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Show the Monxixo EXAMINE!?. SrxiUY. SErTEMBEI? loot. 301772 JZXtzJZ. v icA I.f f'i-t- 7?AV3; p 8li M 077 J3&VZSHX. J&jQ. 23S and tha Panama Canal Commlialo In taking ateiia to put th road on a satis-H factory basis. The Un is loss thanfor nnlca in length, and the chargee both passenger and freight traffic have beret ofor been vary exorbitant. Worst of nil, there has apparently bean no fixed seal of tariff A passenger ticket calling for transportation across the Isthmus costs considerably more If pun chased In New York than If the traveler waited until lie reached th Isthmus to buy hie ticket. AlUmugh tha equipment of the Pan-s- hwott Cuh The president of the Havana Eleetrla Hallway la a Canadian, but the other oncers and moet of tho stockholders are clllseiu of the United Btatee. The company haa a capital clock of 110,000.- Veare ago a street ratlwey system was established In Havana with horse ears, but tha Una had an aggregate of length only a few miles, and was allowed to get Into a sadly dilapidated condition so that the reconstruction of the eyatem amounted, to nU practical purposes, to tbo Insulation of a new system. In building the new road as many aa 1700 men ware employed at one time. The new street i lway In Havana gained as a legacy from the old regime more than 100 hor.:a and upward of MO mule There were aj 3 handed down to It half a hundred antiquated horse can, Tha new equipment Is In marked contrast to this. Thera are U0 motor oar with two motore on each car; a dosen coal can and other adjunct auch aa an found In tha rollelec trio Un ing stock of aa Tha mans gen of thla Cuban Una have, however, an advantage over their American brethren. In that they have not been obliged to expend a penny for nnpwplowa or sweepers, and. likewise, h;i It been unnecessary to erect (Br Waldon Tntoe transportation methods and tlHUaa have recently been 'Mr T in nil Qiurtera of thewinning (lobe. tV11 American buildera of elaotrlo who rendered poulble the dajr quick and easy Journey to ueai. and a team and electric can nuiilietiired In the New World an w traveling to what wen a few an else aome of the moet lnacoeaal-, Pojnti In the Orient. Much aa thla American Invasion haa dona, the people of the Old aA It la on our own continent that Importation achemea of Uncle chiaena an working the greatest Pt mi Da ot tha most notable of the trana-.pateil- M enterpiiaea of the past few I the construction of the Railway, a Una which Bare rua to the phrase "by trolley to Morro usttar aa a new sloaaa of progress wbitltutlnB by trolley to the Pyra-Xwhich had for some years prev-'X- us expressed the acme of in this Held of endeavor. It was a decided Innovation for the staid and conservative Cubans to aae oars whining through the narrow streets of their metropolis, but they jhuve uecepted the new condition of and era long similar systems will be In operation In all the larger cities of a" .Jfrr J?mTrx7f.7JTr proj-ortfor- an an dls-tri- dark-skinn- About 350 men an employed In the operation of the Havana electric Him Aiust of them an Cuban of uie belter class. Indeed, th positions on tha trolley can an accounted very enviable berths by a considerable portion of tli masculine population of tha new republic. The Idea of Jogging up and down tha city nil day long In a shaded vo- - A? IP ua at the dork on the waterfront and the lines traverse .the ehnpplng district Mvlng access to the thrillers and publlo buildings and enabling tourists to psna-Uu- ta ct tLe more plcluieniue residence Indeed, experience la proving that in all of Undo Ham's new posses-wo- n aa well aa In Cub tha tourist will ever is ona of th mainstays of the Yankee style nf street railway That the equipment of these new roads compares very favorably with those In tlia United States may be Imagined from the fact that the track la Invariably of tha standard gauge tour feet eight and ona half Incbea-a- od tha rails are or heavy construction, weighM ing pounds per yard, and supported by stool tics spaced every 10 feet la a majority of cases tha roudlads are of concrete, over hulf a foot thick, with vilrined brick and asphalt block paving. Tha Havana system haa powerhouse which, with Its equipment, coat Jauo.uuo, and tha Forto Ulco iluaq are similarly well provided. Of course, the American Invasion of field In these tie transportation newly has not been confined opened territories Una Porto liloo In to eleclrio building haa gone forward In gratifying manner, end while In the hlrle, when a compulsory breese may be enjoyed la quite to the liking of the leieure-lovln- g Cuban and, consequently, the positions on the motors, particularly apiKilntmcnla as cuiidiictnra, are eagerly sought. The tuhun railway operatives ao not receive us hlah wages aa most of their American cousins In tha asms line nf work, tad In summer to dun they an forced In cause Jaunty aulta of duck, which wouldman to American railway the average horror. in hands his hold up If It has been easy, however, to conductors and niolormcn fur the It ennnut lie new lines In Uie troph said that tha construction work of tiio rntul waa carried on unhampered by obfeet the operaAs a mutter-ostacle tions were cuntlnuaUJrlnlerruptod end which wen In some delayed by-- atrikiei, Instances r king duration. That the laborers of tlio tropica an far from dependnblo has alio been learned to their Borrow by tha Ameriwho have constructed the new can electric line which t ave displaced tha rouda In the principal r bone-caold cities of Porto Rico. In Cub aud Port Rico and also In Honolulu lie electric railways Introduced by Amerirsns reach ell points of Importance. There Is usually a terml- ee-c- Man In severe weather. Jls 11 road will assuredly prove wholly Inadequate to th new demands to be made upon It. It I nevertheless, one of the heat things whloh Peris Bam secured from th French company. of locomotive There are hundred e. which. If not ready for Immediate aero-Iccan be repaired at comparatively little expense, and there la aa Mr Wte" rnent of oon. However: jjren will b JW said, further facilities International for handling tha until th canal I oponat Tha American transportation man not. however, confining thalr to Undo Bam now possession! Cub but are Invading practically country. Indeed, th aleain-mllro- ud Philippines American capital has not taken to railroad building ao enthusiastically as tbo government could wish, 1 nevertheless, evidence that are many year Manila will b th center of a vary satisfactory communicative system. in cub Sir William Von Uom, who, although knighted by Queen Victoria, la a native of llllnoi baa Co- a great central trunk Uns through the middle of tbs Island, whloh nstructed links together Isolated districts which, although previously separated by only alsiut M mile had been, to all practical purpose as far apart aa New Tors This new lln and Ban Francisco. which has been built with American what the Cuba la for doing capital, n Railroad la doing for Russia and As I and what tha Capo to Cairo Railroad will do for Africa. A railroad in which tha American pub-11-0 is naturally Just now vary much interested to tha Panama road, which -- meats tha Isthmus almost parallel with fntorocaanlo canal. Thla tha proposed railroad was built on a commission from Iha Colombia government giving U Brat canal coneee-aioright prior to the However, Its control haa now passed to Iha United Btatee government, which owns practically all of tha atork. trans-Siberia- n. tatareonttaental which, by a onam Mn railway system United fit tea of road. wlU connect th d other ritlso at with Bueno Ayr extremity of South America bal stimulated activity la railroad all over th continent, and la nloat onuufriea the American promotero are being wsloomed with open Bolivia te offering banuaeo amounting to 0.000. 000 In gold to American capitalists and railroad bo Ildar who will by open her long-- 1 sol ted territorycounmeans of ateam line and other libertries or manifesting a similar ality, Perhaps tha moot striking example of American energy and daring In evolving new transportation system In other countries la found in Per where Americana have constructed In tha Andes Mountains th famous Oroya Railroad, tha highest railroad in tbo world. Th length Is only H mile nnd the railroad waa built to foster tbs development of deposits Is a heretofore gnat coppermountain region, which for Innoeeeatbla tho last MO years haa barn worked chiefly for stiver, but which la said to contain th greatest single deposits of r copper la tbo world. WALDON FAWCETT. Jo ?To ''CSjsxsrxnrrx fv aometlm mistress of legation at Madrid; Mr wife of th present nt erriary of Elat had In Interim of eoalal at Cars css and Lisbon; and so on through a rapidly lengthening list. Tho American or legation at a foreign capitalembassy la th social center of th American colony June os th Whit minister. Tie li given a new poet In a Hons Is tbo social center at Washington. In each Instance the mistress, to different country every couple of year la tliat when tha a certain extent, seta tha aortal poo and the time comes (or his wife to assume the and consequently tbo aortal duties of tho serial responsibilities nf an envoy's wife wife of an American minister or site hits been prepared for It by a dose are Just about what ail of choose to make thorn. If ehs enter range study nf all th little nlostlea In a customs manners and tains oricty's lavishly, society naturally le glad, number of the capitals of the world. but on tho other hand. If her hospitalThe most important diplomatic posiity ha far from extrusive, no fault esa tions In the American service, however, be found with her policy 0 long as she are distributed as political plum and discharges tha few traditional duties which Americana abroad regard aa Inconsequently it frequently hnppens that an American women, who has never In cumbent upon wives of tbo nations repher of border been resentative just as tha great publlo at her life beyond the oa n country, is suddenly called upon to home expects the wife of the President to hold certain receptions each winter. take her place among tha lesdinc hostesses of a strange propie in a strange In Paris, for Instance, and. Indeed, at lend. But It hu been said that every many of the foreign capital tha AmeriAmerican I a born roiilirlsn; so it can envoy gives great public reorpttona might bo declared wi:h equal trutn on New Years Day, the Fourth of July woman has an Intnat every and Thanksgiving Day. To these any stinctive ambition to sums as a social person may go, Just as any person may leader, and because of tills second nature the women from tho United Stales attend tha Presidents reception at tha esn always be depended upon to Amid White House on New Years Day. In addition, tha mistress of tho embassy ter own In any foreign capital. or hjgttlon la likely to hold afternoon Of lute years, however, ttie conditions receptions several times each season, of our diplomatic service have Improved or perhaps once a week. Dinners are somewhat, and our government la now given to distinguished American wtio maul fluting a disposition to promote It the capital where an envoy la stavisit servlc meritorious and fur d.piumala tioned and to high official of tho govthus tho wive of sonic American which th diplomat Is achavs recently enjoyed lb prlvl- - ernment to credited, but there te no definite rule p.Ke of flitring from c.pilal to capital and to the dinners may be few as this, fur-of a joy heretofore limited largely to many, according to tho tastes of th Kor instance, Mrs Tower, who nr signer. and his wife. Th Yankee p., sides over uur embassy mi Berlin, wife of representative an ambassador or minister formeily ocupied a corresponding In official sowomen alike to Mrs. abroad, Bellamy thin at fit. rtrrhurg; VI- baa n tremendous ciety in Washlnvto Blorer, who is nuw.tua hostess st L"c'" ,r,.nrl m B- - Looml lead-Jteh- lP 'wen oonsi-qijenc- virEr&' Corrstsj. J&fL imisd )iJd Aim v 01 Siunomu qapi jo ikiusu amos pinuus sqi asaiiivd pjo n; ui lni imouisu snol iiptjiqs 01 pviqs Aiu jo e)ud us Uvieq mci .44) suqi juai pqu kuk-jw ui .The 5 ' CLTAI'r',0N rAWCETT. resourcefulness hr.n h Jl - blter Jn no ,the "Winner la which re15" , of UnH I of late by res eon of th fact that manff of the American envoy and their wives ot late year been entertamjnj mm extensively than ever ixiore. h ava, indeed, vied with the rrprenta- tivea of any nf iha othnr yreat poe in their prominence at th aeata or government in which they nr crru?.L. Uur ambassadors to Great Ilrltal Germany and Ruselx end the Minister to Turkey bare luteiy taken possession of new home and Mr. Bellamy Blorer, who hug been irancerrvd as envoy from Uie capital of Vpaln to the capital of Austrl has become a more conspicuous figure then any of his Immediate of tha predecessors at Vienna. Most American envoys and their wives at th Kieiidvo ov.iiuna auios jo epload j ho ladies of fire.cn diplomatic hoiiso-fcolcome to i- !.t:ons of prommenue only after years cf training in the ecnool it practical expti .Dce, hut this la not the case with the American women who arc called upon to administer th domestic affairs of I'ncla Barns embassies and lirgatlons. Ovrci'g to our republican system of filling fippolnllv offlue Miss Columbias daughters are, as a nil responsibilities of such plunged Into the for prepapositions with no ration, and this being taken Into conIs remarkable very It that sideration, American women should compare as favorably as they do In th dispensation Wives and hospitalities witn th the leading foreign diplo-daughterIn of th foreign service a man mat up diplomatic work as an under secretary er clerk te an ambaasadur or Amt-nca- dipt'-mat- j j 1 s pnsi-tak- ea i number of calls to make each year, bn1, many of her obligations of this character ah discharge of course, by simply leaving cards Instead of paying personal visit Many novel experiences fall to tho lot of tbo wives and daughters of Unol Sams representatives abroad. For Instance, Mr Conger, wlf of tbo American Minister to Chin was raoatvsd a number of times by the ultra conserve live end ultra exclusive Empress, and similar opportunities havs coma to Mr United Uoyd Griaeom, tho bride ofThthowives cf Btatee Minister to Jape our ministers at tha capitals of Central and South America are very pleasantly repubsituated, la the lics tbs agent of Undo Bam la distinctly tho moot Important man In the diplomatic corp and this prastlgu extends to tha social atmosphere in which his an wlf mo Thoroughly representative of th house In which American ambnsaa-dreasUva at tha European capital Is the new London home of Mr Choate It la located not far from th house cf lord and Lady Cursou (the letter formerly Mho Mary Lei tar, of Chicago!, which tha Choates formerly oeeapied when the Cursona were In India. Th preeont house Is leased from Premier Balfour and la Just back of Marlborough House, th new mansion Just erected with the money of th former Consuelo la a long, Vanderbilt. Th drawing-roonarrow apartment, with four tall windows overlooking tho terra oe and a carved whit marble mantel of exceptional beauty. It la here that Mr Choate receives on Washington's Birthday. the Fourth of July and other holidays, when not only personal friend but all Yankee tourists In London, are privileged to call and pay their respects and Incidentally catch a glimpse of the home of Uncle Barn's agent In London. Another exceptionally attractlivo room In the new Choate mansion Is th g-room of th ambaasadres Hero chiseled whit also a beautifully marble mantel Is n conspicuous feature: Included among the furnishings of th room are several Immense cabinets with cathedral doors, In which repose collecTh dining-rootions of whom the King and Queen sometimes dln-- j with llr. and Mrs. Chmte. Is a paneled apartment In which the carving of the woodwork la touched with glib rs m sittin- brie-a-bra- e. . |