Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-05-15

scenery.
Last, but not least San Antonio is a
city with all the city conveniences;
magnificent modern hotels which pro-
vide every luxury of equipment and Of
the culinary art. 1t has numerous
theaters and places of amusement; 1t
has churches and schools, and a COM
plete street car system whose transfers
carry one all W. the city. Its water
supply, drawn from thirteen astesian
wells at a depth of 1900 to 1000 feet,
is the best and the most wholesome to
be had in America. The wafer is
sparkling, cold and delicious to the
taste and coming from such a depth Is
beyond the reach OF all germs or i'm
purities.
The people of San Antonio are hos
pitable and cordial. The stranger
within the gate is always welcome.
Even the casual man on the street will
go out Of his way to direct you where
you wish to go and to show you any
simple courtesies in his power.
COMMERCIAL SAN ANTONIO
Against the historic background of
the stored past, modern San Antonio
has grown up, a busy commercial city,
developing more rapidly than any
other city in the Southwest, and ow-
ing to the fact that her tributary terri
tory Is but yet partially developed,
possesses almost unlimited opportun-
titles for future growth.
San Antonio is a jobbing and whole
sale center, and does the distributing
for q territory as large as the State of
Ohio. 1t has also a large business
with Mexico. New railroads projected
through this San Antonio territory
will further develop that country as
we'll as the city, and bring new oppor-
tunities for business and Investment.
San Antonio has 1877 manufacturing
plants, large and small. It's two lead
ing breweries are the largest OF the
kind in the South and employ over
nine hundred men. 1t has large found
ries and machine shops, cotton COM
presses and oil mills, soap and saddle
factories, food product factories, cloth
ing factories, sash and blind factories
and other enterprises. The develop
ment of an oil field some distance
away, and the opening up of fine de-
posits of Ignite coal by the projected
railroads will do much to develope a
manufacturing industry here.
San Antonio is called the shopping
center Of the Southwest, and has some
of the largest retail establishments
south of st. Louis. It's merchants Inn
port goods from all over the world.
In percentage of gain in new build
ings San Antonio stands third in the
list of American cities. Three splen-
did new hotels were completed in 1909
and three new office buildings of from
six to ten stories in height were COM
pleted recently. Store buildings,
apartment houses and residences have
been constructed everywhere in the
city. San Antonio real estate has
shown a steady appreciation in value
and business properties In this city
offer a most stable and profitable in
vestment, one that il certain to in
crease in value with the growth of the
city.
San Antonio has seven National
banks, four State banks, all of which
do a trust company business, five trust
companies and four private banks.
The aggregate deposits are estimated
by the bankers at between seventeen
and eighteen millions.
A RESUME OF SAN ANTONIO FACTS
Population OF ,614, census 1910. Gov
eminent estimate 1914, liz, 900, which
still leaves San Antonio the largest
city in Texas. or this population
80, 600 are said to be Mexicans.
The center of the largest undevelop.
ed territory in the United States.
Bank clearings amount to $50 ,OO0,-
600 annually.
Has a climate that is excelled by
none on the North American conti-
nent.
It's mortality rate is less than IL to
the thousand per annum.
Has the finest examples of Spanish
missions in the Western Hemisphere.
Is the center of education in the
Southwest aud for Mexico.
Stands third in building operations
in the United States.
The value Of buildings completed in
1912 exceeded the sum Of So. 8O9, 492.
Postofice receipts, in 1912 were
1887 ,64S.
Assessments In 1912, $96, 600, 900.
Its total tax rate is onlv 81 "A.