THE CUBA R E \' I E W 



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GENERAL NOTES 



A CUBAN PASTEURIZATION PLANT 



Cardenas can boast of a very fine plant 

 for the pasteurization of milk. Small, it 

 ma}^ be, but thoroughly modern and in all 

 essentials as complete as any similar 

 establishment in the United States. The 

 illustration on this page gives an interior 

 view, but the building itself, situated at 

 the edge of the city, is very attractive, and 

 the premises are thoroughly clean and 

 sanitary. 



The milk is delivered each morning to the 

 plant by the "guajiros" or natives in the 

 peculiar cans carried on their ponies which 

 illustrations have been made familiar. It is 

 first measured for quantity and then tested 

 for quality, and payment is based on the 

 conditions found. The milk is then run 

 into a tank and goes through the various 

 processes of pasteurization until at last 

 the bottles are rilled and placed in the re- 

 frigerator. The cans from which the milk is 

 taken are thoroughh- cleaned first by steam 

 and then by cold water and the greatest 

 precautions are exercised to prevent con- 

 tamination. The plant is young and like 

 all new enterprises, especially in Cuba ,which 

 run counter to the methods which have pre- 

 vailed more or less for centuries, it is slow 

 work to induce the people to use the 

 product. But the sanitary labors and in- 



structions of the United States authorities 

 during the several interventions have had 

 their effect in realizing the great value of 

 hygienic precautions and they are ready to 

 accept methods new to them. Those using 

 the milk in Cardenas, especially in house- 

 holds where there are young children, 

 speak of it in terms of high praise. 



The milk is delivered in bottles, in quarts, 

 pints and half pints and sells for 13 cents, 

 7 cents and 4 cents, respectively. 



The city council of Havana voted re- 

 cently to change the name of Bernaza 

 Street to Placido, after the Cuban poet 

 and patriot. The motion was unanimously 

 approved. 



Mariano Corona, congressman from 

 Oriente Province, died in Havana April 

 ISth. after an operation for appendicitis. 



The Cuban Telephone Company has de- 

 clared a one-per-cent dividend, payable on 

 July l.jth, for the first three months of 

 1912. 



An important change in the personal of 

 the company, says the Post, is the early 

 election to the board of directors of a 

 London bank president. English capital 

 is largely interested in the company. 



Interior view Oi the ])Iant for the pasteurization of milk in Cardenas. 



