Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-09
c17BA'S SECOND CITY,
eoMe FEATURES OF SANTIAGO AM
THE PROVINCE.

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T., STANDARDIZATION NUM-
hers 5000 Products OF the o'"
Tho town Of Santiago de Cuba where
our troops will land, is situated a' ; uns
W. w. 90 tho barbor and about SIX miles
Sow Sow, ;ts entrance and ovcrlooks 1t al
,bn widest part. The entrance 10 W.,
harbor is very narrow, not more 'i VI, "
' nhout 150 feet wide and the chanhel Il
winding until it reaches Punta uo a;s,,,
aftor Which it widens into beautllu u
harbor At ono side of the entrance n y,
Moro Castle, very old fort MOTTO
is typical name given 10 an ; tll' 81
ooost fortresses. On the opposite SIDE OF
tho harbor is Socapa. The town OF oail,
t;opo is low, but rises as the grouho
stones up from the coast toward SUM
RANGES of hills. 1t was quite a business
town before the war, and thero are
threo companies there that have nan
died great deal Of ore, one or theh d.
much as 1000 tons day. 49,.
The houses arc mostly one story hlgh
m account of the liability to earth
onakcs hut there are some of two sto-
RES The dwelling houses are surround
ed Inv SPACIOUS verandas, which look on
beautiful gardens filled with wealth.
Of gorgeous tropical flowers. Inc poln'
scttia. with its heads of brilliant scar
let leaves which people in the north
cherish in little tlowerpots and IN green
houses is there large tree, and other
trees with their clusters of gaudy fra
grant flowers make these gardens fairy
scene.
There arc various insects among the
flowers and mosquitoes lnnumerable'
but none of the insects are poisonous.
There is a large spider about the size OF
ones fist, whose bite produces a swell
ing and slight fever, and scorpion
whose bite causes some irritation, but
is not deadly. There are no venomouS
reptiles in the island. There IS one
enormous variety of boa, called the ma
ia, of immense strength. 1t is perfectly
black, as thick as ones arm and capa
bic of swelling itself out to nearly five
times it's natural size and has blooo
red mouth-all of which sounds very
alarming until you find out that he is {
lazy fellow and does not trouble himsel.
about human beings, being satisfied
with pigs and goats and even small
game. There is small snake called the
jubo, and some other varieties, but they
are not venomOus.
The repose of the streets is not dis
turbed by the rush of cable or trolley
cars. The usual conveyance, the vo
lante, is long bodied vehicle on two
wheels. The town of Santiago is the SCI
of the archbishop and contains the
largest cathedral in the island, the Ca
thedral of Nuestra Sonora de la Cardiac
del Cobre. Here is also the theological
seminary of San Basilio.
In this region is the highest land il
Cuba. A mountain range called tn,
Montanos do Maestro or Cobre extends
from the Punta de Maisi, on the eastern
extremity, to Cape Cruz, on the opposite
side. Pico de Turquino, the highes
elevation, rises 1910 feet above tn,
ocean. These mountains are very rich
in ore, and the Cobro copper mines
some ~ miles distant from the city
have yielded 80 tons day, the higher
grades being shipped to Europe and the
inferior grades smelted at the mines
All this work has stopped since the wal
became serious. These mines were
worked as early as the seventeenth cen
fury and were then abandoned for more
than 100 years. Iron is also found there
and gold and silver have been taken out
but not in sufficient quantities to make
it profitable. However, none of these
mines has yet been fully developed
Bituminous coal is found which give.
out high degree of heat and leave.
scarcely any ashes Or cinders. Near the
coast it is often found in scmiliouiG
masses resembling petroleum or naph
tina. There are some very extensive
caves in these mountains, which have
never been thoroughly explored.
There are forests of mahogany. On.
ban ebony, cedar and other hard wood,
IN this province, among them one called
the quebra hacha, or Ak breaker, and the
Jucero, which does not even decay afte,
long submersion. The marqueterie work
IN the room occupied by Philip II O,
Spain, i'll the Escurial, was made from,
these woods. Of which the Spaniards
know the value, and they are exported
from tho island in largo quantities.
There are no wild animals, properly
speaking, except wild dogs, which play
havoc in the poultry yards. A small
animal called jutia that resembles n
coon and probably belongs to tho same
family is found in great numbers and
mas furnished many good meal to tho
hungry Cuban soldiers, who tran II NV
the dozen. When eaten with a relish ~
garlic and onion, it is delicions-to
those who like garlic. "
The city of Bayamo, in the western
part OF the province, was very imnorton =
century or more ago, and a great
stronghold of the insurgents.for thero
nave always been insurgents in Cnba
but OF late years business has moved to
Santiago and other coast cities and S,u
tlago now has about 45, 900 inhabitants
while Bayamo has only 10000. II was
lawyer OF Bayamo, Charles M do Cos