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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Road to Batabano, Province of Havana. 



extending east to west, there are to be branch roads connecting the cities in the in- 

 terior with the coast. The length of the island is about 740 miles, and the width 

 varies from 22 miles at Havana to 160 miles in the Province of Oriente. Tbe total 

 area of the country is about 45,000 square miles, the eastern and western section 

 being of a mountainous character, while in the central Provinces the land is gently 

 rolling. To cover all this territory with a network of roads, in accordance with tbe 

 project presented to the Cuban Congress, would require a sum estimated at $100,- 

 000,000, which is not now available. 



The Congress has already appropriated for road construction millions of dollars 

 in smaller sums at various times, and there are now about 1,250 miles of good roads 

 on the island. Work in all the Provinces progresses as appropriations become avail- 

 able. The Cuban newspapers actively support the good-roads movement, and one 

 Havana daily advocates the use of prison labor in making road repairs. Cuba has 

 an abundance of lime and manufactures cement for road construction, but road- 

 making machinery must be imported from the United States. The Automobile Club 

 of Cuba, with headquarters at Havana, also co-operates in the road propaganda and 

 issues a map of roads in Havana, Pinar del Rio, and Matanzas Provinces. 



ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE DIFFERENT PROVINCES— WESTERN DISTRICT. 



Motoring for pleasure is chiefly done in the Province of Havana, where there is 



a greater mileage of paved streets and macadam roads than in any other part of 



