THE CUBA R E \- I E W 



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Road from Havarui to Santiago de las Vegas- 



and Bridge 



-Basin of the Albear Canal 



Three large jobs are being finished by this bureau at present with the appropriations al- 

 ready granted. These are the aqueduct of Hanta Clara, at a cost of $7.50,000; the paving of the 

 city of Cienfuegos, at a cost of about $2,000,000; and the Poque Drainage Canal, at a cost of 

 $5,000,000. Of these works, the aqueduct of Santa Clara is about fifty per cent finished; the 

 paving of Cienfuegos has just been commenced under a contract by which the aqueduct has 

 been given to the contractors for a period of thirty nine years in payment; and the El Roque 

 Canal is about seventy per cent finished, and has already cost about $3,500,000. 



An aqueduct is also being built for the town of Guines, in the Province o{ Habana, at a 

 cast of $2.50,000, and thirty psr cant of the work is now finishsd. Another aqu3duct is being 

 built for the town of San Luis, in the Province of Oriente, at a cost of $10.3,000, and thirty 

 per cent of this work also is already completed. Some other minor works that will cost about 

 : 653,000 are contemplated, and of this total Congress has already appropriated $300,000. 

 .Mimicipalities and private corporations are also doing considerable work of this nature, es- 

 pecially in the construction of aqueducts. 



A general plan has been adopted for extending the lighting of the shores of the island, sub- 

 ject to appropriations from Congress, including the construction of thirteen new lighthouses at 

 a cost of about $1,495,000. The 39 lighthouses in Cuba at present have a total value of $2,- 

 010,000. 



Pending a resolution regarding the contract for dredging all {)()rts of the i-^land, the (tov- 

 ernment has in contemplation works of improvement the cost of which will amount to about 

 ^ 27,),()()(). 



Several projects are about to be carried out in Havana antl in cities and towns in the in- 

 terior of the islarcl by the Department of Public Works. These will include work on the National 

 Capitol, the Presidential Palace, a model prison, the university buildings, monuments in 

 Havana, and hospitals, courthouses, etc., in several Provinces. 



In a decree published in September, 1916, the President of the Republic apportioned the 

 sum of .¥3.58,000 for improvements in the jxistal, telegraph, and telephone service, including the 

 installation of generators to replace the chemical batteries at present in use, structural modifi- 

 cations in the central station, underground electrical conduits, and the construction of new 

 telegraph and telephone lines. 



