El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-22
AUSTIN LETTER.
The Only Places Open On Sunday
Are The ChuTChes-Water
Behind The Bio Dam Has Fallen
Ten Feet-NO Automobiles There
Vet.

Special Correspondence OF the HERALD.
AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 19.-Austin is q
sanity city. Every sinner ought to
make pilgrimage here and put in
q few Sundsys to learn how to be good.
Every place in town is closed. except
the news stands and drugstores, and
the only Amusement is going TO
church. Have just returned from
hearing Father Lowber preach from
the text Chow much is q man better
than . Sheep" he made it appear
quite plain that to give q man . doee of
medicine on the holv Sabbath day was
not more wicked than to help q sheep
out of the mud. This question 10 now
forever settled in my mind and you
can herald it to the world.
The big dam, q few miles up the
river, 1900 feet long and 60 feet high,
backing up the waters of the Colorado
for thirty miles, is almost useless now,
the same as it was during several
months Of the drouih of last year; and
yet the water has only fallen ten feet.
By some ingenious engineering scheme
the power house turbines cannot be
made to revolve when there is less
than fifty feet fall of water. It il i'm
portant to keep this machinery moving
for upon it depends the electrical sup
ply of the city. At this time the cleo
trio light towers are shut off, leaving
the city in darkness when the moon
quits work; the street railways are
taking lay off, and the citizens are
such q sanity city. there would be
much cursing.
The automobile has not yet appeared
on our streets but 1t is only because
they cannot yet be had. Orders have
been sent months ago, but the horse is
still on duty and the mule would be II
tn ere was enough of them handy to
run the street cars. 1 don't think L
ever saw so many private wagons, bug
gies and carriages in q small city IS
can be turned out here. High and
low, rich and poor, black and white,
women and children, old and young,
ride in their own chariOts, drawn by
their own fleet steeds. l have estimat-
ed how many there are and make It
something less than forty two thou
sand. This is pretty big when you re-
mem Der that Austin and Ell Psso are
about the same size.
Excursions are all the go from this
city now, and they are almost always
on Sundays. Today there is an ex-
cursion to San Antonio and return, 1874
miles. $3.50; to Lsnda's park in which
the beautiful Comal river gushes forth
from the rocks, 100 miles, S1.OO. And
strange 10 relate Gnoro arrived from
Waco today, the first excursion for
and very wet rain greeted their COM
ing, and If they remain Tonight they
can wander through the beautiful
green shaded streets by the sweet
silver light of the moon,
but they must. not think of riding.
The legislature will meet again in q
few months, and then railroad passes
will again be as free as air, and every
body can travel almost anywhere. 1t
is necessary, however, to be on good
terms with at least one law-maker,
otherwise it may be necessary to pay
your fare or use tie pass.
Sorry to see that Jim Smith has quit
the HERALD, but feel certain that he
will get the cream of the dairy bust
ness.
Always wishing the HERALD sue
cess,
CORRAIITOS