San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-29
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Of his delightful pleasure trip Il
Fredericksburg. Now, will he bt
equally candid and give the result:
, of his visit to Bre'r Cuney's love
feast at Austin ? Jim's very much
battered and delapidated personal
appearance would suggest that he
found less sociable and agreeable
bedfellows at Austin than he did
at Fredericksburg. Did any dele.
CATION OF distinguished citizens
meet Jim at the depot in Austin,
as at fredericksburg, and conduct
him to his hotel, where he found a
royal banquet and a most excellent
bed awaiting him ? These are per-
tinent questions, upon which Jim
should inform an anxious public.
Mr.. Sammy Gray is another man
who dislikes the newspapers and
refuses "to pay any attention to
what they say" AS Mr.. Gray be-
longs to that species of the human
family known as the goody-goodys,
it is not to be assumed that the &C.
casional prods he receives from the
newspapers have drawn from him
any harsh or profane expression,
but II the X rays could be turned
in on and an expression secured Of
his attenuated thought apparatus,
it is not improbable the plate
would bear an inscription some.
thing like unto this: damn them
literary fellows"
A representative of an eastern
steamship company recently visit
ed Galveston for the purpose of Sc
curing information in regard to
the advantages Of the town as
deep water harbor, and local pub
LEGATION is authority for the state
ment that "he expressed himself
favorabiy impressed" with the
wharfage and pilot charges. That
representative should be secured
for exhibition through the state, as
the only man, unless stakeholder
in the cormorant, who ever ex-
pressed himself as "favorably im-
pressed" with the charges Of the
Galveston Wharf company. II
ever there was an octopus which
preyed upon the commerce of
Texas, and levied pirates tribute
upon the toll of the producer, it is
that same Galveston Wharf COM
pany.
Mr.. Gray was asked by men,
Der of the council meeting why the
sewers were begun at the source
instead of at the outlet. Did he
give a satisfactory answer? Not
by any means. With plainly ap-
parent motive, he sought to dodge
the question by shifting the re-
sponsibility to Mr.. Pancoast's
shoulders. Now, every one knows
that Mr.. Pancoast is but the pup
pet of Mr.. Gray, in all that per-
tains to the building of the sewers I;
but, why not PROFOUND the same
question to Mr.. Pancoast? Per-
haps, in the clash of conflicting in
terests and in the natural endea-
vor of each man to save himself
when the inevitable deluge comes,
the public may ultimately come to
a full knowledge of all the inside
facts.
Mr.. Samuel M. Gray, OF Provi-
dence, r. l., Is a very thrifty man.
Incidentally, while milking the
tax payers Of San Antonio for a
handsome salary monthly, he
secures fat job from Mr.. Robert
son, who furnishes the Monterey
Mex brick for the San Antonio
sewers. Cause and effect?
In answer to the very reasona.
bic request OF Alderman Guerguin,
that the sewer work alleged to be
finished be submitted to a test, by
filling the cylinders with water
and sealing the two ends, thus
demonstrating whether or not they
are air and water tight, Alderman
Beckmann objected, claiming tina I
ave have a bond for their compile.
ton. II by "we," Alderman Beck,
mann means the city OF San An.
tonic, he mistakes, unless he means
the bond Hindry furnished, and
all know what that was worth.
Alderman Devine's motion, that
property owners on the west side
Of San Pedro avenue, from Warren
street to the park, be ordered tc
; put down class A sidewalks, is ex
cellent as far as it goes, but it DOM
60 far enough. 1t should embrace
the property owners on the cas-
side Of San Pedro avenue, on the
specified route.
: Judge James o. Luby, lifelong
republican and an HONORABLE,
gentleman, is Of course disguised
with Quincy and Cuneyism. Yer,
sensibly he says: "While the
hypnotic influence of Quincy is suci
4. that even people who have re