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THE CUBA REVIEW 



chinery has been in continuous opera- 

 tion since that time, reducing the labor 

 force from 70 men, as in the first installa- 

 tion, to two engineers and a fireman, be- 

 sides working to a capacity not ap- 

 proached by the previous system. The 

 bucket, it is stated, can enter the hatch- 

 way, be automatically loaded with 2>2 

 tons of coal, hoisted vertically 50 to 70 

 feet, transferred along the boom and 

 over the storage area a distance of 110 

 to 300 feet, be automatically dumped, 

 and returned to the hatchway in 40 to 

 45 seconds. During the official test the 

 working speed was found to be 75 sec- 

 onds for an eight-hour consecutive run. 

 — Iron Age. 



No Yellow Fever in Cuba. 



The American governors of Cuba have 

 suppressed yellow fever in the island. 

 But the disease always lurks in IMexico 

 and Central America, and with a return 

 of conditions of filth in Havana, Cien- 

 fuegos, Matanzas or Santiago, the 

 scotched reptile of pestilence may raise 

 its head and render another suppression 

 necessary. — New York Mail and Ex- 

 press, July 19. 



Comment similar to the above con- 

 stantly makes its appearance in United 

 States newspapers despite the vehement 

 denials of Cuban sanitary officials, Am- 

 erican Intervention officers and Louis- 

 iana Health Board doctors. Major Jef- 

 ferson R. Kean, says Cuba is clean, and 

 the latest testimony to the same effect 

 is the statement printed in the New 

 Orleans Picayune a few weeks ago of 

 Dr. W. T. O'Reilly, President New Or- 

 leans Board of Health. He says: 



"No Southern port has anything to 

 fear from Cuba from a sanitary stand- 

 point." 



He had just returned from Cuba, hav- 

 ing taken advantage of his vacation to 

 look into the health conditions of the 

 island, and visited many of the large and 

 small cities and towns. 



"I not only did not find any yellow 

 fever in Cuba," he continued, "but I also 

 saw very few mosquitoes, and these were 

 only the gutter breed or mulex. I did not 

 see a single specimen of the stegomyia, the 

 fever-carrying kind." 



"The sanitary condition of the Island 

 of Cuba was a revelation to me. The 

 system of work is ideal, and there are 

 many American cities that have not the 

 system of street cleaning and garbage 

 disposal that these cities have. The , gar- 

 bage is collected at night, and is carried 

 into the gulf and dumped, and the neces- 

 sary ofi^al on the streets does not remain 

 hardly twenty minutes before it is picked 

 up by the 'white wings.' The work of 



keeping the island clean is so perfect 

 that last week there were 17,000 inspec- 

 tions reported to general headquarters. 

 Every citizen seems imbued with the idea 

 of keeping things clean, and as a result 

 you will find hardly a single piece of paper 

 on the streets." 



The following towns were visited and 

 inspected by me, each presenting a truly 

 remarkable condition of affairs from a 

 sanitary standpoint : Havana, Matanzas, 

 Guiness, Guanaba, Gelpi, Juraco, Rio 

 Peco, Los Pezas, Sabanilla, Neura Pazas 

 and Urion del Rey. 



The constant inspections made of 

 premises in these towns and the fining 

 of a few violators of ordinance in the sum 

 of $100, has had the effect of compelling 

 compliance with ordinances in the small- 

 est details. 



To Improve Havana's Morals. 



An anti-vice league has been organized in 

 Havana under the name Por la Moral, with 

 the following officers : Bishop of Havana as 

 president ; Gen. Enrique Loinaz del Cas- 

 tillo, acting president ; Dr. Diego Tamayo 

 and Dr. Joaquin Pascual, vice-presidents ; 

 Senor Joaquin Gelato, treasurer; Col. Man- 

 uel Aranda, assistant treasurer ; Dr. Ger- 

 ardo Rodriguez de Armas, secretary; Senor 

 Oliva Crespo, assistant secretary. Many 

 other prominent people are in the long list 

 of directors. 



A circular was addressed recently by 

 the Secretary of the Interior to all the 

 provincial governors and mayors of the 

 Republic, urging them to strictly forbid 

 all immoral performances at the differ- 

 ent theaters of the island, as frequent 

 complaints had reached his department 

 of immoral exhibitions advertised and 

 actually presented to the public. 



Telegraph Stations and Post Offices. 



President Gomez has ordered a telegraph 

 station to be installed at Cristo Key, his 

 summer residence. 



A new postoffice has been established at 

 Rio Seco in Pinar del Rio province. 



A new telegraph station has been es- 

 tablished at San Jose de los Ramos, Matan- 

 zas province. 



Bureau of Cuban Information. 



With the beginning of the present fiscal 

 year the Republic of Cuba established a 

 Bureau of Information, President Gomez 

 appointing Leon J. Canova, an American 

 newspaper man, as its director. 



Parties wishing information of any na- 

 ture concerning Cuba, can obtain same by 

 addressing the Utility and Information 

 Bureau, Department of Agriculture, Com- 

 merce and Labor, Havana, Cuba. 



