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“...day,
special personally conducted tours being arranged during
the tourist season by the United Railways of Havana.
The special fare, $8.50 (children under twelve $5.50),
covers first-class railway fare, carriage to the Hotel
Paris, lunch, drive to the Hermitage of Monserrate, the
Yumuri Valley, and admission to the Bellamar Caves.
The line passes through extensive fields of sugar-cane,
the section between Jaruco and Aguacate being one of
the most productive in Cuba. At the latter place is
the Rosario Central Factory. Between Empalme,
(whence a branch runs through a hilly country to
Madruga, population 2,175), three hours from Havana,
a typical Cuban village famous for its sulphur and iron
springs, and Ceiba Mocha, is a deep cutting lined with
maidenhair ferns and tropical foliage of great beauty.
After passing the unpretentious village of Ceiba Mocha
(left) and extensive orange groves (right), the train runs
through the valley of the San Juan river, the great
Pan of Matanzas (1,000 feet)...”
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