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THE CUBA REVIEW 



One of Havana's picturesque side streets, show- 

 ing the narrow walk, the entrance and quaint steps 

 and porch built inside the walls, and the curious 

 wooden windows, which one finds in the other 

 cities of the Island. Travelers have said that 

 such identical windows are seen in Cairo, Egypt. 



Una calle muy pintoresca en la Habana, mos- 

 trando las aceras angostas, la entrada y los 

 peldanos raros, asi como el portal construido 

 por la parte de adentro y aslmismo mostrando las 

 ventanas tan especiales con enrejado de madera, 

 cosas todas muy comunes en las demas ciudades 

 de la Isla. Segun han dicho algunos viajeros, en 

 el. Cairo, Egipto, se ven en las casas ventanas 

 identicas a estas. 



The work of the dredging 



The of the estuary and channel at 



Sagua Isabela de Sagua is to be 



Dredging, pushed. Up to August 6, the 

 work done has been the re- 

 moval of mud from the bottom of the 

 channel, but there are some rocks and 

 sand bars which will have to be djma- 

 mited. A driller is already on the way 

 to the scene. 



The Havana Telegraph calls the 

 dredging work at Sagua a fiasco. It 

 says editorially: 



"The dredging of that harbor has been pro- 

 gressing very slowly for a long time under gov- 

 ernment auspices and has proven tremendously 

 costly. From three to four dollars the cubic 

 meter, though any well equipped contractor could 

 do it for a dollar to a dollar and twenty cents, 

 and make a fair profit. A glimmering of this 

 fact has begun to dawn upon the governmental 

 mind, and bids on the work will probably be 

 called for." 



The fitting up of Havana's 

 The new postoffice building at the 



Nezv corner of Mercaderes and 



PostoMcc. Teniente Rey is progressing 

 rapidly. The new building is 

 five stories and has a total floor space 

 of 2,500 square meters, 1,000 square 

 meters more than in the old building. 

 The government will pay a monthly ren- 

 tal of $1,400 to the owner, Sra. Gomez 

 Mana. 



The first three floors will be devoted 

 to local business. The first floor will 

 be occupied by the money order de- 

 partment, the stamp-selling department, 

 the telegraph receiving station and the 

 mailing division. On the second floor 

 will be the general delivery, the parcel 

 post, the registry department, the cus- 

 tom house office and the offices of the 

 Postmaster. On the third floor will be 

 the telegraph sending station and the 

 letter carriers' division. The fourth floor 

 will be utilized for the office of the 

 Postmaster-General of Cuba, the bu- 

 reaus of inspection and appointment and 

 the sub-director's office, and the fifth 

 floor by the bureaus of registry and de- 

 livery, money orders and accounting. 

 Wireless telegraph apparatus on the roof 

 for short distances will be installed. 



A new postoffice has been established 

 at Banaguises, Matanzas Province, and 

 a money order office at Felton, Oriente 

 Province. 



The present Havana Postoffice. 



La actual Oficina de Correos de la Habana al 

 fin de Calle O'Reilly. 



August 3 it was announced that Dr. 

 Juan Guiteras, the we'1-known yellow 

 fever expert, would remain at his post 

 as chief sanitary officer of Havana, and 

 that ample financial support would be 

 given his department. Dr. Guiteras had 

 resigned because the appropriation for 

 his work had been cut to a point where 

 he refused to assume any further respon- 

 sibility for the work of his department. 



