inclined to be fearful of them, but recent experiences have proved that the reinforced concrete construction is proof against damages from the earthquakes which have been known in the last quarter of a century, and the records of earlier times, as preserved in history and tradition, show that recent earthquakes are no more severe than those which have been experienced in Central America for the past 250 years.
Guatemala City has no adequate drainage and the streets are not very well paved.
Stone blocks being employed for the latter purpose, furnish a reasonably smooth surface.
The capitals of the Sentral American countries are hoteles OF THE invariably the principal cities, and to start it would be sufficient to have a good American hotel in each capital. half million dollars would serve to buy a centrally located site at Guatemala City, and erect thereon a hotel embodying the principal features necessary to a profitable institution in that country.
The hotel would ay from the beginning, ir roperly managed, and there could be raised near the city all such extra vegetables and fruits as were not supplied by the