San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-30
MONTEREY LETTER.
New Street Car Line = Robbery
Mining ws-King of Tramps-
Bicycle Ride-Short Stops.
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MONTERREY, Oct. 26, 1898.
To the LIGHT.
Early last summer Messrs. Gug-
genheim and others secured a
charter for a street railway from
the Monterey and Mexican Gulf
railway depot to the Guggenheim
smelter and the nail factory, and
from there to the TOpO Chico
springs. They have all the ma
terial for the road on the ground
and will soon let the contract for
it's construction.
Mr.. Leon j. Giraud has secured
the contract for the erection of a
handsome two-story. brick and
stone residence, with black marble
trimmings, for Mr.. Patrick
ODowd.
Thieves recently entered the bed
room of Mr.. Chas. Carroll and stole
his clothing, containing $40 and a
gold.watch and chain worth $195.
A new mining company, called
ola Compania Minera de San
Pablo" has been organized, to de-
velop the San Pablo mines, which
are located in the Sierra Madre
mountains, about y miles east of
Monterey. AS the ore is rich, the
stockholders expect large div
idends on the $4,000 capital stock.
In. the past month the Monterey
and Mexican Gulf railway hauled
to Tampico 90 cars of bullion, 9
cars of hides, s cars of ixtle and l
car of goat skins for shipment to
New York.
By the first of January, 1894, a
mammoth packing and cold stor-
age plant will be in operation at
Tampico.
On Monday, the 23rd, E. E.
Thompson, calling himself the
"King of Tramps" arrived in Mon
terey, en- route to Bogota, on foot.
He has been travelling nearly seven
months and expects to reach his
destination in five more. While
here he was the recipient of much
attention from both Americans
| and MeXicans, and received many
useful presents. He left here on
Tuesday, walking on the track of
the Mexican National railway.
Early last Sunday morning Col.
Fred c. Burgdorfer, George Risp-
ham and Thomas Cattell went
over to Saltillo on the train. On
arriving there, they mounted their
bicycles and,rode back to Monte
rey, over a rough and mountain
Gus road, distance of 20 miles, in
| hours.
SHORT STOPS.
Mr.. Joseph Schneider returned
from the Worlds fair Monday.
Mr.. f. Dysterud, manager of the
electric light plant, left for Chica-
go Sunday night.
Hon. Joseph G. Donnelly, consul
general of the United States at
Nuevo Laredo, and Hon. Frank B.
Earnest, of Laredo, spent last Sun
day in Monterey.
Col. G.. g. Brewster and Albert
Johnson came over from Laredo
Tuesday and returned on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. AlOnzo Dreyfus and wife,
of Galveston, Texas, have been
here for some time, taking a
course of baths at Topo Chico hot
springs.
Capt. A. Y. Alice and ID. l.. Sui
livan, of San Antonio, are here on
prospecting tour.
Mr.. Thomas Milan, superinten-
dent of motive power of the Next
can National railway Mr.. R. P. Co.
burn, his chief clerk, and Mr.. w.
b. Ryan, commercial agent of that
road, with headquarters at Laredo,
were in the city this week on rail-
way business.
Miss Mary Powers, of Laredo,
has accepted the position of steno-
grapher and typewriter in the Of
flee of J. p. Flynn, auditor of the
NJ. & NJ. G. railway.
Miss Katie Powers, of Corpus
Christi, is on a months visit to
Monterey, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Carroll.
Mr.. H. A. Smith has been APP
pointed fuel agent of the Mon
terey and Mexican Gulf Railway,
with headquarters at Victoria.
Mr.. A. A. Christensen has been
appointed chief clerk in the Mon
terey and Mexican Gulf freight
office here.
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