The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-07-16

HVns'
{. completion of few miles OF of
las esaD. road now in course .S Ol
s0'slpa as,on east of Havana, and the
s s,'s,as up Of some miles more zc on
l nl,.S work is now being rushed wess
s' hat city will make Of t three p ~ear
49, - d Cuba before the presen ars '1 de-.
.'s 81 unless existing plans nt t are es
,s.sd ~ N execution) one vast , .,la to
, a.,s t j opened for the first time to
Tie touring car
zach Of these three provinces
Nh, = '1 n Rio ri Havana and Matan7a as
4 Pla I " !. already complete and IN
7las !. ,s i Of roads radlatlns
oss ~ respective provincial capi u
I ~ p n del Rio city, Havana ltsen,
8. 81 H. town of Matanzas' "neht g,
-. - highways reach eastward S ~l.n
Santiago de Cuba itself as their op5e.
s,.a roint. What has been iacklhs
". p has been proper connec
.,aa between these provincial sy ','
s w. and this is now being rapid
supplied.
government roads In Cuba al
uo +bon MAGNIFICENT boui'
z r.rds1wide, white and even' Withol
GRADES over six per cent, ltnat naA
s s,aatl BEING infrequent), without sha1
curves. finished all in Telforo nia
adam and equipped with culver er
drain drains and the best of bridges. ov
tbess highways arch ancient laure
roysl poncianas and other floWer'!
trees which make travel a cool
lsbt the year around. Were one
s aseend IN a balloon he would d
eover that dark.green ribbons OIL
lIage laid across the face OF the Id
mark the routes of government roe
"a A10t "a eeAS
over Cuba.
These roads invite the automooi
to explore the fairest country I'LL
Unable; they lead him forth up gel
hills and along the TANKS OF s'ee
highlands; into smiling, fertlle
leys where royal palm groves sta
by the shores of intensely blue sc
OF, again, within sight of green w
ed mountains, dark and irreg
against a luminous sky.
No description can do the Il
scape Of Cuba justice. To be oelle
it must be seen in all its 1alry
coloring and unusual combination
hill and vale, palms, pines ana Il
ing aeroids, wild wastes and pre-
tive farmlands, sea, sky and moui
alternating or perhaps blended
exotic panorama.
For instance, in few hours,
Ing from Havana, 1t is possloI
cross Cuba from the Atlantic
on the north shore to the CARR
sea on the south. The distance
Havana to Batabano Is but 81
or so. A fine road runs all the
through very pleasant country
level, now broken by the Ma
hills, through which the hlf
finds passage among thick CT
OF palm trees without ascend
heavier grade than five per cen'
tahano is the center of the S
fishing industry and there is m
interest in the old town and
cially in the port itself, which Il
four kilometers distant from tn
proper.
Il Or from Havana the car ma
westward, following the NORTH
via Marianao, Arroyo Arenas,
Bravo, Hoyo Colorado, Caimit
Gpanajay to Mariel, loveliest o
del Rios few ports. On hi
locking the village, the bay
and perfect as an Illustrate
primary geography and all
tile. cultivated Mariel valley
sRubens palace" a miniature
bra. Intended to be a private
resort, but recently purchased
government for hospital P
Automobiles climb the hill to
door. The prospect from Il
ing's upper balconies is almos
1t looks like a vast curtain
for some gigantic theater.
Westward still from Guam
government road runs on to
center Of the best sugar-prod
gion in the west country VI
~ It win reach Bahia Hond
which 1t Is working rapidly.