San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-05
OUR GREAT HOT SULPHUR WELL.
A Years Trial Proves a Success.
OUR GREATEST ATTRACTION FOR
HEATH SEEKERS AND STRAIN
GERS.
Everybody Should be Interested in
Advertising San Antonio.

advantage of a visit to the Hot
Sulphur Wells to interview the
enterprising proprietor, Mr.. Nee
Shacklett as to his success so far:
Reporter-Mr. Schacklett, how
has your venture turned OUT so far,
financially and otherwise?
Mr.. 81 have been so busy since
l embarked upon this business
that have hardly had time to
think over the situation. l was
fully convinced when l leased the
State well that / could make it
pay, but l had no conception of the
great possibilities Of the enterprise
in its bearing upon the prosperity
of our city until had a years ex-
perience. AS a financial venture l
am we'll satisfied; throughout the
whole year my pool and tubs
have been we'll patron lied by the
people of the city, while
hundreds of invalids have come
here from abroad to try the waters,
invariably with satisfactory re-
suits"
Reporter.--Have you met with
any opposition?
Mr.. 81 can say that with the
exception of a few eLvious people,
and possibly some OF the medical
fraternity who do not believe in the
efficacy of hot natural waters, or
mineral waters, as a cure for dis
eases, the public have generally,
and the doctors generally have
given the wells their support. But
this is not exactly the way they do
it inv AGO, for instance: Waco adj
vertises it's hot water wells in
everything, on everything; the mer-
chants, doctors, people talk hot
wells, their letter heads picture
the wells,-they ask the world to
come and try them, and at last
Waco is known better by it's hot
water aftesian wells than by any
other thing.
Reporter.--Then you think it
would pay San Antonio to blow
about its hot sulphur gysers?
Mr.. S.--Waco's wells are all pri-
vate undertakings, but that does
not deter the whole public from
considering them public property.
San Antonio depends upon the at
fractions she offers tourists, inval-
ids, and strangers generally. II
we can show that we have one OF
the most wonderful natural flows
OF health giving waters,-equal to
Hot Springs, Arkansas, and even
superior in many particulars, there
is no reason why this should not
be the most voted and mostsought
after resort on this continent.
R.-What would you suggest as
necessary to promote this object?
Mr.. S.-While l have had all l
could attend to, l have been inn
pressed with the fact that large
hotel located adjacent to the baths
would draw hundreds OF visitors
who now go elsewhere. An invest
ment OF 100000 in hotel and
other buildings would pay
a handsome return, and would do
more than any other enterprise to
make our city the center OF attrac.
tion, and add hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to our business.
R.-Then your idea is that the
general public should take an in
terest in the wells?
Mr.. S.-Yes, more Of an interest
than simply their patronage,-the
Wacoite, who would speak in I'M
complimentary terms OF her wells,
would be considered traitor to
Waco. Waco banks upon her hot
wells, and to say word against
them would be considered treason.
R.-Do you anticipate making
more Improvements?
Mr.. S.-My thoughts are busy
continually with schemes for the
future,-the park, although the
most pleasant one upon the SUI
burbs of the city will be beautified
and improved everything that can
be done to make this pleasant,
respectable pleasure resort will be
done, for you know 1t is the
healthy, robust people who come
here in greatest numbers to enjoy
the baths. But here should be an
ample hotel-the railroad that
passes my front would find a busy
depot here il had everything as |
would like to have it, and which
must be some day,-only grow
impatient when l think it could
be done-and done at once.
R.-What effect does the cool
weather have upon your business?
Mr.. S.--There is not so much
night bathing; people fear to ex-