THE STANDARD GUIDE. 
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The Cuba Railroad. 
Santa Clara is an important railroad center. Here the United Rail¬ 
ways connect with the Cuba Railroad, which extends to Santiago on 
the south coast and Antilla, the new seaport on Nipe Bay, on the north 
coast. 
The building of the Cuba Railroad has opened up a territory which 
includes 70 per cent, of the area of the island, and comprises its most 
fertile portions. Some of the route was cut through mahogany forests, 
a quantity of this valuable wood being used for trestle building. There 
are grazing lands with a quality of grass which, experience has proven, 
makes them equal, if not superior, to any in the United States. For 
the farmer, there is almost no limit to the variety of his productions. 
Not only do the indigenous tropical fruits grow profusely, but there 
has been great success with potatoes, onions, tomatoes, egg plant, 
okra and other vegetables. The Cuba Company have provided a sys¬ 
tem of rail and steamship transportation via Antilla, and via Santiago, 
which gives direct shipment to the northern markets, and this part of 
Cuba is in time to be the early vegetable supply of the United States. 
Through trains leave Havana for Santiago every night, reaching 
Santiago the following evening; and leave Santiago every morning, 
arriving at Havana the following morning. These trains carry excel¬ 
lent sleeping cars, also observation cars with no extra charge for 
seats. The country is full of interest, the scenery is fascinating, and 
the trip gives a convincing and inspiring revelation of Cuba’s mag¬ 
nificent resources and possibilities. 
Additional train service, lately inaugurated, permits the traveler to 
leave Havana in the morning and go through to Camaguey, arriving 
the same evening; and to leave Camaguey in the morning and arrive 
at Havana in the evening. 
The development of the country through which the Cuba R R. 
passes has been very rapid. Flag stations of four years ago are to¬ 
day towns with from 500 to 1,500 population. The sugar, cattle and 
timber industries have been potent factors in developing the eastern 
section of Cuba. Many American colonies are located on the line of 
the Cuba R. R., and they have an appearance of thrift, progress and 
prosperity as only may be found in such a fertile land. 
SECOND AMERICAN INTERVENTION. 
Second American Intervention. —An insurrection in August, 1906, 
was followed in September by the resignation of President Palma, 
and the intervention of the United States. The American provisional 
government was terminated in January, 1908, when the Republic was 
restored. 
