New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
AMERICAN CAPITAL IN CUBA.
or INVESTMENTS BEING MADE IN
THE ISLAND QUIETLY.
rsr LANDS PURCHASED FOR HARD WOOD
s-,cAR FRUIT AND TOBACCO CULTURE
RAILROAD CONTROL IN AMERi-
CAN HANDS.
CAN HANDS

CAN HANDS
Havana February 2
-.oer business Investments In cuba nave
.,,,.,rr attention lately. II was wrong
ne'' -. rat everybody was waiting for the
iDt.N ,,rosnects to he determined hefor"
l''', oen,tsl in the ISLAND. though capital
tna United States were slower than
~" a.. 7,rdon After General Maxine Go1ss
~ o. cooperate with the American Mill
or,bor,,ies IN securing the dishsndmen'
-. ,,surrenr troops publicity was given
.o-,s projects which had been kept In the
..,,r,,,rs These showed that capital was
-. - on outlet IN Cuba The Assembly. which
" - meet next week and pass on the whole
.,.,on NJ the insurgent army. may let its
soacsl members talk in way 70 discourage
.-.as,,~en+s In the end Gomez will prevail
a., rrle Americans who were buying lands
me properties have not cared to have their
.,,,s advertised For that reason some SUP
1T, nu-c bases have been made without at
ting public notice Large tracts OF timber
= q, SANTIAGO Province have been bought up
sr s1raicstes and individual capitalists Sew
-, ,~,suectins parties are now travelling
.srough that almost unknown country ana are
Inc r,,-ohases as they 50 along Mahogany
-, cedar are the chief hard woods Some un-
certainty rAS - o~.o,
Of the Cuoan '7S's IL. a-.-. eo-es+ers
is common 49,. l,o-,,rs+,oo seen,
who nave 49,. ,...- 49,, ,seearat,on
sa''S'7- 80 tho lands already pur-
,,sss5 viii te on the south coast IN the nelsh-
,,-b,o5 ~ Nsrzan.'o and much of the land'
sAer 4 IS cleared will he capable ol p''0u''"s
srra- cane Purchases are no" oelns ihaue IN
The REGIONS between Santiago ana bAracos ana
yre respectively. on the nor'h coaS'' II -
understood chat the fruit culture IN the nelsn-
horhood - Baracoa VIII be extended. MUCH
sg,iacsrce is given % the inquiries "hch
,or,siara PLANTERS have been making into the
- s-s s,,rr,,,ndiuge n sugar lands In the
- mart ~ +re island By some this IS
- ,r4toe+for u-4avorable TO the
-. u... ,-4,,s+~,. That construction is
-. .,...a -b,,,yp +he Nev-Orleans peo-
,.- ..,.,< ,,.,.4s-rrArts with so many
," 10 .,...-,..'. ,,.s..t,- ~,orav % repair the
80 49,, ,.s.,..~ao,.or aarlv developnent
,a. .. .-,, -rotsrle After the
-. ~.,...,..s i.e normal conditions
.t... ,- -,-- -5or-e+ione
s . e..t.--. r,7,er-o Trfocire and
c... 0,a-. ..........,.e The increase IN the ex-
- -..-. .s ,-a ~ +bA certain
lies ~ the f1'ure. hut there Is as yet nothins
definite IN tie plans f'r acquiring the whole
Vue.ta Ahai0 district some individual Amerl-
cans have bought tobacco farms with results
satisfactory % themselves
Al ii''' ~ ~ <''-
Ihe degree 70 "'loA american ca ''a' II
'hs ihlo me Fa-.r'ap p .i'.-.-s '- '1'@ may Do
H'a''er " 'l''' '1."'' ''.@' W. 00'DS' N'''"
eoee N''''.n''-ss ''T'e ~ every 'o"''" -
believe mar ultimately me railway systems ~
The ls.an1 VIII '- ''nt'o-'~a ~ Ne"-1 orK- for
While il i"oNea as iholFh Lnglsh capitaI
Veuld non'poAze me transi CITATION propertles~
Us interests are ye' very heaVY ana invest
mems are oelns maze feEu'a'l' for l@ono'h
"oo"DH' "u' 'He Ne"-''A ana fhi6o|'phla
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