The Republican journal., 1896-08-13
Belize to Livingston.
ST of British Honduras In a New
nr. GuatemaIa'S Atlantic Seaport.


II9s. o,,an, FraItcr Saatema'a's Atlantic Seaport
.,irespondence of The Journal.
..-r,N. GUATEMALA, July 1st.
j. ','.a,.,ac.ty has left very little Allan
1'7 t,ad 10 Guatem ala, Its small
o ...,. ,andwiched between British
81" .,o,,A honduras, II has but one port,
'l- -.yngston, in honor of the dis
'..sed 5itlzen of Louisiana whose
' ...,..,ie was introduced into Guate-
5.,r the time the town was found
q, +. ,t considerable Importance,
FD .ba 5,pot for mails and merchandise
.t. rom the United States and
VERY Thursday mail boat
a kingston up the Rio Dulce,
-.c Town 50 miles in the interior,
.le mail bags and merchandise,
5...s..p.rrs. if there are any, are trans
'.... 4u oacks of mules, to begin
..... sis days journey to the Capital.
........ t present, because the best
Gepublic is more easily ac-
.... The Pacific. But when we
..... tIc other side of the Isthmus
ud enter Guatemala by the
.- ... so to speak, it would be long
......-- uuruey overland to Livings-
Unic though just now headed
j honduras, it seems the part
-....0 fI Visit this bit of Guatemala
...-l Iwo steamship lines ply
...... Tween the United States and
--.. une sending weekly steamers
leans, the other every third
ass. . View \ ork In both cases the
arst at Belize, in British Hon
AN direct to Puerto Cortez, in
.... laniuras, the port where con
be made with the only rail
... Hepublic; and then double
-.y U a-il course to Livingston, mid
~. -.nsru. 1t takes twelve hours, un-
U....We circumstances, to so from
teIto Cortez, and half that
d. u-un TO the Guatemalan port.
49, -dssage from Belize on a New
tu., ten, which, making its regu-
.g.-. eps as close to shore as reefs
fd .0u. will permit, and stops
-. lew hundred bananas can be
l3-.e. lI is easy to see that fruit
i.8 rhe one coast industry of Brit
J.. Hs There are few extensive
.y..rs evevel, althoughit it would seem
.5t. -.cen opportunity is offered to the
.A The small planters are most
".l.- Ad negroes, who each have
.v .,s Of bananas and a few dozen
aal. t1 sell when the steamer makes
u unds. On account of shallow
l-. 4ycuor is east two OF three miles
lLough no green oasis in the
u. shining sand, OF break in the
- leiing Of palms and mangrove
s 45leates a settlement, the ear
r..- ,sam OF the whistle has hardly
.ey fe1ore a fleet of RATS, pitpans
PUTS out from shore. The
ow the day the vessel is due,
aus ior it. In a moment the
Hunded with men. women
. iamoring crowd, with
t...4. a7 enough among them to
one person, all gesticula-
.ics let loose and chatteIing
the Calib tongue. As the
rked, il is AS good as a
-h them deliver the fruit.
ue TO get the first hearing
9-d to haggle as long as he
ha' penny worth. Among
-# .-..ble Incidents we saw one
fellow in a small canoe, 50
Lis quarrel for precedence
equally wizened old woman,
lists at her and pouring
.pnt Of dire threats concerning
which he promised to dis
Il he forgot to look out for his
eI.- wave turned it bottom side
sitting him and his fruit upon the
Caribs are as much at home
Nal as out of it, and certainly
rments are not impeded by
Iapery. In less time than
rell it, he had righted and
'H lis boat, dived for and reload
muInas, which were little the
he wetting, and was again in
1T sS III the fray, without having
ie- ding for an instant; and mean
-ar ,e acct of his wrath had forged
4t" l1 disposed of her fruit, with
i- pressed in every stroke of her
94+s tAidently our British neighbors
'' -' 'Alegtain very high opinion of
-e 'tA s1y of traders from the land of
lit >'.s and Stripes. The Belize gov
'l1. 'H- alPoints and pays inspectors,
'+9s1 d''t} III is to accompany every steam
n '-4 se4 nat the fruit growers are fair
"'4iei ihat the proper count is given
'l4 81 hanch of bananas underrated as to
''7 '", II is whispered in some quar-
'-' hai the inspectors are not above
''''g> Il both sides of the question, and
'''. ''rl soon become financially Flush"
VI 4elf neager salaries. Bananas are
i'eHeA " tiers on the steamers, each
@@-.i set upright on its end. A false
h Is htn ulaced a foot or two ahove