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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ISLE OF PINES NOTES. 



Poor Mail Service. 



The Isle of Pines is suffering from 

 the neglect of the Havana postal authori- 

 ties, says The Appeal. There is not only 

 mal-service in the transportation of the 

 mails to and from the island, but there 

 are inadequate facilities at the local of- 

 fices for the handling of the mails. 



The postmaster at McKinley is peti- 

 tioning the government for the removal 

 of the post office to a more convenient 

 location on the townsite. He mentions 

 a. demand for 150 lock boxes, which can- 

 not be provided with present accommo- 

 dations. He suggests also a carrier sys- 

 tem to Nueva Gerona and the install- 

 ment of a money-order system at AIc- 

 Kinley. 



There is a rumor that the school board 

 of the Isle of Pines has recommended 

 the suppression of the English language 

 in the primary grades of the public 

 schools in Nueva Gerona. The order 

 establishing English instruction was 

 given by Governor IMagoon. 



Cave exploring will be made one of 

 the attractions of Nueva Gerona for 

 winter tourists. New caves are constant- 

 ly being found. 



Change in Schedule. 



Beginning May 8 the Isle of Pines 

 Steamship Company will change the sail- 

 ing dates of the steamer Cristobal Colon, 

 and in future and until further notice 

 there will be but two sailings each week 

 between the island and Batabano. Here- 

 after the steamer will sail from this 

 island on Mondays and Fridays, and 

 from Batabano on Wednesdays and Sat- 

 urdays. 



Colonel C. S. Brown, president of the 

 Canada Land & Fruit Co.. recently re- 

 turned from the Isle of Pines, reports 

 the Canada and Los Indios tracts in a 

 flourishing condition. The company pur- 

 poses many new public improveinents 

 to their property. 



Colonists' Homes on the Isle of Pines. Cottage of :Messrs. Wilcox & Tracy. 



The Santa Fe Lumber Co. recently 

 sold its plant to Warren M. York, a 

 yo.ung man from Washington, D. C. 

 The former owners of the Santa _ Fe 

 Lumber Co. are removing to the United 

 States, and the new purchaser has ar- 

 ranged for the making of extensive im- 

 provements and promises to furnish in 

 the immediate future all building mare- 

 rials usuallv manufactured by a saw- 

 mill. The new company expects also 

 to make crate material, which will be 

 of immense value to the citrus fruit and 

 vegetable growers in the Isle of Pines. 



J. J. Hill at Santa Fe shipped, a few 

 weeks ago, three hundred and twenty-five 

 fine watermelons to Havana. The inelons 

 weighed from twenty-five to forty pounds. 



School Inspection. 



Miss A. F. Phillips, Supervisor of 

 English in the city of Havana and prov- 

 ince and superintendent of the Ameri- 

 can public schools in the Isle of Pines, 

 returned May 16 from a visit to the 

 island. 



Her report to the superintendent of 

 Fchools showed that efficient work was 

 being done in the schools and that the 

 equipment provided by the Cuban gov- 

 ernment was generous. Her report fur- 

 ther states that four of the eight Ameri- 

 can schools on the island will probably 

 be suspended another year owing to the 

 limited attendance of children. 



A local branch of the Cuban Red Cross 

 Association has been established at Nueva 

 Gerona. 



