Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-25

lately become wei ACQUAINTED WIN ma
vana In the west. Santiago In the east
Cicnfuegos and Matanzas In the middle
the New York. san Francisco, phlla-
dolphia and Chicago Of cuba. but 90
this day. few people know much about
the country between those widely sep
nrated cities. II ia hard TO realize that
the Pearl Of the Antilles stretches over
three and half degrees Of latitude
farther than the distance between New
York and 81. Louis. Philadelphia and
New orleans. san Francisco and Dem
yer. Harder yet l. It to realize the dim
culties Of travelling through the inter-
lor-thc imposiblllty Of making the en-
tire Journey overland from one
end Of the island 10 the other. Span
inrds and Cubnna seem 20 have consid-
cred the waterways VI their forcfathors
good enough for all time to come. and
there has never been any connection.
except by boat between the eastern
and western portions u the country. In
all this rich territory there are but four
good roads. and they lead only few
miles out N Havana. The eastern half
" the island. with its rugged mountains
full of minerals. extensive forests, and
pathlcss iunFlea. has no public high
ways worthy the name. the few country.
ward routes being mere mule trails, and
poor ones nt that. Since the war. how
ever. an American syndicate has lnvya-
tlgnted the feasibility of railway line
between Santiago and Havana. and rv-
ported favorably, therefore the time 4
al hand, maybe. when locomotives Will
rush shrlcNng from end to end VI THIS
sleepy land. connecting forgotten towns
and villages like the beads Of "a rosary,
A. yet the greater part Of Cuba re-
scmblca the
HEART OF AFRICA
In one partlculnr-thnt Il remains a ter
"a iuCoguitn, concerning which any wild
story. well told. gains ready crcdence.
Even during N. war, whom the eyes "
all nations were turned this way, only
occasional scraps 81 Information found
their way from the southern ports,
leaving the whole vast Interior. with its
tragedies Of murder. starvation ana
wnutan destruction. buried la impoue-
cradle silence. In this region of gloom
ana mystery. OF which Trinidad ~ the
southern outlet and Sngun ln Grnude
the northern. I have been spending the
last few weeks. Tor the purpose Of tell
Ink the Dvaeret News all about u. SAM
! "a Clara province 10 the very heart OF
! cuba and was once the Etrden-Hput of
! the world. before the destructive pa
| trlots." Gomez and Mnceo, over-rnn II
! with their negro rabblc, al maChctn,
and converted 10000 600 worth Of grow
Ink cane into drifting ashes. Today
/ little IL left but the royal palms, stand
| Ing like plumvd aontinrla amid the dead.
/ In n hundred miles of the richest terri
l tory, not house nor human being II
l 90 be- seen. Plantations. ranches. farms,
were AN destroyed By one army or the
other VILLAGES NUNNWA FfHINlm "A
/ thing % the past, expensive machinery
/ broken up nud ruHting IN the hvlia
] waiting purchaser as old iunk-nuth-
| lnE to speak ~ former population but
| heaps u melancholy ruins.
! 10y the way, II ~ In this province %
/ Santa clara that the much-adyortiaud
/ cuban Land company, whose head
/ quarters are In Washington. u. C.. are
/ supposed 10 be carrying on their opera
/ tons. The company'a prospectus sets
forth
IN FIORGD sYNTAN
lts ability to buy the Richest soil on
s SnI6r, Tor c,r,s sons- say Tor ,,oS
| viii soon be worth "a hundred dollars,
and impromptunes the public
to Join In the singing. to
/ the tune OF "a dollar the share
Says the document. we have located
| valuable tracts Of timber mineral and
farm landH=all better than government
/ bonds" Please understand that this
/ Is not an advertisement FOR the land
| company ufuruauid-uf which I can md
| mo- trace iu lts alleged field uf action,
/ but rather word % advice 10 tho UNI
| wary, wiz look before you leap,
The six hundred miles or 30 between
barely half way BY tho railroad
/ which ends az Santa clara, sending out
/ branches Co Suguu and CleufurEuH. N
/ you insist on an all-lund route, the
/ remaining 80 miles must be made over
ruhbor. lnfocted trails In the saddle In
! uN-Carta, on foot. according Co circum-
stances and locality. II b. not to be
thought of without a strong escort
and w. after great expense. danger,
| toll and privutiOn, you arrive ut the end
uf the journey with whole skin and
! purse In your own poHnoHslun, you have
been exceptionally fortunate. No ma
tive undertakes such a hazardous thing
| without saying seven Ave MhriaH at
every mile, 10 bring himself good luck
and even then the reverse is likely to
be his portion. Hardly one person In
u thousand comes 90 Trinidad except
by wnter-uHunlly by coasting steamer
form CionfueRuH. forty miles TO the
westward, You may 10 all the way
by water from Havana rounding the
western tips Of the island: or by rail
20 Hatalnnao the southern port of iin-
yuna province. and thence sailing east
ward no miles, among innumerable
wooded islets; or By railway 10 Glen
fuegos and thence by steamer; or from
Santiago, sailing In northwcstcrly
direction, past the
DARK MOUNTAINS
Of the Maestro range. Cape Cruz. tho
historic banks ot Buena Espcrauzn
columbus Good HopcD and the
beautiful green Gays OF Doco LeguaH.
Having rounded puntR de los Negroes
the long. narrow blum which defines
| Trinidad bay ON the southwest, you sec
a whitr-wnlled city glistening In tho
| golden light, away up on tho sunset
/ slope or la villa" lookout noun
tain). thousand feet above sen-leyel.
| Trinidad IN blessed with a trinity OF
ports but at present only one Is used
] Casilda. the worst Of the three a small
village at the head Of tho inlet The
lovely hnrbor IL almost laud-loCked, but
80 shallow that vessels drawing only
ton feot Of water are liable TO nun
aground with the least deviation from
the tortuuus chunncl, An vessels
must be loaded by means OF lighters
and put TO sea as quickly as possible,
10 avoid sticking fast on the sandy
| bottom. The landing place at Cnsildn
is lined with wharves ana warehouses.
for In prosperous days a great deal
Of sugar and honey was exported from
the place. There Is also a handsome
o. railway which runs north