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“...366 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
affording unbroken railway communication between
the capital and Manzanillo Bay, Puerto Plata, and
Sanchez. Other railways contemplated are from La
Romano to Seybo and from Barahona to Lake Enriquillo.
The existing railways, of which there are 175 miles
in Haiti and 500 miles in Santo Domingo, are narrow
gauge and give very poor service.
INDUSTRIES. In Haiti, sugar, tobacco, coffee, and cocoa
are cultivated, and the island is supposed to. possess valuable
deposits of coal, copper, and other minerals. Sugar is ex-
tensively cultivated in Santo Domingo, and tobacco, coffee,
bananas, and cocoa are also exported, together with mahogany,
lignum vitae, cedar, and satin-wood. No attempt has as yet
been made to develop the deposits of iron, gold, copper, and
salt which are known to exist. The island has much savannah
country suitable for cattle, but very little use has so far been
made of it. The trade of Haiti and Santo Domingo is mainly
with the United States...”
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