The Republican journal., 1896-12-24
GreN town to Grenada.


o.. " 40 4 nav I ~ NpN. -, 1910.
..Itable route from the At
las Tins antique town, on the
.r mneI of lake Nicaragua, is
SIN fian river and across the
.. A.. famous as that of the old Van
u-lt company, and during the
when there was such ire
r..h across the continent to the
ii. Of california, was alive with
Vessels and little stern wheel
. Hlt they did not come to
. Happily for this picturesque
spanish aristocracy it remained
.4.I 10y that half crazed mob.
pkers were conveyed from
. sJeamers to the lake, where
.. -.uuug vessels across to Virgin
where the western end of
MS, on the same side of the
but long way south of
.. ley went overland to the
the narrowest strip be-
ocean, via the old "Tran-
Ich still exists-the only
. ever constructed in Near
nderbilt company met with
.- The several rapids of the
ecaying hulls of a number
may yet be seen on the
~ dIifted more than forty
river steamers of to-day
t-er than those of 80. be-
small, flat bottomed. stern
They are four in number,
sas the round trip twice
nu the lake where improve
feasible, the sailing yes
zen place to comfortable
st OF them belonged origi-
U.ate company which was or
nited States and literally
NE Nicaraguan government.
harges were so high that
tered, and finally the gov
1ded to make the service
wing out the line, which it
. 300, 900. The advantages
The transaction were con-
tons in both freight and
e-. and the establishment of
Iulcation with the railway
renada, on lake Nicaragua
ne Capital; and from Man
ombo and FL Rayo, on lake
lie Pacific.
l to this national line,'
t4reign "Compania de Va
ran Largo" Great Lake
mpany), a large portion of
. was purchased by the Inter-
obstruction Co. Its larg-
Victoria, is of $50 tons and
round the lake eight times
pping at all ports. The
eTtown via the san Juan
EIearagua, a distance of 120
Slime natural course for the
Republic; but the fact is
MS, since business com
keener, merchants can
delays and uncertainties
.he river service. The great
Ike Numerous shadows and
sun Juan, over which, when
.N, the cargo must be car
ut great risk of damage
since the construction of
inland from Corinto, the
le bulk of trade to and
fiji has gone that way and
salmost abandoned. This
lie route being 50 much
nited States and Europe
the Pacific side of the
service there is regular and
although the charges are
cher, it has obtained the
lime was when the river
yth bongos bringing crude
r1 Gfreytown for shipment to
eckless tapping OF the trees
aY exhausted the rubber
o~ the only, and very small,
latlye boats is the transport
'ie flat bottomed boat upon
"f lbarked at Greytown is a
'a. ot many that may yet be seen
Mississippi, with its darkey
wheel in the stern. The pilot
eMine Sambo, or Mosquito
b. >o-called, although the race
e'' dea! more African than Indian
b M mixture of the worst blood
'yiH nations. 1t seems he had
.sot- and was considered a
assessing the power of hoodoo;
- 'D black crew treated him with
incest Ieverence bordering on SER
IRE wink of his small bleared eye
ai4 70 make the knees of the
alHek together. His infrequent
"rle isSued in a language which
tle native negroes understand,
ls'e- tongue of the mongrel race.
'@ nan river in the neighborhood
7N1 is not unlike the "Father of
I'D New Orleans, except that
'' important river of Central
is liller ''more So in the mat
4-itors, mosquitoes and other
'd7ets. Its low, marshy banks