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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



STATISTICS OF YELLOW PINE LUMBER 



IMPORTED INTO CUBA DURING 1916 



Compiled by Ramon Cardona, Habana. 



PORT. Feet. 



Habana 77,951,077 



Sagua la Grande 17,612,127 



Caibarien 16,043,132 



Cardenas 13,684,292 



Antilla 13,031,922 



Santiago de Cuba 11,289,587 



jMatanzas 9,256,998 



Cienfuegos 8,505,709 



:Manzanillo 6,835,895 



Guantdnamo 3,711 ,862 



Puerto Padre 3,502,944 



Nuevitas 2,011,707 



Jucaro 1,521,753 



:Manati 1,371,779 



Gibara 1,168,648 



Banes 882,405 



Casilda 666,000 



Vita 583,000 



Niquero 440,000 



Grand Total 189,598,629 



AMERICAN_CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 

 FOR CUBA 



Cuba's prosperity has resulted in extensive 

 plans for new sugar mills, new railways, and 

 many other phases of engineering activity, 

 all of which will mean new orders for Ameri- 

 can construction material and machinery, 

 according to an official survey of the situation 

 recently completed by Special Agent W. W. 

 Ewing, of the Biu-eau of Foreign and Domes- 

 tic Commerce, Department of Commerce. 



A number of new sugar mills are projected 

 for this season, and railway construction and 

 extension is being planned on a large scale. 

 The heavy traffic movement of both sugar 

 and general merchandise will make necessary 

 a great development of the wharf facilities, 

 and the need for greater warehouse space 

 and other port improvements is apparent. 

 .Modern hotel buildings are already being 

 planned and sites acquired in order to meet 

 the demands of the tourist traffic. .Many 

 other indications of engineering activity are 

 to be seen in all parts of the island. The 

 United States is in the best position to supply 



the materials needed for all such improve- 

 ments. 



Mr. Ewing's report is entitled "Markets 

 for Construction .Materials and Machinery 

 in Cuba," Special Agents Series No. 139. 

 It deals with present building activities and 

 with the demand for general construction 

 material , flooring materials, roofing mater- 

 ials, materials for interior finish, and con- 

 struction machinery and tools. There is 

 also a chapter on commercial practices and 

 requirements and several pages of statistical 

 tables. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



Link Belt Roller Chain.— Book Xo. 326, 

 published by the Link Belt Co. 



This booklet Avas printed for distribution 

 at the Fremont Tractor Demonstration in 

 August, 1917, and gives many interesting 

 facts in regard to the manufacture and use 

 of roller chains. The chain is described in 

 detail with illustrations and the book also 

 contains illustrations of tractors which are 

 equipped with Link-Belt roller chains. 



