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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1912

Page

10

Alamoe Plaza plan touted to centralize San Antonio streetcars

Charles Austin of the Chamber of Commerce proposes turning Alamo Plaza into the city’s transit hub with several tracks and wide sidewalks. The scheme aims to relieve Houston street congestion, boost adjacent property values, and imitate systems used in New Orleans Denver Cleveland and European cities.

Alamo Plaza Gottia San Antonio Charles ©. Austin Real Estate Exchange Chamber of Commerce Austin Houston Street New Orleans Denver Cleveland Ughily Plaza Houston Commerce Streets City

Plan would reroute city streetcars via plaza for direct north south connections

Major J B Armstrong visiting San Antonio proposes a plaza track plan to route half the city’s streetcars from north to south and create a common center at the plaza. He argues transfers would be reduced, traffic eased, and plaza development spurred, with costs mainly borne by the streetcar company.

Houston Street Plaza Tobin Hill District South Heights Southern Pacific Collins Garden

Pape's Cold Compound Claims Quick Cure for Grippe

The advertisement asserts that the first dose breaks a cold within hours and that taking two hourly doses for three doses cures grippe or severe colds. It promises rapid relief from headache feverishness nasal symptoms and rheumatic twinges with a 25 cent package containing no quinine and no substitutes.

Pape Grippe

Notable Guests at San Antonio Hotels for Harvest Jubilee

A string of visitors and registrants stay at the city’s hotels for the Harvest Jubilee. Walter Nolte of Seguin and Mrs. George D. Marshall of Washington, D C are among arrivals at St Anthony and Gun ter. Ranchmen from Del Rio and business folk from Dallas New Orleans Denver and Mexico City also register at Gunter Savoy Menger Crockett Bowie Bexar St Anthony.

George D. Marshall Washington, D. C Fred G. Buler E. Webb Minter Parker del Rio City Savoy Anna Cook Cotulla Ed C. Warner Denver Menger. Co M. Gleason Jr Dallas Crockett Alvin Blomberg Manor, Tex Bowie L. C. de Bona Eagle Pass R. C. de Bona San Antonio St. Anthony Hall Beeville Menger R. A. Thompson Joplin H. N. Burr A. V. Shiester Catharine Shiester Peoria A. Arembach New Orleans Bexar Carl Merchant of Giddings Gunter A. R. Thomas R. H. Burgess J. W. Print Mart Tex W. S. Condit Mexico City Mexico M. J. Talley E. H. Noack Rockdale H. Halfin H. H. Field B. B. Eustace Lockhart J. L. Quicksall Waco Crockett Hotel A. D. Rogers Decatur Jessie Haskell J. C T. N. Davenport Uvalde J. B. Hill Mary Hill Kate Miller Waelder D. Wolff

Colquitt Plans Trip to Governors Conference in Richmond

Governor Colquitt will attend the annual conference of governors in Richmond Virginia on December 3. Texas has never sent a representative to this event and the governor hopes to participate. Adjutant General Hutchings will accompany him to the adjacent adjutant generals conference.

Conference of Governors Richmond Austin Tex Colquitt Texas Hutchings

Man Ordered to Remove Dog Within Six Hours

B A Cunningham appeared in police court accused of owning a vicious dog. The complaint by F A Silvey states the dog bit Alice Silvey last Tuesday, and Cunningham was given six hours to remove the animal from city limits.

A. B. Cunningham F. A. Silvey Alice

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