Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubareview15muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
Subjects: Cuba -- Periodicals
Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE CUBA REVIEW 11
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Hormiguero Mill HORMIGUERO SUGAR ESTATE The Spanish word "Hormi^iaero," translated to English, means "Anthill," and it is any- thing hut the definition of one's impressions after a visit to this estate. To reach Hormiguero one takes the train on the Culjan Central Railway from Cienf uegos to the station HormJguero, a distance of eighteen miles, where change is m.ade to the plantation railroad, over which a small car drawn by an Ajnerican mule takes you to the sugar m.ill and estate only a short distance aw^ay. On this short trip to the plantation one gets the first im.- pression of the attention given to the care and upkeep of this magnificent estate, situated in one of the most picturesque parts of Santa Clara province. The right of way along this plantation railway is nned with Royal palms, which give the usual stately grace to their surroundings, while palmettos, orange trees and verdant banana plants give the usual pleasing tropical effect. When the mule car reaches its destination at the mill and residence of the owner, all the stories told in Cienfuegos of the beauties of this estate are instantly recalled and confirmed at first glance. The mansion and estate of the owner, Mr. E. L. Ponvert, is one of the m.ost magnifi- cent in Cuba, as shown in some of the accompanying photographs, and it is hard to believe and understand how they ever gave it the name of "Anthill." Mr. Ponvert and family are lovers of nature and the beautiful, and everything about the estate bears evidence of this fact—the beautiful gardens with all varieties of flowers, the aviary with hundreds of different kinds of birds and a small zoo containing monkeys, dogs and cats. The residence-mansion is so situated to the m.ill that the elder Mr. Ponvert can l)e com.fortably seated in the large portico enjoying all the beauties surrounding his home and at the same time observe most every operation in the large sugar mill only a stone's throw across the way. This mill is one of the oldest in Cuba. It was first started in 1839 and continued operations up to the war times of the sixties; it resumed operations in 1868 and has been grinding sugar continuously year after year up to the present time, and during all this time the ownership has rem.ainded in the Ponvert family. It is well managed and progressively conducted, and

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