THE CUBA REVIEW 



'Ilie Culjan laborL-r with cait and oxen, leaving his ijahn-thatched hut, ready for the day's work. 



I'n labrador cubano, saliendo de su choza cubierta de guano, listo para el trabepo del dia, 

 y su carro y bueyes. 



The official signing of the 

 Telephone contract allowing the Cuban 

 Franchise Telephone Co. the franchise 

 Signed. for a local long distance sys- 

 tem throughout the six prov- 

 inces of Cuba took place on September 10. 

 At the same time the concession granted 

 the Havana Telephone Co. on April 24, 1909, 

 was annulled. 



The action favoring the first named com- 

 pany was based on the long distance tele- 

 phone act of June 18 last, whereby such 

 service was authorized. 



The annulling of the concession of the 

 Havana Telegraph Co. was because it was 

 a violation of the law of the executive 

 power, which requires that all contracts and 

 concessions must be regularly advertised 

 and granted only to the highest bidder. 

 The Cuba Telephone Co., which is the 



new name of the Havana Telephone Co., 

 made application in April and this was 

 made the subject of a special presidential 

 message to Congress and passed July 18. 



The system connecting cities and towns 

 between Guane. Pinar del Rio Province and 

 Santiago de Cuba, Oriente Province, will 

 be ready in two years and the extension to 

 Baracoa from the latter city one year later. 

 In Havana the wires will be underground. 



The decree excludes the Cuban Telephone 

 Company from towns where there are local 

 systems established under prior rights, but 

 it is authorized to arrange for connections, 

 with such companies and to establish long 

 distance telephone booths connecting their 

 island system. 



An official list of these local systems 

 throughout the island, giving name of owner 

 of concession, locality and duration follows : 



Official List of Authorized Public 



Names of Concessioners. 

 Maria Sanchez 

 Alagin Font 



Jose Carballo y J. Lores 

 El Gobierno 

 Francisco Caso 

 L. Coll y J. Lores 

 Fermin Olivera 

 L. Coll y J. Lores 

 Maria Sanchez 

 Augusto Roig Valerino 

 Empressa Concesionaria 

 Cuban Telep. and Teleg. 

 Jose Sanchez Naranjo 

 Ca Red Telefonica 

 J. Carballo y J. Lores 

 Josefa Mufioz 

 Manuel Mallo 

 Octavio M. Font 

 Fermin Olivera 



