San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-21

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avoiding steep grades or heavy fills
and striking the very richest sec
tons of the country. This will af-
ford to travellers by this route a
very favorable view of the agricul.
tural growths OF the country and
evoke complimentary opinions, a
matter of no little importance at
times in influencing settlement.
Nitrified piping has been used in
making waste ways for water and
in draining where necessary, so as
to avoid any damage or unneces-
sary expense in the future. Next
week will see every foot of grade
ready for the ties, a distance of u
miles out, and the contractors hard
at work on the remaining ten miles
to Sutherland Springs. This ten
mile stretch is light and two weeks
will see it finished ready for tie and
rail. Only two bridges Of any i'm
portance will be required for the
thirty miles to Sutherland Springs.
One over the SaladO, calling for
about $50 feet of true bridge work
and 500 feet trestle; and one over
the Cibolo calling for $50 feet
bridging without trestle.
The San Antonio people can rely
on having a road to Sutherland
Springs within ninety days at the
farthest, and over that road will
pass in the future constant
stream of pleasure travel as well
as daily train loads of local freight,
for this line traverses one Of the
richest sections Of the state. The
line is located and the stakes
driven as far as Stockdale, 40 miles,
and the land grows richer and the
prospects better the father the sur
vey is made. Rancho will be the
next point for which the surveyors
will strike. The right of way is
all out of the woods, the only diff
Guilty occurring in Bexar county.
Those who do not think that the
projectors of this road mean to
push it out toward its terminus on
the BraZos as rapidly as possible
should visit the line, watch the
construction, see the Swarms of
teams on the dumps and revise
their opinions.
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS.
All along the line good crops of
cotton and corn were seen, but the
natives pronounce this the worst
crop year in sixteen. When the
rates are propitious the truck that
will reach this city over the San
Antonio and Gulf will be enor-
nous. The long haul has effectu-
ally kept these people out Of mar
ket, and with facilities for putting
their produce before the consumers
in this city production will double
every year. The journey, which
was tedious and hot one, much of
the road being through deep sand,
came to an end in Sutherland
Springs, that oasis in the recollec-
ton of so many thirsty and sun
parched and thirsty be-deviled
travellers lin the past. The num-
erous springs that bubble up in
the beautiful grove upon the Cibo-
10, and the varied character of
their crystal waters, together with
the bluffs that crown the banks
Of the little river and the
immense oaks that lift their
heads in the air, all cOnspire
to make that grove one of natures
beauty spots. All that has been
done for it hitherto has been done
by the hand OF the Old Mother,
but the future will see the SANG
company at no distant day max
ing this grove one Of the most at
tractive spots in the state. 1t is
destined to be the picnic ground OF
the future. With all the under
brush cleared from. the ground,
leaving the immense trunks OF
those old forrest giants to show
their real kingliness, a beauti-
full sod will renew itself in all its
freshness and the whole plot
Of a hundred acres become a
thing Of beauty. Side by side
with the giant oaks are the
princely pecan trees, and at the
base of the table land, a sheer &C
feet below, roll the waters OF the
Cibolo, clear as those Of our own
ripping San Antonio. The numer
Cas- mineral springs, of every va
riety, will draw the thousands Of
the future as they draw the tens
Of today. Their healing virtues
their sparkling GOODNESS and the
facilities that they will offer tt
those who desire to battle in theil
limpid waters cannot but draw
visitors from all parts of this
J southland as soon as they are pre-
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