San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-27
SCENES IN WONDERLAND
Too Much Raln-New Enterprises.
Monterey Brick In Demand.
Sunday Closing Bicycle
Races at Topo Chico.


MONTEREY, Mex, Sept "a, 1895.
To the Daily LIGHT.
This city and section has been
visited by heavy rains the past
ten days, so that every one is COM
planning of too much rain. The
indications are that wet weather
will continue for some DAYS.
There has been movement on
foot in this city for some time to-
ward organizing a company to
erect a tannery, and last week it
materialiZed. The company was
organized by Messrs. Francisco
FOurcade & Co. The building will
be One-Story stone, brick and iron,
l44Xl7S feet. 1t will be erected
adjoining the Mineral Belt rail :
way depot.
DIR. Valentine Rivero is erecting
flour mill at Jesus Maria. 1t
will be three stories with base
ment and will be built of Monterey
red brick and trimmed with Topo
Chico black marble.
Mrs. Santiago Belden has let the
contract to w. w. Price to take
down the one-story stone house, on
the corner of DR.. Meir and lara
goZa streets, and erect in its place
a two-story brick building for
| stores and residences. 1t will be
built of Monterey red brick and
trimmed with grey stone from the
Saddle mountain.
General Geronimo Trevino has
let the contract for building two
two-story residences. They will
be built of stone, brick and black
marble.
Capt. John Haley has let con-
tract to erect a two-story frame
building near the Mexican Nation
al railway depot, for boarding
| house.
Senior Juaquine Maiz is erect
ing two-story building with base.
ment on the corner OF. DR.. Mier and
ZaragoZa streets. 1t is being built
of stone, red and white brick, and
trimmed with Topo Chico black
marble. In addition to the above,
there are number of one and two
story stone and brick buildings GO
ing up throughout the city.
= MONTERREY BRICK.
The sewer contractors of San
Antonio} sent for samples of the
Montery red brick, which were sent
them. They found that they were
just the kind of brick that should
be put in sewers and that class of
work. They ordered at once two
car loads of 10000 each of that class
of brick. Since Mr.. Joseph A.
Robertson the proprietor of the
brick yard, put in new machinery,
he is now prepared to supply $780,
600 of that class of brick per
month.
SUNDAY CLOSING.
The store clerks of Monterey or
ganized club for mutual protec-
tion and benefit. They then APP
pointed a committee for the pur-
pose of preparing petition to
lay before their employers,
requesting them to close on
Sunday, so that they could
have that day for day
of rest and recreation. The mer-
chants signed it and bound them
selves that if any one of them
opened their store on Sunday they
would pay fine of 500. The COM
mittee took that document to the
mayor and he had it recorded.
This contract is to go into effect
the first Sunday in October.
The clerks are indebted to Mr.. j.
V. Escamillo, head bookkeeper in
Calderon & Co.'s store, for inaugur-
| ating the above movement.
If there is any class of men that
are overworked in this country it
is store clerks, for they work from
s 80 a. m. until $3.50 p. m. during
the week and Sundays until II m.
BICYCLE RACES.
Last Sunday they had bicycle
races at the Monterey Athletic
park which drew a large crowd.
Lieut.. f. T. Randle, the youngest
son of Major Jules A. Randle, of
this city, will Start tonight for
Asheville, North Carolina, for the
purpose of attending the New
Bingham school.
Col. J. l.. Galbraith, superin-
tendent of the northern division of
the Mexican, National and Texas
Mexican railroads, was in the city
yesterday. They are still busy re-
pairing the damage done to the
road by the late washout.
j. G. Seymore and Col. c. G.
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