The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

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The Havana Washington Fruit Com
| pany" is the name adopted by corpora
/ ton made up largely of Washington resi-
dents. which purposes 10 cultivate large
tract of land in Cuba and derive profit
/ from growing citrus fruits in the Queen
OF the Antilles The company has in its
/ control a tract OF land measuring 1l3s
acres, which will be planted TO pineap-
pies, lemons, grapefruit, and oranges.
The company is making announcement
/ Of it's plans through the advertising
columns of The Washington Herald.
| Bonds are being sold to raise the neces-
sary money TO develop the plantation.
and it is expected that within about
three years a handsome profit Will begin
TO be received from the young fruit trees
TO be planted According 10 all prece-
dents OF fruit culture In Cuba and else
where. the returns upon the investment
within a reasonable time should become
Of great value to the investors.
Not Far from Havana.
The plantation Of the Havana-W Wash
/ ington Fruit Company is situated about
/ thirty-hve miles from Havana. to the
westward on the north coast OF Cuba,
and the fact is apparent that II has spe-
cial natural facilities for the shipment Of
the product direct TO the markets in this
country The plantation is adjacent to
the town of Marlel. in the district Of
the same name. IN the province Of Piner
del Rio. A splendid macadam road passes
| through the plantation, the regular high
way between Havana and Mariel. situated
on the Bay OF Mariel which has one Of
the best natural harbors on the coast OF
/ Cuba
/ When operations have been started q
short trolley road, or the ancient mule
! and cart. will convey the fruit grown by
/ the company less than four miles TO the
/ side of the ship for loading.
j II is the purpose OF the company 90
plant 300 acres 20 pineapples. 800 acres
TO lemons, 200 acres 10 grapefruit, and
200 acres to oranges. The pineapple crop
will become profitable within about a
year after planting. Three years are re-
/ quired 70 bring the citrus fruit trees to
/ the bearing age. and as they become
larger the profits from them viii increase
rapidly. In Cuba there is no winter, and
the tropical fruits which are sometimes
! destroyed by frost in Florida and Cali
| fOrnia VIII be forever immune from that
fate
VIII Issue Bonds.
One feature Of financing the enterprise
is interesting The company proposes TO
Issue bonds for the early development Of
the plantation. and after paying the in
! terest on this issue Of bonds. the profits
Of the business for the first few years viii
be used TO retire these bonds, in the pro-
cess of which each holder viii receive
divided bearing stock, which viii be in
the nature OF a gratulty growing out Of
the profits OF the plantation
| II is claimed that the 1.136-acre planta-
/ ton OF the company IN Cuba Is one Of
the richest tracts in Cuba. and well
adapted 10 citrus fruit culture. The climate
Of Cuba Is found 10 be better adapted 10
/ the growth Of these fruits than that OF
| almost any other known country. II
/ has forever the climate Of sum..er Pc
riodical rains drench the soil. and this
/ particular plantation has small streams
running through it which makes simple
and perfect the natural supply Of water
70 tide the orchards through the dry
! season. The climate of Cuba is marked
! by a temperature Of A. degrees minimum
! and a maximum Of 20 degrees. The aver
| age year IN and out is probably about s.
Cuba is known 20 the world as one Of
! its great sugar plantations In all its
| history under the dominion OF Spain Il
was the theater Of operations for the
/ sugar planter and the tobacco raiser
/ Ii is only since the Spanish American
war that its possibilities as a fruit-grOw-
| ing region have been recognized and put
! TO practical test. From present indica-
! lions the exhaustion OF its SOD by these
two crops will shortly cease and the
! island will become the great fruit garden
| OF the West Indies II Is said that every
intelligent venture in fruit raising in
| Cuba has succeeded. There are in the
island to-day vast areas Of ground grow
ing pineapples. grape fruit. oranges. and
| lemons, and only the question Of trans
pOrtation binders the island from being
transformed almost az once from sugar
fields TO fruit orchards.
On the North COnst.
1t was for this reason that the Havana
Washington Fruit Company located on
the north coast near a natural harbor.
where it's product would not suffer from
the primitive modes Of transit still pre-
vailing in the island.
| At present the sugar yield Of Cuba Is APP
proximately SSO,OO0O00 annually Tobacco
culture brings to the island about $4,000.
600. and tropical fruits, which were prac-
Ueally nothing In 1900. have increased the
revenues of the growers In Cuba by nearly
10000. 600 These figures indicate the
growing Importance Of fruit growing in
the island, and the effect Of the larger
revenue to the acre from fruits coupled
with the special adaptation Of tropical
fruits to the physical conditions, with
the increasing demand for such fruits in
ali parts Of the world. gives to Cuba
special prominence at this time as a fruit
raising country.
The officers and directors Of the Ha-
vana- Washington Fruit Company are as
follows:
Officers and Directors.
| Offcers-Presdent. Hon. Ashley NJ Gould. Wash
ington. d. c.. associate justice supreme Court Of
the District Of Columbia; vice president BarthoIo
new F. Smith. proprietor Of h. F. Smith Fireproof
Construction Company Washington. d. c.: secre-
| tary. Frank L. DAY. Ph. D.. corresponding secre-
/ tary George Washington University Washington.
D. c.; assistant secretary. james s. Fraser Wash
| ington. ID. C: treasurer. Richard 4. CaughtOn.
treasurer United States Trust CounDKnv Waghfnv