Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-18
AN ATLANTA BOY IN CUBA

in fact everything up to date as in the
states
These lines win form the skeleton for
the network of roads that this company
has planned to build all over the island.
having fast freight and refrigerator SER
vice so as 60 facilitate the handling or
fruits and vegetables for the northern
markets, r'aking II possible for a farmer
10 put his fruits into New York, Philadel-
phia. Boston or Baltimore within 60
hours or at most three days.
The men interested in this big deal are
such as Pierpont Morgan, w. c. Whitney,
General Samuel Thomas, w d. Rockefel-
Ter, Sir William Van Horn and others of
our strongest capitalists. They will In
turn work with Minor c. Keith's big Uni
ted Fruit company, who have rs fruit
steamers plying between American and
tropical ports exclusively for the fruit
trade.
Along the line of railroad whenever can
be formed a colony or enough fruit men
or farmers, the company will make a sta
ton and put up canning factories, starch
factories and other industries to take over
Immediately the products of the planters
In this way II is possible for a man with
a small capital to make good beginning
and at the same time the railroad COM
pany is getting freight for its line.
The Yucca that grow in great quanti-
the finest starch in the world.
The lands are the richest in the world
and viii grow anything planted and at
tended to. Frost is unknown and at least
two crops are sure per year, and in some
things three crops annually are taken on.
This city, while it is very old town
and away behind the times, is very well
located, being in the centre of the island.
well drained and some 500 feet above the
level of the sea-
The United States government has done
a great deal Of good work here in macad-
amizing the bad streets and putting the
city IN an all round good sanitary condi-
ton, the great drawback here being the
want of water. Any company putting in
a waterworl1s system here will reap a
rich harvest for their work. as the people
depend at present on their cisterns and
wells-the latter not good on account of
the larger part of the well water being
hard and unfit for washing or bathing.
The United States government bored a
few artesian wells here that are giving the
very best results. There are many other
good openings for both small and large
capital. viz: An electric street car, steam
laundry, bakery, soap and candle factory,
architect, contractor and builder, cleo
trician, q good candy maker, an ice cream
brick maker-ope of Venable's soda founts
would make a fortune-a good doctor Of
medicine, a first-class dentist would be
worked to death at good prices should he
bring the fastest instruments and chairs,
etc. A five and ten cent store would set
these people crazy. A good gents furnish
ers, haberdasher, shoes and hats, a lady's
milliner and dressmaker, and many other
businesses that one only has to come to
look them out to find an opening in al
most any line and to At almost any pocket,
while in the country fruit and truck farms
pay big money on small capital, and cat
tie pay Is to so per cent per year on money
invested.
Nowhere in my varied travels have
ever seen such grazing lands as they have
here.
The people are mostly land poor, and
are waiting for the Yankees to come in
with the money and buy a part of their
lands, so they can develop the remainder
with the money received.
So that If you sum up all the points,
good climate, no frosts, extraordinary
rich soil, magnificent transportation ia
cilities, crops all the year round with a
ready market for everything. and you
may say under Uncle Sans government,
what better would you ask for when a
man has a few brains, a little money and
is not afraid of work?
Truly yours,
]. BASCOM JONES.