Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18
CIENFUECOS.
The CITY Hundred Fires'A Yankee Town in Southern
Cuba Which viii Some Day Become tho Chicago
Of the island

nry cognomen bestowed on account Of
the heat ne one might well suppose
Who arrived here on a summers day
The original Spanish town. which was
founded soon after the conquest. dis
appeared two centuries ago. The pres
ent city was ohrlstened about ISIS IN
honor Of Don Jose Cienfucgus. then
governor general OF Cuba, whose ad-
ministration was signallzed BY such
Important events as the ceaHiou OF
Florida to the United tsnteH. the con-
Ccsaion 60 the colony " Unrestrlcted
trade and a mighty agitation for the
suppression Of slavery Cienfuegos was
created by the sugar trade and has ever
since been devoted to It's commerce,
Many N the finest plantations Of the
county are connected with 10, either By
railway or water, u being the terminus
of the American line Of steamers. and
" the western railway system Of cuba.
There arr three routes from Cienfuegoa
10 Havana and In whichever the tray
elcr decides 10 take. he will wish he had
taken another. one IN zlg.zag jour
ney By rail-. involving an all days
ride beginning and ending In darkness.
1--WE changes ~ cars and no end 81 dis
comfort. ! never saw more unc0mfortn-
bile railway travelling than In the In.
tcrior Of cuba. Neither water nor food
are 60 be- had on the way. Al cvcrN
station one may readily md harsh red
wines aud the rum % the country. but
no good water to drink and Il " necoH-
sary 10 take along enough nuid of some
sort 10 last tlil your destination ls
reached. The second way Is by steamer
10 BatobanO, requiring night and "a
morning on the sea. and a two hours
ride by rail across the island: and the
third il an ail-thc.way-around ocean
trip.
.,f,....... 49,, -. q. cub. a.. %
miiinr sentence will recur a. mind, We
came into land wherein II seemed al
ways afternoon" hut CicnfueFuf
COMES nearest 10 being wlde.nwhko
than any place In the country. Hrirht.
clean. progressive. II has been not In
appropriately dubbed the Yankee town
of cuba. Instead Of the narrow,
crooked lanes, rambling up hill and
down. which distinguished ~ older
neirhbor. Santiago. itH straight well
paved streets nrc laid ont On dead
| level aud were long ago lighted with
raH while those ~ Havana were yet
/ depending on oil lamps. The fact IT,
/ II " too Ynnkecncd and devoid Of
| plctursHqurn~Hs TO be- attractive tn thl
| average curiosity hunting American
traveller. ttH commonplace, two story
| houses might belong 90 any Northern
/ town. and are an no nearly alike that d
! man coming nome late nv ulHuN luFl
/ needs be comparatively sober not e.
/ mistake his nciFhhor'H casa Tor hlH own
/ The present population ~ officially
rcckoned at 1000. and there are. toi
| were before the war; q number OF
| English and American merchants and
planters. engaged In the sugar and TO-
bncu trade. n has a nno harhor, nnt
II one 81 the few tropical ports wher'
steamers come up to the wharf. as thoi
do IN New York. permitting paHHrn'
gers 90 land without the aid " small
boats.
The instant our Tnnr-plank Wal
thrown out. We were surrounded by o
crowd ~ hollow-eyod spectators, wh'
seemed 20 spring W from the earth
They were all products Of this Ions
I and terrible war, mostly homeless re-
concentrates. who had been lyinf
about the wharf for want Of a better