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<br />Motor Freight. . . The City is served by nine motor freight companies with daily schedules. <br /> <br /> <br />Bus Services. . . Local bus service is available daily from two bus lines, Greyhound and Trailways. <br /> <br />Taxi Services. . . Two local taxi services are available with daily service. <br /> <br />Utilities <br />Electricity. . . Wholesale 'service is currently provided to the City by the Lower Colorado River <br />Authority. In October 1986, the City sold $16,355,000 in Electric Utility System Revenue Bonds to <br />purchase, improve, extend and equip an electric light and power distribution system. The City now owns <br />and operates this system. <br /> <br />Gas. . . Entex is the major source of gas for the City. <br /> <br />Water and Sewage. . . Provided by the City at some of the most desirable rates in the area. <br /> <br />Telephone. . . The City's telephone service is provided by an independent telephone company, the San <br />Marcos Telephone Company. <br /> <br />Business and Industry <br />Dun and Bradstreet rate 395 business establishments. Principal industries produce outdoor lighting <br />fixtures, electric generators, heat transfer equipment and portland cement. Listed below are the nineteen <br />major industries and employers. <br /> <br />Industry <br />Southwest Texas State University <br />Aquarena Springs and Wonder World <br /> <br />Product or Service <br />University <br />Tourist and Recreational <br />Facility <br />Vocational Trade School <br /> <br />Number <br />Employed <br />1,882 <br /> <br />Texas Education Foundation <br />San Marcos Consolidated Independent <br />School District <br />Hays Memorial Hospital <br />Thermon Manufacturing Company <br />San Marcos, City of <br />Wide-Lite Corporation <br />Texas Cement <br />Kroger Company <br />Heldenfels Brothers, Inc. <br />San Marcos Baptist Academy <br />Butler Manufacturing Company <br />National Supply Company <br />Gulf Business Forms Incorporated <br />Mensar Corporation <br />Marshall Gas Controls Company <br />McCoy Corporation <br />Dana Corporation <br /> <br />Public School System <br />Hospital <br />Heating and Cooling Panels <br />City Government <br />Lighting Fixtures <br />Cement <br />Grocery Warehouse/Distribution <br />Concrete Beams <br />College Preparatroy Boarding School <br />Steel Building <br />Steel Gate Valves <br />Printed Business Forms <br />Pressure Gauges <br />Gas Regulators <br />Retail Business Supply <br />Dura-flex Couplings <br /> <br />700 <br />699 <br /> <br />530 <br />301 <br />269 <br />265 <br />200 <br />200 <br />150 <br />135 <br />1I0 <br />100 <br />100 <br />75 <br />72 <br />70 <br />50 <br />~2 <br /> <br />Financial Institutions <br />There are three banks located in San Marcos which had combined deposits on 12-1-87 of $188,755,539. <br /> <br />Educational Facilities <br />Southwest Texas State University, a full four year multi-purpose university, is located on a JUJJ <br />overlooking the City of San Marcos. It is easily identified by the castle-like structure of Old Main which <br />was the first building constructed when the university, then a college, began operation in 1901. It became <br />a university on May l.5, 1969, and now has an enrollment of 20,206 studenU from Texas, 4& other states, <br />and 60 foreign countries. Listed below is the enrollment history of the University over the last ten years. <br /> <br />1987 <br />1986 <br />198' <br />1984 <br />1983 <br />1982 <br />1981 <br />1980 <br />1979 <br />1978 <br />1977 <br />1976 <br /> <br />20,206 <br />19,77' <br />19,279 <br />19,207 <br />18,317 <br />16,410 <br />15,277 <br />15,400 <br />15,9211 <br />15,071 <br />a,670 <br />13,563 <br /> <br />- 22- <br />