The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-14
DOWN In CAPE TOWN
An Interesting Letter Written in
South Africa.
WHITE MEN GOING THERE
The Hotels Are Crowded and Pas
senger Trains Are Loaded on
Every Trip-Mr. williams
Idea of the Country.
WHITE MEN GOING THERI

George w. williams, an old resident
of Butte, who is now seeking his for
tune in South Africa, has been heard
from in the shape of a letter to c. H
Fiske of this city. Mr.. Williams went
to Africa by way of England last sum-
mer, and he writes:
Cape Town, Africa, Oct. IL, 1895.
ct left Southampton Sept. 21. and ar
rived here on Monday morning, Oct.
IA, "a days out. We experienced some
severe weather. but 1 am happy to say
that / never missed a meal only
missed one meal in my entire trip, and
that was on the second day out from
New York. When we passed out OF
Southampton we passed within 100
feet of the American warshtp San
Francisco. She presented nne ap-
pearance and looked much better than
a British ship of the same class that
was anchored a short distance away.
1--WE touched at Teneriffe, 1,522 miles
from Southampton, one OF the Canary
islands. There we took on IL head OF
beef cattle and a few hundred tons OF
coal which required about SIX hours OF
time. The formation is volcanic. The
houses are built out of rock, the streets
are very crooked and narrow but quite
well paved The inhabitants are mostly
Portuguese and negroes. There, are
some business houses constructed by
Englishmen and Frenchmen. We
passed within a short distance OF the
island of ST. Helena, where Napoleon
died. 40 't-
"Cape Town has about 1000 inhabit-
ants of which $4,000 are white and the
balance colored. Some have straight
black hair and others kinky hair. The
work around the ships and COCKS is
| performed by Kaffirs who are brought
down from the upper country on con-
tract at 25 cents per day with rations.
| They get beef once a week. The ne,
groes of the South live in palaces com
pared with these negroes. Their work
| ing suits consist of a gunny sack win
| a hole I'm the bottom for their, heads
and holes in the sides for their arms.
| This mart of the continent was settled
NV the Dutch The negroes can talk
| mitch and a few can talk Ehslisi.
| Most of the labor is performed py E.asl
| Indians. The cabs are owned py "nite
| men and hired out at so much per uas'
| the leaser to feed the morse anu nSJp ~
| the cab i'm repair and settle eacn hlsnt.
| came Town is a fine city, pleasantly
| s,tuatad with fine parks. 1T Is now
| snying Flowers and plants areo IN
| htoom and some of the fruit trees ifne
| accommodations for traVei are ,feiy
| moor. The place / stop charges ~ per
| dav with six men in a room. Iney
| 80, sapd ont three passenger trains
| daily TO accommodate the pupic'
| srhrea weeks ago one train was sum
tent Thev leave a half hour apart, at
& $40 and 9 O'Clock in the evening.
"There is an immense tandgfatoesn
TO this country from all parts ol W
world. Every passenger snip that
arrives carries its full capacity OF pas
sengers. All of the hotels are full ana
tha railroad cannot handle the frelght.
There is an accumulation OF 4O,ooO tons
for johannesburg and the upper coun-
try. This cannot be moved lor .ie
present and vast quantities are arrivS5
ing every day. There VIII be grailu
stsmpede out of this country peiore
long I will go to Johannesburg next
Monday. A fine library and mission
are some of the fine things OF ape
Town that have seen. All OF the pun
lie buildings are fine and are pun. ~ ~.
| of stone The railroad depot Is IN tne
business center of the town. IL is punt
80 iron and stone Lumber is scarce
| article and high-priced. i don't beheVe
there is a building In town constructeu
of lumber. 1t is all stone ana nrich,
A great many troops are statloneu
here Their band plays every pleasant
dav The meals here are the hardest
things TO get used to. There is conee
at a. m. breakfast at a m, dinner
at 2 d. m, supper at p IN. aiitc
breakfast consists of mush, STEAK col
| fee bread and butter; tne ulnnely VI
two kinds of roast potatoes, bread. but
! ter and water; the supper. OF bread
butter. coffee and tea. had rather
have n Is cent meal in Butte any
time than the above. They charge %
cents. and they tell me higher-priced
nIaces are no better. Everything seems
! 10 he drink and all of the liquors are
imported There is one Touring miii
and one foundry. That is the extent
~ their manufacturing. The schools
are fair. Saloons and churches are
nientiful. There are no public gambling
houses or any private ones eitner
There are no pawn shops. They say
. the police stand in with the thieves;
I. therefore. they are abolished think
the pawn thieves of Butte ought 70 &c
: the same way. The Cape is under Brit
ish government and well garrisonec
with infantry and many guns and
strong fortifications. Immense docks
7 ore heine built out of the solid rock
= About 500 convicts are employed fol
> this service. They are Wen guarueu
/ n Is very hard to watch them. TheS
I are there for all sorts of crimes and are
of all colors and conditions saw
5 this morning on the bulletin board the
statement that a large ship load o.
Cornish miners had left Cornwall FOL
Johannesburg. Flooding the countr,
with white men VIII surely knock on
the KaffirsI as far as labor goes, and II
i the end will be a fine thing for Africa
They will strike out and develop new
mining districts. :,