San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
BUYERS
FLOCK|NG IN
FOR HOMES
Catarina Project Brings
Hundreds to South
Texas Farms.

Monday morning at 1880
o'clock, Especial train carry
ing about 200 investors, will
arrive in San Antonio over
the I.-G. N. The trails is now
en- route to South Texas.
This excursion is bound for Cata-
rina in Dimmit county, Winter Gar
den District, and is brought here BY
the Winter Garden Farms, Inc, man
aged by Charles F. C. Ladd, COLOMBIA.
ton agent. This is the first train.
load excursion TO the Taft atarina
properties in the campaign recently
started to settle and develop the big
DO, 000-acre ranch property purchas-
ed last summer by ]. +. Jarratt,
Clinton II. Kearny and S. W. For
roster.
Houston has had the chief benefit
Of the hOmeseekerS' excursions to the
Rio Grande Valley, so this, incidental
ly, is the first trainload Of investors
to visit San Antonio.
TOUR S. A.
Information received Friday and
| Saturday at the Winter Garden
Farms office in the Menger Hotel,
from various field agents and branch
offices, was that the coming special
train carried farmers assembled at
Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Fort
Worth, from a half dozen middle.
| western states. Mr.. Ladd is in charge
of the excursion, having gone to Kan.
sas City last week to conduct il here
and on to Catarina.
The excursionists will be met at the
train and loaded into sightseeing buss-
cs for n tour of the many interest
ing sights and places in the CITY.
| which will include the parks, the old
missions. the Alamo and the Army
Post and flying fields. In fact, the
visitors will be made acquainted with
San Antonio and its opportunities and
its relative nearness to Catarina.
LAREDO TO ENTERTAIN.
The train will then leave for Laredo
where the Laredo Chamber of Com
merce will entertain the excursionists
with drive over that city and to
Nueva Laredo, where an evening din.
ner will be served at the Casino.
Again the excursionists will be shown
the opportunities offered with another
growing city at Catarina's door. The
entertainment at Laredo will be in
charge of j. b. Roark and a chamber
of commerce committee.
All Of Tuesday will be spent in the
farming communities adjacent to
Catarina. 1t is planned to show the
prospective investors the old and bet
ter known farm developments in the
Winter Garden District. Wednesday
the excursiOnist will be taken over
the properties and a barbecue will be
| served them on the grounds.
Mrs. Charles f. C. Ladd is accom-
panying the train and looking after
the entertainment of the women mem
bers Of the party. 4 number of field
agents as well as Lon C. Hill Jr..
vice president and W. d. Oliver. sec
rotary and treasurer of the Winter
| Garden farms and the local office
force will accompany the cxcursionists
from San Antonio to Catarina.
PLAN A TOWN.
j. Z. Jarratt, Clint II. Kearny
and s. ". Forester, owners of the
property are developing modern city
at Catarina and MS fast as necessity
demands, will install all public SER
vice for all modern conveniences, in
Guiding water system, electric lights.
telephone, schools and churches. The
plans as adopted call for the develop
ment of a community center around
the big club house which was built
at a cost of $4,000 by Charles P.
Taft.
Plats have been made of the town
site and many applications have been
made for business locations, according
to o. s. V. Ross, former secretary
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Chamber of Commerce, who is director
of townsite sales. All business build
ings on the main street will be re-
strlcted TO brick. stone, concrete or
stucco fronts. Development work is
progressing daily ut Catarina, includ-
ing the drilling of wells. building
streets in the townsite and roads
through the property and clearing OF
the lands.