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THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES 



MILL AT JAGUEY GRANDE 



The establishment of a new mill at Jag- 

 iiey Grande, Santa Clara province, on a 

 co-operative plan on the part of the mer- 

 chants and cane growers is projected. 



The site of the new mill is Hkely to be 

 that of the old mill "Australia," which was 

 demolished during the war, or on thirty- 

 three acres of land which Sr. Desirerio 

 Garcia, one of the promoters of the ven- 

 ture offered to give free. 



In case the mill is built it will have a 

 capacity of about 15,000,000 arrobas per 

 crop, without causing any harm to the in- 

 terests of the sugar mills Cuba and So- 

 corro which at the present time cannot 

 take care of the product of that section. — 

 Im Lucha, Havana. 



ANOTHER SUGAR CENTRAL 



Another sugar mill is projected in the 

 neighborhood of Piedrecitas, in Camaguey 

 province, on the line of the Cuba railroad 

 by a company composed of Americans and 

 Cubans and known as the Piedrecitas Sugar 

 Company. The management will be Cuban 

 and the originator of the new enterprise 

 is said to be Senor Oliverio Tomen, of 

 Camaguey. It is hinted that the American 

 capital will be furnished by sugar men from 

 Louisiana. 



Another mill will be added to the Cen- 

 tral at Jobabo, in Santa Clara province, 

 doiiUbling its equipment. This estate is 

 owned by the Cuba company and two other 

 mills are projected by this same company. 

 One at Tana, near the Jobabo estate, and 

 one at Alto Cedro. 



CENTRAL NEAR CIEGO DE AVILA 



A sugar mill near Ciego de Avila, Ca- 

 maguey province, is projected, and $345,000 

 has been promised by Havana merchants, 

 the Stewart Sugar Company and business 

 men of Ciego, the latter contributing $45,- 

 000. If necessary, whatever capital is lack- 

 ing will be supplied by the men of the 

 latter city. The location of the new estate 

 is said to be on the lands of the El Recreo 

 farm, owned by Sr. Vicente Irionde. The 

 Spanish Herald, of Ciego, says the project 

 will not fail for lack of money. 



The story in an Havana paper that the 

 Cuban-American Sugar Company contem- 

 plate the building of another sugar mill 

 in Matanzas Provinve is without founda- 

 tion. At the ofHces in New York it was 

 emphatically stated that no such project 

 was being or would be considered. 



A CENTRAL IN SANCTI-SPIRITUS 



It is stated that the negotiations for cer- 

 tain lands in Sancti-Spiritus have been 

 completed and that a great sugar mill will 

 soon be built on the newly acquired ter- 

 ritory. 



The old farm Las Guasimas, comprising 

 about 40,000 acres, and long in the posses- 

 sion of the ancient Iznaga-Lersundi family, 

 has been bought by an American syndicate 

 beaded by the Cresson-Morris Company of 

 Philadelphia. The cost of the lands is 

 mentioned at $1,500,000, but this is a mis- 

 take. The real price was $600,000. The 

 new company will be known as the Abarcas 

 Sugar Company. 



The location of the new mill is East of 

 the Zaza River, and on the south coast. A 

 railroad will be b'uilt running to a wharf 

 at which large steamers can load, there 

 being sufficient depth of water. The work 

 of clearing the land has begun and the 

 construction of mill, wharf and railroad 

 will begin within sixty days. The mill will 

 be ready to grind on January 1, 1915, and 

 will have a capacity of 250,000 bags. The 

 whole contract is in the hands of the 

 Cresson-Morris Company who will soon 

 open an office in Havana, and they will 

 be prepared to handle contracts for general 

 plantation equipment. The deal was han- 

 dled by Mr. A. M. Del Valle. 



Central Hormiguero, in Santa Clara pro- 

 vince, expects 160,000 bags from this year's 

 crop as against 110,000 last year. Since 

 December — when the mill began grinding, 

 the yield has been 60,000 bags, with but 

 few interruptions, either on account of the 

 weather or accidents to the machinery. The 

 daily grind has been 140,000 arrobas. The 

 extraction thus far has been 78 per cent, 

 with the sugar content at 10.40 per cent. 

 This estate, like many others, has material- 

 ly increased its equipment. Its railway cov- 

 ers 58 kilometers, narrow gauge, and six 

 locomotives with 230 cane cars in constant 

 use. The estate possesses, also, two mo- 

 lasses tanks of 150,000 and 200,000 gallons 

 respectively, and is constructing another 

 with a capacity of 500,000 gallons. Five 

 hundred men are employed. 



Pedro Fernandez de Castro, the owner 

 of the sugar mills "Nuestra Senora del 

 Carmen" and "Loteria," located at Jaruco, 

 died in Havana February 2d at an advanced 

 age and following a lingering illness. Sr. 

 Fernandez de Castro for many years was 

 Mayor of Guanabacoa and was interested 

 in public affairs. 



