THE CUBA REVIEW 



13 



CUBAN PUBLIC WORKS. 



Summary of Appropriations Made and Expended 



June, 1908. 



(Copied from the official records 

 Appropriation. 



Highways, roads and bridges $14,048,913.01 



Waterworks 2,758,443.17 



State buildings 3,980,342.91 



Sanitation 6,265.338.73 



Harbor works 1,408,269.98 



Lighthouse, buoys and beacons .... 635,745.14 



Survey of new works 146,612.80 



Sundry expenses 982,262.1 1 



Railroad Commission 50,545.54 



Emergencies 40,000.00 



$30,316,473.39 



on Works Up to the 30th of 



at Havana.) 



Expended. 



$10,919,501.95 



1,548,915.07 



2,174,688.14 



3,444,901.78 



983,950.37 



259,205.48 



138,788.10 



947,125.29 



47,311,08 



28,212.86 



$21,492,600.12 



Balance. 



$3,129,411.06 



1,209,528.10 



1,805.654.77 



2,820,436.95 



414,319.61 



376,539.66 



7,824.70 



35,126.82 



3,234.46 



11,787.14 



$8,823,873.27 



ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WORK. 



(Copied from the official records in Havana.) 



Road work. — Statement of kilometers 

 of roads existing in Cuba before Sept. 30, 

 1906 (beginning of U. S. intervention). 

 Number of kilometers existing at present 

 up to and including June 30, 1908. 



Previous To June 30, 08 

 to Sept. 30, (American 

 1906. intervention) 

 151.338 kil. 93.627 kil. 

 129.119 " 

 61,059 " 



Provinces. 

 Pinar Del Rio 



Havana 231.562 



Matanzas . . . 45,987 



Santa Clara 

 Camaguey . 

 Oriente . 



57.498 

 25,538 

 98.519 



Total 610,442 



72.245 



9.870 



39.358 



405,278 



The following is an official statement 

 of bridges constructed in the Republic 

 of Cuba up to and including June 30, 

 1908. These bridges do not form part 

 of any roads. Twenty-eight bridges 

 have been constructed during Amer- 

 ican intervention, less than two years' 

 time: 

 Province of Pinar del Rio. 



One of concrete, 13 of steel, and 19 

 of wood. Total 33. 



Province of Havana. 



Three of steel and 2 of wood.^ Total 5. 



Province of Matanzas. 



Eivc of steel and 2 of concrete. To- 

 tal 7. 



Province of Santa Clara. 



Thirteen of steel, one of concrete, 

 and 14 of wood. Total, 28. 



Province of Camaguey. 



Eleven of steel, 6 of concrete and 26 

 of wood. Total, 43. 

 Province of Oriente. 



Twelve of steel, 2 of concrete, and 8 

 of wood. Total 22. 



Summary. 

 Bridges existing before Sept. 29, 1906 . . 105 

 Bridges constructed to June 30, 1908. 28 



Total 140 



Embankments finished De- 

 cember 31 will permit of 

 communication by carriage 

 and automobile between Bahia 

 Honda and Cabanas, in Ha- 

 vana province, 

 the bridges over the San 



Claudio, Nazareno, Sabee and Santiago 



rivers is also being continued. 



The bridge over the Santiago river will 



be of steel, 5(X) feet long, and the largest 



bridge to be constructed in Cuba. 



Nezv 

 Road 

 Communica- 

 tion. 



Work on 



The work of sewerage and 

 The waterworks of Cienfuegos 



Cienfncgos began anew on Dec. 28, the 

 Waterworks. City Council allowing Con- 

 tractor Reilly to ditch through 

 the streets in the daytime. Just a week 

 previous the same City Council, under the 

 Mayor's instructions, had s'^opped lall work 

 because the contractor was working during 

 the day. The reversal of the Council's first 

 decision followed the contractor's appeal to 

 Governor Magoon, Mr. Reilly asserting that 

 the work already done had been performed 

 with the approval of Mr. Page, the engineer 

 in charge. 



