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NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES 



OUTPUT OF THREE CENTRALS 



The ligures of the arrobas of cane 

 ground and the yield of sugar of three 

 large sugar estates are as follows : 



Cane ground Sugar 

 Arrobas Bags 



Central Jatibonico 29,962,255 262,365 



Jagiieyal 26,617,903 212,054 



Stewart 42,800,000 330,000 



These same centrals produced the fol- 

 lowing quantities of molasses of the sec- 

 ond grade : 



Jatibonico 2.131,455 gallons 



Jagiieyal 1,496,835 gallons 



Stewart 5,628.290 gallons 



CENTRAL "CIEGO DE AVILA 



The new central at Ciego de Avila will 

 be ready to grind the next crop. The con- 

 struction of a sugar warehouse with a ca- 

 pacity of 25.000 bags of sugar is assured 

 in the near future. Two new shareholders, 

 Messrs. Munoz & Co. and Vilaplana & 

 Bouza, have subscribed $5,000 and $3,00t) 

 respectively toward the enterprise. 



PRESTON S FINE YIELD 



Charles G. Maher of Donaldsonville, La., 

 chief sugar maker of the Xipe Bay Com- 

 pany's big factory at Preston, Cuba, reports 

 that the Preston plant wound up a success- 

 ful season September 6th, after having been 

 in operation since January 1st. Alore than 

 600,000 tons of cane passed through the 

 rollers, from which 428,000 bags of sugar 

 were made. 



NEW ORLEANS FIRM GETS CONTRACT 



The contract for the erection and fur- 

 nishing of macliinery for a sugar mill in 

 Cuba, one of the largest contracts for con- 

 struction work let recently, was awarded to 

 Dibert, Bancroft & Ross, of New Orleans. 

 The mill, which will cost appro.ximately 

 $1/X)0,000 when completed, will be one of 

 the most modern sugar mills in Cuba. The 

 mill is in Piedra Citas, and will have a 

 daily capacity of 1,500 tons. 



NEW OWNER FOR CONFLUENTE 



M. II. Lewis, President of the Santa 

 Cecilia Sugar Company, has taken over the 

 Confluente sugar estate at Guantanamo and 

 C. B. Goodrich has been appointed admin- 

 istrator. Additional machinery is being in- 

 stalled in the factory to materially increas.- 

 its efficiency and capacity. 



Central "Soledad" will construct a rail- 

 road line, narrow guage from the batey 

 situated near the town of Jovellanos, Ma- 

 tanzas Province, to the dismantled central 

 "Pelayo" at San Antonio, three leagues dis- 

 tant from Cardenas. Sr. Fernandez Mari- 

 bona, proprietor of central '"Saledad," has 

 already contracted to build storehouses at 

 Pelayo for the storage of sugar. The new 

 line will be ready for service before the 

 end of the year. The extension of this 

 line to the "Oxamendi" farm is projected. 



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SR. L. A. RLCHACA, ACIUIAR OL'. 1IA15ANA 



Scientifically Trained Sugar=Estate 

 Manager 



Kxpericiiced white sugar maker. .Seventeen years 

 of financial succer.K in Java and Mauritius. Last 

 three years commercial training in the macliinery 

 branch. Would take position as General Manager 

 or consider Kstate Management, .\ildress: H. T., 

 c/o Cul;a Review, New York City. 



