Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-27
AERO 9'CO.
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Trip Across an tho Cover
nor-GcneraI rs Described by "a Burling-
ton YouLg Indy.

A drive across the island had been plan-
ned several times since my arrival at san
Juan, but Gen. Henry has been 50 literally
overwhelmed with cares that it could not
be undertaken until last week. Now trait /
1t has been so successfully accomplished
| want to tell you something about 1t, 10.
ii has really been the most delightful eX-
pcrenCc of my life. far more beautiful mIl
interesting than | had Imagined. Driving
Is by far the peasantest ana most prac-
tcable way of crossing the island, for
though there are three bits of railroad
that can be used for about a third of the
way the route is indirect and the roaG
tor the portion of that route that must be
driven over, very poor. Porto Rico boasts
OF but one good military road and she may
well boast, many times and often, of THIS
one; for it Is n wonderful piece of en- |
gineerng. and surely no one driving over
it, however determined he may be to see
no good in ANY thing Spanish, can have
anything but admiration for the clever
Spanish engineers who made this road II
is said that the Spaniards learned the art
OF road building from the Romans good
masters surely-and that they spent one
hundred years and thirty millions of dol |
lars csl this road. 1t was their original in 1
tcntion to make it one Of several such
roads over the GRANDDAUGHTER that plan
turned out TO bo more than they had
means to accomplish, / cannot say; but
this one stands-a lasting testimony to
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low. This road crosses the island from
San Juan to Ponce and Is about 50 miles
in length. allowing for the winnings and
loops through the mountains which it
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were ready We had been told to take
Just as few clothes as We could spend six
days with, so We women wore short skirts
and took few shirt waists All the men
in the party wore cartridge bolts and side
arms which gave m" a few sensations
when | was informed that through the
mountains where We were going bandits
had beon known to attack travellers. |
secretly hoped We would see II few; but
We didn't, nor a bit of lnsurrectiou.
I Wen. at S O'Clock on Thursday morning
there were drawn up in froGt of the palace
two business-like looking four-mule team ,
one for the Governor-General and MIS-.
Henry and AN imposing i7oking ord orly,
with Il nice clean rifle between his knee
and a driver la an ambulance were
Lieut.. and Mrs. Trauh. Capt. I.emlN -
these officers are Gen. Henrv's aids-Mrs.
Benton and myself. and our driver, These
drivers are important people, | discovered
and have to be very skifu as driving
four mules attached to a heavy ambulance
down a mountain side when the brake il
not working is no Joke. 1t was my first ca
perience of driving with mules | had NJ
idea they could 20 so well. and they are
such sure footed little beasts It was q
bright morning and quite a little Grove
had gathered to see us off Evervthine
was on time and we had "A good start tn,
drivers cracked their long whips and away
We ratified over the cobble stones
The first few miles of our way was quit,
familiar. for as here is but one good roat
out of San Juan. we had taken that driv.
lalmost every dav. We passed through Sas
Turce. a suburb of San Juan. the,