Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 2 | Jamaica Utility Official Visits Relatives in S. L.

Jamaica Utility Official Visits Relatives in in S. S L. L r N b 4 It t IM 4 1 I HB EARL ARL K B. WOOLLEY in Jamaica he yearns for the states If It you go to Jamaica British West Indies you'll learn there is little tittle opportunity op to get ahead discover 99 per cent of th the population is African negroes you can get good rum and that the island is a nice place to spend a vacation Earl R. R Woolley formerly of Salt Lake City and now general sales manager of ot the Jamaica Public Service Ser vice Co Ltd at Kingston learned these and numerous other facts facts' during during dur dun ing lag his residence on the island the past two years He arrived here Thursday to spend a a. vacation with relatives and andIs andIs andis Is stopping with his his' brother T. T M. M Woolley of Hubbard avenue Of the tho p population there are whites of which only are Americans said Mr Woolley Blacks and whites are extremely friendly and together form the legislative council which makes the laws governing gov gov- this British possession he as as- sorted Loyal 1001 Subjects The tiThe subjects are loyal to the king of England and were deeply moved at tho the death of ot King George the fifth reported the former Salt Sail Laker The new new king no no doubt is just as popular as aa M his father He visited the tho island as th tho Prince of W Wales les in 1930 Jamaica offers no opportunity for a young man because there areno are arc areno no varied industries Agriculture is the only industry and there are plenty of African negroes to do the work Many of them are are emI employee employed loyed in homes I have four servants a amy at my house Despite the fact the population J is nearly all negro the Chinese ese operate practically all aU the stores of any consequence consequence con con- sequence continued Mr Jrr Woolley in his graphic description of at this peaceful island located miles south of Cuba Trade between Jamaica and the United States is Increasing and a athe at atthe atthe the present time America is selling a great many automobiles on the island said Mr Woolley A lo loof lot lotof lotof of U. U S. S canned goods are consumed there The bulk of the crops raised in I Jamaica include ba bananas anas cocoanuts cocoanuts cocoanuts cocoa cocoa- nuts cane sugar ginger coffee and allspice most of which finds a market market market mar mar- ket In England and the continent according to Mr Woolley He added that people in Jamaica have havea a good market for their products and nd therefore never felt depression I Ind Buses Operated His company furnishes all the power and operates the street cars carsIn carsin carsin in Kingston and St. St Andrew Oh yes they have buses there Mr Woolley pointed out there is an American engineer over there now making a study to see if street cars carsan can an be abolished and buses operated exclusively Another interesting point brought brough out by the visitor is the fact that 70 per cent of the population use useless useless useless less than ten kilowatt hours per month He said electrical development development develop develop- ment is slow hence prices for power are double what they are in the United States Jamaica if you are not familiar with its size is miles long am and 40 miles wide Mr Woolley said homes are constructed on farms of ot from three to ten acres acre of land and are arc therefore long distances apart He Ho will vill remain here for tor about abou two weeks before going to San Francisco to sail san to the island via the Panama canaL Ho He confided that he would much prefer remaIning remaining remaining remain remaIn- ing in hi the tho states