San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-01-30

HOTEL SAN EsTEHAN. SATILo, jan
uary, p, 1898.
To the LIGHT:
SATILLO.
Is built above the clouds,
Where the sunshines daily,
The trees are ever green
Aud the roses bloom,
Where fair ladies dwell,
Whose cheeks are as red as the rose,
And whose eyes are as bright
AS the sparkling waters
That role down the mount tain side,
And whose bewitching smiles
Would cause the music TO sing their
praise,
And EDMOND this tribute pay.
1t Is Just seven months since your
correspondent visited the Buena Wis
Ia of the Sierra Madra, SaltiIlo. 1t
was then midsummer, and the days
and nights were clear, warm and cool.
AS the city has an altitude of about
$500 feet, 1t is above the clouds, and
the sun shines over three hundred
and forty days in the year. 1t is q
rare thing TO see whole cloudy day
in Saltillo; so that it may be truly
said that they have perpetual sum-
mer here.
1t is seldom that the thermometer
goes up to IS Fab, and the nights are
always cool, SO much so that double
blanket don't come amiss.
The winters are never cold. The
Thermometer rarely goes below so
Fab. Tuesday last was about IS cold 3
day as they had this winter. After
dinner 1 took walk up to the ojo de
aqua, q spring that pushes out from
the brow OF Buena Vista, which has
an attitude of about 900 feet, and from
which the city gets Its water supply.
While there / saw number of wo-
men and chill iren bathing in the
ditch in front Of the spring. II those
who are now housed in the north
and northwestern states by the bliz.
yards that lately crossed the northern
continent knew that this section of
Mexico was blessed with such a mild
climate, there is no doubt but what
hundreds of them would come here
to spend the winter.
Saltille is built above the clouds,
where the sun daily shines, the trees
are ever green and the roses bloom.
STREET RAILWAY.
Since the first of January q COM
pany has been organized for the pur-
pose of building q street railway. 1t
will start from the Mexican National
depot, pass through the Alameda, up
the Main street to the principal
plaza aud from there to San Francisco
plaza, or the eastern part OF the city.
They expect to break ground by the
middle of February. The capital
.tock is $780, 900; all of which is sub
scribed for by the merchants and
capitalists of this city.
COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
AS rule the first thing that north.
ern and eastern people enquire about
when they visit this country Is,
what Kind of schools have they, or do
they have any public or free schools
in Mexico? Ia order to be able to an
swer those questions your CORES pond
ent vlsited the colleges and some OF
the public and private schools In the
city. When We presented our card
TO the principals of the colleges and
stated our missions, the professors
kindly furnished US the following
Information The first one that we
went to was the
ATENEO FUENTE COLLEGE.
which fronts the San Francisco plaza
on the west side. This is one OF the
best equipped colleges in the Repub-
lie Of Mexico 1t has q large cabinet
of arts, specimen of stuffed birds and
ANIMALS, fish, astronomical apparatus,
library aud chemical apparatuses.
They had an average of 200 pupils
during the year 1872 They teach Span
ism, English, French, Latin, Greek
History of Mexico, Universal history,
Natural history, astronomy, geology
chemistry, lithOgraphing, mathsma-
tics, drawing, engineering, zoology
logic, literature, bookkeeping, mus
sic, mining law and medicine.
The system of teaching adopted by
this college is the same as that adopt
ed by the National Preparatory
school in the City OF Mexico, in all 1t,
branches.
They have twenty two professors
Hon. Bias Rodriguez is president and
Prof. Jacobo Aguirre, secretary, u
whom we are indebted tor the above
statistics.
The next one we called on was Prof
Sixto Maria Garcia, superintendent o
the city schools, who kindly fur.
nished US the following infor nation
There are ten public free schools il
the city, five for boys and five To-
girls. The average attendance for tn,
year 1892 was 1,215 boys and ,02
girls. They have one principal anC
two assistant teachers for each school
They paid out in salaries and Incl
dental expenses during the year 1S9:
S13. 440. AS education is compulsor,
in Mexico, those who are not able t
purchase books for their children tn