THE CUBA REVIEW 



Cancels 



Rcilly 



Concession 



The City Council of Cien- 

 fuegos notified the State 

 Department on September 

 28th that it canceled the 

 Hugh S. Reilly concession 

 for the Cienfuegos, Palmira and Cruces 

 Railway and Power Company. 



Avelino de la Real, the acting mayor, 

 informed the New York Times correspond- 

 ent that this action was taken primarily 

 because the concession was illegal, as Reilly 

 had not complied with the terms of the 

 concession. Moreover the railroad was 

 not yet in operation, but is partly built in 

 Cienfuegos streets. 



Tlie company was incorporated in Au- 

 gusta, Me., in 1903, with a capital of 

 $2,000,000. 



The only persons who appear as owners 

 are W. G. Bothley. Joseph Williamson, A. 

 M. French and John Wilson, residents of 

 Augusta. 



It is thought in Havana that the council's 

 action will probably result in another Reilly 

 claim. 



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To conserve the public health, Dr. Va- 

 rona Suarez secretary of sanitation, has 

 urged the Department of Public Works to 

 olace a filter in the outlet of the Cien- 

 fuegos reservoir, which now furnishes the 

 water supply of the city. 



On September 24th, the Cu- 

 Must ban government paid its 



Pay monthly instalment on the 



Promptly Havana sewer and paving 

 contract, amounting to 

 about $400,000. According to the presiden- 

 tial statement the money was derived from 

 the reserve fund of the internal revenue. 



Last month the government defaulted 

 for the first time in this payment, declaring 

 that it had no more money in the treasury. 

 The contractors appealed to the American 

 legation, and the account was met. The 

 legation also notified the government this 

 month that it was imperative that the pay- 

 ments be continued promptly according to 

 the agreement. 



Mr. Gibson, despite the Maza incident, 

 is not relaxing his efforts to secure pay- 

 ment from the Cuban government for 

 other American contractors. On Septem- 

 ber 24th he pressed the Cuban Foreign 

 Office to pay the claim of Contractor John 

 Hoskinson for putting in new water mains 

 to improve Havana's water supply. 



Enrique Maza, the Cuban newspaper 

 man, who recently assaulted Hugh S. Gib- 

 son, the American charge d'affaires, was 

 on October_ 7th sentenced to two «r.d a 

 half years' imprisonment. 



This is not the most extreme penalty 

 under the Cuban law. but was considered 

 by the court as a fair equivalent for the 

 same offence in the United States. 



A Nota Diaria 



Liborio: — Ahora me tiembla la mono 

 al tocar el almanaque , 

 en cada hoja que le saque 

 veo al Gobierno americanc. 



— La Lnclia. 



A round of notices. Each day marks the advent 

 of new warning advices from Washington to Cuba. 



Speyer & Co., the bankers. 

 Deny who have important inter- 



Cuban ests in Cuba, declared that 



Crisis the reports of a crisis in the 

 financial affairs of the is- 

 land had been greatly exaggerated. They 

 said that while the government might be 

 contemplating the sale of additional bonds, 

 their firm had received no intimation. 



On September 2Gth, Secretary of the 

 Treasur\' Guiterrez Quiros made the fol- 

 lowing statement to the A'ezv York Times' 

 representative in Havana : 



"There has not been and will not be any 

 delay in payment of any obligation, pro- 

 vided for by the current budget. Cuba's 

 monthh' income is large enough to pay 

 other obligations, provided for by special 

 laws outside the budget. The contractors' 

 debts will be paid when Congress authorizes 

 the executive to take the money from the 

 surplus which the budget is providing." 



Havana newspapers said on October 8th 

 that the Cuban post office was behind $200,- 

 000 due to the United States on money 

 orders and that the United States legation 

 had sent a note to the Cuban government 

 to the effect that it must pay. 



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