. Book of the Royal blue . e wishes to go fromSantiago to Puerto Principe, he must takesteamer to Xuevitas, and thence by rail toPuerto Principe. If he does not relish along and disagreeable horseback ride, hecan not even go from Santa Clara to Trini-dad (both cities in the same province) with-out making a joint rail and water trip. The Central Railway of Cuba has beenmentioned above. This is an English com- Clara, and run through Placetas, SanctiSpiritus, Ciego de Avile, Puerto Principeand Mctoria de las Tunas to Santiago deCuba. With a stable republican govern-ment, and such a line as this,
. Book of the Royal blue . e wishes to go fromSantiago to Puerto Principe, he must takesteamer to Xuevitas, and thence by rail toPuerto Principe. If he does not relish along and disagreeable horseback ride, hecan not even go from Santa Clara to Trini-dad (both cities in the same province) with-out making a joint rail and water trip. The Central Railway of Cuba has beenmentioned above. This is an English com- Clara, and run through Placetas, SanctiSpiritus, Ciego de Avile, Puerto Principeand Mctoria de las Tunas to Santiago deCuba. With a stable republican govern-ment, and such a line as this, there willhave dawned for Cuba the brightest periodof her existence, for with her natural re-sources and the means of developing them,she will easily take her place as the richestcountry in the world for her size. Thismay sound extravagant, but no one who isacquainted with Cuba and her wonderfulresources can doubt it for a moment. Witha superficial area almost as large as that ofthe state of New York, nearly all of it eap-. LOADlNi; IANK ON CARS AT --SANTA GEKTUrnES. pany, and has been only recently have purchased and consolidated intoone system the following railroads in SantaClara Province: tienfuegos and SantaClara, Sagua la (Jrande, Sitiecito-Encruci-jada, Sagua-Chinchila and the United Rail-roads of Caibarien. It is generally thoughtthat this syndicate will build a line throughto Santiago. The lines they already ownform the most important link in the have good connections with all partsof the island east of the eastern boundaryline of Santa Clara, which means the fourprovinces of Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havanaand Pinar del Rio. This through line, ifbuilt, will probably commence at Santa able of producing uninterruptedly throughthe entire year, all kinds of fruits andvegetables, and only about one-tenth of itnow under cultivation, who can foretell thefuture of Cuba! With proper protection tolife and property, relieved of petty tyrantsand oppressive tax
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