San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-25
AUSTIN'S GREAT DAM.
THE FLEET THAT FLOATS ON
THE BOSOM OF ITS LAKE.
Commissioners Reagan and Foster
to Regulate the Commerce Car
ried Over the Colorado-Rea-
listic Comic Opera, Row
ing and Romantic
Matches Being
Made There.

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previous letter, written from Aus
tin, all that can be said about Aus
tin can not be said in single brief
article, and it would take one Of
the largest sized books to contain
even the most interesting features
of the pretty little Lakeside city
and | don't even undertake to do
more than to write a very brief
chapter. Before | do that, however,
| wish in all kindness to her and
her people, to warn them of lot
of trouble that is before them
which they can avoid, and should
do so before it is too late. They
have not now transportation facl-
lities to accommodate One-half of
the people who live there
and visit the dam, as
saw last Sunday demonstrated
They will be confronted with the
same trouble that the managers of
the last fair held here had. Most of
the people will want to go out in
in the afternoon and just about
the same time; from three to six
o'clock and the single track dunn
my line can not possibly accom-
modate them. The roadway is amp
ly wide enough to accommodate a
double track and will give plenty
of room for wide driveway. The
line should be double ira cked and
the owners of the road should not
loose a minute in putting in the
second track. If this is done they
can run long trains of regulation
railway coaches whenever there is
any occasion for so doing and reap
a rich harvest as we'll as contribute
to the comfort and convenience of
the people they transport.
THE STEAM FLEET
consists of number of very pretty
crafts. The largest of them is the
Ben Hur, a sidewheel duble deck
er $50 feet long and which can
carry at any time comfortably l.
200 people. She as we'll as the
little launch Cora, her cOnsort, are
owned by Captain Shepard, and
she was built and launched at Aus
tin, just above the dam. She is to
be completed and in commission
by the time of the regatta. The
next in size and very commOdiuS
and comfortable craft is the Cha
taqua, owned by the Reynolds
brothers of San Marcos and of
which Captain f. H. Reynolds is
the commander, she was also built
at Austin and can carry 500
passengers comfortably and her
officers are very Obliging to pass
engers. The Dixie is a swift little
tug which was built at Detroit
and she and her trailer can carry
$50 passengers. She is owned and
commanded by Captain H. Mitz-
ger. Next come the Fleetwing and
Sam Houston and the Belle OF
Austin. They are all kept busy
except the unfinished Ben Hur
carrying the thousands of eXcur-
siOnists over the lake, and as high
up as the head Of navigation, each
averaging two tri ps a day. Besides
these steamers there are several
scores of sailing and rowing crafts
that dot the bosom of the lake and
hold merry parties of pleasure
seekers. One of them is owned by
former San AntOnian, Will Bark
er, the artistic sign painter, who
always takes San AntOnians Out
with him and scares them to death
by trying to see how close he cal
sail to the dam without goins
over it.
A COUPLE OF MATCHES.
Jake Gaudaur and Jim Stanber
ry have an excellent opportunit,
to ascertain each others condition
These two are matched to row eacI
other for the worlds championship
at Pullman, Illinois, and for
$4,000 purse one some day early il
August. Gaudaur has on a So OO
match with HanlOn, at Aurelia
Ohio, and for the championship O
America, which Hanlon now holds
AMATEUR OARSMEN.
Among the amateurs who will
take part in the regatta will b
crews sent from rowing clubs i
Galveston and other cities. Anon
them will be the crews in the 4-Oa
contest of the Westerns and tn
MOdOck clubs. There are to be
number Of amateur contests i
which all of the professional
will be barred and iii
eral purses will be given t
the amateurs. The regatta cluI