The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
Something About Cuban Back
woods and c Commercial Posi-
bilities Of the Island

ern cor,vcniences for handling frcight.GAt &
Havana everything Is loaded and tin. \
loaded In lighters Tho Cuba Company
will transfer Its freight from the cars
direct to the steamers, md It will have y
such loading and unloading facilities
that'it will pay vessels 10 go there rather
than to Havana, or any other port for
that reason alone. Indeed, 1t is expect
cd that Nipe Bay will Within q short
time be the chief port at tho eastern
end or the island. ana that twill seri-
Dusty injure tho trade OF Santiago.
In the Backwoods Of Cuba.
/ wish / could show you tho backwoods
OF Cuba which hnvo been opened up by
this new railroad. Leaving Santa Clara
the train takes you for miles through
q rich farming country, with sugar mn 81
tobacco fields and pastures on each side
OF the track. s9 II iSl Fl 9i 54s
FARTHER on the road enters the woods
and you ride for miles through q tangled
Jungle Of great trees loaded with orchids
and bound together with vinos. There
,, are. mahogany, cedar, lgnum vitae.
palms and tropcal trees. Here I1ley .nr -
mill where the logs arc being .trnm nl,"las,
up for shipment. The mahogany lles IN =
the ground In great piles with cords or
Ties SLaCkeuF Ut2Stuc
Your next sight Is a clearing where
the forest has bcen cut and burned over
| There are sturnps as high as yo,lr wal
hall -burned logs Ito on the grolrl. but
throughout the whole clearing THO rows
Of sugar cane arc sprouting and near. by
| are patches Of bananas which have grown
! up and almost hidden tho stulnps. No
| Diowlng Is needed for SUCH 10 al. Ihe
bananas set out and all grow without
| cultivation. S5E5 81 &, ny III Is H
Every now and then you pass lew
1 town sIto with real estate signs statiE
that TRACTS of five lots VIII be gwen ireel
satisfnctory.ito bic company. AS q rule
a half dozen tllatched buildings ind the
depot constitute the settlement and so
| far the pioneers have not yet arrived
There are many places along the road
J where the trees have been cut and the
Giro started. 50 that you ride through q
blnzlng flame and white smoke: Furtlier
| on arc rough pastures fenced In With
wire with GUINEA grass growing among
the stu1nps and fat cattle feeding upon
lit. About Camnguey the country has
long been cleared for pasture. ani far
| Their on 1 saw many new tclearlngs on
| both sides of tho road. Va &
Camaguey Is the headquarters Q. this
Cuba railroad It is Il city OF 80, 900 pno-s5
Eple which has until now been accessible 81
! by railroad only from Nuevitas. It is
here that the chief offices Of the Guha5
! Company are. and here also the Cana "A
| guey Hotel. bout the best on the island
which was built by Sir tlam Van
Horne. < 8gt5 .35$ } a t$st 3ys5s$s
III Going farther eastward the road runs
for many miles through tho woods, with
scattering settlements here AM there, 10
|,Alto Cedro, about fifty miles from San
|tiago. Be 1t Is there that the branch goes
|fofr to Nlpe Bay, which Is, Judge. twenty
five or thirty miles distant The N lpeE
I5road Is also through Wlds, but the land
has been cleared close to- the water, md
lit Is now growing sugar cane, cacao, or
anges md bananas, and Is already ship
| ping fruit to New York. 5S.43E N
az jst5 FRANK e.. CARPENTER.