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It lies, near Malpaso, on green slates, steatitic, mingled with hornblende, destitute of mica and grains of quartz, dipping, like the grunsteins, 45 degrees toward the north, and directed, like them, 75 degrees north-west. At Piedras Azules these slates, mingled with hornblende, cover in concordant stratification a blackish-blue slate, very fissile, and traversed by small veins of quartz.
The rivers of Bayamón and Rio Piedras flow into the harbor of the capital, and are also navigable for boats. At Arecibo, at high water, small brigs may enter with perfect safety, notwithstanding the bar. The south, west, and east coasts are also well supplied with water.
This latter railroad follows the southern coast line and is followed by a wagon road throughout its course. In one place the railroad and road run within a few hundred yards of the coast line. All the railroads are single track, and the gauge is 1 meter 20 centimeters, or 3 feet 11 1/4 inches. The following are the railways of 1-meter gauge: San Juan to Rio Piedras, 11 kilometers.
The social affairs of Piedras Negras were sometimes on a fairly large scale. The General Manager had his winter residence there a meticulously cultivated demain which lay like a blue spot in a cloudy sky. There were grass and palms and, immediately beyond, the vast desert.
There were quite a number of young officers at the post during the winter, and as our relations with the Mexican commandant at Piedras Negras were most amicable, we were often invited to dances at his house.
And then there was a list of the names of the guests. Possibly Piedras Negras hadn't been included and possibly he was still regarded as belonging to the railroad offices, and the people across the river. But no, there were the names: heads of departments and the usual presentable clerks young Englishmen with an air.
The peninsula on which San Juan is situated is connected with the mainland by three bridges. The oldest, that of San Antonio, carries the highway across the shallow San Antonio Channel. It is a stone-arched bridge about 350 yards long including the approaches. By the side of this bridge is one for the railroad and one for the tramway which follows the main military highway to Rio Piedras.
Sometimes we seem to see serpentine, sometimes grunstein, and sometimes dolerite and basalt. The arrangement of these problematical masses is not less extraordinary. Between San Juan, Malpaso, and Piedras Azules, they form strata parallel to each other; and dipping regularly northward at an angle of 40 or 50 degrees, they cover even the green slates in concordant stratification.
Black what they had done and repeated to him what Brooks had said. "I think he is right," said Mr. Black, "and my advice is that we should give Piedras Negras a wide berth." "We can't get too far away from the railroad," explained Billie, "or we shall miss Don and his company. They are coming out for just such an emergency."
They may have tried to, but it's dollars to doughnuts that there was nobody at Joachin or Rio Blanco to receive it. The nearest night operator, I imagine, is at Piedras Negras." "They may send a force from there to head us off," suggested Billie. "That's so; but I'm not sure whether Piedras Negras is held by the Carranza or the Huerta forces." "It's a terrible mix-up, isn't it?" laughed Billie.
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