The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-15

the province, about the year 1910, on
the mountain to the right of the en-
trance. The word MORO means cover
hanging lip" and all three castles men
toned are erected on extreme points
of land commanding harbor ap-
proaches. That at Santiago was GER
tainly the. most picturesque; but now
1T has been pretty we'll battered to ruins
by the fire of the American ships.
FROM the point of view of the artist,
however, it is still perfect. A fight of
well-worn steps winds from the waters
edge up the side of the old brown and
yellow walls all covered with moss and
ivy, to the battlementS on top, while
the moat drawbrdge and other sur
roundlngs make up charming picture,
suggestive of the days of gallant
Knights and Imprisoned maidens
On the mountain to the left is Castle
La Socapa, also presenting a very pic
turesque appearance, while further in
land, on the same side as Moro, is a
small fertilization resembling a star in
shape and for that reason called the
Batteria de la EStrella
REGION IS RICH.
The neighborhood of Santiago is par
ticularly rich in minerals, especially
iron and copper; but the Spaniards
have themselves done little to develop
the mining industry This has been
left to American enterprise. From
Punta de Sol million and a half dol
lars worth of copper ore was annually
shipped to the United States, as far
PACK as the thirties, from the celebrat-
ed COBRA mines But the mines have
been closed for some time, owing chief
~ TO dlfferences between the corpora
ton which laid the railroad to the
mines and that owning the mining con-
cesslon. While these contending par
ties were haggling over freight rates.
the mines filled with water and had to
De abandoned, and now the works are
rapidly falling into ruin.
A far more satisfactory evidence NJ
American enterprise and engineering
skill Is afforded by the immense iron
pier OF the Juruqua company. This cost
$200,O0O to construct. and has facilities
to load two 3,000-ton steamers with ore
In less than ten hours. The ore, which
Is brought down from the mines, some
hfteen miles away, on railroad trucks.
is very rich, containing from IS to IS
per cent Of pure iron Most of 1t has
been sent to the Bethlehem Steelton
and Sparrow Point companies, and a.
considerable quantity Is now off San
tiago in the shape of armor plates on
our Warships. Just before the war
broke out trial shipments Of ore had
oeen sent over to England, and strong
an extensive trade. The Spanish Amer
lean Iron company, whose mines are
at Daqu1ri, a few miles to the east of
Juruqua, also exported large quantities
of ore, and it's wharf along the eastern
coast may prove of service to the army
OF invasion in conjunction with the
railway line which connects with the
Juruqua pier.
SIGHTS OF THE CITY.
On the right side of the bay, toward
the mouth, is a place used by the gov
eminent as coaling station, and
known as Cinco Reales. This is where
Cervera expected to replenish the bunk
ers of his fleet
On the opposite side of the bay near
mangrove swamp was a building
used as convalescents' hospital for
the Spanish soldiers. This, with the
exception of number of pretty villa
residences on the hillside near La Cruz
brings to a close the list of objects that
would engage the visitors attention on
f1rst entering the harbor. of course ex-
cepting the ancient capital itself.
one OF the best features of the place
Is the Alameda, the road extending
along the water front for about half
a mile. which has good surface
adapted for cycling, and is shaded by
a boulevard Of waving palms and
choice trees. At the eastern end is
very pretty botanical garden. About
midway down the Paseo is a charming
rustic pavilion, directly opposite the
| pier, which leads to the comfortable
| quarters of the Club Nautica. Since
the revolution the club has had little
| chance of fulfilling the object Of its
| existence, no boats, by order Of the
! Spanish authorities being allowed out.
| Santiago Is the see of the archbishop,
and contains the largest cathedral In
| the island-the Cathedral of Nuestra
| Sonora de la Carload del Cabre Here
Is also the theological seminary of San
| Basilio. The cathedral forms the east
| ern boundary of the Plaza de Armas,
where on Thursday and Sunday nights
| it was the custom Of the citizens to
promenade while listening to the music
| Of the. military bands. During the
month Of March last several band
| nights passed without music. Inquiries
| elected the fact that number Of the
| bandsmen had made off to the woods
| to join the ranks Of the insurgents. The
| brass band which is said to have met
the recent expedition from Key West