22 



THE CUBA REVIEW 



OIL REFINING PLANT 



According to the Havana Post the 

 Island Refining Corporation, a subsidiary 

 of the Island Oil and Transport Corpora- 

 tion, has heen formed to engage in the 

 extraction of gasoline, fuel oil and other 

 by-products of petroleum. 



Colonel George A. Burrell, until recently 

 commanding officer of the Experimental 

 Station and Chemical Warfare Service, of 

 the United States, is President of the new- 

 company. 



The new company, formed under Vir- 

 ginia laws, has an authorized capitaliza- 

 tion of $0,000,000 7 per cent, and partici- 

 pating ten-year gold bonds and $10,000,000 

 capital stock with a par value of $100 a 

 share. 



Three plants will be constructed with 

 an aggregate annual capacity of 5,400,000 

 barrels of crude oil. One plant will be 

 built at Palo Blanco, Mexico; another on 

 the Island of Cuba and the third on the 

 Gulf coast in the United States. The 

 Mexican and Cuban plants are to pro- 

 duce gasoline and fuel oil and the plant 

 in the United States gasoline, gas oil and 

 coke. 



PENCILS AND PENCIL LEADS 



During the calendar year 1918, the 

 Tinted States exported to Cuba pencils 

 ;iml pencil leads to the value of .$127,177. 



CUBAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 



The Cuban Chamber of Commerce has 

 recently elected a new board of directors. 

 Several Americans appear among the di- 

 recting members, especially in the section 

 of navigation, where appear as voting 

 members the names of Walter M. Dan id, 

 A. E. Woodell, Marcel Le Mat and Fred 

 A. Morris. 



HIJOS DE JUAN REAL, S. EN C. 

 The firm of Ilijos de Juan Real, S. en 

 ('.. has been established at Santiago de 

 Cuba to continue the business of Mr. Juan 

 Peal. The Company is formed of the fol 

 lowing men : Managers, Messrs. Gabriel 

 E. Real and Urbano S. Peal ; and Messrs. 

 Barcardi & Cia., of Santiago de Cuba, as 

 silent partners. 



ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS 



There has been organized in the City 

 of Havana an "Association of Members 

 of American National Engineering Socie- 

 ties in Cuba," to foster the interests of 

 the various National American Enginaer- 

 ing Societies in Cuba, and to promote the 

 discussion of engineering and technical 

 topics of local interest. The membership 

 of this association is restricted to mem- 

 bers of the larger national societies. 



The officers elected for the year 1919 

 are as follows : 



President — Luther Wagoner, American 

 Society Civil Engineers. 



Vice-President — Geo. II. Nolan, Amer- 

 ican Society Civil Engineers. 



Secretary — T. Carlile Ulbricht, Amer- 

 ican Society Mechanical Engineers. 



Treasurer — Wallace R. Lee, American 

 Society Mechanical Engineers. 



There will be four regular meetings 

 of the society each year, in addition to 

 such special meetings as may be called 

 from time to time by the President in 

 conjunction with the Board of Directors. 



CIENFUEGOS MOLASSES AND FUEL COMPANY 

 A company called the Cienfuegos Mo- 

 lasses & Fuel Co. (Compania de Mieles y 

 Combustible de Cienfuegos) has heen or- 

 ganized in Cienfuegos with an aggregate 

 capital of $550,000. The company will 

 exploit molasses, its exportation, and the 

 manufacture of products in which it is a 

 prime element. The company has issued 

 bonds to the value of .$450,000, which have 

 been bought by members of the hoard of 

 directors. 



TRADE THROUGH PORT OF BOSTON 



The figures given below represent the 

 imports from, and the exports to, Cuba, 

 clearing through the Port of Boston : 



Year Ending Feb. 28, 1919 

 Imports— Feb. 1919. . .$3,825,522 $23,249,818 

 Exports— Feb. 1918. . .$1,824,958 $14,098,052 



Year Ending Feb. 28, 1918 

 Imports— Feb. 1918. . .$1,869,831 $11,544,608 

 Exports— Feb. 1918. .. $:J80,915 $5,620,989 



