Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-28

a inzaretto for smallpox caaea a dis
pouaary for children whusu parents orc
living. and soup-kitchon which DIS.
uensca food 10 the adult poor The
rrconcontrado element was unusually
etroug here. and Ito dire result VIII be-
fsit through more than ono generation.
n IL estimated that to thls day upwards
Of two thousand aduita nre fcd No the
soup kitchen and ave hundred UhiIdron
every day receive broth mills and
medicine II necessary, ut Che li.pen-
snry. The schools ~ S8Hul have
hitherto been maintained ON thH luoor
gpaniab plan. from HNee collected By
the spanish bank and handed over 10
Inc provincial board of public Doe
etruction. which hired au1 paid she
teachcre The total expense uf
the twenty-five eChop 5,... a'lariss
about $4,000 per nnnum. Since spalu's
ruio h. ended the Spanish bank cole
irctr no more taxes, and the CUnec-
uuouro IL that for many months the
teachers have been paid no salaries and
some of thcm are actually in q gmrv-
INK condition. Tho great hospital. TOO.
h iust now IN a sad strait for money.
It's running expenses uaad t1 d. paid
bv the various towns % The judicial
district. according 10 the number N pl-
tienta each contributed. but all ARE
now 20 poor that FOR a long time noth-
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nnda itself IN debt over ton thousand
dollars 60 outsider. and seven thousand
dollars more 60 IT, employees Tor actcn-
teen months back salaries. an these
misfortuncs are the dirvet
RESULT or THE WAR;
and tho brave little city IL doing it,
taat 10 recover ita financial standing.
Rnrua was uuwiiiinrly compelled a. oN-
pend upwards ~ sevon thousand dol-
lars IN fortincations Tor defense against
ita friends. the Insurgents, ana 20 main
tain q horde Of IT, natural enemies the
spanish soldiorp. 10 the lasting detrl-
mont N home institutions.
The city hua both Fns and electric
lighting but for nearly "a year has beer
In almost total darkness. because se
much 10 owing 10 the EaH company that
Il had to suspend business. The clfc.
trio light plant n small and never had
power 20 supply more than tho two
marks and furnish "a fow private llEhta
The water supply n insufficient being
brought from Arroyo Blanco cloycn
miles away. through q tcn-inch pipe.
The water contains an excess M lime,
and during the winter season when
rains seldom fall. sometimes gives out
altogether. Tho municipality collects
taxes on real estate. commerce and In
duHtrics. special tarin on the latter
and basis ~ per cent on the benc-
NtH declared ny iNN 'NNIINNNANIN w wv
real estate. For example. the tax on
meat ~ two and n half cents "a pound.
and the rlnrhter-hOuso and market pay
heavily. bringing the price ~ heof up
90 hlrh that none but the richie can
Indulge In the luxury. The principal In
duatry ~ the dlHtllllnr n alcohol, tho
factory. which turns out the best on
the island. being capable Of making $50
hnrshonda every DAY besides other
kinds u liquors Tho distIlory ~ APP
ptnriatoly named Gel inferno"-The
Hell. There % also o. foundry, % paste
mandatory and several cigar and
sirarottc factories
snfaun h we'll connected with the rest
OF the island by railway with Havana
By the Central railroad. with Southern
Cuba By the Santa clara and Cicnfuc-
Fos RAILWAY. and with the eastern prov
inccs hy the Rimedios and Caiharien
line. The Western railway a now mar
row-gnuHe line. which promises 10 b.
~ great Importance, q completed only
about ton miles. There arr also n NUM-
her Of private railway. from i've to
twenty-five mllca long, the property Of
sugar plantations.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.