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CENTRAL CUNAGUA 



The Central "Cunagua" is situated on the 

 North Coast of Cuba, in a pkce previoubly 

 called Santa Gertrudis, which is near the hill 

 Cunagua, to the East of Moron. From the 

 Ingenio to the railroad junction of the rail- 

 road from Caibarien to Nuevitas there is a 

 distance of 19 kilometers and from that 

 junction to Moron there is a distance of 42 

 kilometers. 



The Central "Cunagua" will grind this 

 year only wth half of the machinery, but 

 after the season they will install the full 

 machine equipment and will be able to pro- 

 duce from 500,000 to 000,000 bags of sugar of 

 13 arrobas in one season. 



The entire structure is of steel and has al- 

 ready been installed this year for the entire 

 Ingenio. 



There are two mills, each consists of two 

 crushers and six rollers in one line. Each 

 crusher and roller operated by an indepen- 

 dent electric motor. 



The detecation plant consists of 4 Richard" 

 son scales for weigliing the cane juice, 4 alkal- 

 izers, 4 heaters, 14 defecators of 8,000 gallons 

 and 20 gigantic filter-presses. All the juice 

 pumps will be centrifugal pumps, operated 

 by electric motors. There will be two evapo- 

 rators of quadruple efTect of 28,000 feet heat- 

 ing surface each and 2 pre-evaporators. Be- 

 sides 7 strike pans 14 feet in diameter each 

 fitted with its condenser and electric vacuum 

 pump. Five injection pumps, with a total 

 capacity of 30,000 gallons and 3 rejection 

 pumps, with a total capacity of 36,000 gallons. 



There will be an installation of 26 crystal- 

 izers and 46 electric centrifugals of 40 in. 



The electric plant will consist of 5 turbine- 

 generators of 1500 kw. each and one of 500 kw. 

 Besides a diesel engine with its electric gen- 

 erators of 250 kw. 



The steam generator plant will consist of 



8 Babcock ct Wilcox boilers of 1,200 h.p. each 

 and two auxiliaries of 600 h. p. each. There 

 are 2 concrete chimneys 14 feet in diameter 

 by 235 feet in height on each furnace. 



'fhe machine shop has large instruments 

 ojjerat^^ by individual electric motors, to 

 make ^11 the repairs of the Ingenio, such 

 as lathe) drill, tracers, snipes, besides other 

 smaller instruments. 



Over the shop, as well as over the Ijoiler 

 house, there are electric derricks running the 

 full length of the building. 



Near the boiler house, there is a large car- 

 penter shop, with all the modern instruments 

 and which can be oi)erated by steam or elec- 

 tricity. 



A plant for the manufacture of ice has also 

 been installed. 



Many buildings have been constructed in 

 the immediate vicinity of the mill. 



An entire square block has been dedicated 

 to all the shops, restaurants, clubs and the 

 hotel. Another square block has rooms for 

 single men. There are, moreover, 40 houses, 

 in 4 groups of 10 each, for families. Besides, 

 several houses have been built for the Colonos 

 with families and a house for the single Colo- 

 nos, with a reception parlor. 



There is also a house for the Adminis- 

 trator and another of the Directors of the 

 company. 



A building has also been constructed for a 

 school, church, moving pictures, a field for 

 baseball, tennis, etc. 



The railroad lines are being completed from 

 the Ingenio to several Colonias for hauling 

 cane and which mil extend 60 kilometers in all. 

 The Ingenio will also have its own loco- 

 motives and steel cars for cane service. 



All the designs, construction plans and 

 orders for machinery were entrusted to the 

 Victor G. Mendoza Companj^, who is also in 

 charge of the supervision of the installation 

 of the machinery. 



SUGAR REVIEW 



Specially uritten for The Cuba Review by Willett & Gray, Xew York, X, Y. 



Our last report was dated February 7, 1918. Shipments of sugar from the Island of Cuba 

 are coming along about as expected, and the total exports last week of 100,000 tons were the 

 largest since the beginning of the crop. The sales recently have totalled some 700,000 to 800,- 

 000 bags for March shipments, which quantity, with additional small lots of Porto Ricos, 

 Venezuelas, Perus, San Domingos, and other full duty sugars has tended to insure fairly ample 

 supplies for our markets for the next few weeks. The Food Administration has announced that 

 the Cuban Loan of $100,000,000 for the financing of the sugar crop has been oversubscribed by 



