Industrial Cuba : being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the island for American capital, enterprise and labour . s Camarones Lagunillas Guane San Matias de Rio Blanco. Alto Songo Limonar Amaro San Miguel Madruga Cimarrones Mangar La Boca Alonso Rojos In addition to these are 132 places with less than 200population, including railroad stations, bathing and healthresorts, and farm hamlets. As will be observed by the student of mun
Industrial Cuba : being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the island for American capital, enterprise and labour . s Camarones Lagunillas Guane San Matias de Rio Blanco. Alto Songo Limonar Amaro San Miguel Madruga Cimarrones Mangar La Boca Alonso Rojos In addition to these are 132 places with less than 200population, including railroad stations, bathing and healthresorts, and farm hamlets. As will be observed by the student of municipal nomen-clature, the Spanish were liberal to Cuba in christening thetowns in the Island, however parsimonious the mothercountry was in respect of all other things; and many Cubantowns have more name than anything else. The oldesttown is Baracoa, in the province of Santiago de Cuba. Itwas laid out in 1512. Its chief products are bananas, cocoa,and cocoa oil, and there are some remarkable caves near by,noted for beautiful stalactites and well preserved fossilhuman remains. The largest city in the Island is Havana, the capital, towhich a chapter is devoted elsewhere in this Cities and Towns of Cuba 125 Matanzas, in size the second city of the Island, and thecapital of the province of Matanzas, is, in some particulars,the most attractive city of Cuba, although but one-fourththe size of Havana. It lies seventy-four miles by rail to theeast of Havana, on the fine bay of Matanzas, with beautifulhills at its back. The town is divided into three parts bythe rivers San Juan and Yumuri, two streams which waterthe valley of Yumuri, situated behind the hills of Matanzas,and presenting the most exquisite scenery in Cuba. Theclimate and soil of the valley make Yumuri, to Cubans,synonymous with poesy and Paradise. Notwithstandingthe commercial importance of Matanzas, the Spanishauthorities have neglected the wharves and permitted itsharbour to become so filled with sediment from
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