San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 180, Ed. 1 Monday, July 29, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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Tht Shily Kight
MONDAY JULY 29 1895
B CRAIG.
tSuccMMr to OXoneor* Oo.i
284-206-206 Ut Mm Mm.
DCALIKIN
Fine Furniture
Partor and Bed-oona Suita Wardrobes
Hall Kitchen sad Dining Room Furni-
ture. in fact everything needed in thia
line.
Lew Prices. Polite Attention
Give as a Call.
R. 8. CRAIG.
B? A. NORDMANN
Manufacturer ano
Jli Dealer n
| PIANOS.
Artistic Piano Tunereal Repairs- Korty
years experience. MemirMcturer of tbe first
piano made In Texas. .All kinds o- netru
mints repaired.
420 Goliad St. Telephone 382.
8N ITS OWN RAILS
Kiun
TRAINS ON THE
MISSOURI KANSAS & TEXAS
. . RAILWAY . .
Now Run Solid
St.Xouis
Chicago
Kansas City
WITH _ J
Wagner Buffet Sleeping Cars
/.AND.*.
FREE CHAIR CARS
H. A. JOHNSON
City Passenger and Ticket Agent
07 Alamo Plaza San AnitLic Tera
io Vh e- J
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<T AOHRSIOrt lOt==
CHiLCREn
Jaff Hbmk- 1
K. P. Endowment Life
Safe and 'cheap insurance for
members only.
T. B. Johnson Secretary.
SHEET MUSICT
— ■ •—
Best selection in the city at
M. J. HEWITTS
101 West ConMirci Strut.
o——
Over 5000 Vocal and Instrumen-
tal pieces Including the popular
Mexican Music at
10 GENTS PER COPY
Costs elsewhere from forty cent* to
one dollar. Get a catalogue;and
SAVE MONEY!
BON TON .‘MUSIC HALL
No. IHS W. Commerce Street.
Dancing Every Evening.
Yourself and'friends respectfully invited
M. ATKINSON Prop. 7131 m
BCENKS IN WONDERLAND.
A Visit to the Monterey Pressed
Brick Yard—Thia Ptant
la the Largest in the Republic and
They Manufacture Brick That
Can’t Be Surpassed in the U aitea
States—Broke Ground for State
Capitol—City Dots—Personal.
Monterey Mex. July 25 ’95.
Ta the Daily Lioht:
A few day# ago the Daily Light
corresponded! boarded tbe Mon-
terey Minteal Belt train which
wae bound for the San Pedro
mines which are in the adjacent
mountains for the purpose of in-
specting the Monterey Pressed
Brickyards which are situated at
the foot of Saddle mountains ten
miles awoy. On arrival I called 01.
Capt. George Ernst the superinten-
dent who kindly took charge of me
and -showed me through the worke
and explained the new process by
which they took every particle of
lime cut of the clay. There are
small lime pebbles in all the clay
in this section and as the brick
come in contact with moisture
after they were burnt the lime
'would-sla&ken and destroy many
of them. After Mr. Joseph A.
Robertson purchased the plant he
made inquires of the north and
eastern brick manufacturers If they
know of any machine that would
separate this lime from the clay
and ike was told that there was
1 one that was recently patented. He
ordered one at onoe and had it set
up and the week that I wae there
they tested it and it was working
to their sanguine expectation.
< Tbe clay was hauled in from the
< pit in cable cars uf an elevated
track and there dumped into a
hopper and thence carried between
’ rollers and pulverised; thither
dt was oarried up an endless chain
of buckets to the third story and
then was shaken through wire
ecreena in the floor and fell in a
shower of dust upon the floor of
a room tin the second-story. Every
.pebble that escaped being crushed
by the rollers was thus sifted out
of tbe clay and thrown away. The
clay then passed through revolving
rollers with a catting knife at-
tachment and sufficient water
admittedito convert it Into stieky
mud; then it passed down into a
hopper on the fire! floor more
water bei&g added to give it the
proper consistency. From tbe hop-
per it passed to thepressand came<
out a continuous mass thoroughly
mixed and was cut into brick and j
I tiles in suck sizes and forms as are
called for.
They were making tiles when I
• was there. The machinery is run
by a 125-horse-power engine. The
capacity of the plant is 70(000 brick
per day. They are now burning
tour kilns of 340000 brick each and
are building two more of the same
capacity. They have five drying
sheds of 375006 brick each. They
are covered by dumber and corru-
gated iron.
They manufacture all kinds and
sizes of brick ornamental quarter
rounds funnel brick for corners
and receases. They manufacture
three classes of tiles of various
sizes and thickness. They are now
running the plant to its full capa-
city as they have more orders in
than they can fill. They give em-
ployment to 85 men. They are
now erecting twenty-four addition-
al tenement houses for the men.
The Monterey Mineral Belt rail-
road which passes close by has a
siding running into the yard and
along side of the kilns so that the
cars are loaded direct from them.
The brick and tiles that they
turn out from this one will compare
with any thing of tbe kind in the
United States. The clay has been
thoroughly tested and it has 1
been pronounced superior to 1
any clay now known for the manu- 1
facture of brick for sewerage and 1
foundations for buildings that *
are erected where there is much
moisture. The clay is a creamy 6
color but when converted into 4
brick and burnt they come out a 1
bright red.
Tbe plant cost up to date about a
$lOOOOO. The officers are Joseph 1
A. Robertson Esq. proprietor and '
general manager; J. O. Rice audi- F
tor and cashier; G. W. -Ernst 1
superintendent; Joe Cico brick t
maker and Thos. W. West brick ®
burner. .
BROKE GROUND.
Last week Governor Bernardo
Reyes had ground broken on the
Cinco de Mayo plaza for the erec-
tion of a state capttol which will
cost $300000. Two sets of plans
have been prepared but have not
yet been adopted. Two fountains
and a music stand will be erected
and the grounds improved so that
before the close of this century it
will be one of the handsomest
plazas in the state.
CITY|DOTB.
"Bathing has been prohibited in
the Ojo de Agua and a flock of
large geese and two black swans
have been placed there which at-
tracts considerable attention.
Tbe fourth issue of the Monterey
Times is a credit to its publishers
Messrs. Walker & Plumley and
sparkles all over with news. Mr.
Ferriter who looks after the local
news keeps his end up also. Both
the Times and the Meicury vie
with each other as to which will
get in the most local news. Both
papers without giving name criti-
cises an Englishman who never
failed to hoist the British flag on
the Mexican national holidays and
the birthday of foreign kings and
queens over his house but would
not raise it on 4th of July. As
Mr. J. C. Middleton is a private
citizen of Great Britain. He don’t
hold any official position from that
government. He has a perfect
right to run his pocket handker-
chief up his pole whenever he feels
like.
PERSONALS.
Mr. T. C. Coffey of San Antonio
spent several days in picturesque
Monterey.
While here Dr. E. Cross and
others got up a hunting and fishing
expedition for his benefit. They
put up a joke on him. They got
him to hold the bag but Tom was
too smart for them. When they
came into camp they found him
sitting on a camp stool eating
bread and cheese with a bottle of
champagne which he had just
opened and a cake of ice alongside
of it ready to dispose of. The Doc-
tor now ewears that he will not try
to put up any more jokes on news-
paper men.
Mr. A. lE. Graham formerly of
Pueblo Colorado but now of Vic-
toria Tamaulipas spent a week in
the city. Mr. Graham has pur-
chased a large tract of land below
Victoria on the line of the Gulf
railway which he is developing.
He is building several miles of ir-
rigation ditches and when they are
finished he will clear and break
up the land and sell it to actual
settlera.
Mrs. C. M. Sidbury and 8. M.
Leary of Corpus Christi spent
several days in the city last week
and had rooms at the Hotel Mon-
terey. Mre. Sidbury is one of the
largest lumber dealers in South-
WFQt TPT OX2
Mr. C. P. Boulard and G. W.
Outerside of Galveston are regis-
tered at the Hotel Monterey and so
did Mr. T. C. Coffey while here.
DALLAS LETTER.
[From Our Own Special Correspondent.)
Dallas Tex. July 27 1895.
The terminal scheme is about to
prove a failure. The committee
are at work making a last but
strenuous effort to get the subsidy
notes renewed. If by Saturday
night the people do not come up
with the necessary funds the
Terminal railroad will go by the
board. Dallas is going to make a
mighty pull for it.
Some of the wise heads of Dallas
have studied the anti-trust law
with great care. One of whom says
“If it shall be strictly enforced
nearly all the merchants of
the state will become con-
victs.” The same party further
says: “Perhaps the greatest danger
under this law is its indeflnlteness.
This together with the severity of
the punishments would if the
law was ever attempted to be vig-
orously enforced create a panic in
business circles the like of which
has never been witnessed in this
state.”
If this obnoxious law so detri-
mental to the masses of the people
—to the ones who need protection—-
is the work of the governor it will
never be strictly carried out. There
will be many loopholes—“slight
technicalities which the ignorant
cannot understand” as a promi-
nent Dallas lawyer expresses it —
whereby the favored ones can es-
cape its enforcement.
The young bloods of the country
should elect another young gov-
ernor against the advice of older
heads.
Miss Annie Rogers a talented
amateur elocutionist of our city
made her debut before the foot-
lights in the McKee-Rankin com-
pany last evening. Miss Rogers
impersonated Daisy Maitland in
the Arabian Knights. Miss Rogers
is said to possess great natural
talent and is wonderfully enthused
over the profession she has con-
cluded to follow.
Mrs. Sidney Reinhardt is dead.
Tuesday afternoon she and her
husband were out riding and at
that time she was in the very best
of health. Wednesday morning
she was seized with a violent ill-
ness and.on Thursday morning at
five o’clock she passed to the un-
known beyond in the prime of her
life.
The wife of the late Major John
Henry Brown is lying at the point
of death at her home on Pearl
street. There is little hope of her
recovery.
If Mr. Marrs of Terrell is keep-
11 mK i ‘CW
$47.00:
O SUNSET |22| m k
/?/ TO - BOSTON
AND RETURN
Account TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
August 19 to 24 Inclusive.
Good to return up to Sept loth iB9s.'witb privilege of extending return
(omit to October 3rd 1895 by depositing with'the joint agent at Boston on or be-
fore September 30th.
■Bl- Southern Pacific Summer Excursion rates to all Eastern Excursion
Points now on Sale.
T r niuva T. zm J -. M'MILLAN. SOI Alamo Plaza
. PAKK? - . - Passenger and Ticket Agt. Opera House Building
Ass t Gen-1 Passenger and Ticket Agt. C. W.IIEIN. Traffic Manager. ban Antonio Tex
Houston Texas. Houston. Texas ' ”
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway.
To Honston Galveston and Eastern Points. To Waco St. Louis and Northern
Points.
SCHEDULE:
Leaves at 3.45 p tn. Daily except Sunday for Boerne. Comfort and Kerrville-
“ “ 2:15 p. m. “ Rockport and Corpus Ch ri st t
•’ “ 8:50 am. " Houston Gahesion and Best.
Leave Sunday (only) at 9:00 a. tn. ror Boerne and Kerrville This train makes the K
1 round trip to Kerrville every Sunday.
“Boerne London and Kerrville are noted health resorts Althongbl J have-
visited every place in the United States these equal any 1 have seen lor beautiiull
scenery etc GKORGB D Prkntim Nashville lonrual.
E. J. MARTIN ALLEN IRVIN.
Gen’l Freight & Pass. Agt. Depot Ticket Agt
ELMENDORF & CO ;
NORTH SIDE MILITARY PLAZA
Gin. Farming and Mill Machinery ot all Kinds
Mechanics’ Supplies Cassidy Sulky Plow (wairanted lightest draft made)
Thrashers Engines Scalas Mowers and Reapers Hardware and
Agricultural Implements. Agents for the Celebrated
WAUKEGAN BARBED WIRE.
CORRUGATED and ROOFING IRON
Edmond.
•WALL’PAPER’
PICTURE'FRAMES •
ARTISTS AND PAINTERS SUPPLIES • 217 HuustohSt-
apace with the doings of our town
be w>ll doubtless conclude the met-
ropolitan ciy did not appreciate
his resolutions of condolence for
our best citizens put their heads to-
gether to secure the glove contest
they wore about to lo< so.
At a recent meeting of the Dal-
las Conn tv Medical s«x i-ty the fol-
lowing officers w°ro elected fnr tbe
ensuing year; Dr. Letcher presi-
dent; Dra. Reeves aim atoubOu.
vlce-prtbideutß; Dr. laua. secre-
tary: amJ Dr. McLnnr'n tivP«urw
Airs. Caroline Backus mother of
Lieutenant Backus whose death
was mentioned in a previous letter
died at the residence of J. Crack-
ford 476 Main street. Pneumonia
was the cause of her death. *'*
Springfield Illinois July 29.—
Wednesday night near Madison-
ville southeast of this city Alfred
Entriken waylaid and killed the
village physician Dr. llichard
Reasoner as the latter was return-
ing from a professional visit. The
murderer used a shotgun and re-
volver and several shots took ef-
fect. Reasoner had recently at-
tended Entriken’s w’ife through a
spell of fever and when she had
recovered her reason was de-
throned and Entriken believed
that the physician was responsible
for it by using deleterious drugs
and had frequently threatened to
take the doctor’s life. The mur-
derer escaped. A posse is in pur-
suit and it is believed be will be
summarily dealt with if caught.
Murdered the Doctor.
MHerweck
— DEALER IN —
PAINTS AND OILS
Glass and Wall Paper.
Agent for Geo. W. Fitkin A Co'a Zino Part
ind Harrlton Broz. A Oo’i Palnta. Hour
Braining and Painting a apeciafty.
No. 112 Alamo Plaza.
THE LATEST.
I beg to Inform mv friends and the public
in general that J will open a night school for
the instruction of Spanish on Aug. let and
22d. Tubs the latest and best methods only
whereby I guarantee pupils to learn within 0
to 8 months. Terms reasonable. For nartlc
ulars apply to A. F. MARTINEZ 504 N.
Flores St. Teacher of Spanish tn the Public
Schools. Translations made in both English
and Spanish.
—Violin Instructions given address Joe.
McAllister 301 8. Alamo St. 718 Im
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