Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-02-07
TEE RIVIERA OF AMERICA
Sir William Van Hor1ss Pr1phesy 81
Cuba ard His Railroad There
Well Krsuz II Mexco

After having reached TIE are wbeI
most men are glad to retire and eni9l
The wealth gained By forty yszR d
eEacting wurk Sir William Var
Home, formerly al The head a ths
C & A Raflrad COMPANY, and vel
known il Mexico No, The creator O.
the CznadIzu Racihe Railn0sd. Ia.
undertaken % give Cuba a new zil
mad system which he himself de
scnbeS below. The present write
unoe spent mzny interesting ho1n
watching ths DAYS work Of this bon
builder and manager q r1luusdS VIII
vas then President O. the CanadiE-
Pzaac He had then completed The
line zcr1Ss TIE continent and vas AZ
ranging for its Complementary feet o.
steamships &c the Orient Sir VII.
HamS marvellous mastery Of details
showed itself Il his wondering riStJ,
IL a hundred ways The conmissrJ
department was gone into with 4
thor1ughnes which would have Don't
honor 70 q New England b0usekeeper:
the designs On the china 70 be used
IN the dining cars The company +
hotels and steamships were examined
into and decided up1n; the standard
size q the sandwiches 10 be served al
The eating houses On the line WAS laid
d0En in inches; be scruuini1sd the
copy q . dozen advertisements and 8
hundred other items Of equally small
import apparently. Yet one carried
away the notion that during his inter
views with the men who submitted
these mulurudes q details for his
decision be WIS in reality training
them how 70 make their Own in
future; and in proof Of this one
observes that after his withdrawal
from the Presidency to become chair
man Of the board these identical
assistants were moved U The ladder
and to-day conduct the rad in the
very manner set forth in those inter
views
Railr0sd people VIII watch with
great interest his new enterprise in
Cuba
The construction Of this rad "
said Sir william, who has lately re-
turned from Cuba is essential % the
development q The eastern end Of The
island, and this fact has prompted Us
70 face obstacles Of . serious and IN
usual nature Under the conditions
which nov prevail In Cuba- conditions
mainly due % the terms Of the F0ra-
ksr resolution, al applications for
public concessions must be referred 10
the United States military suthou-
ties. and We are therefore preceding
On the basis Of a private ailro2d
doing business On its Own ground.
rght-ot-way having been cbeerfully
accorded without Consideration by
owners q the property through which
our line passes. We are vel aware
that when q road is completed We
shall not Be able 10 open il for tramc
without TIE sanction Of the author
tiles but We cherish the belief that
by that time sone dscisi0n as 70 the
government q Cuba viii have been
reached, or il not that Congress viii
recognize that the Foraker resolution
IS an Incubus TO industrial enterprise
In the island and afford relief. That
the rad viii yield a handsome profit
IS absolutely certain. Cuba is the
richest country ! have ever seen, and
The time viii surely come when it will
be the Riviera q the United States
Wealthy Americans VIII build villas
there By the hundreds and enjoy the
ideal winter residence. When the
railroad from Santa Cara 70 Santiago
Is completed its projectors will turn
their attention 70 the mining and
industries Of the interior.
Eastern Cuba is rieh in mineral
resources and the land acquisitions Of
the Development company In that part
q the island are already large The
subscribers 70 the preliminary install
ment were, il is said, willing 10 take
the amount for which they set
down their names, which means prob
ably nothing more than the confidence
q capitalists In Sir William.