San Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 88, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 29, 1914 Page: 43 of 78
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REAL ESTATE & CLASSIFIED SECTION
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1914
Texa.s Leads All South and San Antonio
Territory Is the Garden Spot of Texas
THE spring has come. Contrasted with the long
stretches of green all through the San Antonio
territory are the squares of brown, the ploughed
earth made ready for crops. The rains have soaked deep.
The farmer is optimistic; he has every faith that the year
will be prosperous, that the crops will be large. He knows
that ordinary conditions in this climate and with this soil
will produce results far greater than in other parts of the
country; he remembers the bounteous yields of past years.
He knows that despite untoward conditions in other sec-
tions of the State and in the South last year the San An-
tonio territory sent more cotton to the gins than in the
record year previous. It looks as though he had every
chance, but he knows that given just half a chance in this,
the most desirable agricultural section of the entire
United States, he will make good and see his bank ac-
count wax fat.
When the farmer makes money, everybody makes
money. When the soil produces richly riches pour into
the banker, the merchant, the baker, the grocer and every-
body feels prosperous. The State or the section that year
after year makes good, yields heavily, produces money,
refutes any doubt as to its stability and durability of local
conditions that produce. It is proof positive, found in re-
sults that it is the place to come to, the place wherein to in-
vest, the spot to watch.
A record that cannot be duplicated has been made in
the San Antonio territory and in the State of Texas. Fig-
ures compiled by the Manufacturers' Record, now that all
authentic figures are in, show that Texas has led all the
South in the largest crops in 1912 and 1913. The state-
ment shows why San Antonio is growing and why it will
continue to grow and it proves the stability of all those
towns and new communities that have been placed on the
map within the past year or so as the result of opening up
the wilderness. It shows why every place, the old town as
well as the new, has its future assured. It is the greatest
argument that can be adduced as to the future of this sec-
tion of the greatest State in the Union.
In Thirteen Crops Texas Leads All the Rest
TWO years in succession Texas has led the States of
the country in the value of thirteen crops, and that,
too, in spite of the fact that its 1913 value was $9,743,000
less than in 1912. The thirteen crops were corn, wheat,
oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, flaxseed, rice, Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes, hay, tobacco and cotton. Their value in
Texas in 1913 was $400,231,000, something less than one-
twelfth of the aggregate value in the whole country and
nearly one-fifth of the aggregate value in the South. The
total value of such crops by States of the South in 1913
compared with the value in 1909 is shown in the following
table:
Value of Thirteen Crops,
1913.
Alabama $ 154,175,000
Arkansas 103,132,000
Florida 19,688,000
Georgia 217,753,000
Kentucky 110,654,000
Louisiana 73,335,000
Maryland 35,089,000
Mississippi 130,622,000.
Missouri 174,520,000
North Carolina 150,203,000
Oklahoma 111,532,000
South Carolina 139,076,000
Tennessee 114,249,000
Texas 400,231,000
Virginia 100,807,000
West Virginia 42,213,000
1909.
$ 108,095,000
86,611,000
14,932,000
176,959,000
114,202,000
47,577,000
31,454,000
107,054,000
188,524,000
102,783,000
1 12,344,000
109,699,000
93,341,000
244,721,000
71,153,000
27,749,000
olina, fifteenth, with $139,076,000; Mississippi, sixteenth,
with $130,622,000; Tennessee, nineteenth, with $114,249,-
000; Oklahoma, twentieth, with $111,532,000; Kentucky,
twenty-first, with $110,654,000; Arkansas, twenty-third,
with $102,132,000, and Virginia, twenty-fourth, with
$100,807,000.
Some Figures That Spell Texas* Greatness
THE figures for 1913 for the thirteen crops, together
with the figures of 1909 for these crops, compared
with the figures for all crops in that year are the basis for
a calculation of the approximate value of all crops in 1913
compared with such value in 1909 in the following table:
Value of All Crops.
«
Actual. Estimated.
1909. 1913.
Alabama $ 144,287,000 $ 208,233,000
Total $2,079,279,000 $1,637,198,000
United States $4,905,881,000 $4,357,595,000
These figures, those for 1909 being of the census and
those for 1913 being of the Agricultural Department,
show that in only three States of the South—Kentucky,
Missouri and Oklahoma—the 1913 value was less than
that of 1909, other States of the country having decreases
being Illinois,*" Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and
South Dakota, accounted for largely by the decline in the
spring wheat crop. The increase in the whole South was
from $1,637,198,000 to $2,179,279,000, or by $442,081,000,
equal to 27 per cent, while the increase in the rest of the
country was from $2,720,397,000 to $2,826,602,000, or by
$106,205,000, equal to 3.9 per cent. Among the twenty-
four States whose crops of the kind mentioned had a
value greater than $100,000,000, fourteen were Southern,
and they ranked as follows: Texas, first, with $400,231,-
000; Georgia, fourth, with $217,752,000; Missouri, eighth,
with $174,520,000; Alabama, eleventh, with $156,175,000;
North Carolina, thirteenth, with $150,203,000; South Car-
Arkansas 119,419,000
Florida 36,142,000
Georgia 226,595,000
Kentucky 138,973,000
Louisiana 77,336,000
Maryland 43,920,000
Mississippi 147,316,000
Missouri 220,664,000
North Carolina 142,890,000
Oklahoma 133,454,000
South Carolina 141,983,000
Tennessee 120,706,000
Texas 298,133,000
Virginia 100,531,000
West Virginia 40,375,000
141,277,000
48,019,000
279,170,000
134,944,000
118,282,000
48,734,000
178,934,000
205,318,000
208,615,000
132,793,000
180,618,000
148,375,000
488,086,000
141,980,000
61,178,000
Total $2,132,724,000 $2,724,556,000
United States $5,486,615,000 $6,178,691,000
These figures show an increase between 1909 and
1913 from $2,132,724,000 to $2,724,556,000, or by $591,-
832,000, equal to 27.7 per cent in the South, and in the rest
of the country from $3,353,891,000 to $3,454,135,000, or by
$100,244,000, equal to 2.9 per cent. In this estimate the
crop value in Texas equals more than 17 per cent of the
total value for the South, which it leads, Georgia being
second, with $279,170,000; North Carolina, third, with
$208,615,000; Alabama, fourth, with $208,233,000, and
Missouri, fifth, with $205,318,000.
San Antonio Gas & Electric
to Enlarge Its Generating Plant
Concern Will Double Its Present Capacity—Guadalupe
Water Pouer Company Will Begin Work of Re-
construction With Direct Line to Toun.
NEW APARTMENT AND STORE BUILDING
About the most Important event among
the building artlvittes f"r tin- part week
was the annoumeiuent < f Hi" !-an Antonio
Gas anil Electrie Company it wa* to en-
large its. electric generating plant <>u
Concerclon Kond to twice it» present ca-
nicltv It is the company - intention to
add about eighty teet lo the south end
of the building and .nstall an ele. t rio
generator of ."i.uOO kilowatt capacity with
sufficient boilers to supply the power.
The plans are Hearing completion, out
E. E. Eyscnbnck. general manager of the
company, said: ... ..
• We are preparing plans to enlarge the
Dlant -O as to have a suffii ient re-erve
•o sunplv the town I do not expect
It will be done before the middle of next
>CThe enlarging of the plant l« due to
Ihe Increase in the consumption of ele.
trie power during the past few years The
company in I'"' started the erection of
the present plant on the river and Uave
added to it a number of times Tliey
have bored an artesian well and have
dammed the river so hs to raise the level
of the water four feet The routing of
the street < nr.- on Coiuiner-e Street and
the la vine of the npw lines with t.ieir in-
creased traffic Is the reason the new im-
provements ««re to he made.
Alone with t-hls comes the announce-
ment the Guadalupe Water Power Com-
pany will commence t hp con-
structing power plant* "U the Guadalupe
River with a direct line to San Antonio
with a capacity of furnishing 10.000 horse-
power per hour per day This will double,
at least, the present electrical energy in
San Antonio. The company is a 'Oxas
concern and has fi»r it- officials Texas
men I>r. K W. Brown of Orange K
president. W. R. putjian of IV*a imont
vice president, and t». M Abbot -e re
tary. .
The cheapness of the power is expected
to increa*o the population of San Antonio
at least 100.000 within the next ton years,
say the promoters. This i< explained by
the fact that largf manufacturing «nn
erni necking locations will decide on this
cltv, and the very act of locating here
«rill mean the bringing of hundreds of
workmen and their families to san An
'.onio.
CITY LEADS THF NATION
Another item of interest was the re
port of the Construction New- that San
Antonio led all t itle- of th* I nited States
of 60.000 population and over in the per
cent gain in building during the month
Of Ft•*iary over tbt same month of latt
year. San Antonians were well pleased
when a few weeks ago it was published
that San Antonio led" the cities of Texas
and then were still better pleased when
tii.- fact that the city led the Southern
States in the per cent gain. Hut now
comes the notice tha San Antonio led the
country. San Antonio showed a gain of
per cent and the nearest to that was
San i'rauCisco with a gain of 23-' per
cent.
There were permits taken out for the
. erection of ll.tn»s buildings in eighty nine
of the principal eities of the United
; States involving $."iO..V>7.1U3. for the same
mouth a year ago, a decrease of 1,708
buildings and $7.270,204. or 14 per cent.
There were increases in forty-seven cities
and decreases in forty-two.
The announcement of the erection of a
fifteen story building on Alama Plaza by
Sidney 11 Weis was moderated in a
t statement by him last Sunday when he
j said he would erect a twelve-story builu
lug and modern theater as soon as al
of the financial details had been whipped
into shape. The grounds on which the
tirand opera Hou«e and Sau Antonio Club
building stands has been leased for a
period of ninety-nine years by Mr. Wei-.
It i« cert.-,in now th< new building will
have a greater breadth than the present
structure, and this will afford ample
room for a theater of larger seating ca-
capitcv According to present plaus the
stni'ture will occupy the ground just
north of the present building The details
of the plana have not been finished, but
the plans are to . ill for an expenditure
of more than MOO.fOo. It is also expected
that the San Antonio Club will retain it*
rooms j,, new building when com-
pleted.
Sinco the final decision of the Katy to
establish a terminal d«*pot and passenger
station on South Flore.-, the prices of real
estate on this street have take.n a big leap.
A sale last week shows the increased value.
Mrs. Mary K Snellesey bought from Miss
Anna Han bold the building at 1321. South
I lores, with a frontage of about twenty -
five feet, for $523 a front foot. The build
ing on this property is a two-story brick
structure, and the owner will improve the
site with a modern building soon.
WOI» CROP FORECAST.
The indb-atlcris of a good < rop am^nz
J the various truck products in the South -
1 weit i- predicted by the freight depart-
ments of the railroad*. It is estimated that
approximately .1.000 < ars of onions w ill be
taken from the fields throughout the
feoutbweat this jear and carried to the
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The new two-rtory apartment house and store building being created on West Houston between I rio and Medina Streets by
Cote Kolinsky The first floor is arranged for two stores and the second Is cut up into room.- for an apartment house. The build-
ing is of brick and there v.Ill be installed all modern conveniences f« r tenants. The plaus were drown by Henry 1. Phelps.
markets in the North and East. The La-
redo district is the chief factor in onion
production, and along with the sections im-
mediately surroundiug Fowlerton. Carrizo
Springs. Crystal City and Rig Wells, con-
tribute the greater portion of this large
shipment.
Cantaloupe*, beets, cabbage and lettuce
are among the other vegetables raised in
large quantities in this district, and owing
to the even temperature throughout the
whole year carload after carload of these
food necessities have been leaving the
farms of ;he truck gardeners daily The
handling of the products has become of
great Importance in this section.and the
r.iilroads are paying more attentiou to
the transportation of tru- k every day. Not
only are the railroads paying more atten-
tion to the shipment of these products,
but the farmers of this section are realising
values.
I H Mauldlng of San Antonio and .T. W.
Fullerton <f Pevine bought from L K.
Ram. president of the Farmers and Mer-
chants* State Rank of Kennedy. Tex . as
executor of the estate of W Rutler.
6.000 acres of the TVitler ranch near Ken-
edy. The exact consideration was not
made public, bat it U known to be in (4
cess of $150,000. The deal was under tie
gotiation for several weeks, but was set-
tled last week.
The Manufacturers' Club assisted by Ray
Mackey. Is compiling statistics for the
publication of a book for free distribu-
tion. giving the names of the tnanufa*
turers and their products. The book i- to
b« neatly arranged in alphabetical order
and wili give the names of the houses,
their yade brands and the number of peo-
ple employed, with the officers* names.
MAP OF NEARRY COFNTIES.
A map and complete statistical report
ef counties within u radius of l.yi miles of
Sin Antonio is being prepared b\ the
Chamber of Commerce The map will give
the value of farm animals and the agricul-
tural r»rodu«ts and of lire stock in gen
eral. It will be a complete census of The
manufacturing enterprise* that are under
way in this territory, showing the number
of persons employed and the capital in
vested. Along the margin of the map will
be arranged in alphabetical order statis-
tics showing the wealth of every county
in this territory. The map will -erve as an
excellent guide toward bringing new in-
dustries here and will b* placed where re-
sult* of tlds kind may be looked for.
Interviews with various prominent out-
of-town |K*opie on the prospects of San
Antonio and the Southwe-t show what the
people out of Texas think of the great
improvement.- here during the pa*4 year.
" After being nere for about three months
and on the eve of jny departure. I want to
say that I wish Denver had pro-pei ts as
pood as yours," stated Paul R. tJaylor, a
widely known realty dealer of the Colorado
met rorwlis.
"This is not my first visit here. Ten
vears ago 1 . aine and then the city had a
business section • nfined almost to Alain*
PI ua and a feu business houses on Com-
merce Street Where Wolff A Marx's great
store now stands was out in the wllderne-*,
so to s|*eak. and as far as business was
concerned at least
"In this la-t visit I do not believe there
Is a section ««f the city I have overlooked
The city as a whole is now taking on that
lo*.k of stabllit;. which counts fot a lot.
aiid means great things in the future. Ret -
ter streets and other Improvement* con
templated are not alon« being talked about
here Von will hear discussions of this
progrcsstrene.sa elsewhere. Juui when otUer
people are talking of your civic spirit it
means much as an asset.'
RAILROAD MAN'S PRAISE.
"Great changes are certainly taking
place in San Ajitonio/ said George W. IIlb
bard, general passenger agent of the Chi-
cago. Milwaukee A St. Paul Railroad. "The
old city is looking better and better, how-
ever. and when vou get through with the
expenditure^^ the $ir,.(M)0.uuo or $•„'<>.000,000
now available there will be nothing to
compare with this community In the entire
South. I have fairly breathed the air <>f
prosperity since getting off the train.
Judging from what I see and from what
I have been told, the city Is eutering on Its
period ef greatest growth."
Robert i atorson. head of a big New-
York granite form and owner of tiranlte
Mountain at Marble Falls, says Texas has
gone further and faster toward the front
than any other section of the 1'nlted
States during the twenty years he has
known the State
"It was just about twenty years ago."
said Mr. Caterson, that I came here to
•see Colonel <'. r tiibbs representative of
the late Collls P. Huntington, about the
purchase of (tranile Mountain. Colonel
(ilbbs met me at enison with a haudsoiue
private < ir and we saw much of Texas
outside the granite district. I proved my
faith in the State's future at that time
by making an Investment «>f some >ize. I
have never been sorry for it.
"There is some little difference, I assure
you, between the San Antonio of those
days and the San Antonio of now. Rut
the city was interesting, as It is today. In
fact, I never visit Texas without coming
here. We New Yorker- who know much
of the oiuiCry outside of Manhattan
Island know the possibilities of Texas,
and we rejoice over its prosperity and its
growth."
A'-cordlng to the advance Information re-
ceived In-t week more than 1.000 home
seekers will pa-- through San Antonio
during Fiesta Week It has lt>een so ar-
ranged with the railroad i»eop|e to so fix
the excursions that people will have an
oppoitunity to -tiiy a whole day in the
city to enjoy the Fiesta. The excursions
are some of the -emi monthly homeseeker
trips that ai- < arrled down into tue Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
San Antonians to the extent of *eventy-
fiv ■ left last week for a trade excur-ion
east f San Antonio. Carrying with them
mementos of their trip to distribute among
the trade in the cities they were to stop
at, they me' with great success. Though
it rained thiougb a bigger part of the trip
the party was well pleased with the result
"{ the excursion They went east from
here to <; •n-.alcs. then to Sour Lake and
then to Victoria, and returned on the night
of the -e< ond day out.
It was learned last week that the South
wevtern Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany had -ent engineer* to make a fif
tee:, development plan of San An
tonio The telephone • « mj any at --ertain
period- makes growth surveys of cities in
which it operate* to determine as far as
possible what the per cent of growth will
ne tn the coming years. The telephone
company made a similar survey in April,
ldll, and at tUat time predicted Saa JUL
tonio in 1014 would have a population of
124,000 and 205.000 in 1020.
The work being done on the streets and
the new paving and building that is go-
ing on now has shown the company the
necessity of making a new survey. In
addition to the new building the number
of phones In service has increased to such
an extent that the present quarters are
too small. The engineers are to deter-
mine where would be the logical point to
place a sub-exchange in this city.
SOME REALTY TRANSFERS.
J. H. Kirkpatriek Company report the
sales for the week were exceptionally
good and the transfers in their office
amounted to $17,4n»7..V). The transfer®
were as follows: Tw-o lots on Augusta
Street .with a frontage of 110 feet sold
by Edna Hutchison to Elise Rroussard
and May lllg for $7,800; eight lots in San
Fernando to Antonio School Roard,
$2,000; eight lots In Collins harden. $2,000;
four lots in Army Terrace, by William
Weeks to W. C. Higgins, $3,637.50/
A record sale for city acreage tract®
was executed when H. E. Dickinson A
Co. bought from L. R. Haines 85 acres
of land for a consideration of $70,000. or
$823 an acre. The land is located in th®
south end of the city Just beyond Palm
Heights addition, on the Collins Garde*-
car line.
* The new owner will subdivide thi®
property and place It on the market under
the name of Park Hill addition. The H.
E. Dickinson Company has opened ®
number of additions in this city and ther
intend to place this 1 ind on the market at
popular prices and will improve it in the
near future.
They intend to lay the streets off an4
grade them. New cement curbs and side-
walk- will be laid and every improvement
to make this a desirable resideut district
will be used.
YESTERDAY'S TRANSFERS.
The realty transfers yesterdav num-
bered twenty seven ana amounted'to $66,.
231. Ihe building permits numbered
-even and amounted to $9,150
Real estate transfers for the week:
Number. Amount.
Monday 22 $1^.44#
Tuesday tw!24l
Wednesday 27 26.141
Thursday V* 26.3*3
Friday 23 30.19$
Saturday 27 66.234
$232,637
$376,923
Total 142
Last week 1<W
Building permits for the we«»k .
Number. Amount.
Monday 13
Tuesday .. 10
W»dne»day
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Total ^
$6.^55
VT.V>
.3.210
2<CiO
3.115
£-83
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