San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-03
BAGGAGE AGENTS COMING.
They Will Capture the Alamo and
Gorge All the Chile Con Carne.

IIlCCllhS VI lAO ANubAOlDA Ah'oO(Ad-
ton of the General Railway Bag
gage Agents, at san Antonio, be-
ginning January Is, with the itin-
erary to Houston, Austin, and
Galveston, as follows:
WEDNESDAY,, JAN. Is, 1896, IN SAN
ANTONIO.
l0: 3 a. m.-Members will meet
at the "Alamo," with a committee
of citizens.
The "Alamo" is the "Cradle of
Texas Liberty" and was built in
A. D., 171S, and used successfully
as church and fort for a hundred
and fifty years. 1t is located on
Alamo plaza, a stones throw from
the Menger hotel, and is the Mecca
of all travellers to this section.
300 D. m.-Business session in
parlors of the Menger hotel.
500 p. m.-Mexican supper on
Alamo plaza.
The bill of fare of a Mexican
supper consists of chile con carne,
enchillados v chile, blan-
quillas y chile, tamales, tor
tillas, served ''table de hot.o Mayor
Elmendorf will arrange for a tank
of ice water and several fire en-
gines to extinguish the consuming
fires before a desire to be a bull
fighter is aroused. After supper a
"theatrical" entertainment ''for
men only" will be on the boards.
THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1896.
600 a. m.-Business session.
2:30 p. m.-Carriage drive to
emission de la Conception" and
emission de San JOSE"
The first named mission is two
and one-half miles from the city;
the second, four miles. These
missions were built by Franciscan
fathers early in the eighteenth
century, and n models of Moorish
architecture of that period. The
monks who supervised the build
ing of these missions were emil
| grants from the Canary islands,
and were probably the first civil
liZed people to coloniZe the great
southwest.
$500 D. m.-Carriage drive to
Fort Sam Houston and witness a
regimentai drill by United States
soldiers stationed there.
Fort Sam Houston is the largest
and most modern military post in
the United States, and is beauti-
fully situated on the crest of Gov
eminent Hill.
FRIDAY, JAN. II, 1896.
9:45 a.. m.-Leave San Antonio
for Austin via I. q G. N. r. r., ar
rive at Austin LOS p. m. Take
dinner at the Driscoll hotel and
proceed to the state capitol.
The Texas state capitol is the
seventh largest building in the
world. 1t is constructed of gran
lite, and cost about $4,000, 900. 1t is
the largest and handsomest state
capitol in the United States.
800 p. Intake tram railway
for the great granite dam on the
Colorado river, three miles from
Austin.
This dam forms the largest arti-
fetal lake in America. On arrival
at the dam, the party will go
aboard the steamer Ben Hur for
an excursion up Lake Mcdonald.
7:45 p. m.-Leave Austin via H.
& 7. c. railroad for Houston.
SATURDAY, JAN. Is, 1896.
5:35 a.. m.-Arrive in Houston,
take breakfast at the Hotel Law
lor.
300 a. Intake special train
for trip to the principal cotton
congresses, oil mills and manufac-
turing industries.
Houston is the largest manufac-
turer of cotton products in the
world, and her great congresses
and oil mills are an interesting
sight.
IL 100 a. m-Street car ride to
principal points in this city.
800 o. m.-Leave for Galveston
via G. c. & S. F. railway on special
train.
500 p. MIN Galveston, pro-
coed to Trefhont hotel.
$3.50 p. m.-Oyster roast at Wool
lam's lake.
The oysters Of this coast are of a
very superior quality, and form
when roasted fresh from the water,
the most delightful dish an epicure
ever tasted.
SUNDAY, JAN. 10, 1896.
10 90 a. m.--Steamboat eXcur-
sion to the ~jetties and outer bar Of
Galveston bay.
You will have an opportunity to
view the works for deep water that