San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-08
FOURTH AT CORPUS CHRISTI.
Trap NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Fireworks and a Grand Ball.
Large Crowd of Visitors.
Prospects -Personals.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, July b.
To the Daily LIGHT:
The closing acts Of the first chap
ter in the history of the much de-
sired "Deep Water" on this coast
have finally been played. Many Of
those, who for years have strained
all their mental and physical facul-
ties for the eliminating of this
one project can now take the much
desired rest:and exclaim wi n that
grand old sage in the good book,
with a little transposition: "Lord
now lettest thou depart thy SER
wants, for our eyes will at last be-
hold deep water p"
Less than two decades past, when
roaming at large over the open
prairies of this part of Gods foot
stool on everybody's and nobody's
land, and where your scribe was
himself a roaming commercial
missionary, we would often indulge
In q little amateur prophesy in
speaking of the future possibilities
of this country, we were smiled at
with skeptical glances that would
Indicate doubts OF our sanity, but
we are being rewarded now when
ocular demonstrations prove that
the claims and assertions of those
days are now being realized.
The deep water contract has
been entered into and Is now q posi-
tive fact,its far reaching effects can
not now be told, with an increase
in the facilities Of water ways for
our ever growing commerce this
country under an influx of sturdy
Ycomanny to till its r.ch soil and,
the iron bands of the railroads
will cross and recross In all direc-
tions in this land that but a short
while back was "only fit for cat
tle," and put old historic Egypt in
the shade In its products. 1t will
only be aquestion Of few years
when the Arkansas Pass Railway
will undergo reconstruction for
through double track to the grand
est sea port on the gulf.
The Fourth of July celebration
Of '95 at Corpus Christi will long
be remembered as a typical day,
in addition to its being the birth
day OF the American nation, but
also of its being the beginning of a
new era, not for Corpus Christi,
particularly, but for this whole
Southwest Texas. Corpus Christi
has had larger number of people
within her limits on this occasion,
which has only been surpassed by
an excursion which was brought
here shortly after the Arkansas Pass
railway had reached this city. The
enthusiasm Of today is different,
for the expectations have changed,
and assumed positive form.
The influx Of strangers and WIS.,
itors has been by full trains from
San Antonio, an extra section
from Waco, with another in
crease yesterday morning from
Rockport, while the trains on
the Mexican National had brought
many visitors for this grand day
at Corpus Christi. Hotel accomoda-
lions have been inadequate and in
order to find a place for all,
many private residence had been
engaged by a committee and hence
there was no trouble in that direc-
ton.
The entertainment for the visit
ors were many fold and consisted
OF trap shooting at the Miramar
hotel grounds arranged by an
extemrore Climb OF &c rpus Christi
shooters. A barbecue on the beach
In full view of the boat race, where
fine Texas Beef and Mutton was
served to which donation of two
loads Of water MELONS served as a
desert.
The Regatta came off In fine
style, the entries embraced schoo-
ners sloops and "twenty footers,"
the races were run according to
the rules Of the Corpus Christi
Yacht club and over a hundred
dollars in prizes were distributed.
A large deep water schooner, the
Leman No. 3, OF Lake Charles, La,
being in port too aboard about one
hundred and fifty excurters, who
were bent on pleasure, and carried
them over part of the course to be
travelled by the racers. The wealth
er and wind were favorable, and
the latter was just sufficiently
strong not 70 stir up any white
capped waves or make a demand
of tribute to Neptune from the I'M
initiated land lubbers.
In the evening a pyrotechnical
display of fireworks from some ves-