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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



The new home of the Royal Bank of Canada at Antilla was finished and ready for occupancy 

 in December last, and is now used as the branch headquarters of the bank at Antilla. The 

 building is sm.all but attractive and enjoys an excellent central location on the hill site over- 

 looking the bay of Nipe. The construction work was handled by tne firm of Purdy & Hender- 

 son, Havana, who designed the building at a cost of $50,000, in accordance with tne standard 

 type of architecture adopted by this company. The com.pany is now having constructed adja- 

 cent to the new bank building an attractive hom.e for the resident manager. 



CUBAN TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 



The Cuba Automobile Tire & Rubber Com- 

 pany with offices at 116 Aguira, Havana, was 

 recently organized under the Cuban laws with 

 a paid capital stock to the amount of .$1,250,- 

 000. This new company will be composed en- 

 tirely of Cuban stockholders with Capt. C. W. 

 Talbott, an American and former head of the 

 Cuban Telephone Company, as it3 President 

 and the following executive officers and 

 board of directors: Mr. Carlos I. Parraga, 

 Vice-Pres.,Mr. Jose E. More, Sec'y. and Treas., 

 and Mr. Thomas C. Gould, Gen. Manager. 

 The board of directors is composed of Dr. 

 Orestes Ferrara, Messrs. Marimon and 

 Godoy, Sr. Villo.ldo and Dr. Divino. 



The factory for the manufacture of all 

 grades and styles of rubber goods will be 

 located at Puentes Grandes, near Havana, and 

 the building construction is nearing com- 

 pletion and should be ready for operation not 

 later than May 1. This end of the business 

 will be in charge of a Mr. Gould, an expert in 

 the manufacture of ruliber goods and at pres- 

 ent located in Havana. 



The new company will manufacture all 

 kinds of rubber goods, specializing in automo- 

 bile tires and tubes tor the local Cuba markets. 

 It is the intention to import the necessary raw 

 material from the United States at the outset 

 and until arrangements are perfcted ior draw- 

 ing from the Central and South American 

 sources of supply. 



CIENFUEGOS, PALMIRA & CRUCES BELT LINE 

 RAILWAY 



Plans are under way for the construction of 

 a belt line railway in the city of Cienfuegos 

 and for a distance of five miles to Coano. It 

 is also understood that it is the intention of 

 the operating company to eventually extend 

 this belt line to Paimira and thence to Cruces, 

 both points on the main line of the Cuban 

 Central Railways between Cienfuegos and 

 Esperanza and a distance of approximately 

 fifteen and thirty miles. Mr. Roy O. Miles, 

 with offices in the city of Cienfuegos, is the 

 chief engineer in charge of the construction 

 work. 



