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iiiitli-e which is to conduct the aCFairs of the party this year. President Menocal's 

 adiiiinisrration was warmly endorsed and Sr. Aurclio Alvartv, was re-elected president 

 of the party. Althoujih no olHcial anncanuenient was made, it is deemed certain that 

 Gen. Rafael ^lontalvo will he the nominee for President of the Conservative party. 

 It is just likely that, acting under the recent amendment to the Crowder electoral 

 law, both the Conservatives and the Liberals will form pacts with other political 

 Ijodies in an endeavor to be successful at the connng elections. Rumor has it that 

 the Zayistas, the followers of Dr. Alfredo Zayas, will combine with the Conservative 

 party, and the Xuiiistas, the followers of Gen. Emilio Nunez, Vice-1're.sident of the 

 Republic, will fuse with the Liberals in an endeavor to carry the elections. The 

 Liberal party has made no definite declaration as to who their candidate for the 

 Presidency \\U\ be, Init it is felt that General Jose Miguel Gomez, former President 

 of the Republic, will be their idtimate choice. There is no gainsaying tliat Gen. 

 Gomez has a large following in Cuba, and despite the fact that the Conservatives, com- 

 bined with the Zayistas, are formidable, yet tlie impression seems to prevail that 

 with Gen. Gomez at the head of the ticket the elections will be extremely close. 



ADDITIONAL STREET CAR SERVICE: The Havana Electric Railway, Light 

 & Power Company has extended its street car service to the new "Reparto" called 

 Country Club Park, which is situated alongside of the very popular Country Club 

 of Havana. Two years ago, when the Reparto was laid out as a residential section, 

 the general oi)inion was that it was too far from Havana proper to ever develop into 

 an important suburb. However, the value of the property has risen steadily, several 

 magnificent residences have been erected and this new evidence, the extension of the 

 street car line to Country Club Park, furnishes an interesting example of the ex- 

 pansion which the City of Havana is undergoing. 



NEW POLICE HEADGEAR: Col. Rafael de Cardenas, the new Chief of Police 

 of Havana, has issued an order requiring the Traffic Squad of Havana to wear helmets 

 fashioned after the helmets worn by the London police. These ln:'lmets made their 

 first apiiea ranee on May 18th and attracted considerable attention. The already 

 smart uniforms worn by the police of Havana, augmented by this innovation, makes 

 the Traffic Scpiad a very imposing sight to l)eliold. 



RACE TRACK NEWS: Recently there has been consideriible discussion as to 

 the advisability of holding a winter auto race meet this year. The speed kings who 

 were in Havana reciMitly and participated in the races held Iumc have all voiced 

 their approval of continued auto race meets and it is believed tluit it would be an 

 additional drawing card to the tourists were auto races to be held in coiiiuiiction with 

 the horse rnces which arc held each year at the Marianao race track. 



GRAND CENTRAL HIGHWAY: The Havana Rotary Club, working in har- 

 mony with other organizations of the Island, is interesting itself in the proposed 

 Grand Central Highway, which is to extend from Havana to Santiago de Cuba, 

 passing through the principal cities of the Island. While this project has been under 

 consideration for some years past and parts of the highway have already been con- 

 structed, it is now the intention of the Rotary Club to give as much publicity as pos- 

 sible to this valuable asset to Cuba's prosperity and from all appearances it would 

 sdem that the time is now ripe and the project will go through. To this end a con- 

 vention of provincial and nuinicipal councils is to be held under the presidency of 

 I'resident Menocal, at which will be represented all commercial bodies from the various 

 cities of the Island, for the discussion of ways and means of putting this project 

 through. Tnxation on undeveloped land will be discussed as a means of paying for 

 its construction and great hopes are held out that prompt work will be started on 

 the projected higbwny in the near future. 



ISLE OF PINES NEWS: Rumor has it that the Isle of Pines is to have a 

 deep harbor on the south coast so as to be able to accommodate larger vessels than 



