SAPL : October 16 In San Antonio History...

Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:

Andrew Crews

16 October 2021

1919
The Alamo will be re-roofed it was decided today at a meeting of the Alamo Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, but nothing was decided as to when the necessary funds would be raised.

1929
The City Central Bank today will join the ranks of the very few buildings in San Antonio which are equipped with new dial telephones. By 1931, the entire city is expected to be using dial phones. The bank will abruptly close on September 28, 1931 due to a run on assets and never reopen.

1977
San Antonio is plunged into darkness at 7:08 p.m. when the city suffers a blackout due to a succession of errors by City Public Service. The diesel generators installed after the last city blackout in 1949 fail to kick in. The area affected is larger than Rhode Island. Ironically, after New York City had suffered a blackout earlier in the year on July 14, CPS spokesman Ben Scholl said, “The chances of San Antonio having an earthquake are greater than the chance the city will have a blackout similar to the one in New York.”

This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.