San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-11

white laborers, however, and / ad-
wise all such to stay away, for
the pig-tailed sons Of far Cathay do
most of the manual and farm
work. They d9it cheaply and get
rich.
took a trip to what is known as
Sweetwater dam, accompanied by
friends, among which were Mr..
and Mrs. John l.. Rose, we'll known
to many people in San Antonio.
1t is located about fifteen miles
from the city in the mountains,
and is one of several irrigation
reservoirs. This dam, which Is
the most remarkable one about
here, cost over a million to COM
plete, which price includes sixty
miles OF pipe. 1 will give some
of its Dimensions: AS regards its
height, the famous dam at Austin,
is far below, and the beginning OF
the work must have been much
more difficult. The dam is built
of solid granite and reaches across
a canon from one mountain to an
other. 1t is 81 feet high from bed
rock, and looking down from the
top OF the dam into the deep, with
such a body of water behind, IL
seemed to me, as leaned over the
bannister, that the whole mass
might break loose and hurl me
into the yawning abyss below.
There was really no danger, for
thickness at the base is 46 feet,
and at the top II feet. Length at
the base rs feet and lenght at top
1896 feet, the whole forming lake
three miles long and two miles
wide. We all had our lunch lit
tie piece below the dam, and /
looked for a second edition OF the
Johnstown disaster an held the pad
and pencil ready to telegraph the
first news to the "LIGHT" but the
expected never does happen. By
the way, l shall send few olive
branches with blossom and fruit
in all stages, and also California
wilds oats, which is a wild feed
here, to the LIGHT office, that any
one interested may inspect. We
are all familiar with orange and
lemon trees at San Antonio.
! have hardly space to say as
much about the beautiful bay OF
San Diego as 1 ought to. 1t is
in view of my window while
write. l stay at the magnificent
health-home Of my old friend DIR.
PEBBLES, so we'll and favorably
known to the people Of San An
tonic, and who thinks that this
spot has been laid out for a para
disc, even IL there are thorns on
the cactus and horns on the toads,
Just as there are with US. or all |
the bays which ever saw, this is
as fine a one. 1t is not as impos-
ing as the harbor Of large cities,
but it is the forest OF masts and
the human crowds that arelack-
ing. These will come, in time,
however. Hundreds Of fishing
crafts, yachts and launches dance
on the playing waves, and, looking
over the roofs OF the houses, l see
the masts Of several vessels Of
large tonnage, fourmasters, and
ocean steamers. L got the dinme-
sions OF large fourmaster which
brought coal from Australia, for l
learn that many of the men-of-
war and other steamers use this
port as a coaling station. The
ship which had 4,47S tons Of coal
in her hull was $50 feet long with
a 46 foot beam and IL drew "A It OF
water. The entrance to the har-
Dor admits the largest vessels, and
the nearest port, San Francisco, is
about 500 miles away, so the peo-
pie here are very much interested
in a canal across the Isthums,
which 1 suppose will some day be
lhspilt.
ere is a peninsula, 20 miles
ayes, dividing the bay FROM the
Pacific. Acrossz ok
a very see the hrss< p u
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