The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-20
Company ofSAmctican Capitalists
Nj Control Manys13ig Enterprises,
4 Including Largest Sugar al y
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(specIal Correspondence Of The Times
7G5 Dlspntch.) f n
Copyright. 1905. by Frank g. Carpcnter.)
ANTILLA.5 g III, August 1.--I dato
this letter 1T the future great city of
Eastern Cuba. the new port 81 Antilln
IT'D tcrn1in,,s OF Sir William Van I1ornc's
4 cuba Railroad, on Npe Bay. The place
now consists Of some thatchcd huts. 81
railroad depot and 4 large warehouse,
which serves as quarters for the civil
engineers mud other Americana who are
laying out the town. The railroad has
been opened only n short time, and tho
whnrvcB, Though sucl, that grent steam
crs Gun land 1T them are far from COM
pletlon.
Tho plans are upon Il grand scale. mid
when carried out Antlla Will be one Of
the most beautiful cities Of the world.
As II is now It Is surrounded by wilder
ness. There arc thousands OF acres OF
forests In every direction. with hcre and
there n great fruit or sugar plantations,
cut out OF the woods. "
Nevertheless. this country will one day
bic the winter vegetable garden for New
York, and II has already bcgnntt to supply
our markets with oranges, baranas, pine
apples and other tropical fruits. IT Is
j only two and n half days by fast steamers
from New York city and next winter II
Inc of large vessels Will be going back
and forth. carrying freight and passcn-
4 gers. The port Is already connected with
Havana by railway. ma the Cuba road
will make such freight rates that !nrGci
part OF the products OF Eastern and Gem
trail Cnbn VIII be shipped to the United
Stntcs via ntila. The loading arrange
n1cnts wi be such that freight can baS
Z chcaply transferred from the cars 70
the vessels. and lower freight rnteE will
6 be given than are possible via Havana.
Indeed \ IT Is expected that n large part
OF the travel from tho United States to
Cuba will be carried this way. and that
this whole region will be rapidly dcvel-
opcd.
Some Big Enterprises.
At present tho most Of the lands here
arc in the hands OF large capitalists and
a the native Cuban. j t. Is Impossible to buy
email tracts. and everything so for is o.,
+ n grand scale, came TO Antilln ON
K ennttago. leaving he main Inns OF the
4 Cuba road at Alto Ctdro. which Eli Is
Twenty-Five or thirty miles from Antlla.
Almost tho whole country from ,hcre TO
the Immediate vicinity Of The bay IL
S owned by three or four families That
81 nearest the hay belongs to II. Dumois
& Co. who own about 4oo1 acres and
have already 400 acres under cultlva-
ton, and to the Nine Bay Con1nany. an
rssoc!ation Of Boston capitalists which
Inns bought 125,Ooo acres. much Of which
ri 4 proposes 10 clear and Man. In cane.
Within short distance OF these tracts
4 Is ona OF 1000 acres. for which tho
Knlckcrbockcr Trust Company Of New
York ~ negotiating. The owners are rich
Cul3ans and they risk $4,000 for the prop
er,y. Near It is another estate OF co.
a co acres. which includes the site Alto
Ccilro. This is valued ut so an acre or Mt
half ,n.Ainn dollars, and can only be
bought In he hump.
! The United Fruit Company Estate
within short distance Of Nipc Bay