The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-06
THE RESOURCES AND
CLIMATE OF CUBA
All Interesting Bulletin From
United States Geological Survey.

The Department Of the Interior has
now III press and shortly to be pub
lished GA Gazetteer of Cuba," by
Henry Gannctt, Gcographcr, which is
the title Of Bulletin No. lo2 Of the
! United States Geological Survey. The
following is a condensed statement OF
the Information contained in the Ga
Zcttccr:
Cuba, the largest and most popu-
lous Of thc West Indian islands, lying
directly south of Florida, has An OK
trcmc length, from Cape Masi on the
east to Cape san Antonio on the
West, Of 80 miles, Il breadth ranging
from 100 in the east to - miles in the
nclGhhorhood Of lIabana, and an area :,
including the isle of Pines and the
bordering Keys, of approximately 49,
600 square miles.
Tho north coast Is mallly steep and
rocky. In the w stern part of Cuba
the bluffs arc low; toward the eastern
end, in Santiago Province, the coast is
rugged and almost mountainous. The
south coast from Cape Mais westward
to Cape Cruz is bordcrcd by mountains,
partly by the Sierra Maestro. West
of Cape Cruz is the Bay of Bucn Es-
pclanza, in,o which flows the Rio
C?uto, the largest stream of the is
land. Thrurc westward thr co,., i, low,
and mArshy. broadening, west Of Glen
tucgos, into the Great Xlpata Swamp,
- miles long and 80 miles broad
OH the southern coast are mainly low,
manurovc- covered islands. Most of
thr h,rh,rs + hn,h nn,.,s h,,.o ,or
I rnw rrn,l..l ,,,,r,n,os n,,am;,>, ;n,o
.h,.,,.r,l h,.;r. IVA r,;,iIIa ,,.,;',,,
If ,hc ;.,,nd ;,c,,d;n, tho rrrr;n, r; ,,,,,
, nf fII,hono No,.,,o. Santa fr,r. an1
: pnrw,n p,inr;no c'In,;sts nf LrnaI ',,,
c ,u,,tinr nI.,ins o,I shoI,w raIlora
, Thr,n,,G,n,t Irnor I.I p;n pr,,,;n,.o' -,
. ,hn v.n., r,r,I.I ~ ,,,, n>.,s,, r,,,, -
: w,,o,. .,,.i ,hn n,,,a., n ,',,.o;,,o ,''', @
! ,.n,,,.,,,, ,,,nn ,l, h, N>
,Iours form tho cr,rh~o,nI VmnI,n
| \b, il ,nh,r,, l,nL In S,n,;o|,n
, Province. ,hc : err, N,rsir, rrochns
attitudes rxrr.dinr 1000 feet and ono
nco)i Turouiun * ~nou foot h,,h
, The rivers Of Cub, are numerous hrt
short. and few arc novi,,,l,l, cvcnnt
,hrnu,h their rs,uorips Tnn f,utn
in Santi,r, pr,vinrr i n,v,,,,In fnr
,bou, In mics ana the s,,u, I,r,uIo
in SAM, oar, provincc fn. ,hn,, .rn
+ milo. ,rhnin,or;n,. rr H., ;l',,,I;
| nrnirn, ON n,lr llnn r,,Ioo nf rnr.aal
Il and is nnn. m,.',>,, n1, ra vow
# ,ommnn;r,,ion ''' ''''o'
5, The minnr,' rosorrcoa &C n,o ,,,,.,,,
t, % far AZ dnvr,nnrI cnr.;', nl,''aa, y,",
II entirely Of hcmoti,c iran nrn ,.i'uJ' ,,'i',','
y has hrrr u,innL rnr u,,n,. ,.,, , "''','' ,,"n
" sou,h base nr tho Sinrro 'N,na,u, '''u
Is few milo. ems, of S,n,i,rn Tno'i, I' ~, !,
ii ,hn nr. ,vL;,L rnr,,ir, n,,,,, 49,; " 800
0 cent IF iron i shirnnI - n,o l,,,,tt>', ~,
n States rnn,rr ,,tlL n,,I ,;I,.o ,,',,'' 'r,,
mined rcrn,n,l,, 2s,l,'i,',r' ,o ,' "o'o
found in several nInrrs n,rt,cnlnrl,,
r,,r tLn ,,,r nr u,I,, T' p"' ''''
+ has been utiiiznd to mako ;IInn';n,,;,,'
; GAS .
Thc cIin,tc nr ruh, 20 ,,:
, ~ sinnIn ,rhn nnr,hn,n, w." "l,"'"..'I-
hrinr m omnln r,;nrau ".o 'n, "'''., 30
inrhrs ,n ,hn rn,,,,nn,, "D'", 80
island hrtwnnn N,,. nrI n,ri'I rb nv nv
rainfall nn tho snn,hnrn s,r,'o" '"'t' ~ Wv
but sufficient rnr mos, ariI '' .IS, nH,
mciu animal ,nn,,or,,,,rn ID Nv
u - dcvrrrs Thr hi,,hos ',.''s'a'
turc last, q lnnr t;mn h,t ~, ,,'o
northern stones of the ;slonI ,ho M
nights, even in summer nrc cool ''''
The six provinces, from west 10 cos,
pinar del Rio, Unbmua. Mo1,nyns'
Santa Clara, Puerto principc, Soniiooo
are dividcd into l32 municipal districts
or tcrn,u,oS nun,icipulcS, includinr thc
Isle of Pines, and are subdividcd ,,to
about 800 harros, including those
constituting the cities. Cities, as or.
ganlzcd in our sense, do not exist in
Cuba. Ilabana has no legal limits, but