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I'HE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



IMPROVEMENTS AT TRINIDAD 



The Caba Railroad's recently constructed 

 branch line connecting Placetas del Sur, on 

 the main line, with Casilda, the seaport for 

 Trinidad in Santa Clara province, will socn 

 In- opened up for traffic, and this new line wall 

 opsn Tip a rich agricultural and mineral coun- 

 try and once rnor^ give the very old town of 

 Trinidad direct communication with the in- 

 terior poiats (,f CaV)a. The distance of this 

 new extsnsion is 91 kilometers and, owing to 

 the difficult engineering work encountered in 

 locating a line through and across the canyon 

 of the Agaliama river, considerable delay has 

 b2en experienced. The new 1 ine extends over 

 a portion of the old rnadbed which was for- 

 merly used as a railroad and abandoned dur- 

 ing the revolution. The town of Trinidad 

 has a population estimated to be 12,000 in- 

 habitants, and is located five kilometers from 

 Casilda, the seaport, and has been one of the 

 most inaccessible important points reached 

 by travelers in Cuba. 



MORON 



The building occupied by the National Bank 

 of Cuba at Moron is undergoing repairs, which, 

 when completed , will make it the largest and 

 one of the most handsome buildings in Moron. 



A new sugar mil' is l)eing erected in the 

 vicinity of Moron along the line of the pro- 

 jwsed North Coast Railroad by the Mendoza 

 Cia. of Havana. The new mill Avill have an 

 initial capacity of 100,000 bags to be in- 

 creased when necessary and will be ready for 

 grinding next years' crop. A large tract of 

 land is being made ready for cane in this 

 vicinity. 



EL ROQUE CANAL 



Steam shovel and dredging woi-k is again 

 under way on the proposed El Roque canal 

 and the work has advanced to a point across 

 the tracks ct the United Railways near Jovel- 

 lanos in Matanzas province. Sr. Rodriquez 

 is handling the contract for this work and it 

 is intended to drain the sA\-ami3 lands around 

 Cardenas on the north coast through these 

 canals or ditches and thereby secure much 

 needed irrigation for interior points, and also 

 restore much valuable land around Cardenas 

 for commercial purposes. 



CI EGO DE AVILA 



The new building at Ciego de Avi'a lor the 

 Royal Bank of Canada is rapid 'y nearing com- 

 pjetion. It is of the same standard style of de- 

 sign as other buildings erected by this com- 

 pany throughout the island and will cost 

 1180,000. The work of construction is in charge 

 of Purdy & Henderson. 



MATANZAS 



The Vice-president of the Hershey Inter- 

 urban Railway Company, which plans an 

 electric line from Matanzas to Havana, has 

 asked the railway commission for permission 

 to buiki a line from Casa Blanca to Cojimar 

 as a Yiavt of the project. 



FILM COMPANIES 



Several companies of film artists have been 

 touring the island of Cuba during the past 

 month making up film plays among the nat- 

 ural scenic beauties and mountains of Eastern 

 Cuba. 



PALM CITY 



We have been informed that Dr. Benedict 

 Lust of New York City has acquired 1,500 

 acres of land at Palm City, with the intention 

 of forming a colony. The colonists will be 

 encouraged in the culture of fruits, cocoanuts 

 and alligator pears, and it is planned to 

 establish a pure food cannery where various 

 products of the colony will be put up. 



HOTEL PLAZA CAMAGUEY 



Owing to insufficient quarters the Hotel 

 Plaza at Camaguey, under the management 

 of Mr. I. Grossman, has arranged for addi- 

 tions and betterments to the present building, 

 w^hich include the erection of an additional 

 story and changes in the present grountl floor 

 plan and entrance. The contract for this 

 work has been let to the Purdy & Henderson 

 Company, Havana. 



THE TRUST COMPANY OF CUBA 



For the year ending Dec. 31, 1916, after 

 paying the dividend at the rate of 8% per 

 annum the c«mp:my placed $125,000 to the 

 reserve fund and carried over $21,000 to 

 profit and loss account. 



