The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-02
IHB RAILWAY WORLD,
4 LETTER DESCRIPTIVE or so,,r,,
WEST TEXAS.
prepared for the "sou,hsrn s,.,..,
Magazine by the Aransas pa.,-n,.
ls""'lo" Of General Passenger
Agent Wsison-Persopal.

ihe Southern States" one OF IN. ,,,s
'As periodicals devoted &, the intcrss,s -
the South, mas requested the d,nora,,, ~,
'o.'''S %, leAas 10 furnish letters descrlp.
I've u '"e sections tryersed by their lines.
IN response 20 this request The general
passenger department OF the san Antonio
ana Aransas Pass has just prepared tho
io"oWing which will be published In the
next issue Of the Southern states"
All; William II. Edmonds. Publisher
! So, t,t ~ s'dlts Baltimore, Md:
Dedr or: In reply 10 your valuable favor
| " tttSCvnt uate, take great pleasure In
SS1!,i1s ,he m, attention OF your readers To-
W ~ eA,s as LOCALITY pre-eminent-
truck gardener ''9N' eA'u
IN selecting home, health and climate
~ ~ Wen as productive land, should be- an
| HnFoIlaht lac,or Southwest Texas has n
pleasing variety In her climate yvbirh g.
cacu.ated TO give strength and energy 10
the industrious settler The prevailine
io r. tne southeast wind from the gu.t,
lfyi dispensing lie to vegetation and
health 10 the Inhabitants,
ne plack waNy black sandy and allu-
v "a soils are TO he found IN this SECTION
About the best evidence Of thp ricbuNs-
ana fertility Of these various soi,s tbi,t
can be found, is the fact that CONNER.
Slal lerIi!!3ers' now common in the older
sSdlts' ana constituting a fixed charge on
an agricultural interests, are not I,sed In
Southwest Texas. 80
Another fact, worthy OF special mention.
~ ma mere are thousands OF acres OF
iaud IN cultivation that have been cult
NRlel continuously for more than twenty
Stats, winch now Yield as uuch per acre
as n,iey ga when first planted.
os,,}t Csvis mature ANA are marketed
carrier than elsewhere, thereby realizing
10 the producer the highest prices Live
STOCK does not require housing, and feeding
i5 only necessary during very snort time
N winter, the winters usually lasting from
one TO TWO weeks Snow and ice ara eN-
ceedlngly rare In this section.
me san Antonio ana Arkansas Pass Rail-
way company has put forth extra efforts
towards securing Thrifty people, and Is
ldhors have been amply rewarded. Never
beiole IN the history Of the road has its
immigration been so heavy a. during the
present season. The time has come when
people of tho olner States have become
wea'led of snow ana ice ana today thous-
anus are moving 10 our sunny Cline"
"hete outdoor work can be carried on al
most every day N the year
IT is difficult task 70 tell the home
seekers the exact place to locate; all that
coHid or asked is inat they come and in
spett the country for them selves.
ne most important stations on our line
are Alice, Arausas l'ass Besuile Boerre,
ainer9n, Comfort, Corpus Christi, Eagle
Lake, Flat1nia, FiorcsvDic, G.ui.uss, lJl-
vile, Lexington LOckhart, Lul!ug Pettus
Rosebud, RQ,Etale Bockport. Eunge, san
Antonio Waco, West Point Winchester
NDakum anu Yorktown.
Regular mvu,hly round trip tickets to
any point on the san Antonio and Arkansas
Pass railway can be purchased a one fare
IN the second Tuesdays In March April
ma May good for thirty days from date
II sale. In addition 10 this, the san An
ohio ann Aransas Pass railway viii give
educed rates 10 parties OF ten or more
r ~ and to local stations.
EE the way, there Is another feature pc
u'llr-y applicable to our coast country,
'Aich IS OF grea Importance to the sport
1E rnitg-tarpOn fishing. The tarpon
cay he taken IN Arkansas and Corpus
'hriSN bays during the entire year, that
2, NE may he hooked--thc taking is quitc
Mother thing ThCle IS perhaps no local.
~ " America moJ excepting the coral
ound reefs If Florida) where the tarpon
f. so plenUtu! as in Alausas bay.
10 NE true sportsman We can say that
ran.&5 and Corpus Christi bays win af-
ord him more sport and a greater variety
/ lish than any other locality in the
'nitei Stafes.
Good hotel accommodations can he had
urinE the year at lockport and Corpus
ari-tl. Reauce1 local rates TO these re-
nts
Further Rforma Ion win he promptly
nd cheerfully furnished by application to
II. ]. Martin,
enera1 Passenger Agent san Antonio,
Texas.