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SUMMARIZED, the following interesting facts about San Antonio may be noted:
assessed valuation, $34,639,481; miles of street, 425, of which 71 miles are macadamized
and 14 paved with asphalt or brick; population 93,035; area 36 square miles. Within
the city limits are 22 parks and plazas, embracing 377 1/2 acres; there are 55 churches,
representing every denomination; there are 26 public schools giving employment to 198
teachers; in addition to these there are nearly as many private schools employing even
a greater number of teachers; there are 7 national banks, 4 private banks and 2 state
banks with a total deposit of over $15,000,000.
The San Antonio River meanders through the city a total distance of 25 miler, and
is spanned by 17 large iron bridges and other smaller structures, making the number of
bridges all told, in the city total 2,438.

San Antonio a Reserve City.

The comptroller of currency has within the last few weeks designated San Antonio
a reserve city and the local national and state banks have established-a clearing house.
Nearly every bank in the city is affiliated with it.
The designation of San Antonio as a reserve city will probably double the deposits;
for the bankers from all the smaller cities in this territory will select some San Antonio
bank as their reserve agent. This will also have the effect of bringing much more
trade here.
When the last quarterly report was made, the bankers stated that in point of the
number of individual depositors the banks were carrying the largest number in their
history. This shows that the unequaled prosperity which has been experienced in this
section for the past three years has been pretty evenly divided.