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THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES 



THE CENTRAL BORJITA 



M. Paul Boulanger, an engineer, recently 

 left Cuba for France to complete the nego- 

 tiations for the construction of a sugar 

 central in Oriente Province. 



Sr. Boulanger, according to report, has 

 contracted for all the machinery and build- 

 ings required for the new estate, which is 

 known as the "Borjita" and will be built 

 at Dos Caminos, near San Luis, the latter 

 the junction of the Cuba Railroad and the 

 Guantanamo and Western. 



The names of some of the men interested 

 in the new enterprise are given as don 

 Luis de Hechevarria, a well-known lawyer, 

 and the banking house of Schumann & Co., 

 both of the city of Santiago. 



The capacity of the new central will be 

 80,000 bags, figuring on 100 days of opera- 

 tion. The estate comprises 400 caballerias 

 of most excellent soil, with plenty of 

 streams available for irrigation, and easy 

 access to railroads. The machinery will be 

 installed by Sr. Boulanger and will be 

 bought in France, England and Belgium. 

 The mill expects to begin grinding in De- 

 cember of next year. The work of con- 

 structing the plantation railway is under 

 way. 



The administrador of the new estate will 

 be Sr. Lorenzo Fresnada, now traffic chief 

 of the "Delicias" and "Chaparra" sugar 

 estates. 



CHAPARRA AND DELICIAS ESTATES 



The two great sugar centrals "Chaparra" 

 and "Delicias" in Oriente Province were 

 still grinding late in August. Up to the 

 19th "Chaparra" has ground 3,343,440 

 arrobas of cane, producing 461,323 bags of 

 sugar of 325 pounds each. Of this quantity 

 364,153 had been exported and 3,218 sold in 

 Cuba. The production of molasses to the 

 same date was 3,613,105 gallons. 



For the same period of the preceding 

 year Chaparra had produced 432,242 bags 

 of sugar. 



The record of "Delicias" to August 19th 

 was 31,902,318 arrobas of cane ground, 

 295,274 bags of sugar of 325 pounds, and 

 2,411,399 gallons of molasses. The output 

 averaged 1,000 to 1,500 bags of sugar daily, 

 and 2,000 to 2,500 at Chaparra polarization 

 SO. 



The central "Chaparra" ended its season 

 on September 4th at noon with 479,662 bags 

 to its credit. Central "Delicias" at that date 

 was still grinding. 



On September 4th throughout the island 

 'but three sugar centrals were grinding: 



"Delicias," "Preston" and "Santa Lucia," 

 all in Oriente Province. Central "Boston" 

 made 387,000 bags. 



ANOTHER ESTATE FOR ORIENTE 



It is reported that Federico Fernandez 

 will build the new sugar mill "America" in 

 the village of Maffo, near Baire, Oriente 

 Province. It is expected it will be in work- 

 ing condition for the next grinding season. 

 It will probably have a capacity of from 

 30,000 to 40,000 bags and will be finished 

 in time to grind the next crop. 



NEW CENTRAL TALKED OF FOR 

 SANTA CLARA PROVINCE 



At a breakfast recently given at Moron 

 in honor of Sr. Fausto Menocal, manager 

 of the Moron Sugar Central, by the leading 

 citizens of the plaza, it was intimated that 

 another sugar mill would be erected at 

 Moron at the completion of the railroad 

 from Caibarien to Nuevitas now in course 

 of construction. 



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Agente 



L. J. BARTHELEMY, San Juan, Porto Rico 



Oficina general para la venta: 

 HUDSON TERNIMAL, NEW YORK, U.S.A. 



Fabricado por la Lytton M'f'g. Corp., 

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