San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-22

trees throw Out rOOts which deSends
towards the ground, but they are NOT
allowed to, rs they cut them off. II
they were allowed they would come
through the stones. We have been
informed that they bored through
pockets OF some Americans who were
seated beneath them, and also ab-
sorbed some of the silver dollars that
they came in contact with. We were
not surprised at that, for we felt like
purchasing some of the roots to send
to Texas to plant, and see If they
would not raise Votes for T.. w.
Cuney's candidate for governor
George Clark.
The church plaza Is few
blocks higher up. This also set
out with shade trees and tropical
plants. The side walk Is paved with
checkered tiles which cost $4,000
laid down. The municipal hall and
police fronts this plaza.
To the northwest OF it is the military
plaza and barrieks, and to the west of
it IL the cemetery and the old fort
now in ruins that was built by Santa
Anna. That Is as far as the city is
extended.
THE INDIANS.
In order to see those people, the
tourists will have to go to the levees
or bank of the Rio Tamssi. They
come in on canoes by the hun
dreds. Frequently there are as
many as two hundred canoes moved
side by side, loaded with fruit, vege-
tables. salt, honey, and fresh water
in barrels. Many of them bring their
families with them, including the
dogs. They live in the canoes, going
and coming. These canoes are from
thirty to seventy-five feet long. AS
many of those Indians are musicians.
they have their concerts at night
while in port.
The river and lagoon is full of
skiffs and sailing boats. and are sklp-
ping about day and night. A sail on
them, of moonlight night. is quite
treat. They frequently 20 to the bar,
so as to give the excursionists chance
to take bath in the Gulf.
THE FISH VEGETABLES AND MEAT
MARKET.
They have a good fish market in
Tam olco. We saw some as nice fish
for sale as we ever saw any where.
You can purchase as much fish here
for twenty-five cents as you can In
Corpus Christi or Galveston for one
dollar. The shrimp are unusually
large. We were disappointed in the
vegetable market. We saw but very
little vegetables. Fruit, chile red
and green peppers and garlic are their
principal vegetables.
The meat market is not as good as
the Monterey market. We saw some
good meat. but not at the hotels
here.
that we ever saw. At early sunrise
the buzzards cross over from their
roosting place on the Vera Cruz side
and light on counters and butchers
blocks for the purpose of inspecting
the meat and when they discover a
piece that is any way tainted they
will carry them off. They also in
spect the streets and do likewise.
. The city, as q rule, is kept moder-
ately clean. The principal streets
aDd plazss are swept every morning
and the ru bbish carted off.
PRODUCTS.
The products of this section are
tropical fruits, vegetables, sweet po-
tatOes, rice, beans, peas, tobacco. cat.
tie, horses, mules, burros, goats,
parrots, deer. wild turkeys, fish, oys-
tiers, turtles, shrimp, aligators and
sharks. During the winter months
their rivers and lagoons are full of
wild geese and ducks.
WHAT THEY WANT HERE.
There is big opening in this city
for large and small capitalists. The
following industries will pay well
here: A steam laundry; a furniture,
sash door and blind factory; carriage
and wagon factory; sugar mill; corn
mill; a factory for manufacturing ag.
ricultural implements; cotton gins, |
bagging, rope and Irvine |
factory; q factory for canning fish, |
oysters; fruit and vegeta bles; machine |
shops; foundry dry dock. ship yards, |
a dairy, hotels and American mer.
chants.
The city will grant a liberal con-
cesslon TO any person or persons who
will undertake to bore an artesian
we'll for them and get them fresh
water.
Good water is very scarce in this
city. Nearly all the water that they
use is brought down from the upper
in barrels in the canoes and
sold by the keg, much of which is not
bic to drink. The less new corners
drink of it the better for them.
Hon. Rsfel de Zumga informed us
that his water bill amounts to SIS q
month. Thus it will be seen that
they need artesian water badly.
PORT NOTES.
There were in port yesterday morn
ng four steamers: The Stark, with a
largo OF coke for the Monterey smell
5ers; the Twickenhsm, with 1000
aknunl 4 l. l..