Identifier: mexicowonderland1909cars (find matches)
Title: Mexico, the wonderland of the South
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Carson, William English, 1870-
Subjects: Mexico -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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om the train. Outsidethe station there were three little street-cars, each drawnby two mules; these take the passengers and their luggagedown to the town for eight cents apiece. People who aremore exclusive can take a carriage for half a dollar and gettheir bones well shaken in riding over the cobble-stonestreets. I rode in one of the tram-cars with severalblanketed Indian senores, some senoras in their rebosas anda few white fellow-travellers. On the way the hotel porterpointed me out a hill commanding a fine view of the valley.This is the site of an American model city for well-to-doAmericans and others, which is to be laid out with treesand flowers and equipped with all modern conveniences.Already several picturesque white stone bungalows, withred-tiled roofs, have been built. Fine golf links have alsobeen laid down. The scheme has obtained much support,and there are so many people anxious to join the colonythat the spot looks like becoming one of the most popularresorts in Mexico.
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A MEXICAN PARADISE 223 Our car, which took the lead, went merrily on its wayfor a time, and then through the reckless driving of ourIndian Jehu ran off the line. All the passengers got outand lent a hand in lifting the car back on to the metals.Later we crossed a fine stone bridge over the ravine or bar-ranca, and then passed through a pretty little plaza with theinevitable fountain and bright flower beds. Growing allover the rocks in the ravine, I noticed a beautiful convol-vulus of sky-blue. This I afterwards saw in other partsof Mexico. Then the car clattered down the main street,paved with rough cobble-stones and lined with picturesquetwo-storied houses with their flat roofs and barred windows.Through the wide-open doorways there were occasionalglimpses to be had of quaint patios, cool fountains andflowers of many colors. Thus we progressed to the mainplaza, planted with orange trees, where the car stopped. There are two hotels in Cuernavaca, both under Americanmanagement. The one

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