The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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! CENTRAL AMERICA

10 connect both oceans. Thereupon there
we're bull fights, cook fights. fiestas and
nlucf1o rum, and the great fnanoler dis
closed Ills plan He would issue, bonds.
se. them III Europe, and construct q
narrow -s,iase railroad across Honduras
S8 The first issue Of bonds sold like hot
was secured With a square mile OF land
on 4 either side, and the prospectus de-
scrbed this land as densely covered with
X nah ogAny,f lBnumvitae. rosewood. ebony,
and Their valuable woods. The country
was described az virgin paradise and
tho Ideal place for homeseekers. "a IN
sixty miles Of railroad were actually
constructed. the rails and eq uipmefit be-
Ing CASTOR stun brought over from Eng
land. This was not done. however. until
Honduras had been tricked into guaran-
teaing the bonds TO complete the whole
line. More than 10, 700 worth were
disposed Of, and then the promoters aban-
doned the project The bondholders are
still waiting for their accrued interest.
Tha English courts declared tho scheme
was conceived In iniqdit y Y and that the
republic could not b held legally respon-
siplo for tho payment OF the bonds. Hon
duras has never repudlatsd them. Neither
has she made any provision for payment
Il was = game Of high finance which de-.
8seryedly should be CHASED with that
sat t,l1 MALTA Of graft the old Panama
Canal. Al IA 5S13s
The 1nterocsanio RAILWAY has & never.
paid. ana as managed at present will
never pay more than operat ting xpenses.
Nevertheless. the country Il SO ANYTHING
20 absolutely undeveloped, that Al few
years ago John Jacob Aston, III Chaunceys
n Depew and several o ther New Yorkers
secured q concession from the government
and started In to complete the road. They
acquired 8s q very valuable experience.
cleared a piece Of ght Of way about Ave;
miles long, and then blew Up. N s.s3&
555 A trip over this line Is the best substi-
tute have ever found for a course In
gymnast ics. # The road bed has not been
repaired In twenty years. and the only
comfortable parts OF the journey are the
stops or when the cars are OF the track
Time Is actually vi annihilated. 81 You lose
10 much you forget all about It. NJ e
" Two been he 70 two days. wandering
around, ting acquainted and furb lsh-$
Ing up my Spanish. Inf ormati ion has been!
givon me that the arsenal 4 brought along
will not be necessary X \ my mission Is
one 8of peace: 80 to- morrow 7 shall stroll
quietly into the swamp and deposit sun
dry and divers sdeadly tweap Ons, the close
association with which has alread VI called
up meless terrors 9 my 4 timid soul.
My good American gold has beons ex-
changed for the debased coin OF Latin
America. III and ~ fear that the ark y
skinned gentlemen who accommodated me
have extracted y AZ trife more than the
proper ratio but at that shall need L a:
mule to carry It. s55sl NJ 81
3SS The situation OF this town e admirable
for q maritime city. The climate is gem
orally cool and delightful. as the heat
is always tempered by the wind OF the the
sen. Back OF the port n chain Of high
mountains contribute sa grand and inter
testing: character to the scenery, and the
coast assumes an mp earance OF grandeur.
and beauty that more than realizes my
Idea 81 tropical regi ons. n Beyond H the;
first range \ are lofty ountalns Of peri
petunl green me lao UT ed and Tiers
running on into ranges n CHER and hig HI
err until their SUNNI ts are hid den In re
clouds. IN
They tell me down here the ghost OF
the Louisiana Lottery is going to rise,
and that new Monte Carlo 10 go rs to-
ibot erected son the Island Of Bonncca.s
That story sounded SO in teresting that Il
determined I to visit the place, and 4 en- NJ
aged q Carib sloop to Y take mo over
sRonacc Is one OF the bay islands, and
lies A in latitude 1s degrees 81 g minutes -
north. and longitude 50 degrees Do mi n
.NIeS AWSSL
hand, the index finger pointing to the
northeast. 1t isEnlne and 90 halt miles
long BY Ave miles vii 81 and 35on@ account,
OF Its elevation IL rs svisib bic for many
miles at sea. ss9t5 sssS s25
@ our approach in q small sic OPP was from
the south side and we ancho pred In u q
lovely little bay, 4 in about Gig 1t tathom
of water. The water was 5Wondert ally
transparent, and! 4 everything on tho bot t.
atokiv ~ ,iol IL forms or
sea life were numerous, and part cularly
several varieties OF me- usae 0. he med11 u
sac, I found to my cost. are much nicer
Ia look at than to- handle, IN idiscoy cred
this fact Immediately BON taking one ssoi
these $opallne beauties out oil the. wa ter
IA nettle sting was trifling to the disco
fort I experienced. .i Y
8 From where we landed the shore as ~
cends era dual,y5to the summit OF o. high
Nil, covered with every kind OF tropical
foliage The beach rs far as We could
see seemed one continuous grove Of co.
coanut trees loaded with nuts a numb
Z Of Cnrib dwellings. " made Il OF mud and
matched with tho leaves OF the CABBAGE
palm dotted the shore, their owners en- en-
gagged in fishing on the coral reefs.
We proceeded to scend the Hill about
900 feet in elevation, passing through Q
perfect maze Of tropical Sluxurtance. On
tine LILO BNic
beautiful, ranges Of hills, one nhoyea the
other, enclosing charming and delghtfnllB
valleys. ana savannah lis & met tho eye on
every hand. The foliage seemed equally
rich everywhere. Here and there were
little plantations, the light green OF the
banana ana plantain being readily dls q
5tingulshed. The coffee tree blossoms pe
side the orange; the lime and the cocoa 9
smlngle their shade in the same palio.
The chief product. however, is tho cocoa.
nut It requires no labor on the part kot
the people; otherwise doubt i would ne
a product at ali, for a lazier lot OF rascals
never lived under a smiling heaven,
!. N This Is no place for the oldest lnfhabi-
TINT whose hobby Ia recalling the wealth
'er Of the past Here the weather does
not vary twenty degrees In 9 whole. year.
and the temperature Is that OF May morn
ing. 4 Ask the tljck-lIpped Carlb# about
tie weather and he replies; rs F,, los mis-
mos NOS. todos los IDEAS" Ut is TN. same al
waysJ. Thero Is something narcotic In
tina air. When you breathe It TO the full
You You feel like declaring: No more winter
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