, 1924-03-01
United States Press Representatives Visit To 81. Croix, Virgin
Islands, U.S.A
THURSDAY February 21St 1924.
AS REVIEWED BY BUNDLE BEE EN- ROUTE
Continued from Thursdays AO58.)

AS oucklya as the launches could land the passengers the waiting automobiles we're
filled and the Lrocasson started to Chrshansed, the odd ndf amWSy proud captaIOtr St
Crox the city Of the Odend DAYS when King Street and Custom Houses Square Werat the
snoing path of genHemen in kneebeeches kcas shirts and powdered Wigs. with It's
Government House built tin IVA, the eqalo which has, been built IN any otner OF
the Virgin or LeWard Islands.
The selected route carried US through Kings Street Frdeiksed to the old en-
trace gates OF the Estate Brothers and to that fam u5 stone val F"mcn Ws ot
smds Cemetery a tax called New Tax" was eyed and wa8.c collected nu!. some
fifteen years ago The tax, until its expiy was decidedly positive out the walls are
nearly gone with decay. How many times the walls we're paid for is a matter for de-
bate. A shOtd distance from this entrance Of Estate Two Brothers, once a famous
money producer wen Sugar was King in thel latter part OF the Eighteenth century, the
road turns TO the right mt south pastt he "Ovap' on the left, for many years the recre-
alton ground for Cricket Base Ball and Football while on the right is estate Smiths
Field named from a suoub OF London in the days when the Island wa settled. AT te
end of this road yu see bush and underground Othe right wnrhs sixty years ago con-"
tanned a fine residence known as Stony Ground; and n&" with a MTp mn to the
left we enter upn the road which has been known since the middle OF the eighteenth
century or more generally as he centre inc road This road Tor. nearly seven niles is
as straight as the bWret of a CUR and 1t is arguedth ta cannon placed at stony 9round
corner cpnd with precision of he gun fire of modern times mta target on Kings I'LL
straight least through the road line
Our mex view is the the I'D residence of Estate "Han3hs Rest which you see
family through the trees as you pass it % the riga, the ome Of uan family back In
the very early days of the nineHentnc century and lately ~ the Woods family. Mrs
Woods being the last of the famous Guan sisters of the late XtyS md Of Wn0m the
navy knew as the wives of Admi ais Harrington and Sumner
We now pas on the right Estate Campo RcOw whose stately old residence the hOne
of Miss Launer ant also a house of old southern hospitality, now rlns as result OF
fire OF unknown origin IN WI years ago Following the road we m to Estate
'Cocorda", and also branch road to Fredenksed, for the road we nave thus far
travelled is of the eighteenth century, and he new road pass Coacorda having been
built about d hundred years ago asss shorter way to w for the naseo OF the nine
tenth century was already in the blood of our forGathers. Though thsro road is shoter
yet heavy traffic was directed pound west down thu so called Long Road where the
familiar sight of the Old b1l-wagon drawn by six bulls and the wagon loadedw with four
n0gsheads of sugar each weighing about 1900 los. passed to the Custom House In
Fedeiksed for export, mostly to Copenhagen for the greater part of the last century.
tbs branch road was considered too weak for heavy traffic over the bottom land where
Estates Wheel of Fortune AND La Grange join known for many years. as Harden Gut
~ n he coutmucI(