San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
INDEPENDENCE
On FRO CITY
ROAD IS OPEN
W. S. CONFESS Will Sell Is
Five-acre Country
Homesites There.
BUILD Is HOMES
Located in One Of Best
Truck Farm Districts
in Texas.
BUILD Is HOMES

Independence, a country home
addition on the Frio City road adj
Joining Kelly Field is being opened by
W. s. CONFESS Of the Conness Realty
company. City National Bank build
ing. There are twenty-five, fiye-acre
tracts in the new addition, all facing
on the paved FriO City road. They
will be sold for $1,000 an acre.
Twenty-Five houses will be construct
ed on the tracts soon, Mr.. CONFESS
announces.
Just beyond Collins Gardens on the
Frio City road adjoining Kelly Field
are several large fertile tracts OF
land supplied by water from wells IN
which nure artesian water was found
at approximately 30 feet. W. :.
CONFESS has purchased one of these
tracts and will sell it in five-acre
hOmc-sitc tracts.
Near Famous Truck Farms.
1t is on the north side of the FRO
City road just east of Kelly Field.
Some parts of the tract, however. are
between Kelly Field No. l and Kelly
Field No. >.
Adjacent to this large 125 acre
tract of land which will be cut into
five-acre tracts. are some of the best
truck farms in Texas. On them
everything from castor beans to
onions is raised including n list of
vegetables that practically covers the
production of any truck farm in the
United States. Products of these
farms are sold partially on the local
market and on any morning between
) and s one can go TO the hay plaza
near the city market house and see
the farmers bringing large truck loads
of vegetables from these gardens.
Reach City Easily.
In front Of independence" are the
I.-G. ". S. p. s. A. L. & G. and
$. 4. s, railroad tracks. A little
farther to the south there is South
San Antonio in which is one of
Bcxar county's best schools. 1t is
only a short distance from CONFESS
new country home addition. The
South San Antonio street car line is
only three or four city blocks from
the new addition and besides the
paved road which places car owner
within ten minutes of the business
district. it enables resident TO get
to town within twenty minutes or
less.
According to Mr.. Conness' an
nouncement he will construct twenty
five homes in the new addition. This
means that he will build home on
every tract Of land Two of the
homes are already constructed. They
are five-r6om bungalows and have
all city convenicnccs. They have
white enamcled wood work. up-to-date
plumbing fixtures. garages and other
numerous attractions.
Expects Quick Sale.
Mr.. CONFESS says he feels highly
elated over the prospects for a quick |
sale of these tracts. He says the
greatest change in living conditions |
throughout the country is slowly but |
surely taking place. This new con-
dition is the result of the motor car.
he says. Thousands of city folks will |
immigrate to small acreage outside |
the city and to real country homes. |
rs accessible to "Main street" as in |
the old days. says Mr.. CONFESS. Here
real life will be enjoyed with all the
pleasures of country life with city |
This suburban move
mcnt will include all classes of peo
pie. The movement has started and |
will grow each year more and more.
he says. This acreage can be pur-
chased today for the same price as
cheap city lots and many people will
profit by the foresight necessary to
make money. Mr.. CONFESS states.