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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



THE ISLE OF PINES. 



The work of dredging Las Nuevas 

 River from the sea to the proposed port 

 of McKinley will begin very soon. In 

 fact, the dredge which is to do the work 

 has been purchased and is now being 

 put into commission, and the Isle of 

 Pines will soon have another harbor. 

 According to estimates it will require 

 about two months to dredge the bar and 

 channel to a depth of nine feet, which 

 will be deep enough to admit the en- 

 trance of any vessel now doing a coast- 

 wise business on the island. 



The Isle of Pines line of steamers 

 with sailings on the first and fifteenth 

 of each month, has been established 

 from Mobile to the port of Nueva Ger- 

 ona, in the Isle of Pines. Commencing 

 with the first of November it is in- 

 tended to have sailing three times a 

 month. 



Nueva Gerona is becoming quite a 

 city. The building wave has struck the 

 town and there are now in course of 

 construction more than a dozen build- 

 ings and some of them very substantial 

 stone and brick structures. 



The Rev. J. P. McCullough, from Cas- 

 per, Wyo., arrived at Nueva Gerona, on 

 the Isle of Pines, with his family, with 

 the intention of taking up work there 

 which up to the present time has been 

 conducted by the Archdeacon of Havana. 

 He will probably make his residence at 

 Santa Fe, where, it is expected that, in 

 the autumn, he will open an academy 

 for the more advanced children of the 

 island. Boarding pupils will also be re- 

 ceived. Mr. McCullough has brought 

 with him an automobile, so that he 

 can easily and quickly get about to the 

 various stations on the island, which are 

 some distance apart. Now that at last 

 there is a resident priest on the island, 

 the work there will be prosecuted with 

 great vigor. — Living Church, Milwaukee, 

 Wis. 



The people of Santa Fe are advised 

 by the Appeal to get together and build 

 a good hotel. No mineral waters on the 

 island are so well and favorably known 

 as those of Santa Fe and the town could 

 l)c made the mecca for the tourist. 



City Hall, Nueva Gerona. 



Casa del Ayuntamiento en Nueva Gerona, en la Isla de Pinos, Cuba. La cupula y el reloj de 

 este '■dificio fueron donativos de Don Benito Ortiz, Alcalde Mayor de la Isla, el cual dedica todo su 

 sueldo a los mejoramientos de obras publicas. Este seiior es tambien muy apreciado por los 

 norteamericanos, que no dejan de alabar su tendencia en bien del publico. 



