Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-02
TRINIDAD DE CUBA -....,v
Valley of the Holy Trinidad-Amereans Who Have Made
Fortunes in cuba-Profitable Investments IN
Suear-Lands and Mining Properly

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The campo doi Matre. ig another
nuo. large plaza nt the H1uthcaat end
1f the town, with barracks and drlll'
grounds Tor the garrison. But th'
most attractive resort 0f me place
whlt iH known nH thH villa, watch
t1wer''-a point on The adjacent noun
tain which may Doe easily r'1ghed pn
horseback or even Do volnutr. fni
those who are good climbers. 10 ia inc
fashionable thing to go up hei'r.
breakfast There Do q rustic road
Winding under pinos nnd palms. past
rtraw-thatchtd huts. the military hos.
plinl and Che EfmIih d0 IN f0vn; and
hs who has not seen The sun rice above
tho lurImutrliio vale ~ Trinidad ana
Uiumlur tho heights around 10. Or SINK
amonr enc ruen Gays ~ the western
ocean. has lived almost M vain. SPEAK
Ink M American capitalists 100 ms
region. time waH-nnl time VIII Doc
anal. when % wei located sugar ra-
fiIH boo cuba was considered uH Htla
and valuable nn Investment nn ono
could possibly have. Of course th1
var has greatly daprocAicd values
Dot when ID o. over things VIII h7
booming In 'thH ever faithful laie' 11
never bof0rr Everybody knows how.
during our rivii war. sugar attained "a
phenomenal price in ihr United states.
the best grades reaching 90 cents thg
pound. This Circumstance Induced
VIM. w. Stewart. The Sow YORK MIL.
lluuHlft. tu purchase the magnificent
estate called ia Carolina" ln MA
tanzas province. H. annual yield WA
about eight million pounds uf mo
white sugar ne paid eight hundred
thousand dollars iu gold f1r the prov.
srty and Tor years u returned o. hIm
90 least 100 per ccntum ON the original
inypaimrnt tn G2 Mr. Moses Taylor.
another very rich nud Influential Nlw
Yorker. who had been large Importer
of cuban sugar purchased "a huf.ln.
trrHHt in the famous "Hln Maritime
plantation. ~ was Just the size ~
the District or Columbia, 40 miles
squlrol ana was Huprfbly equipped.
having n nnr ola CaHitllatrd mansion
~ stone Tor % family residence. What
Mr Taylor paid Tor hts hair was never
known. but Tor years The crop WIS
simply marvellous, rUhchInE for one
season 1896. otT pounds. 10 WINS said
go The time that Taylor received back
hlH purchase money in less than tNu
years
The great arm Of oiolro. warburr g.
Co. NJ NDw York. d. a heavy owner "
sugar property he Santa clara pro-,
luru The WUlHhrH, sugar r0hncrH ~
Philadelphia, uuf alec owners Uf large
cuban estates. u Will bo remembered
that when President Grant named tho
eldest ~ tho welsh brothers 60 hg min.
lister 90 England h's confirmation was
strongly objected CO. hy faction in the
Senate, ON The ground that h0 was The
owner NJ slave worked estates and
pr1ntCi by their labor Just after our
war Mr James Mediation, uf East
Baton Rouge perish. H., wont 60 cuba
In search ~ q plantation which limited
means could buy iir found %. near
900 acres. uf the Hight col.
bred soil which In cuba lH called "Aiu-
lAttn land nnd which had h,yn
worked no long solely In sugar cane
that % would yield less than hair
crop. At the upper end OF the estate
Mt Mediation found 10 series ~ deep
caves. which II ever discovered befn,s
had BEEN entirely forgotten. and these
made his fortune. Far agrH. millions
N bats had made this their haunt: aud
time and natures chemistry had cot.
Nrftcd their duppInrs into the best
ftfillIHrr Tor Wuru-uut sugar and 10.
hnccn lands yct known within three
years tn Mediation place was turning
lut rlFht thousand pounds or sugar o.
lhr acre, anu The shrgwd t.nuisnulnn
found another great fortune In hls b.t
suhhp The bishops family
M Now Haven. C1nnertirutf
worc-lnd probably arr today
me owners ~ some extremely valuable
nufhr estates. near ttrmrdIlH. about
goo miles from Havana. which has rn.
ilrh'l thrvc generations uf htr ana
owners.
~ nearly a. can ascertain. about
.n Americans uf purp AnFIb.suNnn
llN,l lhlt De-, not counting the nat.
lfhltrd tuhtu-AmerinauHH own pup.
tlY in cuba Among them b. Mr.
Ramon Williams formerly ~ Rail-.
ll'l'' Nh" was once consul general az
Havana.
The spanish American Iron company.
which has liH main office boo Now York
ini j. made up largely Of capitalists
VINO have been active m thr lruu ore
lualh'aa In che Lake superior region.
NV. HH9 done an extensive business
~ cuba. The tulhyH ths ElAu ana tho
'"rhrigllrrs arr tho rh.ri ainrk own
'u, \ tow yclW ug1 tho company nc.
iuirrd control M several thlusind uefsH
u valuable Iron orr deposits between
santiago ANA Guantanamo On tho Huuth
.ldn N cuba. A very large amount ~
money Was expended in exploring tho
property upcnlrE mines and establish.
TX i,iuii,a Tor handling tho output
hrl' o. nn hnthnr nearer than SAM
lhEu ana 'r order 90 shin ore rpiuaml-
ally, 10 was nHrUasnry in construct an
.ruu"Ial hlrhur ly building "a great
'frik water on ,he open coast. gK-
tnflNH loading r|rr were Lult large
nluFh i1 load four steamer ut time.
Mt ih'rr preparations were practically
umpl'ird several years before they
we're put % any usH. 80 shipments
we're made, hHrHuHe She company
.dnptDi thr policy of waiting Tor ai.
lninEoluH market conditions THE
rluriou ~ the duty uu iron urH from
70 cents o. ~ cent? per Nnn ana the ln-
tu1aHi demand flr teHHHmDr IRON orc
. eastern PonnHyIyau.n. nnllIy started
Dr. shipments The Suiu.sh- American
ron company made n contract with tho |
rhnHnu p q. company 40 transport 1U b |
no tons 90 orc tn ports north nf Cant
luitUuH A good drtl uf DO WAS ala. I
hlrErd nt Port Richmond. and carried |
90 furnaces along thH iIrs nf Iha phIia. !
lg.phu nnl Reading ruIimll.
That is Tho thm llrrr company |
Which hos opened iron WluUs BOO Cub4. |
lhH oldest and largest lH the IuraruH
ION ,umuluN, which O. Jointly owned ]
lN mo l'nrFylyluIl Steel company !
.nl the li'ih'.hom lrnn company. The
l.ua IRON company was ui.l urrln-
goa ln PHILADELPHIA. 10 d. estimated
Not these ihrrH companies have Boo.
vested NOT lDsH fhHn ION million dll.
Afa 300 cuban mining nun. rty
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.