Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
A COMING COUNTRY.
Views of a Pittsburger on the Out
look for o. s. of Colombia.
PRODUCTS WORTH CONSIDERING
Congressmen Expecting Some Lively Times
in the House.
TERSE TALKS on VARIOUS SUBJECTS

People who have been shivering, shaking,
sneezing, snorting and raging against the
late unpleasant weather will be inclined to
sing, though it must be through their noses
the first verse OF q popular church song,
''There's a land that is fairer
than this When they hear P.
Ingoldsby tell of the climate and other
delights of the United States of Columbia,
where you can get any temperature you
like. from torrid to frigid from the sea-
coast to the snow line, $4,000 feet above.
If the weather at one altitude doesn't suit,
you can move up or down without expatri-
ating yourself
MI. Ingoldsby, who is interested with
several firms in furnishing steamboats,,
planning. mill and other machinery to the
Colombians, came home last week, it being
his eleventh voyage. He has spent 13 years
in Colombia He has just completed two
steamboats, for the Rio Magdalena
Worse Roads Than Penusylvania:
"But Colombia is even worse off for wagon
roads than Pennsylvania, in fact. it hasn't
any to speak OF" said Mr.. Ingoldsby yester-
day. "After imports, whether of machinery
or other goods, are sent by rail to Baran-
quilla and from there by steamer to Hinda,
they are packed on the backs of
mules, men and women and forwarded
to Bogota. A mule cargo is $50 pounds
while that for a man or woman is but 125
pounds and is called half cargo. There
are narrow passes, where the cargoes di-
vided half and half and hanging over both
sides of a mule, will not pass, and
here the human animals get their en-
ployment. Mule freighting is much less ex-
pensive than human, for while a mule car
ries $50 pounds, one man can manage a train
of 25 or so of them.
''Carthagena is very old and interesting
city and its cathedral contains immense
wealth in decorations The pulpit is of
marble and formed in mosaic, inlaid with
feet high, built to keep the Buccaneers out
is still retained and will be, as
it is now a protection against
the occasional tidal waves that would
destroy the city were the wall
removed. The city also still maintains the
ancient gates built for defense. Much
ground within the walls is occupied by
plazas, or public parks, and numerous shade
trees and sparkling fountains make it de-
licious place to sleep away care during the
heat of the day.
Life is Full Of Pleasures
'The Spanish population is friendly,
hospitable and devoted to pleasure and
whiles away life in an increasing round of
balls, social parties and bull fights. Though
almost exclusively Catholic, all religions
are tolerated and the public schools main
tanned by the Government are quite good.
DR.. Rafael Nuenz is President Of the Re-
public, and as the Presidential term is now
six years and the department Governors
are appointed by the President, the country
formerly distracted it. Colombians know
nothing of civil service reform. 1t
is thought the present President
will be reelected. The Colom-
bians do not consider themselves
isolated, as they are visited BY the ships of
two lines from New York, the Royal Mail
of London and Liverpool, the West India |
and Pacific Mail steamers, German steamers
from Berlin and Hamburg, and the French |
line from Havre. Colombia's exports of |
hides, rubber, gold, silver, ivory, nuts, dye |
woods and coffee are legal tender all over
the civilized world.
The Climate Is Healthful. |
COLOMBIA, though lying under the |
equator, is as healthy as PENNSYLVANIA.
1 had $50 men working under me and they
were rarely sick, though some people who |
take poor care of themselves are sick of |
fever much of the time. The country, clear
up to the snow line, is densely clothed with |
fine cabinet woods, and the supply is prac-
tlcally ine1haustible. Colombians do not !
trouble themselves with the affairs of their |
neighbors, and scarcely even discuss Bra |
lillian and Chilean troubles. Colombia is a |
country with which trade relations may be |
cultivated with profit, and it lies at our
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