your correspondents has been fire..
quently asked what do they raise
here and what do they live on?
In order to furnish the necessary
information about this portion OF the
state, We called on the Hon. Jose
Musquez, attorney at law, gentle
man who speaks and writes English,
and who has been identified with the
government of the state for over
thirty years, and who knows more
about the resources of the country
than any man that we know Of. After
stating our mission, he kindly gave
US the following information:
The state is divided into five dis.
tricts. Saltillo is the central district
and 10 situated in the south east cor
ner of the state. They raise
annually in this district about
500, 900 bushels of wheat, 200, 900
corn, $50 900 bushels of barley, 100, 900
bushels of oats, SO, 900 bushels of rye,
and thousands of bushels OF peas and
beans. They raise sweet and Irish
potatoes, ali kinds Of vegetables, al.
falfs, clover and johnson grass for
stock.
They raise great variety Of fruit,
such a. apples, peaches, pears, plunis,
pomgranites, paroons, ounces, grapes
and figs. They raise cattle, horses,
mules, horses, sheep. goats and hogs.
AS they raise two crops of corn, oats,
barley, and four crops of alfalfa,
clover and Johnson grass year on
the same ground. they have an album
dance OF feed for beef and pork.
There is some as fine agricultural
land In this district laying idle for
want of water to irrigate as is to be
found anywhere; but water like
everything else will come in due
time, for it is only o question OF time
until some live man with capital will
come here and sink artesian wells.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Since we were here in January last
there have been considerable i'm.
provements inaugurated. A number
Of new buildings have been erected
and not few business houses have
been established. The Phoenix steam
flour mill will be ready to make -four
light company are extending their
lines and lighting up the dark places.
Thomasichia Is remodeling his hotel.
The Catholics are remodeling the
church adjoining the cathedral. The
Baptists are going to add another story
to the Madero Institute, while another
enterprisipg citizen has erected q bull
pen near the Mexican National depot.
Prof. Antonio Farga is having his
music store, which fronts the Main
plaza remodeled.
FACTORIES.
There Is some talk here atspresent
about establishing number of fac
tories. Nearly everything in the way
of machinery is imported. In order
to induce outside capitalists and
manufacturers to locate here, the gov.
ernor informed us that he would grant
liberal concessions TO capitalists. and
that he would allow them to bring in
everything that was necessary for the
construction and operation of such
factories free OF duty, and that he
would exempt them from state and
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CLIMATE.
Persons who have never been to
Saltlllo have no idea what fine eli
mate we have here. Your correspon-
dent has had onsiderable experience
with climate since 1874 We have
seen the thermometer As degrees be-
low zero, and lis above in the shade.
We have been where there was too
much precipitation and where there
was none; bat we never have been in
q place before that has q climate TO
equal this. The evenings, nights and
mornings are cool, while the days
and nights are clear. The mondays
are not hot, and there lis always a
gentle breeze blowing. The Their
mometer ranges here in the summer
from IA to SS seldom does 1t go up to
90 AS summer resort 1t surpasses
any place that we were ever In.
RAIL ROADS.
There is every reason to believe
that as soon as the Mexican Inter-
national railroad is completed to Du-
range, that Mr. Huntington will conf
mence work on the branch road from
Jaral to Saltillo. The road Is already
located, and staked out so that the
contractors can go to work at once.
A LARGE METEOR.