. Book of the Royal blue . UlliM: TO THK CUNCHITA KSTATE. Santa Clara Province, and the Cuban Cen-tral Railway, which embraces all linesof importance in Santa Clara Province,excepting twenty-five miles of line on thesouth coast which connects Sancti Spirituswith its seaport of Tunas de Zaza. Santi-ago Province has only about sixty miles ofrailroad all told, and yet this sixty miles comprises four distinct lines. There is asmall road from Santiago de Cuba northinto the interior as far as San Luis, with abranch to Sabanilla; the Guantanamo roadrunning from Caimanera, through Guan-tanamo
. Book of the Royal blue . UlliM: TO THK CUNCHITA KSTATE. Santa Clara Province, and the Cuban Cen-tral Railway, which embraces all linesof importance in Santa Clara Province,excepting twenty-five miles of line on thesouth coast which connects Sancti Spirituswith its seaport of Tunas de Zaza. Santi-ago Province has only about sixty miles ofrailroad all told, and yet this sixty miles comprises four distinct lines. There is asmall road from Santiago de Cuba northinto the interior as far as San Luis, with abranch to Sabanilla; the Guantanamo roadrunning from Caimanera, through Guan-tanamo to Soledad, and a twenty mile linefrom Gibara, the principal seaport on thenorth coast of Santiago, south to the. MiKilN TROCHA. SHDWING BARBKH WlllK ANI> BLOIK Hi llSK. THE RAILROADS OF CUBA. interior town of Ilol^uin. Puerto rrincii)eProvince has two lines; one runninf^j fromthe capital to Nuevitas, its seaport, on thenorth coast, and another which crosses theisland from sea to sea, following the MoronTrocha. Your correspondent has crossedthis last isolated military line from theCaribbean Sea to the Iahania Channel. Itis a most interestinj; ride. The distanceis sixty-nine kilometers, or about forty-three miles, and the country is jjerfeotlyflat. There is a handsome and well con-structed block house every kilometer, withtwo, three and sometimes four smallerblock houses or earth fortifications between. (The word is jironouneed tro-cha and nottro-ka). In spite of the many block housesand constantly running armored trains, andthe vigilance of the Si)anish .soldiers, thistrocha was crossed several times. Yourcorrespondent had the good fortune to rideover the .\Iornn Trocha railroad
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