Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-09
TIMBER IN THE SANTIAGO HARBOR.
Photographed by Carpenter

frost and the cost Of getting the fruit
To the markets Is about the same, such
Cuban lands should eventually be
worth double that.
Another estimate which | have be-
fore me, taken from an article in the
Havana Post states that the cost OF
setting out 40 acres of oranges includ-
ing the houses and other buildings Is
$1,000 and that "A $50 900 outlay win re-
suit IN an excellent 40-acrc grove al the
end Of FIVE years Such a grove, accord.
ing to this. should produce. at one box
to the tree $4,000 a year, and when
the grove reaches its maximum I'm the
tenth year six boxes per tree, or S2i 900
per annum. These are interesting fig
uTes, and even IL divided by half they
make orange growing attractive.
PROFITS IN COLONIzING.
At the same time I wonder whether
there Is not even more proht I'M buying
the big tracts Of land and selling them
again than In putting them out I'm or
anges. Take, for instance, one Of tho
best advertised colonies which is
backed by a rich banker of New York.
Its owners have 100000 acres of land,
most Of which they have bought, al
liberal estimate, from 81 to S. an acre.
They have 1000 acres under cultivation.
having planted It In orange groves and
they are selling land both In the wild
and cultivated state. They began by
selling wild lands az $50 an acre, hut
| have since raised their prices 70 $50 IN
acre. The cultivated land set out IN
! oranges, was originally sold at $500 AN
| acre, the understanding being that the
! land would be cleared and planted and
! cared for Until the trees were three
| years old. This year the price OF such
| lands has been increased to 1920 an
! acre, and ] am told that the sales are
| numerous and increasing. This colony
| has established q bank. II is building
| Shipping houses where oranges can Dor
| packed and sent out on the railroad 10
! the Cuba road whence they win he
shipped to Nipe bay and thence 70 Nav
| York The proposition, based ON the
| product of orange growing, must be at-
! tractve or there would not be pur-
| chasers. II does Seem that the differ
cnce between So and S120 ought TO cover
the cost OF taking care OF gu acre ~
land and still yield profit Of some
where between and 10000 per cent.
/ I'm this ! 10 not mean to say that tbs
man who buys the S120-acro land may
| not st'll mako an Interest ON the Iu-
! vcstment but II does seem as though
| the cNploitor was getting moro than
| his share OF the profits As 20 the 500
| per acre Wild land, the purchaser or
| such tracts if they belong 10 n colony.
| buys not only his land. but American
| uoiPnhors. including school and church
advantages, AS well as better shipping
! facilities
THE CUBA ROAD COLONIES.
The most interesting W the land de-
| yelopmeut projects going on IN cuba
! 81
| the cuba railroad iu connection With
the lands along ne tracks. These are
| railroad enterprises rather than land
| epcculltious, thcir aim being 20 build
! up the traffic by the increase NJ the
! population and business. Tho lsuds
! are sold for comparatively low prices
/ end ON inst7llments To approved pur-
| ohascrs Sir William Van Horne os-
I Inmates that one cuban ucrc Us worth
gs u producer moro than ten OF the
! best American acres. Ito says that
ono aero of good cuban sugar land
| VIII az a low estimate Weld 1855 per
| uunum ana lands set out I'm oranges
and other tropical fruits oven more,
Ills farm settlements combine the sd-
rantages ot the Canadian and American
/ farm home "ith those OF the farm
| villages OF Europe The unit Of dlyi-
| sion is the cabeIsrIl or So l-8 acres.
Each farm settlement consists Of eight
cahellcrlas 10 tho form OF a square,
cut by two roads running at right an
. giles to The middle ul tho squarr. and
hy additional lines hiscct'nC tho square
| uud Joining the corners This makes
! eight Triangular divisions of square
! which meet "a the center Of tho block.
| Tho idea is 10 have square park I'm
J the center and facing Il the houses NJ