THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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those in the laws of many States of the 

 Union as to foreign corporations doing- 

 business in them. 



After ten years' residence in Cuba, the 

 writer of this article has yet to experi- 

 ence any difficulty in fully sustaining the 

 legal rights of foreigners in Cuba, and 

 under the new judiciary law making the 

 courts independent of the executive, 

 there is even less danger than formerly 

 that the rights of foreigners will not be 

 maintained when properly presented. 



The joresent government of the Repub- 

 lic is generally understood to stand 

 ready to do all in its power to foster and 

 protect the investment of foreign capi- 

 tal here. The best proof that there are 

 no practical obstacles to such invest- 

 ment is that, by the estimate of the best 

 informed foreigners, there is between 

 $150,000,000 and $200,000,000 now invest- 

 ed here by Americans alone, in small 

 farms, large plantations, mines, railways 

 and commercial enterprises. 



Winter home of Mr. Lewis F. Wilson at La Gloria. The house is i8 ft. x 40 ft., with porch 

 10 ft. X 40 ft. upstairs and down, with one-story servants' room back of kitchen 9 ft. x 8 ft. Four 

 rooms on ground floor, and three bedrooms on second floor. It is built of native woods, with 

 cedar siding. Ceiled throughout with cedar, with the exception of the living room, which is ceiled 

 and wainscoted with mahogany, and the dining-room, which is ceiled and wainscoted with majagua. 

 The floors throughout the house are mahogany and the stairs are built of sabicu. The house has 

 one novel feature in Cuban houses, in the way of a cement chimney, extending from the ground up, 

 with a fire-place in the dining-room and another in a bedroom on the second floor. The house 

 is fitted with glass windows opening out, and screen windows opening in. The house cost, 

 complete, around $2,500. 



Residencia de invierno de Mr. Lewis F. Wilson, en La Gloria. Esta casa mide 18 por 40 pies, 

 con un portico de 10 por 40 pies de arriba a abajo, a mas de un piso de 9 por 8 pies a la parte de 

 atras de la cocina para los criados. EI piso de abajo tiene cuatro habitaciones, con tres dormitories 

 en el piso de arrbia. La casa esta construida con maderas del pais, con madera de cedro en los 

 costados. El techo es todo de cedro, a e.xcepcion de la habitacion vivienda, que tiene techo 

 y tabiques de caoba, y el comedor tiene techo y tabiques de majagua. El piso en toda la casa 

 es de caoba, y las escaleras estan construidas de sabicu. La casa tiene un distintivo que es una 

 noyedad en las casas cubanas, cual es una chimenea de cemento que se extiende desde la planta 

 baja hacia arriba, con un hogar para el fuego en el comedor y otro en las habitaciones destinadas 

 para dormitorio en el piso de arriba. Esta casa esta equipada con ventanas de vidrieras que se 

 abren hacia fuera, y persianas de alambrado que se abrcn hacia dentro. La construccion completa 

 de esta casa ha costado unos $2,500. 



