Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-06-02
A TRAVELLERS 4
From Mexico City, Mexico, to Mex
loo. Mo-, 2,200 Milestone
Interesting stop-0fk
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the two Republics.
AS we stood leaning oyer the railinI
and looking down into the water o
this historic stream, memory was bus,
and we thought Of many things which
we cannot put down here. II bridge
could have tongues like the one Long
fellow gave the old bridge at Florence
Italy, they could tell wonderful stor
les.
AS l cast my last glance back upor
Old Mexico and babe her adieu I dit
so with mingled feelings of pleasure
and regret. Like Henry Kirke White
~ was pleased and yet / was sad.n
In the remaining years OF life ]
shall fondly remember the pleasant
months spent In this unique "Old'
Newt City Of Mexico, and its suburbs
Ii for nothing else l shall ever fee
grateful for the blissful ignorance o.
one winter which came and went and
/ knew 1t not.
And now again l was back In the
"States'i and retracing my steps
through the great commonwealth Of
Texas, and felt glad that / was an
American citizen.
1t was like passing out OF q desert
into an oasis. l left Old Mexico parch.
ed and dry waiting for the rainy sea
son. Texas had fine rains and the
fields were covered with the rich ver-
dure OF cotton, corn, wheat, cats and
grass.
Never having see cotton growing ]
remarked upon the first field i saw as
being the finest potato patch" l had
ever seen, and became the laughing
stock OF the crowd.
One thing at San Marcos l did not
see on my former yisit-the bottom OF
San Marcos river. / saw this, and
'still iven as l did after seeing the
bay of Naples, Italy, Icannot describe
1t. 1t is the most beautiful under
water vegetable growth, probably, in
the world. In a few yards Of its
source, from under the mountain, the
river expands into a bay, and as l was
slowly rowed oyer its smooth waters
under a midday sun and gazed down
into the depths OF the crystal stream,
many feet deep, my eyes were RECALLED
with a scene Of beauty l can not de-
scribe, but can never forget.
Having obtained stopoyer privileges
anywhere on the NJ. X. & T. road, l
left my company of Mexicans and
came on to the city OF Waco and took
in the great missionary conference OF
the Methodist church, South. 1t was
good to be there. Sufficient for my
Methodist readers to say, | saw rine
OF our bishops, some Of the connection
al officers, many Of the great preach.
ers, and heard Bishops Wilson, Chand-
Ter, Morrison and Galloway at their
best, and they know what that means.
Waco is one OF the fine cities OF Texas,
with a population OF $4,000 inhabi-
tants. The Baptist and Christian
churches both have a large college
located here.
! renewed my acquaintance Of last
fall by stopping of AZ Fort Worth and
Dallas, the splendid twin cities, bound
together by an electric car line OF So
miles running every hour. / ran over
to Dallas, taking with me my brother
in-law, T. E. ouTd, OF Fort Worth.
Midway between the two cities Is a
beautiful pleasure resort, Handley,
with lake, boats, flowers, bands of
music, dance hall, etc. We took some
OF it In and passed on to Dallas.
1 want to say to DR.. Anderson and
the Methodists again, that at Fort
Worth | heard one of the finest ora
tors of Southern Methodistism, DIR.
Alonzo Monk. They have some giants
down here-and some giraffes.
/ had the pleasure OF meeting again
in Fort Worth, at the stock yards, our
former townsman, Mr.. Montague, and
his two sons. But / kept clear OF the
slaughter house this time as / could
not eat any beef for weeks after my
former visit.
And now Ilhave passed clear through
the great state OF Texas and the In
dian Territory, now a part of Okla
homa, and am in lola, Kansas with
my son, II. X. Hlnde, Jr., and his
wife In their nice little home, having
their first experience In h~ousekeep-
ing.
And what a marvellous city is this,
having sprung from a village OF 500
inhabitants five years ago to a modern
and handsome city now Of near 1900
people.
We had heard of 1t but had no con-
ception Of what 1t was 1t is literally
a city of gas, though in many respects
substantial city. The gas region
here is about ten miles east and west
by thirty or forty miles north and
south.
Gas was first discovered here in
for oil eight years ago at a
depth OF 400 feet. This proved TO be
but a leakage from the depths below,
but after boring 900 feet a reservoir OF
gas was struck which furnished ten or
twelve million cubic feet in the twen-
hours. There are now within
a radius two or three miles, nine
smelters lzlncl nine brick yards and
twoimmense cement plants, all run
by gas heat.
i visited one OF the three smelters
operated by the Prime Western Smell
Ter company, and was deeply interest
ID In what / saw, all so new and
10 me.
The zinc ore supplying these smelt-
rs is obtained from Joplin, Webb
Jity, Carthage and several mines in
colorado. To obtain the pure zinc
he crude ore is ground, and after be-
ng thoroughly mixed with ~pulverlzed
is subjected TO intense gas heat
nd run Of and moulded into seventy
'ound bars.
The Prime Western Shelter COM
any employs about six hundred men
d their ihrnn nlanfa and anrn nn