Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-21

from his many travels, Mr. DeJarnette
spent two years and eleven months in
the Philippine Islands.
Paper on "cuba."
The paper read by Mr.. Morrell was
unusually interesting, in that he spoke
from the viewpoint of the traveller,
having visited that country. The pa
per is in part as follows:
after leaving the very warm climate
OF southern Florida, at time when the
hotels We're closing for the winter sea-
son, trip of about twenty hours by
steamer from Miami brought us to the
coast of Cuba. We sighted land early
in the morning, after a pleasant and
enjoyable trip. There was scarcely a
er was small, the passengers seemed
happy and contented, in marked con-
trast with some salt water trips.
Having learned that we should pass
MORO castle about six O'Clock in the
morning, the passengers We're on deck
by o'clock. We We're then abreast of
Mantanzas, and shaping our course
along the coast towards Havana. At
ter while Moro castle appeared in
the distance. Gradually, one could
make out an old fortress, splendidly To-
Gated, built on the rock at a consider
able elevation, and commanding the
entrance to the harbor of Havana.
Before entering our pilot came
| aboard. His services are very neces-
sary. on account of the narrow cham
mel leading into the horbor SO much so.
that two vessels passing one another,
have to steer within twelve or fifteen
feet to avoid danger of grounding. We
passed into the horbor with Moro cas-
tie on the left. 1t is used as a signal
station, where all incoming vessels are
announced, and their nationality and
house flags displayed, which serves as
notice to the various shipping interests
| that certain line of steamer has
been sighted on the horizon, and in
about one hours time will enter the
| harbor The pilot, medical officer and
custom house authorities are thus pre-
pared for her arrival. Hard by Moro
castle we passed Cabanyas, another ole
fort, apparently intended to deal a
death blow to any intruder fortunate
enough to get past the guns of Moro
after which the harbor opened UP tt
view as natural and perfect as coule
be desired, protected practically on al
sides, and providing safe anchorage FOL
a large fleet.
Entering the port we find the cit.
of Havana to the right, with its mar.
row streets, and low, yellow buildings
dll ulSllIClly SpdllSI III llelT elleCt
Here and there cathedral or churcl
towers can be observed, giving SOM
slight relief to the otherwise fiat roofs
The entire water front on the city sid
is occupied by craft OF all kinds, eX
cept the ocean going steamers, whicl
are not permitted to go alongside o,
account of the lack of wharfage. TIL
laws of the port require the loading
, and discharging of cargo to be don
Crn ont n
, ers at anchor. Thus the wharves ar
| kept clear as possible, the lighter
, coming and going between the steame
/. and the quay There is of course an
; other advantage in this method, in tina
= it is possible TO work the liner fror
both sides at the same time, as com
pared with one side only should tn
steamer go alongside. The passenge
tenders and small ferry-boats plyin
across the harbor have their regula
r landing places. Also the coastin
steamers that furnish regular passen
ger and freight service between Ha
t vana and the other important port
E such as Cienfuegos, Manzanillo an
Santiago, being but of moderate siz
f with frequent sailings are allowed the
regular berths.
: "Havana is city of about thre
hundred thousand people and CROWN
a rapidly. 1t is without exception til
: cleanest city | have ever visited, Par
: included. The latter of course has tt
t reputation of being remarkably clea
: and deservedly SO, yet there are reno
t parts of Paris that are not in exact
n the same condition as the boulevard
v but in Havana the poorer districts ar
: slums are as clean as the leadir
n thoroughfares. Every scrap of pape
d every particle of refuse is prompt
s gathered by the uniformed scaveng
f force who patrol the city at all hou
@ of the day. The public are required
/ set their garbage outside between
d and IL or 10 and IL o'clock at nigh
1t is removed before 5 o'clock in Il
morning, taken eight or ten miles o.
to sea and dumped.
1.-The streets of Havana as rule a