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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Group of Workers at American Red Cross Headquarters, Havana 



PLANS FOR PARK IN HAVANA 



The Cuban charge d'affaires in Paris, 

 Senor Tejedor, has submitted to Presi- 

 dent Menocal plans drawn by the Chief 

 of Parks and Promenades of Boulogne. 

 These plans will be used for the new park 

 and promenade that is to be constructed 

 in the City of Havana, Cuba. 



STEAMSHIP LINE TO MEXICO 



Cuban capitalists have formed a cor- 

 poration with a capital of $5,000,000 to 

 establish a steamship line between that 

 republic and Mexico, according to reports 

 published in the press. Agents have been 

 sent to the United States, it is reported, 

 to purchase or lease ships. 



HAVANA KEY WEST AIR SERVICE 



It is reported that a company with 

 large capital has been formed in New 

 York to establish an air service between 

 Havana and Key West, to carry passen- 

 gers and mail. The service will be daily 



and the passenger fare will be $50.00. 

 Caproni machines will be used. 



INTERCONTINENTAL TELEPHONE 



President Menocal has signed a decree 

 exempting from duties the apparatus 

 brought to Cuba last September for the 

 establishment of a submarine telephone 

 and telegraph line between Cuba and the 

 United States by the Intercontinental 

 Telegraph and Telephone Company. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT 



The Secretary of the Treasury has re- 

 arranged the personnel of the Depart- 

 ments under his charge, as follows: 



Despaigne for the Intervention Gen- 

 eral of the State; Iribarren for the ad- 

 ministration of Customs of Havana; 

 Jimenez Rojo, Delegate Administrator; 

 Yero Miniet, for the Customs in Cien- 

 fuegos and Escoto for the General In- 

 spection of Customs. 



