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Page 239 - will be enforced unless they are incompatible with the changed conditions of Puerto Rico, in which event they may be suspended by the Department Commander. They will be administered substantially as they were before the cession to the United States.
Page 254 - Household goods and personal effects and wearing apparel in use Iron and steel, and manufactures of: Scrap iron and steel, fit only to be
Page 175 - for general local improvements than in any other city. It has undoubtedly the best harbor on the island, in that it is completely landlocked, though at present it is sadly in need of dredging so that ships may have sufficient depth of water and room to
Page 160 - citizen of the United States, it can be done, for the reason that he is docile, obliging, appreciative of favors, and, best of all, possesses an inbred courtesy and politeness, and an equability of temperament, which permit him to readily absorb new ideas.
Page 176 - The population of the city and suburbs is estimated at about 30,000, and probably within the narrow confines of the town itself, which is compressed into a very limited space between the great forts on the seaward side and the battlements of the harbor, live over 20,000 souls. The principal house portion of the town consists of
Page 180 - four feet in thickness, finished with a cement lining. The stone used in their construction is a fine-grained, blue limestone, brought from the mountains within a mile and a half of Rio Piedras. As a building-stone, it is said to be excellent. It is worked, however, with some difficulty,
Page 181 - hundred and sixty feet above the pumps, and is a work of beauty. The walls are of rough masonry, topped with a handsome stone fence. The center of this great basin, holding three million seven hundred thousand gallons, is divided by a median wall, and the valve-house is situated at one side of this division. A twenty-inch main