The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17
FACTS ABOUT PORTO RICO.
|nteresting "Details from Surgeon Glennan's
Report.
Richmond Times.
Report.


.de a report to the supervising sur
/. general on the sanitary condition
8 San Juan, Porto Rico. In the
,,se Of the report he gives some in
...t;ug information in regard to tho
Rind.
aporto Rico. the fourth in size Of
islands of the West Indies, is
81 I,arilateral in shape, a little over 100
Eles in length, and 81 miles in width,
|}5a miles to Key West, l, LIS miles to
u Tampa, and little over ! goo
s,tutes miles to Hampton Roads, >"
|. surgeon Glennan. ''It is sepa-
I'd from Hayti on the west by a
il 70 miles in width. OFF the
..ern end there are a number of
iii islands, the largest Of which are
s, Isla Culebra (Snake Island,) and
], de vieques (Crab Island.)
L The Indian name for Porto Rico
/ Borinquen, which seems prettier
more appropriate than that of the
5den Gate porto Rico.) The island
hears to be of volcanic origin, and
al rayersed from east to west by
SSsa,es of mountains Of an average
tht of 1900 feet, dividing it into
- great watersheds, the larger upon
northern side. One peak of these
y as.ains, Ynnaue. reaches t. height
S67S feet. There are over 300
lrs and streams, 80 to 40 of which
sS psyigable for some distances.
Politically, the island is divided
Gu provinces or districts-Arecibo
Bayamon upon the north, Ponce
n the south, Guayama and Muma-
IS 40 upon the east and Aguadilla and
ysguez to the west.
The principal seaports are San,
IIsss n and Arecibo upon the north
st, Ponce and 'Guanica upon the
lib, and Aguadilla and Mayaguez
A n the west. With the exception
San Juan most Of these are open
3steads, and vessels are obliged to
E2} In sea in storms.
Ea aGuanica, where Gen. Miles first
|&sd, is protected, bat has little
interests. Special reports
M be made upon these harbors in
course, after personal inspection.
population Of the island is little
500, 1000, being more densely Set
IN the western end. Roughly. go
cent are white. 80 per cent are
oes. No reliable census Of the
htry. cities and towns is obtainable,
if the island is included in the
ling census Of the United States
ial information should be sought
@ vital statistics, The sanitaryahis-
in past years, prevalence of.ocn-
Ous disease, ETC., and I recommend
the bureau invite the attention
be commissioner of census to this
lhe population of some cities is
81 roughly estimated as follows !:
@fe, 10000; San Juan, $4,000;
fbo, 1900; Utuado, $4,000 !;
aguez, $4,000; San German, 49,
f Yauco, $4,000, and Juana Diaz,
81 pO with number Of other towns
i Fer 10000 inhabitants. The pop
Ion given probably include the
E ed districts surrounding the towns.
lfarrow gauge railroads run for
Paratively short distances in sew
detached places. One from San
Is to Arecibo is sc kilometers long,
fontinues ID kilometers farther to
ny Another from San Juan to
hna. % kilometers; Aguadilla to
guez, "a kilometers, and con-
II kilometers to Homigueros.
een Yauco and rPonce the road is
lometers in -le' a.
ID telegraph sys.em connects -vari-
os Ortions Of the island; was poorly
aged, and, I'undefstendwas Owned
e Government. 1t is now opera
y the signal corps, United States
Porto Rico is connected with
Ptside'world by cablelines, which
70 Cuba, Mexico and Panama;
p St. Thomas, Jamaica. This
= owned by an English company.
'alp normal times the average en-.
n es Of vessels is said to have been
per year, Of ;S27 ,941 tons, 6f
IN SA Of 81; ;966 tons we're English.
. larger number Of other vessels
. Spanish, German and American.
also stated that the total annual
Pts were about ~, 100000, and
fports about double that amount;
+ cent Of these estimates were
EGhe United sSkatas. Cafes. srra,