Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-01-20
AFFAIRS AT HAVANA.
The Municipal Dsbt the City Larger
Than First Believed.

lhau Itrst ieiteNed.
Havana, Jan. 10 The finance CONF
mission which is examining into the
financial condition Of the city discovered
what seems 10 be an increase IN the
bonded indebtedness The debt has
been thought to consist OF first mort
gage municipal bonds TO the amount OF
$1,000 900, and municipal mortgage
bonds to the amount OF 81 100000. Thee
figures make the apparent first mort.
gage indebtedness slO,OOO,OOo. An In.
quiry will DO made TO determine
whether this is actual Indebtedness.
Witnesses Will b. summoned under oath
and much light Is expected TO bo thrown
on municipal transactions under The
Spanish authorities The yigor with
which the inquiry is being pressed DIS.
trcsses the former officials.
The new council has decided that IL
will not enforce collections for munich.
pal taxes prior TO Jan. d, and that 1t will
not employ the Spanish bank to collect
taxes which are levied under the old re.
gime. The municipality allowed the
bank 10 collect city taxes and withhold
. per cent in the same way as the gov
eminent taxes The Cubans are encour.
aged Ia their opposition by the report
that Collector Bliss and The military gov.
ernor have protested to Washington
against the bank being designated as
tax collector.
A determined effort Is being made TO
have the Spanish banks privilege Of
collecting for the United States revoked.
The foreign merchants have an.
nounced that they will pay for the pres.
ent period to whatever agency the
American military authorities may di.
rect
The sanitary inspection Of Havana has
begun. The city Is divided into 100 ois.
tricts and Cuban doctors are assigned TO
each district Tho people will be forced
TO clean their houses and after that q
corps Of plumbers will visit each dis
trict. Il will be the first time in the his.
tory Of Havana that plumbers have
been among the inhabitants.
The plans Of gathering up Migrants
and unfortunntos from the streets nc
night has filled all institutions provided
for them and additional quarters mus,
be found
Private Hayden, Of the Second South
Carolina, died in camp Wednesday from
yellow fever. Smallpox In the Sixty.tirst
does not decrease The troops are rejoo.
ing over the authorized report that the
| regiments are 20 b. called home
Propositions Of American capitalists
70 control the Cuban tobacco production
and manufacturers are taking definite
shape. IL is not yet settled whether
this will be- IN conjunction with an En-.
glish syndicate or In opposition 20 Il.
I Tho plan originates with some New
York banks and includes banks In Bos.
ton, Washington aud other cities. Sew.
eral promoters and securities have been
working on the scheme, but they rep
resent no capital. Tho present syndi-
cate is said 10 be- composed entirely OF
banks. The proposition Is 10 obtain con.
troll OF tobacco lands In the Vuelta Abain
or Plnar del Rio district, aud also OF the
Particle district In Havana province.
These districts comprise two-thirds OF
the production OF the island II tobacco
producing lands can bs secured, the nexi
step will be- 20 manufacture the leaf en-
tirely in Cuba, enabling the prices to b.
controlled and driving imitation Havana
cigars cut OF the market. The tobacco
lands are held mostly by small farmer.
and cannot be purchased In large tracts
The only way 10 get them is by lease,
not exceeding a i've years limit.