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THE C U B A R E \' I ]•: W 



the Americans who have gone there to 

 seek their fortunes and Enghshmen, 

 second, the people from the West Indies 

 who have gone there, the majority- of 

 whom are negroes, and third, the natives 

 who are the Spanish-speaking people of 

 the island. 



"The Cubans are being turned against 

 the religion of their fathers, the Roman 

 Catholic faith, since they have connected 

 it with the oppression they suffered for so 

 many generations. 



"There are two sides taken up by the 

 Episcopal Church, the evangelistic and the 

 educational work. There are now twelve 

 church buildings, and in Havana alone 

 there are five parochial stations. The ca- 

 thedral is built in the old mission style 

 and is a magnificent edifice. The cost 

 of the building was $70,n00." 



NOT ENOUGH MATCHES 



Match boxes, according to the Cul)an 

 law, must state the number of matches 

 contained ; besides this the revenue stamps 

 for this class of article sets forth tin' 

 number of matches each box holds. 



A suit has been brought in Havana by a 

 purchaser of a box of wax matches said 

 to contain .50, but which contained only 

 40. The case goes to the examination 

 court of the district, which will make an 

 investigation to find out how many per- 

 sons have been swindled in the same way. 



■'iri!*-**S»! 



Steel bridge recently built over the Zaza River 



near Sancti Spiritus, Santa Clara Province. The 



length of the bridge is 228 meters. 



HAVANA S VOLUNTEER FIREMEN 



Havana only pays a small force of per- 

 manent firemen who are constantly on duty. 

 When an alarm is sounded, they rush to 

 the fire, lay the hose and turn the streams 

 on the fire. In the meanwhile the volunteer 

 fireman, who has go::a to his home, 

 sometimes distant, and donned his expensive 



uniform, arrives at the lire and expects the 

 paid fireman to step aside and let him finish 

 the work. The refusal of the former to 

 relinquish the hose to the volunteers has 

 led to a number of conflicts recently and 

 resignations are threatened. A new set of 

 regulations, which have recently been 

 drafted and which the volunteers refuse 

 to accept, are also causing friction. The 

 regulations state the relative positions and 

 duties of the volunteers and permanent 

 firemen. 



One of Havana's volunteer firemen 



THE SANTIAGO CUSTOM HOUSE 



The custom house in Santiago de Culia, 

 erected only about a year ago at a cost of 

 over $800,000, is defective and in danger 

 of falling. So imperative was the danger 

 considered, that the local government tele- 

 graphed to Havana on November 19th for 

 l)ermission to seek other quarters, which 

 was immediately granted and the customs 

 officers authorized to move to another 

 building. The report created ugly charges 

 in connection with the construction work. 

 An examination by government engineers 

 showed that necessary repairs would cost 

 $1.")0,()00. Large cracks have appeared in 

 the walls of the building, which is of steel 

 and concrete, and the foundation appears 

 to be sinking rapidly. 



The engineers say that the concrete 

 foundations were not allowed to dry suf- 

 ficiently and that the weight of the super- 

 structure l)roulit about a collapse. 



