Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-07
oUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORs.
>S'-- OF Industrial and Educational Progress
In the sister F-pubiir-.

NP'~- OF industrial and Ianestion n! Progress
In the sister Republics.
The bureau Of American repablics has issued
Annmb-r 81 bulletins eont-iaire late adyices
from Nsiiso. Central and svuth Americ=. from
Nhich the following notes tsseu.
The onyI gusrr;-s 81 u" s;s;e Of puebla.
Ns, ar. lfssiv ir the r.fr f..ture - be
socrse q great pro1i % tho-s o. ga-el IN them.
Ihe-e quaTrie-. for the mot vs''. aye situated
vith.a a radiu. % frota - tc - ui.l.s Of the
city % Fuebla ard a.. f-e- -ot.. O: The oayK
in that city WORKED rY int, ornaments %
various KINDS and Of exceeding beauty some
eleven or twelve establishment. ~ Ilsbla are
nps solely engaged . mtILiartuIirg thr-c
ornaments. Since the Me- irsu Southern rail-
rad IRON Puebls o. l,comayaca We opened
no Ices than 1000 toHs 81 cuyN have passed
over a.
The B4lern hosiery factor n he CITY OF
Mexico - putting complete srhiueTy for
preparing warn fof knitting The factory il
worked by steam and. u hen The rev alterations
are finished. 10 will turH cut about : .OCO pound
Of warm PER week
An ordinance hts been enacted bv the leyis-
afivc council 81 Trinidad and T"bago empow-
ering the governor OF those islands To- suspend
BY proclamation for period not exceeding six
months from August :. is91. all customs duties
charged upon Oxen, bull. and COWS imported
=
NV 90 revoke hI- reclamation at any time
within the -ix month.
In the state OF Coahuila. Mexico. are located
two Of the tue-t tolr ullls =. the republic one
NJ rorrezu and th. other NJ Saltillo. the latter
having capacity OF $50 barrels per tlay and
elevstor with c-p.cIts Of JO.OOO bushels.
The best wheat in Mexico l. grown IN the up
lRnis Of CoshuIln.
The exports 81 hsuequer from Iucatan dur
Ing the month Of August last rea,iisd a total 81
u NAM ms an 4. u.
rounds over the . Joy the corresponding
isrioi IF the IRE mus ear. n total exports
dUriug he mr. gL' months Of the current
YEAR we're Ss .ai,.fi3 ,ourd- against 1865 So
olrd- IN ~. .,.-a :-p-,E. 90 1871. showing
a. increase - IO.7,..Ji' pounds in favor of
l~S2
~ia,is'i-r rui iI-hc,l by the custom house au-
th1-iiie- %! N1rtcvi'!co show thar the imports
irto The IspublIr ~ lrJEuay for the first half
90 he IrU-cut year were valued at 80. li6.129.
and she exports SIj.-l- Z52
Extracts fr"m a report by he British minis
ter At Ouatcmsla o. hi government upon the
subj e. ~ coffee cultivation IN that republic
have been received bv tn. bureau. The minister
81 that he extraordinary grow ia Of the coffee
lr ..l-trv IN Central America. and espccmlls ia
b. republic = Guatemala. would -Crm worthy
Of special notice. amt inn~n,Ch there are
r'iU thousand uf acres q Land suitable to the
cultivation 81 ;hc plant 20 lie denounced. or
purchased on fairly reasonable terms. IL opens
"a 80 extensive n,.d for foreign enterprise
The isrce fortunes made IN very few wears by
rlsn'rr- should attract the attention Of Young
M r,--c~-ing small capital The export Of
fss from GuatefuaLt in 1891 amounted To
,-.I.5 ~i3 foUads. valued roughly ut about
iltOu OJf. and this NCur- Crof, VIII. IL L. con
f,i-uti' believed. be considerably in excess of
thnt % l-9l ~pes.kir. generally. the climate
q. tsuaf,uItla J. >IugulaTly healthy. especially
b. d, coffee z"us uhI~h varies in altitude
ir5.n .-e1 fapt 20 . 0OG f'ct abose sea Level
The f4iIi-;rr q public Instruction of t'Eile
sar- hat there we're III rulhc schools OF en-
10 schni1r- in TINT republic last ycar AZ pres
ent thrrC aye IN al LIZ schools open. The
tO.al y.afntcr % rcholar~ enrolled Hast wear VA,
. 80. and N. average atterdanrc was "a. 7S7. .
ths "a Iu.le- % .e5cisr- Wa 1871 last wear.
vhii' to,l1- % l. 2.Oi~. The number OF private
rchools ~ 1871 was lis Of these Iet were tor
lovs TO- for girl- amt I:s mixed. The number
81 scholars enrolled wa ASH OF these IS ssS
W.re boys a-d ~. - girls The total number
scholars In public and private schools was
I.ss00
The government 90 Ciaatcma'a has granted to /.
Col j. Dolores Audrade and lIeraalip Il. Trejo
u -esen ty-year cou-cssi0v for the construction /
and operation Of u railroad between Ocos a I
seaport on the Pacific. and the village of Santa /
Catalina. IN the interior. with a branch between
IN santa Clara estate and Fl Norsnjo. in the I
del artment Of san Marcos. At the expiration !
20 th. concession the railroad with all it, sp- /
ur.enance- material. buildings. &c shall be- |
come the property ~ the government The /
grantees have The right 70 transfer their con
crs-Ioa.
The baTean ha- received interesting reports /
npHu the mineral Development IN Mexico. from !
~hich the fo,iry1ng l. taken. The states of /
Sin'ioa and Durangoare rich IN precious metals. /
elz AMI At'lS veins carving gold. silver cop
PEI aai lead being found throughout the NOUN |
tntus. aud very little has been done 20 bring I
fbi- uari Of Mexico 20 the notice OF the outside /
world Ii seems strange that with fOurishing /
mining districts. such a. Rosario. Panuco. Co
pHla. Cosala. Guadalupe de lo- Reeves and many 4
Others equally productive in Sinaloa and Guam 1
accvi. T"pia. San Andres. TOninil. Ventanas.
san lif..a- and others. which have been pro-
dncIug largely for many wears. in Durango. the l
NO -tstes are verv LITTLE known There are
huuircJ- of square miles Of beautiful though
rough country where many veins exist which
carry ray ore from the surface. Wood and
Vate- sre abundant In the mountains and most
% the land belongs Ia the government and can
therefor. b acquired cheaply. The mines in
The mountains are much more extensively l
worked than those in the foothills because in /
the former wood and water for milling and I
smelling purposes are more abundant than in /
n" latter The proposed railway from the CITY l
Of uiacan. the capitai ~ SInaloa. to the city
- Durango. the CAPITAL If the state of Durango.
wiN be ~ iuCa!rulablc benefit TO the lower dis 4
frictS. where. on account of the scarcity OF fuel
'hs mining industry l. VaraISzed- BY faciii- /
'aiing The delivery OF coal and coke at reasona-
bic co-t many large veins. containing on an /
average from thirty to ffty ounces of silver |
PEI ton. vh.eh now Wing idle could and |
undoubtedly will. be worked % advantage