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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Bartle. 



A Thriving Colony on the Cuba Railway. 

 [From our Own Correspondent.] 



NEW COLONISTS ESTABLISHING THEIR HOMES AT BARTLE. 



BARTLE makes a fine appearance as one approaches it on the trains of the Cuba 

 Company, which divides the colony. Going west, on tlic right hand is Manager 

 Bull's spacious house, as comfortable and as handsome as any to be found of 

 its size in the states, or in fact anywhere. The land about the house is cleared 

 and a park contemplated, which will help to make this section one of the show places 

 on the line and encourage development everywhere. On the left is the begin- 

 ning of the village proper. There is a saw-mill, a country store, many houses in 

 every direction, well built, cozy and substantial. A schoolhouse, even a bakery, are on 

 the grounds. Meats and ice come from Camagiiey. The store supplies all other needs. 

 A roomy hotel partly fills present requirements, though by this time, a new hotel is 

 almost ready for guests. 



Dr. Preston, of Utica, N. Y., is building it. The location is near the depot. It 

 will be a three-story building of stone, will have bath rooms and electric lights and all 

 sanitary conveniences. The ample grounds, about six or eight acres, will be put in 

 thorough order and adorned with all kinds of plants. 



No fault can be found with the Bartle proposition. The ground is undeniably good, 

 and the location desirable. Water is easily obtained at 40 or 45 feet. It is impregnated 

 with magnesia and the residents drink it freely w-ithout any but beneficial results. The 

 people live in the town and lots sell for $100.00 and up, size 60x127. Their acreage is 

 all further inland, and the land will yield abundantly. The ostensible plan is to plant 

 sugar cane for the main crop and dispose of it to the Company, who will grind it in a 

 mill shortly to be built. The net income guaranteed, I understand, is to be $40.00 per 

 acre. As sugar cane reproduces itself for many years without further planting, five, ten, 

 even twenty years and more with but little attention, it follows therefore, that a forty- 

 acre plot sold for $25.00 to $50.co per acre, will give the owner a sure income for many 

 years and leave him free to produce other crops that will yield greater profits. Many 

 are planting in addition to cane, pineapples, grape-fruit and oranges. 



The majority of the residents have been in Bartle but a few months, but if what has 

 already been accomplished, not on paper, but in actual evidence in the shape of buildings, 

 and cleared and planted lands, is any criterion to go by, Bartle will be a banner colony 

 in this section. One cannot but marvel at the energy thus far displayed, which has 

 resulted in such a splendid showing of improvements. Given a little more time and the 



