. The California Expositions Opening on Time . f San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, in addition to transcontinental lines of the Sunset Route, to foster its prosperity. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass reaches northerly to valuable tributary fields, and, as well, to ports on the Gulf. HARWOOD—New Orleans, 507 Miles; Altitude, 460 Feet. Harwood is a terminal of a twelve-mile branch line to Gonzales, where it has railwayconnections for southern Texas and the Gulf. LULING—Xew Orleans, 510 Miles; Altitude 416 Feet; Population, 2,500. Luling is a very attrai Live, progressive city. It deals heav
. The California Expositions Opening on Time . f San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, in addition to transcontinental lines of the Sunset Route, to foster its prosperity. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass reaches northerly to valuable tributary fields, and, as well, to ports on the Gulf. HARWOOD—New Orleans, 507 Miles; Altitude, 460 Feet. Harwood is a terminal of a twelve-mile branch line to Gonzales, where it has railwayconnections for southern Texas and the Gulf. LULING—Xew Orleans, 510 Miles; Altitude 416 Feet; Population, 2,500. Luling is a very attrai Live, progressive city. It deals heavily in cotton. The city iswatered nnd drained by an affluent of Guadalupe River. The Sunset Route bisects thecity, bringing the commerce and transportation side of it into close contact. SAN ANTONIO—Xew Orleans, 572 Miles; Altitude, 686 Feet; {Population, Antonio i< distinguished for many excellences; the area of an empire is it in live stock, cotton and general farm produce, and with a most salubrious Till. ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Here are located the largest military post in the Cnited States. Fort Sam Houston, andthe famed Hot Sulphur Well and Hotel, with hundreds of cure? to its credit. Itsmost important Hue is the Sunset Route, which in its new Union Station has here oneof the hnest passenger stations in America, and which connects with all the worldthrough San Francisco on the Pa< ific and New Orleans at the east. The city is wateredby San Antonio River, and some small tributaries, including the Salado. There aretwenty-one parks, several hot sulphur wells and seven large hotels. Historic and patriotic interest largely centers in its immortal Alamo. In this semi-military church, during the war with Mexico by Texas for its independence in March,1836, one hundred and eighty-two citizen soldiers were besieged by Santa Ana in com-mand of five thousand Mexican regulars. At an early day a retreat might have beenmade with some losses
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