LA GLORIA. 
In the Province of Camagiiey is situated the large and successful 
American Colony of La Gloria, which was the first American coloniza¬ 
tion enterprise started in the Island after the close of the Spanish War. 
Many of the other colonies in Cuba are off-shoots from this parent 
colony. La Gloria has always held the lead in population, acreage under 
cultivation and developments, as well as the superior quality of its fruits, 
and has been well described as a real bit of the United States trans¬ 
planted on Cuban soil. La Gloria consists of eight separate colonization 
enterprises, of which the town of La Gloria is the center. It is situated 
on the north coast of Camagiiey Province about forty miles west of 
Nuevitas, which is its port of entry. The route from Nuevitas to La 
Gloria is through the inside waters of Nuevitas and Guanaja bays, which 
are connected by a canal through the Sabinal Peninsula, and regular 
service is maintained by La Gloria Transportation Company, with sail¬ 
ings from Nuevitas Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays on arrival of 
morning train from Camagiiey, arriving at La Gloria the same day, and 
returning Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 
There is a variety of good soils, some well adapted to citrus fruit 
culture and others of proved value for vegetable growing—cabbages, 
onions, Irish potatoes and other products, for all of which a ready and 
profitable market is found in Cuba. Orange and grapefruit growing has 
been pursued with success and fruit has been marketed with profit for 
the past four years. Prof. F. S. Earle, agricultural editor of the Cuba 
Magazine, notes a grapefruit grove of one and one-half acres, of which 
the crop sold in 1912 for $226.80 on the trees. The chief enterprise of 
the colony is the cultivation of grapefruit and oranges. The making of 
pure cane syrup is one of the industries; others in contemplation for the 
near future are marmalade making and pineapple canning. Packing and 
shipping facilities have reached a very satisfactory condition. A sugar 
mill grinds cane for individual growers, thus affording opportunity for 
the small sugar planter. 
La Gloria has a population of about 1,000 including the nearby planta¬ 
tions, with about 300 more settled in the surrounding colonies. The plan 
of the town is distinctly American, with wide streets intersecting each 
other at right angles, a large park in the center, and ample school and 
church lots. About 90 per cent, of the residents are English-speaking 
people, the majority being Americans with British a close second. The 
town has two churches, the Methodist Episcopal and the Episcopal. The 
daily needs of the people are well supplied by nine stores. The Cuban 
Government has built a macadam boulevard from the port on the bay, 
Port Viaro, to La Gloria, four and one-half miles. The Cubitas Valley, 
in which La Gloria is situated, is one of the most beautiful and fertile 
sections of the Island. 
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