. Book of the Royal blue . ltitude of over 8,000 feet above sea is a little dream city, built onmany hills, with steep streets, nearly allasphalted, clean and well maintained. Re-cently, Santiago witnessed the completionof two important improvements that must 16 THE INTERIOR OF CUBA necessarily affect the progress of the townin a decidedly favorable manner. Thefirst is that of a system of electric streetrailways, a boon of incalculable value tothe town, which has a population of nearly50,000; the other is that of a new reservoirand water supply system. Santiago is an intensely i
. Book of the Royal blue . ltitude of over 8,000 feet above sea is a little dream city, built onmany hills, with steep streets, nearly allasphalted, clean and well maintained. Re-cently, Santiago witnessed the completionof two important improvements that must 16 THE INTERIOR OF CUBA necessarily affect the progress of the townin a decidedly favorable manner. Thefirst is that of a system of electric streetrailways, a boon of incalculable value tothe town, which has a population of nearly50,000; the other is that of a new reservoirand water supply system. Santiago is an intensely interesting place,the high mountains encircling it adding a charm to the neighborhood that no otherpart of Cuba possesses. Beautiful drivescan be made to many interesting places inthe vicinity, particularly to the battlefieldseast of the city, and along the eight ornine miles of splendid macadamized roadascending the mountains to the north, fromthe top of which a grand view many milesin extent can be had in every SCENE ON THE XINITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA Florida and Cuba LORIDA and Cuba arethe popular winter resortsof America. The delight-ful climates of both,the many fashionable andattractive places in Florida,=aJ and the pleasurable, shortsea trip to the quaint city of Havana, havemade these resorts objective points for tour-ists, from the time the chilly blasts of winter
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