San Antonio light and gazette. [volume], January 09, 1910, Image 34

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Apartment House Sold Three Times Since
October Illustrates Strong Demand for This Class
This modern apartment house, situ-1
ated on the Hot Wells car line in Villa
Kosa, has been sold three times since
October, first by E. A. Fox to M. Uco-I
vich, sold by Frank Allen; second by.
PASS NG THROUGH
KIRBY LIKED CITY
The Result Is Another Fine
Residence Section, Faris
Place on Prospect Hill, •
Among other fine residence sections
which have and are now undergoing
splendid improvements is Faris place,
located on Prospect Hill. In the en
deavor to make of this addition ohe of
the most desirable in the city the own
ers, Callahan & Kirby, have spared no
pains or money in the outlay. Fine
cement sidewalks have been laid, the
streets macadamized, the lots leveled
and connections have been made for
gas, electricity, telephones and water.
In short, this addition has every con
venience that municipal improvements
afford.
One of the owners.and developers,
W. F. Kirby, is a new man in San An
tonio, coming here some mouths since
from Chico, California.
Passing through the city on a visit to
the east he became interested in the
real estate prospects and possibilities
and decided to remain. Mr. Kirby said
this was the point in which all the.
other men were interested and about,
which the real estate men all over the
country were talking, therefore, with
the prestige given the situation here
by so many prominent men, he thought
it advisable to look deeply into the
matter and upon investigation, finding
an inviting opening, he accepted it.
The firm of Callahan & Kirby has a
fine suite of offices on the third floor i
of the Gibbs building.
ALLEN SAYS COUNTRY IS
IN BEST KIND OF SHAPE
Frank Allen has just returned from
Han Diego, Tex., and reports the coun
try in better shape than he ever saw it.
“Since the rains,’’ he says, “every
body has gotten a move on themselves
and the farmers all along the line are
farther advanced in their plowing and
are going after their work in such a
way that it looks as though we may
expect this fall the largest crops and
the most prosperous times that this
country has ever seen.”
Mr. Allen, in connection with J. W.
Aldrich, sold on this trip 1280 acres
of land five miles from San Diego at
$25 an acre.
PARTY AT YOAKUM
Special Dispatch.
Yoakum. Tex., Jan. 8. —Mrs. J. C.
Black assisted by Mrs. F. L. Englehart
। entertained at 42 last Tuesday evening
in honor of Miss Gussie Black of San
Antonio, whp is her guest. Professor
Bailey rendered several selections on
' the piano and violin. The house was
beautifully decorated with potted
palms, ferns and cut flowers.
Punch, cake and fmit were served to
all present and a most enjoyable time
was had.
The Same Old Story
A Question of Supply and Demand
Tinkering with the TARIFF didn't affect the price of '
LIMBER D
Neither did any or all of the new-fangled and S
Q shields for the so-railed 44 rapid construction” of con
crete and cement dwelling?, reduce the cost or even equal 1
lw the minimum price for which a dwelling could be built for. Q
£ LUMBER 4
S Moral—Buy now while lumber is at its lowest EBB
the TIDE is bound to come. I
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q You Furnish the Lot. A
We F urnish the Lumber M
o Petrich=Saur Lumber Co r
SUNDAY,
Then Glenwood Apartment House, Just Sold for $40,00.
M. Ucovich to Edward F. Glaze, sold
by Frank Allen; third by Edward F.
Glaze to Seth A. Tostard, wold by Al
drich Brothers and Frank Allen, the
last consideration being $40,000. This
property bring a rental income of about
BY BEV. WILLIS H. BUTLEB.
Edwards Church, Northampton, Mass.
There is no more significant aspect
-of modern life thirn the popular at
tention and the scientific study that
are being given to the matter of civic
improvement. The capital oity of Mas
sachusetts is being stirred by a move
ment which has as its object not mere
ly a bigger and busier Boston,
but a better and more beautiful Bos
ton; and there has recently been hold
in that city an exposition which dem
j onstrated that it is perfectly possible
to realize some of the civic ideals
which heretofore have been ridiculed
; as the dreams of impractical and vis
ionary reformers.
The reason for thrs new interest in
the city is due to the tremendous in- ;
crease in urban population. In 1870 14 .
cities of the United States had a pop- ।
ulation exceeding 100,000; in 1900 ;
there were SB. One half the poppla- I
tion of Germany is in cities, and three- '
quarters of the population of England.
In al] civilized countries social and I
economic conditions are forcing peo- 1
pie from the country into the cities,
and wherever people are crowded to- I
gether the relations of life become I
much more complex nnd the difficulty I
of securing good government, efficient i
public service and healthful surround
ings is greatly increased.
It is clearly the duty of every citi-I
zen to improve the materia] side of the
town in which he lives by every means
within his power. The importance
which the writer of the book of Roe
elation attached to the externa? ap
pearance of the Holy City is not with
cut significance.
We may not be especially attracted
by the glittering walls and the golden
gates of the new Jerusalem, but their
modern equivalent, sanitary houses and
clean streets, should interest every
one of us. For the safety of the twen
tieth century city is not threatened
Iby an army of invaders. The dreaded
| foes of the modern town are typhoid
fever and tuberculosis. Against these
and similar enemies it must be on its
I guard continually. Every agency
which lowers the death rate and which
, raises the standard of health and phy
sical efficiency should receive the sup
port of all people. A church member
who owns property that is unsafe or
unsanitary, and who for the sake of a
higher rent neglects to provide his ten
ants with the things which common de
echcy demands, deserves to be disci
plined bv the church and scoffed at by
those who are outside the church.
1 How can you expect children who
are born and who grow up among the
• most degrading surroundings to lie any.
thing but vicious young men and vtil
' gar young women? Money which a
COY
municipality appropriates for beautiful
public buildings, for the planting and
preservation of trees, for the abolition
of unsightly billboards and .the erec
tion of tablets to mark historic spots
is money well spent.
But clean streets, pretty homes and
recreation centers are not all that is
necessary to make the City Beautiful.
Brick and mortar fountains and flow
ers, do not of themselves make a. Holy
city. Unless its foundations are deep
ly imbedded in truth, unless it lieth
four-square to righteousness, unless it
be lighted with the glory of God, its
beauty will be no finer than the golden
glitter of a Monte Carlo. So, more im
portant than the material side of city
life, is the moral side. And there is
nothing which would so raise the stand
ard of municipal morality as the feel
ing on the part of each citizen that he
himself is partly responsible for the
things that are going on within the
city limits.
Josiah Strong has said that “in the
average American city there are more
law-abiding men than criminals, more
people interested in pure government
than in corrupt, more good men thnn
bad; but we have bad government be
cause of the bad citizenship of good
men.”
Who are the men who stand in th?
way of reform? They are the ones who
vote mechanically for members of the
city government without stopping to
consider whom the candidate repre
sents, whether he stands for a special
interest, or whether he represents the
average taxpayer. They nre the men
who haven't sufficient interest to vote
one wav or the other; the stay-at
homes, the blanks, the spineless crea
tures who can’t walk to the polls and
register their convictions.
The modern city challenges the
church. If we are to meet this chal
lenge we must got into touch with
actual conditions. We must study our
town as well as our Bible, so that we
may know what is going on. Evc4y
thing that fosters public spirit, that
creates a healthy public sentiment,
that wipes out linos of division, wheth
; cr they be racial, political, social, ov
ervthing that brings all the people
‘ closer together and unites them in the
i effort to further the common good
: should receive the loyal support of
citizens.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE
$350 a month and although situated be
twen two and three miles from tiie
downtown district, goes to show the
big demand for modern flats where
steam heat »and all other conveniences
can be obtained.
GENERAL WEATHER REPORT
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Jan. Tem
peratures and rainfall for the stations
named below for the twenty-four hours
ending at 8 o'clock this morning were as
follows:
Rain-
Mln. Max. fab
Abilene. T. x V. ,»i
Amarillo. Tex 24 42 .0)
Bismarck. N. D *22 12 T
Brownsville. Tex 42 34 ,oo
ChiexßO. 11l is 24 .00
Cincinnati. O 8 IS .an
Corpus Christi. Tex 30 4r .00
Davenport, lowa It 22 .00
Del Rio. TcX 24 W .on
Denver, Colo. ... 20 31 .00
KI Paso. Tex 1R 44 .Of
Fort Worth. Tex 2« 42 .00
Houston. Tex 30 40 .00
Huron. S. D •!« 10 T
Kansas City. Mo.> 26 20 ,o>i
Lander. Wyn. *l2 It ,00
Mttl« Rnck. Ark 22 St .on
Marquette, Mleh 4 is ,0a
Memphis, Tenn 20 28 .0.1
Miles City, Mont 4 21 .03
Nashville, Tenn S 22 .0"
New Orleans. La.,...... 30 40 .00
Now York. N. Y IS SC T
Oklahoma City. 0k1a.... 20 .40 .no
Omaha. Nebr to 24 .00
Pal'-stine. Tex 2S 42 .00
Pittsburc. Pa 8 12 . u
Rapid City. 6 D 12 ns .m
St. Louis. Mo 24 34 .00
St. Paul. Minn •! 8 T
SAN ANTONIO. Tex ... 20 4<
Taylor. Tex '. 21 41 .<0
Vicksburg. Miss 20 40 .00
•Below zero.
••Zero. *
Minimum temperature Is for the last
12 hours.
T Indicates Inappreciable rainfall.
ALLEN BI'KLL.
Local Forecaster.
MAGAZINE MEN TO
TALK PUBLICITY
FOR THIS CITY
Meeting to Be Held in St. Louis
Jan, 16 and 17 of Adver
tising Managers,
MEANS MUCH TO TEXAS
All High Class Publications
Anxious to Carry Announce
ments of Land Sales,
Tn St. Louis, January 16 and 17 there
will be held n meeting of editorial and
advertising heads of many of the large
magazines of the north, who. with bind
men of Texas will discuss the spring
campaign of advertising to be waged,
by the b ! g land companies of this state
and particularly of the San Antonio ter
ritory. The meeting is of vital import
ance to the San Antonio interests’, be
cause four-fifths of the advertising
done by T"xas land companies in north
ern magazines is advertising that re
sults in immediate benefit to San An
tonio.
Until a year ago, many magazines
would not accept in their advertising
columns, land advertisements of any
section. Last July, however, Burton &
Danforth, at their own expense brought
to Texas a party of magazine men from
New York and Philadelphia, These
guests were given every opportunity to
investigate freely conditions thoughont
the San Antonio and gulf coast coun
tries.
Since this trip, the magazines whose
representatives were guests on this trip
have accepted freely, advertisements of
lands in the San Antonio and gulf coast
count ries.
The meeting in St. Louis will be a re
union of pract : cally nil of the men who
were together on this trip. They will
meet this time to organize a campaign
of advertising for the entire San An
tonio territory and to discuss the home
seeker movement into Texas.
Several prominent writers and land
men ffom San Antonio will be present
nt this meeting, A. H. Danforth, J.
M, Bell and Joseph Emerson Smith
are among those who have been invit
ed to be present at this meeting.
Every detail of the homesecker
movement nnd the relation of adver
tising to its growth will be discussed
by these representatives. The object
of the meeting, other than a friendly
reunion, will bo to essay a complete
system for the publicity work connect
ed with the homeseekor movement into
Texas.
This movement is the result of a na
tural congestion or failure of lands in
northern states but it is only through
wide advertising that this natural
movement can lie organized and di
rected systematically into the proper
channels. as is done by the big land
companies.
This City Distributing Point.
These land advertisements first di
rect the homeseekers to San Antonio
and make this city their distributing
point. For this reason. San Antonio
gets a good share of the results of the
magazine advertising campaign that is
carried on by the land companies.
Besides the advertising done in north
ern magazines the most aggressive land
companies with headquarters in Toxas
frequently send ont to their mailing
lists enormous numbers of copies of t.he
dailv papers of San Antonio. From this
method of advertising they derive no
direct benefit but they attract atten
tion through these newspapers, to the
great advantages of San Antonio. Thus
they attempt to interest the homeseek
ers first in the desirability of San An
tonio as a center and then narrow the
attention of the prospective homeseek
er to the particular territory in which
they wish h'm to settle and colonize.
And in another wny the widespread
advertising <>f the b'g San Antonio land
companies reverts to the benefit of San
Antonin in general. The thousands of
copies of the daily papers of this city
that are be ; ng sent broadcast through
• out the north contain much reading
I matter and many advertisements that
; induce homeseekers to come to San An
-1 tonio even if thev do not colonize on
1 the lands advertised by the land com
- panies.
I Because of the wide field covered bv
the land companies in their methods of
! advertising they consider if they can
count on results from one-fifth of the
| general advertising they do. thev have
I accomnlishcd much. The rest is general
advertising for San Antonio.
That the heads of the advertising de-
partment of such maen’ines as The Sat
urday Evening Post Success Collier's
and the Associated Sunday Magaz’nos
should hold a meeting in St. Taniis,
merely to discus* W'th the land men of
Toxas a comim* camnaign of advertis
ing is in itself a fact that impresses
upon the United States it largo the :m
-pertanee to which the homeseeker
movement into the San Antonio ter
ritory has Attained.
Wblvn a few years it has become one
of the greatest economical factors io
the development of ‘he United States.
It represents an ontlav of many thou
sands of dollars n month. It indicates
that the honieseeker movement into the
San Antonio territory is becoming a
matter of keen interest to eastern cen
ters.
PR PARR VHI I PR I HFAI
THREE-A REPRESENTATIVE
R. W. Carr, who was the official rep
rcsentativc of the American Autonio
bile association at the fair race meet
ing in San Antonio, has received a com
munication from that body commend
ing him on his work and asking him t<
lie its representative during futur,
meets to be hold in this city. Mr. Can
will accept the office
New Improvement on St. Marys Street
Result of Demand for Increased Hotel Facilities
New Family Hotel Built by W. G. Toom on H.s rropeity on fai. Mary's Street Near Pecan. It Is Called ‘‘The
Nueces” and Is the Result of the Demand for Hotel Accommodations Near the Business District. Atlee B. Ayres
Is the Architect.
Austin s Dream of Another Dam Over .
Colorado River Is Soon to Be Realized
Lake McDonald Is to Be Re
habilitated.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 8. —“Build the
dam” has long been the slogan of Aus
tin and “build the dam” is still .the
slogan. Six months ago the actual
building' of the structure looked far in
the distance but today it looms as an
immense issue that will eome to a head
within a very short time. Austin is
again to resume her positon as one of
the resort cities of the state and to re
sume it on a bigger, grander scale thnn
10 years ago when Lnke McDonald,
As Laae McDonald and the Power House and Dam Looked Before the Disaster of April, 1900. Steamer Ben Hur
at Wharf.
made by the big concrete dam over the
Colorado, was one of the show places of,
the state. Then 10 years, since the!
dam broke, of being without a Lake!
McDonald has made Austinites appro-;
ciate more than ever what the lake
means and what the dam means to the j
city, and meantime the eity has grown
until now it has ambitions that would
have seemed ethereal in the old days.
When the new dam is built, and the!
new dam is going to be built, the city!
will enter upon a campaign of tourist,,
homeseeker and industrial attracting I
that will make her former efforts in
that line appear like the efforts of pig-1
mies. Austin is ready to and capable
now of taking every advantage of 1
what the dam will bring her.
The Dumont Plan.
Several plans nre under eonsidera-;
lion for the building of the dam, but
the oue in the limelight just now is
that of .1. 4’. Dumont, who built the
Marble Falls dam nnd whicl was out
lined by Mr. Dumont at the meeting of,
the Business league. His plan is to
build a dam 1280 feet long and 65;
teet high, five feet higher than the old |
dam. This structure is to. be of re
inforced concrete and will be pierced by
•10 sluice gates which will allow the
water to be controlled at will aud, Mr.
Dumont says, prevent a possible repe
tition of the disaster of April. 1900,
when tiie old dam broke. Five of
these sluices at the center of the dam
where the ;>ower bouse is to be located
will contain turbines for the generation
of ] lower,
Mr. Dumont’s plans seem to be fess
iblc aud have worked to perfection Ip
other places. The committee of the
Hiisim-- League is taking uo chances
<il a slipup Id building the dnm this
inn-, however, and before anything
further is done the plans will be SUb-f
1 False Alarms Are No More and
the Present Movement Is
Sure to Carry.
1 mitted 'to the expert engineers of the
United States Steel company for ap
proval. If the plans are approved by;
these experts they will be used in the
construction of the dam no matter
whether Mr. Dumont is able to finance
I the project or not. If he is not able
! the plans will be purchased by the city
' and used anyhow.
This attitude of the Business league'
i committee just shows that whatever the|
mishaps, whatever the drawbacks and
whatever the setbacks that may .arise,
this time the dam is going to be built.
The false alarms are over with.
What It Means to Austin.
The rebuilding of the dam is the hope
of Austin. Strangely enough, many of
her citizens want the structure burtt
more on account of its resort features
than for the immense water power
which will be developed. The last is
beyond computation. Certainly if leases
were granted Ihe largest manufactur
ing concerns in the south could bo in
duced to come here.
The old dam made Austin. It put the
city on the map and made the mere faet
that it is a state capital appear insig
nificant in comparison to its advantages
as a winter resort and tourists’ para
dise. Lake McDonald, formed by the
building of the dam, was the scene of
racing regattas in which oarsmen from
England, Australia and Canada partici
pated. Its shores were lined with road
houses, boat houses and amusements
parks. The eity limits were stretched
ATTENTION CONTRACTORS
We Are Prepared to Furnish ——
FOB THE
CONCRETE —J DaaL HARDEST
brusned hock
ALL KINDS In All Sizes—Any Quantity. VICINITY
(Crystalized Limestone)
SEE US ABOUT BUILDING YOUR CEMENT WALKS
UNG and HUGHES
JANUARY 9, 1910.
Will Supply Much Industrial
Power.
to include both banks of the river for
some dstance above the dam and a
flourishing suburb was in its inception
when the breaking of the dam put li
stop to further activities. Eleven lives
were lost city pumping station
wrecked, besides the enormous amount;
of money paid for the dam.
Austin's system of tower lights, its
electrical distributing system and much
of the water system resulted from the
building of the dam. When it brokq au
indebtedness of about *1.500.000 was
left on the city.
Thousands of tourists were attracted
to the eity when the dam stood. That
its advantages would be much greater in
the present, when the city through its
natural growth already calls to the
homeseeker and the tourist, as well as
the capitalist and investor, is unde
niable.
WITH THE FIGHTERS.
Bert Keyes has started training an,
wants to meet any lightweight in th.
game.
Governor Warner has put over the
“Governor Hughes jolt” on boxing in
Michigan.
A Pittsburg promoter i? trying to
sign Sam Xangfofd and Sandy Fergu
son to meet on January 25. The last
time Sam nnd Sandy mot Sandy was
taken with a strange malady which
looked very much like a cross between
frozen feet and downright laziness.