Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-03-19
AWHEEL IN JAMAICA.
Taking n Spin Around That snug Little
Island.

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The average American. has no conception
| Of the beauties of the Island of Jamaica,
| many possibly being entirely ignorant az
TO- us locality. bYt to fully apbreclate a !, !
| tour OF the small island of bananas on 4
wheel wheel such has been the good fortune of Of
a member Of the south End i;ii Wheelmen, Of
Phil9Ieiphia H. ii, II company With ,a fel,
down to Jamaica by steamer They landed,
as they say "in 6eau,iful little ,harbor, a
| Port Antonio snug resting place, with
the % Ta'GT s e. bganqn S Fl Sp Mr npaA MaWdas ase
the world 1t seems especially beautiful to
one who has never before visited the trop-
les: ON three, sides may be seen the cocoa
most to the waters edge. Away, in the
dS5'agSe ola sn Wbay be seen thG emsps of an
mountains some distance inland, while
among the trees are scattered the small
Glimpses are caught now and then of beau
tifully hard roads now along the beach
then on the mountain sides, picture to
"On landing at Port Antonio we made
preparations for our tour Of the island and
level road of limestone to Manchioneal. a
distance of seventeen miles. In riding this
ss1nSf S o Me oeSsn were am9s 5S6n NIX
c. sherwood. one of the local fruit agents,
we passed on oyer rather q hilly country
land and seventeen miles from Manchion-
esaL Here we spent our first night on the
mile TO take a bath in the warm sulphur
springs, which are making this little spot
quite famous. The, baths are recommended
seem to make one feel brighter and surely
cleaner than when he entered.
After leaving Bath we fordcd a small
river and pushed our way on TO Port
Morant. where we rested for about fifteen
SpNpnttpn n
the distance rather hlly and six miles per-
fectly leyel, and still along the edge of the
rest at iallahs, we crossed two streams
and made steep ascent Of six miles M
id @ pedanE 'Re It Being 9s doWn srnas eS anG
IN this way we ran to Kingston, the cap
"The next day we called on the United
states consul, left our cards at the gov
Grnor,,s, and then took a run. oyer to Port
Royal. Leaving there the following day
nut dusty roads to Spanish Town, the for
r we aPa Gf 5he s1d Ind fnd me- along
nine miles too steep and hazardous to ride,
so we hired wagon to carry us to Meme
gland, being situated 600 feet above level
of the sea. surrounded by mountains and
AIMS bay til then nj to Port Maria Maria 'a and a on on
until we had made a complete tour of the
THE roads attracted our attention for
their excellence. They are composed of
limestone packed very hard Out of a rev.
enuc of 100000 tSS,OO0OOO) the government
spends 10000 annually on improving the
roads. This Is actually a necessity as the
travel from inland 10 seashore is all on
foot or by team: the country being rather
hilly, the teams have no trouble so long as
the surface is smooth and hard.
The ordinary American bicyclist consid-
ers the roads perfect paradise of cycle
maica that one can coast from six to
twelve miles. The temperature is never
above % or % deg; and the evenings are
cool and comfortable. At the present time
there are few bicycles on the island, and
those very ancient solid and cushion tires.
The natives are very poor as rule and
cannot AFFORD a good wheel, and think
American, bicycles very high-priced. Phil
adclph!a Inquirer