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THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES 



CENTRAL ULACIA NEARLY READY 



Another sugar mill is being built two 

 kilometers from Rodrigo Station in Santa 

 Clara Province on the line of the Cuban 

 Central Railways. The owners, the Ulacia 

 Brothers, expect to begin grinding the next 

 crop. 



The installation of the machinery is go- 

 ing forward with such promptitude, that 

 Sefior Jardeiia, the administrador, is con- 

 fident that on December 15th the siren of 

 the new mill will sound the termination of 

 the installation work and that on January 

 1, 1914, will grinding begin. 



The Ulacia Brothers have, until this year, 

 managed the central "Santa Catalina," 

 situated at Cruces. 



mills are near each other in Santa Clara 

 Province. 



CENTRAL RAMONA RENOVATED 



Central "Ramona" has been very thor- 

 oughly overhauled from the mill to the la- 

 borers' quarters and put in splendid con- 

 dition by the owner, Don Francisco Arre- 

 chavaleta. The estate has been leased to 

 the well-known wealthy resident Don Do- 

 mingo Leon, proprietor of the centrals 

 "Fidencia," situated at Placetas, and "San 

 Pedro," situated near Sagua. All three 



NEW MILLS GETTING READY 



Reports from Camaguey of August 4th 

 are to the effect that the machinery for the 

 new sugar mill at Ciego de Avila was then 

 at Antilla ready to be forwarded to the site 

 of the new mill and that the work of com- 

 pleting a branch railroad to connect with 

 the Jucaro and Moron railroad had been 

 completed. 



At Piedracitas in the same province, 

 where a new mill will also be built, there 

 is much activity. The company has ac- 

 quired ties for its railroad lines and the 

 carpenters are at work on the mill's houses, 

 the machinery being already in transit. 

 Contractors are also reported to be looking 

 for cane, good prices being offered for de- 

 livery next February when the mill is ex- 

 pected to be ready to grind. 



Reports from Florida state that Sr. 

 Cueto of Havana, representing the directors 

 of a Cuban bank has been looking for the 

 site for a mill in that district, the purchase 

 of 125 caballerias of cane land being re- 

 ported. 



Coloque una Trampa Perfecta al Vacio, 



Live 



STEAM 



de Lytton 



(Patente pendiente) 



Para su variado servicio en 

 vez de hacer uso de la 

 molesta bomba de agua 

 dulce. 



Son compactas, ocupan sola- 

 mente la mitad del espacio 

 de una bomba y necesitan 

 muy poca base. 



Hechas por la LYTTON MT'G. CORPORATION 



Oficinas para la venta 

 Room 1177 HUDSON TERMINAL, NEW YORK 



Oficina Principal y Fabrica 

 FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA, E.U.A. 



Agente para Cuba : Jose Hernandez, Inquisidor 5, Hahana 

 Agente para Puerto Rico: J. L. Bartholemy, San Juan 



