The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-03

Belize, British Honduras, W L Avery.
| Consul: The imp0rtatfOnS Of cement
| into this colony during 1881, 1925 and 1899
were as follows 1891 1915; 1898, Sl,26S, 1889,
| $3.50
In 1895. there were under -coustruc-
! ton in Belize a new iron bridge, a
brick postofHce. and schOOlhouse, so
that the demand for cement was unusual
" large 1t is very unlikely that there
viii be a great call for this article until
the proposed railway is begun
Very little cement is used in the con-
structiOn of buildings here, and none at
all at present in public works The hOuS-
IS in Belize are built, as rule, on posts,
at an elevation Of about feet, and gen
orally a flooring OF cement several inches
in thickness is spread on the ground COW
cred by the building.
Formerly. cement was entered free Of
duty, but at present the charge is 1919
per cent The wholesale price is about
$50 per barrel and the retail 81"
MARKET EASILY OVERLOADED
San Jose, Costa Rica J. G Caldwell
Consul: Il am informed that a large part
of the cement imported from the United
States within the past year os so was Of
English or German 1naanufaoture. bought
IN bond in the United States and brought
TO LinOn via New Orleans by the Limon
Improvement Company What this
amounted 10, I am unable to say; but I
have reason to suppose the quantity of
United States cement imported is much
smaller than the official figures indicate.
The market here is small and can be
easily overloaded. Merchants cannot at
ford to carry large stocks. OF late. Ger
man exporters have been sending cement
in iron barrels which perhaps Is one
reason why they have secured the greater
snare OF THIS trace. 4 Qulck-Setting Ce-
rneut is demanded here; sIow-settiug &C.
ment does not give good results
The Atlas Steamship Company has a
line of steamers from New York 10 Ii
mon. sailing each week. The United Fruit
Company and the Canaors-W eiuberger
Company run steamers from New Orleans
to LlTlOn. making weekly. and sometimes
SeTni-WCekiy. trips. The Pacific Mail
Company's steamers sail twictN@3 month
from San Francisco for Punta Arenas on
German steamers extended its service to
San Francisco
Railway freights from Limon to San
Jose G02 niles, on through bills Of lad
ing are $3.50 in Costa Rica money per
1850 kilograms, or, on a barrel Of 100
pounds. about s. Costa Rica Cat present
rates of exchange, about $3.IS in Ameri-
can gold.
Cement retaHs in san Jose at 81 per
barrel Of 400 pounds, or about Sis IN
United States gold Custom house dues
are 1 cent Fer kiIogram to which must
be added IL cents per kilOgram wharf
age and special theatre tax making ~
cents per kiiOEram, or a little over l cent
IN United States gold
Guatemala Guatemala James c. Nc
Nally, Consul General: During the
past year about 1900 Ioe-pound
barrels OF cement were imported
into this consular district The whole
sale price is so per barrel; the retail
price, $I2 Cement and other goods may
be sent to Guatemala via Panama or
san Francisco on the Pacfic side and via
Gulf steamers on the Atlantic. Nearly
al the cement imported into Guatemala
comes from Germany, as the high freight
rates from the United States make com
petition Impossible.
THE SALVADOR SITUATION.
Consul: The amount of Portland cement
imported into Salvador cannot be stated
with accuracy, as the Bureau of Statistics
was abolished by the present Government
shortly after it came into power. | have
ascCrtaincd, however. from reliable
sources. that the annual importation is
about l 800 tons The principal points of
expectation are San Francisco and Ham
burg; that which comes from San Fran.
cisco consists largely of cement landed
,7ndrr bond ma Ylufq Pfurpd chiefly Rel