The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-14

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sClimaS As land I'M Press
den c stro's E:ff orts
to Get GoI1tIol.
new YORK March WY az
tbis.talk about castro and the Asphait
Trust n. why did the dent SEND
IA & ! 4 +, t;tii, Is vene deia Is 81.
.sysr dc & S6ote eass! liefs 8 q tislfl;
significant sodth 2heficah republic
whose President SENS to stir up both gt
'F,,46be and the United Suites: The
.je,o56htFs has fllttie 81 ao T. -
.industffes. ho ricR god ana s g y, 7
mines Why then such an ado ABOUT ass
s&s1 ~ sti - e ssb'
SSl ges III "a Venesaa-
ia has enough bltuaeR TO pave all 'the
streets Of the Emitted States IS with ttle
"a, perfect covering which has YET
'b ,,s,, devised. Bernldez ke z The
home q ali the contention, IS In Tie
midst Of a tropical Jungle, but its thoaj
sand acres Of oozing asphalt e9pstlii
tn 1tts one Of the most valuable pieces q
property in the world: sphe1alt, ~ IG,. r.
be obtained In great quantities y ~
Trinidad, and there are smaller beds
of it in California Texas and else
NJ, where, but this Yeleznelan traet, by
common consent has the 4. finest g grade Fal
Of asphalt for paving which III! has Eet
been discovered, ut 4 II 4 tssl
cities Have Invested $4,000, 900
Some bideasof what this deposit
means. may be gathered from The y
growth lofnasphalt paving Twenty
,ffyesyears tago, eaboutttwelye miles Or
less tha1I eAftth Of one per cent Of
the paved streets Of the cities OF the
united Safes wetepaged with asphalt
To-day this Luxurious payement1is
Spread aver twenty-five hundredamiles
In stfetss fGthe United States sembrac
ingtaa area appr6Sthatin 4 100000
SQUARE yards. This represents an or
iginal investment Of 81 1909 oO0zand
including the cost Of repairs andre;
suFfsclng, astotal outlay Of lnotsless
than $500 100000.
NO wonder, them that the possession
Of venezuela.s great source Of supply
AZ coasideftsgd suclpta rich Ir4ze.llThe
4B5asfHads asphalt sdeRosIg Is 1ahsitl.
II 1{eris dR7ora 81 bltehg covered heFe
'saEaaas tAsfe sBy patches on atIdn
la4s faA agpthai bitEh Sr spfaletls dd8
out 4 is fffattw supPS G6s9s uB from beloSS
From the TlaEe,r lying about IS miles
from tk3 q, It's q tbe a6 J94R river
thsaEphait 4 sauleaib5 4 private rail-
road 6 miles to.the.head Of navigation
ION thslriyep'7 Here. great depaFits q
asphalt are foranedsas hetcansaarFlTe
nom the lake. sAftefRarSlsgth asphalt
.isi ttansfered ifrdm4thesei temporary
deposits tGsstsanerSe ESPECIALLY con
sttaGted5tb aanaoraie tosthia aequ1.
sttxssEos,e ertdgiota ScsSa5 Aiad lAs
IRselndinssof the Asphaltac onthoysrsS.
1otHotattonR Hamilton saz's6ll iek9df
sFottahe, -%ho was iufz yenezueigdp
nfSSsi induced President adBlaneoa4p
grant him a conc Bsion1to1 eSploltGhe
t6sttita resources 81 BsrmiidesFa STATE
.S6mbtzaag am AREA qof Eoyer'ssSoo
suuarS ihitesEA Pills. Concession was
AsabegihHi Eg s6baHe t4asphaIe e66tro-
Issrsyse 7Hamilt6h IN sratarn-was Ito
.bay royalties on Hls ports oftSoOdS,
! tlhefaIs, fetc. 1aR1 was Z to- Fcdiallsef'
4hea fIveirsss obsndtasml to navigation
By dredging lcRanhelsa eh e7saT
aserhs Job was tooibig Tor Hamilton 70
REndis alone, IS 4e ss6td his leoases-
SION with eReEaelSs consent, t6ehe
New forks ana iBsfadaez GO a9ini1SS5.
This company has owned and mined
tho Bsrfaudea asBhp ut iap9sit ever
since. : Bpt. this OWNERSHIP mas been
subjected to many tribulations. The
company cspentglargc sumssof money
iniperfsoting iH plant and building q
railroad. sN5th thsegrnwth Of the as
phalt industry, began to dawn upon
Venezuela that shea hadoa VEGETABLE
reold mldst7o what looked
lIkeia merasRoHhlsss morass a9lig
sloTheyb business iotlasphplt payingsEas
tqa thslhjgh roadlto! esBerityein 1927.
5Ik.gasfiipst about this, time that the
movement pndefIcll.
tpHsno Castro was h4tehed9 When
Castro ofpagy assembled thu PreslSsR.
an tt,S,, a = tl,nt yAIAvr a ma spAI..