The evening times., 1898-12-03
HAVANA CLOTHED
IN AMERICAN GARB
Fast-Appearing Evidences of
the City's New Allegiance.
CLEANING THE HIGHWAYS
NOVelty of Yankee Uniforms No
Longer Attracts Attention.
Sanitary Measures Progressing: in
All Direciions--Priecs Advancing
for business Locations.

Havana. Cuba Dec. 3.--The pier at Mar
ianao Beach l. now fully completed, and
Col. Hecke- in his report shows it TO have
10 feet Of water AT low tide-sufficient for
al Hghterage that may be attempted
Gen. Greene, who was reported to have
rejected the pier and whose alleged re-
marks were given by correspondents here,
says he was misquoted. He approves the
work. and expects it 10 answer all pur-
poses for which il WAS designed
Col Hecker no leaves for home today
ana is not to return 10 Havana before
January 1r, yesterday signed contract
for the construction Of pier beyond Casa
Blanca. I'm Havana Harbor. and for a rail-
road track from the pier 10 GuanahacOa.
The contract was awarded to The Ameri-
can Indies Company. of New York which
il associated in this venture with the rail
road contracting fiIm of Drake. Stratton
* Co.
The railroad track Is to be miles in
length and at Guanabacoa will connect
with the Matanzas line of railroad, and by
this means form direct connection with
all the railroads leading out of Havana.
Col Hecker yesterday completed series
OF conferences with railway managers as
10 rates of transportation for troops and
stores. 4 reasonably satisfactory agree
ment was reached.
4 Change in Appearances.
Havana now looks more like an Ameri-
! can city than ever before in its existence.
! Americans come by every boat, undeterred
! By fever or the lack of quarters, which is
4 being felt severely. officers being quartered
/ I'm all the hotels and In many residences
The unloading of transports keeps an al
most constant procession Of horses, mules
1 ambulances army wagons ard stores pass
! ing through the streets.
Americans. even in uniform, no longer
attract more than passing notice Amer
lean business men are making themselves
felt though. a. usual, the saloon man =
The first 10 offer his goods 10 the public
American saloons are opening IN all parts
Of the city. while gamblers are ready l"
open games as soon as protection Is ano! o.
ed This is something not likely to De
given as army officers are opposed TO per-
hitting gambling OF any sort
/ PIySinesS men inVuirinS for stores ana
offices have sent rents away up. There
! is NOT an empty store in the desirable part
/ of the city A. yet no attempt has been
made To build.
The American I AAltlIlli-Sltl "dH ASN'A-
notified shat the Isle of Pines had been
/ evacuated san Antonio de los Banos will
be evacuated tomorrow The American
commission viii pay an official visit TO
/ the new captain general tomorrow morn
! ing.
Marching With Critics Eye.
Not only has Gen. Greene brought or
der out of chaos and given good start
to the work of preparation for the Ameri-
can troops. bur by his unvarying good ma
ture ne has made diseord impossible.
| Talking on this topic Gen. Greene said:
The people of Havana are watching
the Americans with a most critical eye.
! They will be quick 10 see any mistakes
We may make ] am particularly pleas
! ed that no ieslousies exist among our
officers or men, FOR nothing would weaken
! Us so thoroughly or quickly as internal
4 disSension.
II has been decided that it would be
| folly to attempt 10 clean the entire city,
! even temporarily. with the $4,000 which
has been placed TO Gen. Greene's credit,
so Major Davis who has been making an
investigation of the city. has decided that
attention should first be directed to the
/ unpared streets. open sewers, and drains
! and the slaughter house district. When
I the work is organized under the direction
of Capt Geary who has been made in
! spector for the time being by Gen. Greene,
the first lesson will be given in municipal
cleanliness.
one reason why more extensive opera
| tions cannot be carried out at present is
/ the fact that contract for cleaning the
I paved portion of the city has been given
10y the Spanish government and to take
over this Al present would entail many
/ complications. No attempt will be made
to deal Systematically with the cleaning
of the city until We obtain absolute con-
troll of matters.
The first official event in Havana of the
Cuban revolution took place Thursday
night. when ball was given at the Ath-
letic Club. formerly the Spanish Circulo
Militar. and now a Cuban rendezvous
Many prominent Cubans of the city were
present. and quite large sprinkling OF
American officers. Gen. Greene looked in
during the evening. Gen. Menocal wa.
not present
Rapidly Moving From Cuba
Preparations are being pushed
forward rapidly by the Span
ish government for the transportation o.
troops to Spain. BY Christmas Day tht
greater bulk of the army in Cuba will
have evacuated the island. The present
tl a44e5SiIiSiitS DiONlut LOT the SnlDmenl
of nearly $1,000 men before December %
A schedule, furnished yesterday by the
I captain general is as follows:
The German steamers Fulda and Wer.
IA, chartered by the Spanish government
will arrive in Havana harbor December
>. and sail the same day with troops The
transports Juan FOrgas and San Ygnacic
! will sail December ) and G, respectively
| The Hatesburg. Aquitania, Corolina, Mar
signa, Neutria, Corrientes. Cuidad de
homa, Ankoria, DeVonia, Circassia Cali
tornia. Nenise. Bolivia Cheribon. Notre
Dame les Andes. Entire Rios and Cuidad
de Cadiz will sail from Havana on dates
between December IL and December 90
The Fulda and Werra will return and sal