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THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEW ENTERPRISES FOR CUBA 



NEW ELECTRIC PLANTS 



The President has authorized Don Fer- 

 nando Parral, Don Carlos Miyares and 

 Don Juho Jimenez to estabUsh electric 

 plants in Agramonte and San Cristobal, 

 with extension to Candelaria and Santa 

 Cruz de los Finos and also in Maximo 

 Gomez. 



Senor B. Ossorio has also been author- 

 ized to establish a hydro-electric plant in 

 Pinar del Rio. 



A new electric plant at Caibaiguan, Santa 

 (;iara Province, has a "Diesel" motor of 

 10 h. p. and a dynamo of a capacity of 

 torty kilowats, sufficient for two thousand 

 incandescent lamps of sixteen candle-power. 

 There is also a tank for water with a 

 capacity of eight thousand litres and a 

 subterranean tank for petroleum with a 

 capacity of fifteen thousand gallons. 



Messrs. Vicente Mora, Antonio Fernan- 

 dez, Jose and Wilfredo Maso and Francisco 

 Diego Madrago have been authorized to 

 establish electric plants in Regla, Placetas 

 and Manzanillo. The first named is in 

 Havana Province, the second in Santa 

 Clara Province and the third in Oriente. 



Juan R. Castellanos and Leopoldo Valdes 

 Figueroa have been authoribed to establish 

 a plant in Jaguey Grande, Matanzas Prov- 

 ince. 



Angel Labrador has been authorized to 

 materially enlarge his plant in Bolondron, 

 same province. 



Messrs. Everado Ortiz and Francisco 

 Ferrer have been authorized by the gov- 

 ernment to establish electric plants at 

 Guane, Pinar del Rio Province ; Jiguari. 

 Province of Oriente, and at Madruga, 

 Province of Havana. 



The President of the republic signed a 

 decree on October 29th last permitting the 

 free importation of all machinery, ap- 

 paratus and accessories, also all the mate- 

 rial required for the erection of a factory 

 which will be built for the manufacture of 

 bottles in Havana under the "Owens" 

 patent, also for the manufacture of ice. 

 The fact that this is the only enterprise of 

 its kind in the island, determined the gov- 

 ernment to assist it in every way. 



CANNING MACHINERY SHIPPED 



Carrying a full cargo of general mer- 

 chandise, the schooner J. Edwin Kirwan, 

 in command of Capt. S. B. Lennon, cleared 

 at Baltimore for the Isle of Pines. To the 

 knowledge of habitues around tlie custom- 

 house this is the first cargo ever shipped 



to that destination. Much of the cargo is 

 made up with canning machinery, which, 

 it is said, is to be used in the construction 

 of a factory for the canning of pineapples 

 next season. 



TO MANUFACTURE ROPE 



A rope walk is projected for Cardenas, 

 which it is expected will shortly be in 

 operation. 



An organization has been effected for 

 the new enterprise and the necessary cap- 

 ital has already been subscribed for the 

 preliminary expenses. The balance will be 

 forthcoming as required. The total amount 

 is $75,000, of which $50,000 will be used for 

 buildings and machinery and $25,000 for 

 the purchase of hemp. 



The industry is not the manufacture of 

 bags, but of fibre, spinning-tackle and cord 

 for sewing bags, and which is called "hilo- 

 carreta," the enormous consumption of 

 which in Cuba mav be calculated when it 

 is realized that there are sewed annually, 

 for the purpose of closing them, some 

 twenty million bags. 



The profit of the business is evident 

 from the simple fact that there are to-day 

 in Cataluiia several factories in a pros- 

 perous condition devoted to the manufac- 

 ture of this cord, which have to import, as 

 Cuba will do, the raw material from Italy. 

 The difference in freight is not an obstacle 

 because the import duties in Cuba com- 

 pensate for that cost and leave a good 

 margin. 



AUTOMOBILE LINES PROJECTED 



An automobile service is projected in 

 Havana Province, between Cojimar and 

 Casa Blanca and between Guanabacoa and 

 the towns of Campo Florido and Cojimar. 



The chief of the Public Works Depart- 

 ment has reported favorably on the project. 



The fare will be ten cents from Guana- 

 bacoa to Cojimar, 15 cents between Cojimar 

 and Casa Blanco and 30 cents for the 

 round trip between Campo Florida and 

 Guanabacoa. 



Further lines projected for which mu- 

 nicipal permission is asked by Sr. Manuel 

 Llovio, is one between Havana and San 

 Jose de las Lajas, and another by Sr. Diego 

 Perez between La Vibora and San Antonio 

 de los Banos. Messrs. Luis Carmona and 

 Benito de la Vega want to establish a line 

 between Havana and Alquizar. 



A company will erect two modern blast 

 furnaces in New York harbor with a view 

 to utilizing Cuban ore. 



