New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-11
OPEN EVENINGS DURING DECEMBER.

,ohs. Init three classes preponderate largely ~
70 warrant dsrincton-the AmerieLh' tse Suoan White
no difference worthy Of note between inc mt men-
TONED in Tampa and those OK 9ti.er sections Of 10
nrse characteristic OF the American people, and the
peers Of any In social LIE. -, ,
There are between three and fur thousand Cubans
4, Tampa. and some spanards, toe, but there Is %
intense prejudice OIL the part Of the spaniars
against the Cubans, ana as ue ia'er 1sei us sns
sometime occur II IL were not for the good police
administration might prove serious IN some Instances
identideS closely with the cttys growth. They sn
reported as moral temperate, energetic ana quite a.
sir,bJs citizens and are, almost without exception,
enS"ged In cIgarmaklng and kindred industries. LEY
are also an amusement-loving people, havs sNnl
clubs and societies, an opera nouse DanI r a w.
called YbOr CITY after Martinez ibor, The Pioneer
cigar manufacturer in Tampa. only four yeas ~
yated forest; now IL is an active, busting, wealthy
town within itself, and TO add 70 lts interest," roy
master Cooper recently rec ssieent Of the eoord people @
the accommodation of th Sc who live lar from the gen
Tweyc cigar factories are located in fbor City and
there nearly all of the cigarmakers live, the asse,l
OF the factories being lbor q CO.'S. sahchez maya
Co.'S Lozsn9 pend These I've i've iactores nsnu sU
cigars last the tS SRu IN 5e h a
a actreS Ses the thirty factories in Key West
1S.S5I.374. More Than $4,000 IS paid out V
the 500 or 1900 ciearmakers IN ibor Sy even
Ybor's factory and about $4,000 has been ek
pended here in the past six years upon improvements
This cgarmang Industry has i Tmns dnpss ny
last i've years, and promises much greater Osas!
m the future It was in 0SSe a5SS n n ha NsaAa
1854 and aft % %Sa put up ase hd laTsS e
advantages offered Tor cgarmaklng They soon after,
ward purchased forty acres OF land IN ,Ge f0S ~
ina, house or hotel and several snall COD
tages for tire workmen whom they brought ron
cess from the start and improvements were ADDED
The orlgna. factory. wooden structure, Is nOs sag
opera house and large brick factory mas o e-ss
makers employed Is 40, 200 TO SOooo cigar ins, a
came Sanchez & IIaya, Emilio Pons and Others ana
ali declare that they are doing an exceent pu, az,
10 will be recalled that when the Mckinley OIL was
under consideration the Tampa and Key West mane
acturers strongly opposed apeR g hey reekon
without their host, as they freely admit tOg ,-nr
tlcpating the passage of the Dill tney o'us rho reui
Of Havana leaf and made it up into cigar s
was an overstooking OF the market WIN M si
goods and stagnaton in their factories s i now SSoa
worked off and cigarmabng is again brk Thes
manufacturers have since learned that the MCKINLEY on
win work to their good as Havana ha u sS
tectlve tariff charged upon manufacturer goods Ins
required condition of the climate OF tampa lvr ss
Havana, said one Of the manufacturers who has hSa
factories in both places This has been proven en-.
from the superior transportation facilities OF the seda
Florida Railroad, which gets freight qucly TO- Ne",
York"
The coored people If Tampa are declared 70 be n
better general condition than they are In any Oud
parts Of the South. They are also represented 10 q
generous quiet and noifensive class OF citizens. Ine
are also far more industrious than those In some othe
sections OF the south. working almost every day snd
the 1000 negro population have settlement OF mex
own, midway between Tampa proper and lbor slgs
which would be credit TO any community. Many
OF the houses, like the streets run in irregular nne
but the homes and the shops have tidy aid oFoeIM
appearance as though not neglected ard al ng h
everything about them Is quiet and peaceful, onU ~
songs and the moderate conversations ana ,he
musical laughter being heard Very few oil the,s
people live in rented apartments. but neaZy sa
own their little cottage homes. They have many e a;
seent churches, schools taught by colored teachers any
nearly every home has a small library. Then. tor *
with very few exceptions, the colored people connA1
the respect of the whites.
Port Tampa, which Is the port from which me plaGs
Steamship Line sails for Havana and other places.
about Ten miles below here. one Of Its attracuo1s -
The Inn,n great hotel built In colonial sty oesDe
the South Florida Railroad, over the water ana hoou
q 900 feet from the Shore ii is both summer ~
winter resort for tourists and Flordans. Ano. s
attraction Is the fishing, either for bass ron ~
wharf or boats, or for the tarpon. or silver kus
at Pine Island. The third attraction Is Picnic lAsu'
the name itself telling its purpose.