Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-24

4 company Of American capitalists have
acquired from the Government Of San
Domingo, the Peninsula Of SANTANA, and
SANTANA Bay, on that island, accompanied
with a cesSion Of extraordinary powers. 1t
appears that since the failure Of the Treaty
of Annexation of the Republic of San Do
mingo to the United States, convention
was prepared, with the appreciation Of lead
ing citizens of that Republic, which con
cedes to an association under the name Of
the " SANTANA Bay Company of San Domin-
CO." all the rights, privileges, and i'm
munities over and in the Bay and PENN
sula Of SANTANA which were ceded to
the United States by the said proposed trea-
ty; to hold all the public lands on -aid
Peninsula of SANTANA, the waters Of SANTANA
BAY, and the islands and reefs therein,
without taxation, and special privileges to
establish commercial lines hank Of issue,
with branches 10 construct railways, COM
mon roads, and telegraph lines; to acquire
mineral lands etc, all on exceedingly favor
able terms.
For every three miles of railroad OF canal
50 built by the company within five years
the company will receive from the Dominican
Government the absolute ownership of a
square league of land on the island, and
there are grants of vast seignorial rights.
The company pays to the Dominican govern
ment an annual rent of $3.50, 900 in gold,
and the first annual payment has already
been made. The new company (Which has
q capital of $500 900, of 400 shares of 500
600 each, on which $500 coo has been paid
in,) proposes at once to build wharyes,
warehouses, etc, at SANTANA, and to make
that rival to the only other free
port in the West IndieS-St Thomas
1t is expected that this will at once
turn a large trade toward the new en-
porium, that the South American steamers
will touch there for coal and supplies. and
that the United States government will buy
coal, bui!d a dock, lease wharye>. and in
other way- contribute to the business OF the
new company. 1t is announced that the
inaugurators of the scheme expect to build
up, not only fourishing city, bat a State,
with government modelled after the best
forms, and administered for the benefit of all
who choose it a. place of residence, and
that it is expected that the result willie
the a.nexati of the island to the nited
States.
The MINES of the - heavy men" who have
formed the organization indicate that the |
company will not lack means to carry out |
it, objert> How the scheme will work a. /
RESPECTS annexation remains TO be seen. If !
the company proceed in the bona fde de-
SeIopment of their enterprise A. a CONNER
cial venture. it will be all right But we
doubt ii the fact that a commercial COM
pany ha> paced itself in a position to con-
troll the island in case Of annexation. will
help the measure before the people; and
We trust that there will be no attempt to
man@uyre annexation by indirect means
That, however, i clearly expected bymany,
and it remains to be seen how the scheme, if
that Is part of it, will work
The trial of Boss" Tweed in New
York, brings up again the details of the
Tammany frauds, with which the country
was ringing year ago. On Friday, Gar
vey, the plasterer, told the story of the
astounding conspiracies to plumber the city,
and clearly established all the allegations
against Tweed lie told how claims tor
1896 900 were stretched - that 81 H.
443.O7 We're drawn out of the treasury,
charged to work on the new courthouse
how work was done on the private property
of Tweed, Connolly and Woodward, and
not only paid for out of the city's moneys
Oh courthouse warrants, but were made the
foundation for warrants of immense sums,
warnnts for $685., 37s "a being drawn on
the basis of plans executed and work begun
on house, coach-house and surroundings.
for Connolly, which the plasterer esti-
mated, before be undertook the job. would
require but Sl2O,OOO OF $50, 600; how
Tweed name was written across the face
of each of his bills, indorsing them n cor.
rect; how shares of the money drawn ont
on these warrants were deposited to Tweed's
account, and how when he did work ON the
courthouse in 1864 he added Is Der cent. to
his bills, which he personally gave to
Tweed, the latter saying to him, give
that 10 me, aud will take care q, vour
bills lie showed how Woodward and
lngersoll, who stretched his hill and
gave him IS per cent. of their face whom
he turned over checks for G5 ner cen,
were operated as the cat's-paws of Tweea
During the examination of Garyey. Twe.a
was in court. Davidson, the safe mann
facturer, who sold safes to the ring for The
sity's use, and to set up in their private es-
adjustments, all charged to the city. con.
frmed Garyey's testimony. But Tweed II
ID aid, expects to keep outside of prison
walls. and to have something handsome
len, vhen all is through. |