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GOVERNMENT BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS 

 AT HAVANA 



The building used by the State Department 

 in Havana is undergoing repairs and will be 

 remodeled throughout to provide increased floor 

 space for offices, and it wi-ll be equipped with 

 a passenger elevator. It is understood to be 

 tlie intention of the Government to adopt 

 a distinctive type of architecture for all of 

 its piil)lic buildings, and the building used by 

 the Department of State and Justice will be 

 the first of a group to undergo the necessary 

 changes and -improvements to meet the pres- 

 ent demands (as shown in the accompanjing 

 photo). Work is also under way on the ad- 

 joining building formerly used as the head- 

 quarters of the Secret Police. 



the farm, owing to the severe losses and con- 

 tagion spread to other breeds. However, this 

 has been overcome to a large extent and it is 

 now established that the Spanish "Prats" 

 breed of chickens are best suited for Cuba, 

 due to their suitableness to the Cuban climate 

 and good returns as layers. 



President Menocal now uses "El Chico"as 

 his summer residence and visits here fre- 

 quently, and he seems ha])piest when he can 

 devote a part of his time looking around the 

 place keeping in close touch with his interests 

 in connection with agricultural matters, stock 

 breeding, etc. — 'his doing so is with the desire 

 to help Cuba and her people. 



GRANJA "EL CHICO" 



This is the property of President Menocal 

 and is located near Havana (as described fully 

 in the April 1916, columns of the Review). 



Although considerable criticism has ap- 

 peared in the pages of certain Havana news- 

 papers in regard to this project, the writer has 

 found that there is no ground for criticism 

 and the chicken farm branch of the estate has 

 proven to be a success and it receives the 

 personal attention of the President. 



In the early stages of the experiment when 

 numerous fancy chickens were nnported from 

 the United States and other countries, a num- 

 ber of the white leghorn variety were afflicted 

 with the 'croup', which brought discourage- 

 ment to some of the experts connected with 



MATANZAS STREET RAILWAY SYSTEM 



Tliis line was opened to the public for ser- 

 vice in December 1916 and is proving a big 

 financial SL'ccess The company is at present 

 operating ten cars, of the latest storage battery 

 t^-jje, over fourteen kiloaieters of track, reach- 

 ing to different portions of the city; and plans 

 are under way to very materially increase this 

 track mileage and make it possible to travel 

 to any part of the city on a five cent far. The 

 street railway system with power house and 

 other holdings represents an investment ol 

 $270,000.00. 



ELECTRIC PLANTS 



Electric plants have been authorized at 

 Varadero and Pedro Betancourt, and also im- 

 provements OP the plant at Rodas. 



