Entrance to Avenida La Ceiba at San Salvador 130
The Famous Avenida under Construction 130
View of the New Avenida leading to San Salvador, taken from the North 140
View of the Picturesque Town of Marcala 150
El Parque Barríos, one of the most Beautiful Public Resorts in Central America 162
Government Building ("Casa Blanca"), San Salvador 178
Campo de Marte (Racecourse), San Salvador 178
1. View of Butters' Divisadero Mines, Department of Morazán, Salvador 188
2. Butters' Salvador Mines, Santa Rosa, Department of La Unión, Salvador 188
Station Building at Santa Ana on the Salvador Railway 206
Mr. Charles T. Spencer, General Manager of the Salvador Railway, appointed May, 1911 222
Don Juan Amaya, Governor of the Department of Cuscutlán 222
Native making Sugar from a Primitive Wooden Mill 232
A Street in Sonsonate (Calle de Mercado) 242
Type of "Quinta" or Country-House in Santa Tecla (New San Salvador) 242
Public Park in San Salvador, where Throngs of Well-dressed People assemble in the Evening to listen to an Excellent Military Band 258
Theatre at Santa Ana, Department of Santa Ana 268
Cathedral of Sonsonate, Department of Sonsonate 274
Public Park at Cojutepeque, Department of Cuscutlán 284
Barracks at Cojutepeque, Department of Cuscutlán 284
Municipal Palace at Sonsonate, Department of Sonsonate 294
Group of Salvadoreans of the Superior Working-Class 314
The "Stately" Offices of His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at La Unión, one of the Principal Ports in Salvador 306
Barracks at Santa Tecla (New San Salvador) 306
Discovery of Salvador--Scenery--Volcanoes--Topographical features--Mountain ranges--Natural fertility--Lake Ilopango--Earthquake results--Remarkable phenomena-- Disappearance of islands--Public roads improvement and construction under Figueroa government.
It was in the year 1502 that Christopher Columbus, that remarkable and noble-minded Genoese, undeterred by the shameful treatment meted out to him by his adopted countrymen in Spain, sailed away to the East Indies in search of a new passage; and it was in consequence of the mutiny among his ruffianly followers that, putting into Hispaniola, Salvador was discovered. For something over 300 years Spain ruled, and ruled brutally; the history of her government here--as elsewhere through Latin America--being one long series of oppressions, cruelties and injustices practised upon the unfortunate natives and the Spanish residents alike. The ill-treatment extended to Columbus is but a case in point.