Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23
pEsERET EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Co. 1899.

PROFIT It can be bought nm told. for
Nayavuoz has about 5000 people. II
to sttitated down on the coast, with hills
In tho rear. n tho road were eNteniel
10 The hills and electricity used ~ Would
In time build up n good SUBURBAN Dust
mess and would pay such an electnc
plant could probably nave thi eleetfio
lighting of Mnyaguez.
poRro RIco's ONLY STEAM ROAD.
Porto Rico has only one steam rail-
ro1d. This belongs to ~ French COM
pany who not % uudcr concession
from tho Porto lticHu EuNUtnmeut many
years uEu. The undertaking was thut
they were Go huIlI o. ROAD around Inv
coast Of the Island, making q completc
Ton line. and that with certain limita-
tons they warr 90 be guaranteed per
cent Interest on the cost Oi construction.
Tu.y were allowed something AAe tali-
00l u mile 90 build The road ana were
Go have 10 completed within hlN years
This uuH was ufterWnfd extended Tor
four years i1nrar but 90 ftr only
little moro Than 100 mll0a % tne ROAD
hos been built The company, l believe,
nak tho United states government TO
allow ihem Co continue 90 operate the
road. uni nt the same time 10 guarantee
them dlyIlsudH OF 9 per cent upon the
amount Invested in T. WHITTIER this
viii b. done or not o. a question for
ConEr,sa with this proposition be-
ueye. there Dr. an agreement % complete
the road but always with the UNDER
stumbling that the United states guar
antaaa on Interest on tho Investment.
such guarantee would BE- "a new thing
f1r Uncle Sam, and @ o. doubtful
whether Congress will authorize IL.
This railroad now runs from RIO Pie
draH. near San Juan. % the town ~
gamuny beyond ArDclbu, on the north
coast There lH rtHp a llttle further
ON from AgIndllu Co MHylgues and one
on the south from Ynuoo Go Ponce. tn
going over the road 10 seemed 90 me
that the track had been built on the
level spots only and dropped out whore
the land was billy There were no
grades whatever and no cuttings. and
inaHmuoh la the road was constructed
nt a1 many thousand dollars pUr mile
Il can boz seen that such building was
much the more profitable.
This railroad ia narrow guage. II
has toy engines ana old-faHhioued cars.
Kind of cross between the European
und American cars. Tho frHt-ClaHs ears
urr cushioned On leather aud fairly woll
upholstered. The necond-cleHa have
pine seats. ana the third have benches
running through the cars from one end
tn the other under the windows AMI in
the ronter. I noticed that the mail bags
were piled up IN the rear end Of the
third cinHH cnrH. The little engine was
moved by coal, which was loaded upon
10 In baskets.
The ears were only half nlied. the
majority Of the people being thlrd-ciass
passenger The stops nt the station
are long. and "a warning bell u always
rung before the train starts.
EXPRESS AND TRANSPORTATION.
The questions Of express and trans
portntlou are very important ones and
the developments along this line may
result no profitable Investments. There
has already been organized the lun-
American Express company which has
q line u wagons running 10 the chief
points on the island. and which T. cs-
tabllHhlng agencies everywhere. The
chief offices OF this company are IN san
Juan. IL % operated through capital
furnished IN Sew York. and I have
been told that Senator Tom Plat .
largely Interested In a. A. the Island
grows this business VIII iEcrcnac.
whether u 10 paying OF not now do
not know,
Another enterprise which promises
well ~ the Organization N line Of
automobile currinEca from san Juan 10
Ponce over the military road, This ROAD
~ from twenty 90 thirty fcct wide. II
h. more than eighty miles long and 4
probably the finest wagon road IN the
world. ~ IL kept perfectly clean and
smooth. n nHccndH distance u about
half mile In crossing tho mountains,
but tho grades are not very heavy and