The Anaconda standard

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barracks here. but no ort. The four

other seaports of Porto Rico do not de

serve notice. Their harbors-Se I fact

is the case with all the haSbNM of the

Island-are rapidly filling up with silt

and are dangerous to heavy vessels.

Porto Rico. like every ether large Il

and in the group, except Cubha and

Hayti. has bowed to the rule of Bitaa

nia. St. John's was seeked by Drak

in 1596 and held three years iter by

the Dutch of Cumberland. Ono slnce

the Dutch. and the Eanglish twie. set

unsuccessful expeditionu eglast the

capital.

In the group of the Virglen ileas. to

the east, only the two Danish Islands,

St. Thomas and St. Croix, are probable

factors in the present situation. Their

importance would be considerably

greater it they had been secured by the

United States, as was at one time sug

gested by our state department. The

harbor of St. Croix is unfortifed and

not more than 16 feet deep, so that It

cannot be of much service as a base.

The island is a hill that rises 1.10 teet

out of the water. Denmark bought It

from France for $146.000 In 1733.

St. Thomas is but 100 miles away

from St. John's. The harbor is nearly

landlocked and has a depth of 3 feet.

A dry dock is here and a steam-slip for

small vessels. There is no more pleas

ing sight in the Indies than the harbor

of Charlotte Arnalle, the capital, and

the towering peak 1,60 feet high which

forms the bulk of the island. Though

the prevailing language of t. Thomas

is nlish and a colony of Jews have

settled there, exports are few and the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Anaconda standard. (1898). Anaconda, Mont., 1898-04-17. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84036012/1898-04-17/ed-1/?sp=18

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Anaconda standard, 1898-04-17.