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THE CUBA REVIEW 



tricts. This market also takes bicycles sold through Havana representatives of 

 various concerns. A local dealer, established eight years, is favorably impressed with 

 the outlook for the future and is anticipating increased business, lie is about to 

 move from his present location to a larger building now under construction, where 

 he will at least double his stock. 



There are but two concerns in Santiago which import bicycles to any extent. 

 A responsible dealer, so recommended by a bank, is now planning a business trip to 

 the United States and will arrive in New York about June 15. [His New York address 

 can be obtained from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce or its district 

 or co-operative offices by referring to file No. 117517.] 



FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRADE 

 The development of the trade in bicycles in Cuba is particularly dependent upon 

 improved roads, as natural conditions permit but little use for bicycles. The world- 

 wide demand for more and better roads is being felt here, and the increase in the 

 use of motor vehicles in Cuba will also tend to bring about better conditions. There 

 are some good roads in the vicinity, and Santiago has several miles of paved streets 

 at present, with prospects for more. The trade is able financially to take a huge 

 number of bicycles, better able than ever before, and accordingly there seems to be 

 no reason why the market should not develop materially in the Santiago consular 

 district. 



UNITED STATES AND^CUBAN ALLIED .WORKS 

 ENGINEERING CORP. 



Mr. Emile J. Bayle, formerly Chief En- 

 gineer of the American Beet Sugar Co. 

 and earlier identitied with cane sugar 

 manufacture and production in New Or- 

 leans, Mexico and Cuba, has connected as 

 Sales Manager with the U. S. & Cuban 

 Allied Works Engineering Corporation. 

 Mr. Bayle is at present making an ex- 

 tended trip through the States and will 

 hereafter devote much time to the cor- 

 poration's interests, keeping closely in 

 touch with its New York Engineering and 

 Sales offices in the work of extending its 

 lines of machinery to the beet sugar work 

 of America and Europe. The corporation 

 is continually adding to its foundry and 

 shop facilities in both the United States 

 and Cuba, and is conducting a large ex- 

 port business, specializing in cane and 

 beet sugar manufacturing and refining 

 apparatus. 



Mr. J. A. King, mechanical engineer, 

 formerly Production Engineer of the In- 

 ternational Arms & Fuse Co., has as- 

 sumed the position of Works Manager 

 with the U. S. & Cuban Allied Works 

 Engineering Corporation. Mr. King was 

 long identified with the Crucible Steel Co. 

 and with the ship production interests in 



California, and is an expert in foundry 

 and shop management and production. He 

 will be in charge of the corporations 

 plant, foundry, machine shop and struc- 

 tural steel works at Havana, the Havana 

 Iron Works, and of their marine works, 

 the Havana Dry Dock Co. 



TRADE PUBLICATIONS 



The Peck Carrier, Book No. '220, pub- 

 lished by the Link-Belt Co., Philadelphia, 

 Chicago, Indianapolis. 



This booklet describes and illustrates 

 the Link-Belt Peck overlapping pivoted 

 bucket carrier for the economical and ef- 

 ficient carrying of coal, coke, ashes, ce- 

 ment, sand, ore, stone and other materials. 

 The book contains 95 pages and will be 

 sent free of charge on application to the 

 Link-Belt Co. 



Bulletin No. 259, published by the Wal- 

 ter A. Zelnicker Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



GELATINE AND GLUE 

 Cuba's 1917 importations of gelatine 

 amounted to 508,963 pounds, and of glue 

 to 570,579 pounds. Of these totals the 

 United States furnished 392,202 and 535,- 

 740 pounds, respectively. 



