San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-15

city OsplthJ, l LhllllhTy ana i rail-
way hospital; drug stores, Z doctors;
lawyers, . notary publies; 5 vice
| consu!s, American, Spanish, French,
German and Italian; 2 ice factories, 2
orick yards, 3 distilleries, 8 cotton
presses, l tannery, / soap factory,
several piloucello factories, ship
yard, dry dock, casino, l theatre,
| bull ring, Gus TOM house, 8 hotels,
2 lumber yards. several hardware
stores, dry goods and grocery stores;
newspaper.
The Germans control the hardware,
the French the dry goods, and the
Spaniards and the Americans the
groceries.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
A lew days ago we look a trip to
the bar for the purpose of examining
the government works. At 8 p. m.
we ordered rock train OF the Mexi-
can Central railway which Cal ried US
to the jetties, where we found large
force OF men unloading rock and put.
ting them in place.
There are two jetties, one on the.
| north side Of the PaDruco river in the.
state of Tamaulipas, and one Oh the
| south side in the state of Vera Cruz.
Both jetttes were started at the same
time and the same amount of work
done on each one. The jetties are.
| now 5000 feet each, and they are to-
have them completed by the middle
of Septem Der.
In building those jetties they put in
piling and laid two railroad tracks on
them as they went along; then they
put la rock and dumped brush on top
of them. When they got out TO where
the water was very salty, they creo-
soted the piling to protect them from
the tardedas. They used piling rs
feet long aud drove them % feet be-
low the water at the outer end of Jet
ties, In 10 feet of water. Inside of the
bar they ran out two jetties or wings
on each side, so as to throw the force
at the current on the bar and wash Ii
ut. Those wings are only built to the
top of the water.
They have used up to date so, 900 cars
of rock, of an average OF 10 cubic
yards of rock to the car, making $780,
900 Gu bic yards of rock.
When they commenced work there
were only five feet of water on the
bar, now there are nearly nineteen
feet of water on 1t, and before the
close of 1892 they expect to have
Jwenty-three or more feet of water on
it. The contract calls for twenty
four feet of water, and II the jetties,
as far rs constructed, do not procure
that depth they will extend them q
few feet farther. The jetties are 900
feet apart. which is ample room for
all classes of vessels to 60 in and out.
THE TAMPICo HARBoR
is one OF the best and safest harbors
in the world. 1t Is completely land
locked. The entrance to the river is
from the east, then 1t turns south for
about three miles, then west, six to
eight miles and again south. The
depth OF water in the river Is from
thirty five to forty.five feet. On the
Vera Cruz side there is ridge which
protects the harbor from the gulf
storms, and on the Tamaulipas side
is the same, so that 1t may
blow gale on the outside, and 1t
| would not be felt in the harbor with
in. The river is from 600 to $500
| feet wide from the jetties up for twen-
| ty miles or more, thus furnishing safe
mooring for the largest size ships. AS
the water in the river 10, fresh or
nearly so. Ships enter this harbor
have their bottoms cleaned, as all the
barnaoles die in the fresh water and
drop of.
PERSONALS.
Mr.. F. de Ganahl, formerly of San
Antonio, who is the agent of the New
York, Mobile and Mexican steamship
company is here.
Hon. f.. J. Eisletter, ex alderman of
I hoa looota1 hara
Capt. J. Q. Ray, who has been for a
number of years connected with the
Mexican National Railway, has
charge Of the Monterey and Mexican
Gulf Railway in this city.
Mr.. g. J. McManus, formerly of
Corpus Christi, is cashier for the
Gulf road at the port end. Mr.. Juan
Laughton. another Laredo man, has
purchased q tract of land near
Tsmpico, and Is plan ting an orange
grove and bananas.
Mr.. Howard Carnes Is representing
Fowler and McVite of Galveston.
Col. J. G. Hamilton formerly of
of that country and that he wOlld
spendthe balance of his days in the
land of God and Liberty.
Hon. Judge Rsfelde Zunegs has
procured q charter to build system
of street railways in the city. Senior
Luis Llorente has received q conces-
sion for the purpose ,of putting in an
electric light plant. He is now in
New YORK purchasing the machinery.
Prof. A. Leisherknecht, U. s. con-
sui, looks after Uncle SANS interests.
in Tampico.
We also met Capt. Santiago Somers
He is the only American merchant
here. He keeps 8 wholesale and re-
tail grocery store. He favors your
correspondent so much, that we were
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