The times., 1897-05-18
cuBA,s SPREAD OF RUIN.
Wide Extent of American Property
Utterly Destroyed.

New York, May II Speaking OF the pos
sibiity of American Intervention in Cuba
as result or the damage inflicted upon
,he persons and property oil american citi-
Zens there, a gentleman vino is thoroughly
informed on the situation. but who re-
quested that his name should not be made
public, says:
1t is difficult to give exact figures as
to the amount Of American interes5S in the
island but the value OF our property there
is much larger than is generally believed.
As far as know the following enterprises
are either controlled or owned by citizens
of the United States:
The Spanish-American Gaslight Com
pany, of Havana. the capital stock OF which
is 81 ,0o1, 600, with a bonded debt Of $3,-
600 600
The Juragua, Sigua, Ponupo, and other
mining" companies, whose properties are
worth more than $50, 900 900.
"The Sabanilla and Moroto Railroad
Company, in Santiago de Cuba, controlled
by an American syndicate.
THE Tunas and Sancti Spiritus Rail
road. controlled by the Del Vale brothers
all American citizens.
''The sugar estates Caracas md Limones,
the annual production OF which before the
war was over 80, 900 900 pounds, the prop
erty Of Frank Terry, now iii New York;
the estate Juragua, or Antonio Terry, ! o.
100000 pounds: the estates Teresa ahtl
Cayajabos of Andres Terry, 10000 200
pounds: the estate Constancia. controlled
by a New York syndicate, whose repre-
sentative N Cubais the Marquis de Appetite
guia, leader of the unconpromising Span
iards, 45,00G,0 900 pounds, the estates Of
Hormiguero, 10000 900 pounds; Victoria
24,0co,000; Trinidad, 5000. 900; Mapos.
100000, and Tuincio, 100000, all
controlled by New York syndicates: the
estates Natividad and San Fernando, T.
100000 pounds, of F. l.. de Vale, OF
81 Broadway; the estate San Agustin,
5.ooo.000; the estate Moralitos, OF NJ
A. Morales, sac, 900: the estate Saratoga,
1850 900: Santa ArEalia. OF Messrs. Tay-
Ior & Connick, 7 300 900: Socorro. OF S.
de Armas, 10000 900: Union, "a 900 900;
Precioso, of Castro & LaTrien. = ,5n0, 900;
Maria Luisa, ofLobeck. l o, 600 900; Unidad
of McCulloch, 5000, 600; Santa Ana, of
Thorndyke, Z 100 ,000o. Santa Ana. of Ausa
10000, ,0000; San Rafael, Z 800 600; Sole
dad, OF E.. Atkins, $4,000 900; Ciencguita,
OF Fermin sola, 20 900. 200; Carolina. Of
Steward Brothers. $4,000, 900; Esperanza
100000; Teresa, OF Rigney, 100000,
and several more.
I'm the ten years war many prominent
people from Canaguey, Sapoti Spirtus and
CienfUegos came To the United States and
were natUralized as American citizens
do not exaggerate If | say that they no W
own more than half the land in those dis
trcts In 894-'95 the sugar exports from
Cuba amounted TO 954 264 tons, OF which
ga .33 per cent>came TO the United States
23S per cent went To Canada, 227 per
cent TO Spain and oil per cent TO England
tons, ,O04 ,264 in 1894-'95, and some
$50 900 In 1s95-'e6. This years crop
Will hardly exceed 10000
-Four hundred and nfne plantations
manufactured sugar in lS94-'95, thirty
eight In Pinar del Rio forty-nine In Ha-
vana. 1T IN Matanzas, 15s In Santa
Clara. four in eamaguey, and rortY-two In
Santiago de Cuba
''oT these at least 100 have been de-
stroyed, together with coffee and tobacco
plantations, and a vast amount OF ma
ehinery.
There were about 1000, 900 cattle in
the island when the war begun Not one
third are HOW left
1.-The railway Hines are all In most des-
perate condition More than half of their
rolling stock has been destroyed by fire
and dynamite, aud nearly all the station
houses outside OF the cities have been
burued'