Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31

niri harryws. busy a. railroad building.
This now govcfnnoE. llu is te be- rr'y
seven mIl0s long. 90 CsHrlc. MlrlfuH
u GA. TrIsoIiil. aui Guaulhl-
rHA with she capital. Another
frcmr O. o. csriad out in
IN the near future H. the building NJ n
second. more extensive pier, near Casa
blanca. ON the other side " the harbnr
ls wharf VIII b. four hundred feet
hong, with thirty feet VI water along
sidei ami ~ courre warehouses and
iull facilities Tor commerce. and rh1i-
ping VIII quickly follow. Work on this
wharf has not yet been begun. W. the
lumber and other materials must be-
hro ught from tho United States. Uncle
Samuel VIII be responsible f1f ~ cost,
az well as Tor that ~ the Mnrlnnoa
pier and he short railway above mcn-
tinncd.
They tell rs that longer road ls
about g. BE- built. under the auspices
n tho Ampricln-indpa company. u
Trenton. y. J. ~ is Hnld that the COM
pauy hun eighteen million dollars In
hand. an m which II proposes so invest
IN cuba and Porto iicn. ana promises
% raise ~ many more millions ns may
be- required. The line. a. projected,
VIII begin ~ the Casa blanca whnrvca.
keeping close a. shore for some dis
lance and then striking eastward, via
connect with the prsHcu, railway ays-
tom ~ cuba. " viii be- constructed uu
the general plan ~ our Pennsylvania
rpad. double tracked most ~ the way.
and u W unfc 90 say that nll lta cuu'u-
mrnte VIII hc made or purchased IN he
United States. Hitherto the Island rail-
ways have bucn bulli and controlled by
Engllshmcn. furnished with rolling
stock from England and run hy Eng
lirh engineers. The Indies company
have already made u primary survey.
Considerable blasting. grading and
Milling viii be necessary. nH the route
traNcrscs rather difficult section "
rocky hills nltrrnated with Hwnmps.
The next hint ~ changed conditions
which greeia ones return a. cuba ~
the Increased cah.faro. Formerly. aa
regulated by local ordinance II was
twenty cenir Tor each person. one way.
from pnlut 90 point within city limits.
Now " n nfly ccntH-a dnllnf-=Nhtt.
ever the hnckmcn can Impose upon the
unrophlatlcitcd. The former tarin was
runictcnt considering the character II
the srrvloe, and no doubt more profit
able 60 tho owners NJ the ramshncklc
Vehicics-for In the old days everybody
rode whether going two or three blocks
ar na many milrH-whercns at double
and qundrnplo the price. many win
count the cost ana treat Themselves Ia
NJ Altnful rNffriHns
This securing ~ proper ncc1mm0dn-
lions In Havana has already become a
serious question 10 newcomers,
Crowds ~ Americans and Europeans,
arriving by every steamer. md the ho-
tells niled 10 Overlooking. boarding
houses. an We know them In the United
States. do not exist In cuba. There are
a few apartment houses. Wherein
rrantliy furnished rooms may be- rent
ed at the rate ~ from ten 90 fifty doi-
lars per mountaineering coffee and
limited attendance Included. shelter
and lodging thus secured. one may VA
90 some hotel VI restaurant for meals.
or depend, NJ the natives usually DO,
upon the omniprvrcnt cantcnor1s. tcRn-
teen hoyD. who serve meals all over the
city.
Near the regulation breakfast and
dinner hourr-from ton o'clock a. m. tlll
noon. and between Q ana ., m.-you