San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-04

department of the Gulf railway
has been appointed city ticket and
freight agent, with headquarters
fronting the Zaragoza plaza.
MORE RAILROADS.
Last week the following distin.
guished railway men visited Mon
terey: James Stewart Mackay,
vice-president Of the Mexican In
ternational, l.. M. Johnson, general
manager; c. T. Patterson, chief
engineer and Major Killehrew, To-
eating engineer Of the road. When
they arrived they found carriages
awaiting them and they started
out for the purpose of inspect
ing the ground between here
and point about twenty
five miles north of Trevino station
on the NJ. & I.'railway with view
of building a branch road from
there to this city. But as there
was wind and dust storm blowing
that day they had to abOndOn the
trip.
This week the correspondent
met one of the corps of engineers
and he told me that they would
have the road ready in ninety days.
Perhaps by the time that road is
finished work will commence on
the extension of the Matamoras
road from San Miguel to this
city.
Major Jules A. Randle is in cor
respondence with northern capital
lists with a view of raising money
for the purpose of improving his
street car lines, and change them
into an electric motive. power, and
to build and remodel the bath
houses at the Topo Chico Hot
springs.
STORM AND FIRE.
This section has received the tail
end of the cold wave that recently
| crossed the continent. While the
| wind was blowing at Guadalupe
near Nilladama, spark from the
engine of the Guadalupe Mining
and Smelling company, set fire to
the smelter, and Eburnt it to the
ground. The warehouse, machine
shop with several new cars in it,
the blacksmith shop and water
tank were also destroyed.
SHORT STOPS.
There will be a grand celebration
hpl A CT On in,
honor of the victory that President
POrfiriO Diaz gained over the
French at Puebla. There are large
force of men erecting electric light
poles Ton the streets leading to the
POrfiriO DiaZ Alameda, for the pur-
pose Of Illuminating it on that OC-
casiOn.
Mr.. w. w. Price has large force
of men removing the white marble
fountain on the IaragOza plaza, to
make room for the erection of a
band stand.
Mr.. fortunate Cereuni has
moved his La COncOrdia restaur-
ant from TGntro street to No. 50,
Morales street, and also opened an
ice cream parlor at the cor
ner of the Iarogoza plaza.
The Guggenheim Bros, have a
large force of men laying track on
their electric street railway from
the Gulf depot to the Topo Chico
hot springs.
PERSONALS.
Mr.. Henry Clay Gray, the COL
Ored orator and editor of Sc
gum, Texas, addressed the colOred
people Of Monterey last Monday
night.
There were a large number of
white and colored people turned
out to hear him. His address was
replet with wi oil some advice to h 8
cOlOred friends, and if they will
carry out his advice and sugges-
tiOns they will go along way to-
wards improving their condition
mo ally and financially, and be-
come popular with the Mexicans.
He urged upon them the necessity
OF Obeying the laws of the Coun-
try, and try by all means
to get homes of their own.
While here he was the guest of
Miss Lula Whitfield, T. H. Mar
tin, and Rev. n. w. Jackson, who
took good care of him. There are be-
tween Is and 100 people here, many
of them well-tO-dO.
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