THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Scene at Isabella de Sagua, the port of Sagua la Grande on the north coast, and one of the 

 streets. Important improvements are under construction here. 



An 

 Important 

 Work. 



The deepening of the Sagua 

 river inaugurated May 2 is 

 vitally necessary, for floods 

 cause devastation in the en- 

 tire district because the pres- 

 ent channel cannot properly discharge the ac- 

 cumulated waters in the rainy season. Ihe 

 floods have been an annual occurrence and a 

 great and populous section made prac- 

 tically impassable. This section extends 

 north and south of the main line of rail- 

 way for leagues. Houses have been 

 washed away, stock drowned and the 

 beautiful steel bridge built high over 

 the water damaged at such times. 



Serious sicknesses have usually fol- 

 lowed the subsidence of the waters, and 

 the government has been compelled to 

 restore towns to former sanitary con- 

 ditions. When the improvements are 

 completed deep draught vessels can 

 steam to the city itself. — Havana Post. 



The work of dredging the port of 

 Isabella de Sagua will be done by the 

 Department of Public Works and not 

 by private contract. The estimated cost 

 is $1,000,000. 



Senor Pablo Soler of Guardiola suc- 

 ceeds Senor Ramon Gaytan de Ayala as 

 Spain's representative to Cuba. 



President Gomez has authorized the 

 organization of the Cuban Red Cross 

 Society, which will be so organized as 

 to conform to the Cuban laws. It was 

 founded about three months ago. 



For the purpose of facilitating the 

 work of shipping between Norfolk, Va., 

 and Cuba, business men and shippers are 

 circulating a petition asking the Cuban 

 government to establish a consular office 

 in Norfolk. At present it is necessary to 

 make a trip to Newport News when 

 such consular business is to be trans- 

 acted. 



The Cuban cabinet adopted a resolu- 

 tion May 6 joining with other Pan-Am- 

 erican countries in asking that the Nobel 

 Peace Prize be awarded the next time 

 to United States Senator Elihu Root as 

 a recognition of his services in behalf 

 of peace while Secretary of State. 



New telegraph offices have been 

 opened in Havana at the Hotel Pasaje, 

 Hotel Sevilla and several other places. 



Messages wnll be taken for any part 

 of the city at the rate of one cent per 

 word, with a minimum charge of 10 

 cents. 



