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Unitad States
Prass
Representativas’
Visit To Stbivix,
Virgin
Islands,
Y. 8. A,
THURSDAY February
21st,
1924,
AS REVIEWED BY BUMBLE BEE EN ROUTL
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.
(Continued from yesterday’s
Avis.)
.
And
again
the
same
author
da2scribes
his journey from
Christiansted
to
Frederik
sted
travelling over
the
same
road upon
which
we
went
‘o Christiansted
this
afternocn.
His narrative
is interesting
and reads
as fellows:
“*After becoming
well acquainted
with particulars
of Bassin,
it
was
natural
to pay
a visit at least
to West
End,
the general
resort
of Americans.
On leaving Bassin,
which
is situate
nearly
on
a level with the ocean,
and
p.issing
over
the plantations
situate
un-
der
the lee
of the hills, and
still elevated
several
hundred
feet from
the shore,
it
was
immediately
observed
from the appearanceof everything
that it was impossible
the
fre-
quent
showers
we had lately had
in town could
have
reacha
here.
Toe air
was
pure,
dry,
and
elastic,
bevond
any
thing before
observed.
Gentle
breezes
found their
way
through
all the valleys,
and
over all the plains,
banishing
excessive
perspiration,
in-
creasing
the strength
and
eniivening the
spirits an'd giving a brisk
motion
to
the
wing-
mills
stationed
on almost
every
hill top like
so
many
valorous
defenders
of
the
high
places:
the heavy rich growth cf cane
was gently
waving
in the breezes,
with
a
slizht
rustling
murmur; beautirul
rows
of ornamental
trees
bordered
the
splendid
road
we
were passing:
the warbling of birds
was
heard
among
the branches;
small fleecy
clouds
were flhatirg in the heavens
alternately varying every
view, from the brightest sunshine
to the deepest
shade;
and everything combined
to
impress
me with the idea of
passing
through
some
2nechanted
land
of the
wildest
romance,
rathec
than
any
reality
of
the
ea-th.
After
aride
of two and
a half
hours
through
scenes
coastantly
varying
but
evervwhere
beautiful,
with
a
range
of cultivated
conieal
hills or the right,
and
a
view
of the
ocean
over
miles of cane
fields
and
groves
of paim
trees
on
the l2ft, the viillage of
West
End
suddenly
burst
upon
the
view.
One
of
those
slight
momentary
showers
which
are
conmon
here,
was
hanging
over the villaze throwing
all the colours
of
the
rainbow
over
a
scene
which
is always surpassingly
beautiful.
The
effeet
was
at
once
beautiful
and
sublime
beyond
deseription.
The imagina
ion
of Mahomet
could
not
sup-
ply its equal
with
which
to adorn
his Paradise.
“This village is situate
on open ground, gradually rising from the shor»,'not
hemmed
in
by hills, like Bassin,
but with plenty
in
perspoctive,
to
give
granlear
as
weli
as
heauty
to the
seenery,
and
is bounded
on
every side,
excapt
the shorae,
with highly culti-
vated
sugar
plantations.
The
streets
are
w.der
than
those
at Bassin,
and
the buildings
less cowapact,
in
a better
state
of preservation,
and
more in Americin
taste.
There
are
als»
more gardens
and shrubbery
about
town; and,
what
is observable
at the first
view,
neitther
the buildings
nor the
soil show
such
indication
of frequent
rains.
As
nesar
as|
can
judge,
there
are about
ore thousand
inhabitants
in the
viillage, nearly,
half
white,
The
amount
of mercantile
business
is
as
much
or more than
that of Bassin,
and
the
number
of vessels
in the hzrbor about
the sume.”’
#nd
as to the climate
he writes heing
an invalid at the time:
"' I'his frequency
of rain together
with tke rank
growth of vegetation
would make
a
very unhealthy
elimate
wera
it not
for the
nature
of the soil (which
does
not retain
the
water,
the elevation
of the land keeping
it always dry), and
the fine cultivation of almost
every
acre
of ground
except
the steepest
and roughest
hills,
The rain
washes
away
every
impurity.
There
is
no low land
nor stagnant
water;
and
there
is searcely
any
sickness
except
from
direct exposure
to rain,
night air
or suanshine.
With proper
care,
therefore,
it is a good climate
for invalids from the North who need
evenness
of temper-
ature
' nd elasticity of atmosphere.”’
Evidentiy our
invalid visitor experiencod
a
very unusual
and
wet
January
in
1839,
to speak
so positively of excessive
moisture.
The average
rainfal! recorded
for January
moath
over
a period of sixty years
is 2.38 inches
though
it has
been
excessive
at
times
no‘ably January
1879 when
the precipitation
recordod
for that
month
was over 9 inches.
Howaver,
the
period
from
Dacembar
Ist
to
May Ist
for
over
half
afcentury
has
not
averaged
more
than 2 15 inches
per minth
and
this distributed
in light snowers,
while the
montn of Marven
s particularly dry
every year
with an averaze
of oniy 1.70
As
the first sizht of
the
village ot
West
End suddenly
burst
upon
the
view of
our
friend of last century,
so todiy, as
we approach
the town
coneluding
our trip
to
Caris-
tiansted
the same
view presented
itself wirh the exception
that instead
of a number
of
sailing craft
in th2 harbor
baisilv eazaz:d
diseharging
their
out ward carzo
or awaiting
to load their homeward
eargo,
we behold
from the high lands just south
of the
town (such
a
charmiog picture that from this elevation
any
real
estate
developar
would
eall
tais
suburb "Duena
Vista’’] Uicl: Sam’s ¢reyhounds
awaiting their passengers.
(7o be continued.)
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DIED
at
her
residence
at
3
o’clock
yesterday
moraing
after
a
long illness,
Miss HiLDA ABBOTT, aged
22 years.
The
faneral
took place
at 4.30
p.
m.
To those
bereaved
hy
her
death
we offer our sin-
cere sympathy.
EDITORIAL.
Perbaps
we were
not quite clear
or the
Herald
has missed
the point from
which
we argued
in regard
to the
disrup‘ion in
the Christiansted
Coopzrative
Daiiry
in
our editorial of
Monday
last.
The
fact
is not that
we are opposed
to
any
move
that
has for
an
object
improvement
of
living eonditions,
reduction
of
cost
of
the necessaries
of life,
or
the
like,
bat
in this case
we confess
we
have
not,
at
least
not yet,
the confidence
in
the
pro-
jected
benefits
vhich
the publicis
to
d--
rive from the plurality of dairies
to
ena-
ble
us
to perceive
the advaatage,
if there
is any.
We believe
in order
and
orvan-
izatior.
To
us
ithe
Cooperative
Duairy
represents
organization
and
that
is
why
we believe it should
be
supported.
That
the pubiic gains by the reduced
price
of
milk
there
can
De
no
question,
and
in
our supplementary
remarks
on
this poin®
in
Mondiy’s
issue
we
said
as
much.
'l'hat
:he p-ice of milk has
been
too
high
for some
time
and
ought
to
have
been
lowered
before
we
feel
perfectly
con
vinced,
We believe
that since
milk
sold
for
as
low
as
24
to
4 cents
a bottla
in
1912
without
competition,
there
should
be good
rrom for
a drop
from
10
eonts
today when
expenses
are NOI' 100%
per-
cent above
wnat
they
were
then;
they
are
not 50%.
It is alsoour
opinion
that
with
a cheaper
price
of
milk
there
wiil
be greater
demand
for the article
so that
it would
be only up
to
the
dairymen
to
supply
more
milk
and
clear
the
same
profits at
a reduced
price as they
gain at
a higher price.
That
more
milk will
be
consumed
if the price
is low is shown
in
the
increased
sales
at
the
Cooperative
Dairy in these
days.
Although
we don’t
think there
is
any
loss
we
wouldn’t
say
that the drop
to
6
cents
indicates
ihat
profits are
so ampie
as
to allow of it; this
is mainly force
of competition
and
we
hold that it will not last
when it
has
at-
tained
its
ebject.
Just
wait
and
see.
Already one of the dairymen
who started
seiling milk at
6
cents
was
charging
8
yesterdav.
The
people
must"
simply
watch and corner
any advantage
that
is
opened
to them
while
they
ean
get
it,
but they should
not
deceive
themselves
into
supposing
that
e’ther
the
Copera-
tive Dairy or the other
dairies
are
seli-
ing milk with the sole idea of ‘doing
the
public
afavor.
It
is
a
business
matter
and
the public
must
reap
the
benefits
without committing themselves.