Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-25

ger. | was so unfortunate ~ to come
here In thu midst OF IL, with the Con
gfcssiolnal party. about a year ago.
How upspeakably horrible II vast Ev
erywhcr thcwtctchcd creatures wander.
ed forlornly. stretching bony hands In
vain for bread. Others crouchcd on
the curhatnuea. too far gone 10 beg ox-
cept with their eyes whose piteoua ex-
preston win forever haunt the be-
holder. while hundreds of others. hav-
ing given up the weary struggle, lay
dying or dead IN the streets on that
awful day I saw scores u people. young
and old, breathe their last. and each
time I thanked God amid my tears.
that the poor soul was released ut last.
In It's best estate. Matanzas came
about az near to date ne the time Of
It's building, a little more than two cen
turtles ago The amphlthcatcr ~ green
hills. three hundred feet high. that on
close II on three sides. resemble those
that encompass Valparaiso; but these
heights. with their natural sanitation
ana drainage. are not utilized for resi-
dence purposes like those OF the Chilian
town. Neither ancient nor modern
Caatiliana were ever much given to
exercise. They evidently reflected that
" they put their houses up there and
eft the water front FOR whnrvcs and
shops. they would have 10 walk up the
hills and down again. 10 they placed
the town on some nice low land convo-
nlentlv near the bay aud only three
feet above H., The did not take the
trouble to put In any sewerage. for
were there not plenty N buzHards
about Besides. did not the elements
sometimes give things pretty fair
cleaning NJ. between rains washing
down from the hills and gnpd storm
ut yea sweeping up into the Htrccta7
The town " now divided into thrrc
parts by two rivers. the San Juan and
the Numurl, that used to bound II on
the north and south. Beyond the see.
ond river was swamp but when the
town grew out and II came to be- q
question ~ 10 whether II should spread
M the hills or over the swamp. there
was no hesitation In deciding In favor
% the latter. This choice has no doubt
helped the mortality rate a good deal
and rendered the Campo Santos In
credibly popuious-but II made level
walking for tho lazy dona There "
only one wharf In the town. and Just
EIGHT feet uf water IN front Of u. con-
Hequcntiy MI large vessels must anchor
half a mile or more from shore aud
load and unload with lighters. The clti-
zons argue that this gives work to
good many people who otherwise would
have nothing to do. but nobody seems
To- have figured on the amount ~ trade
that has been lost during two hundred
years ON account Of this slow ana tcdi-
uua method. The harhor has never been
drcdFed az all. Half mile below tho
one solitary wharf the channel runs
very deep within nfty feet Of shore.
but nobody has thought OF building a
wharf out there and ~ connecting II
with tho town by tramwny Maybe
some cntcrprislug American will now
do Il and incidentally make n fortune
for himself while Increasing the trade
of the town fully 20 per cent.
Though fertile and beautiful beyond
compare, cuba In not rich In natural
curlositlca. hut the cnVcrnH Of Bella
mar. three miles from Mntanzna. are
wonderful enough To make up fof other
deficiencies In that line. Hitherto the