10 T H E C L B A K E V I E W 



HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE 



June 21, 1020. 



COMMISSION TO \ISIT ENGLAND: r'lvsidfiit Mcii.m:i1 h:is desicnated Dr. Des- 

 Aeniiiii', StMivtjiry of Start': Carlos Manuel dc (Vspedes, Cuban Minister to tlie 

 United States; Col. Pujol and Dr. Oscar Diaz Albertini, a eonnnittee to visit England 

 to return tiie visit which Admiral Jelliooe made to Cuba recently. 



PROPERTY OBTAINED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION, CARDENAS: 

 The sum of .>i;:>);,T.".'.>.Ti) was spent for a building site in Cardenas on which is to be 

 erectfc'd a handsome building which will house the Department of Sanitation of that 

 district. The building inider contemplation will be four stories in height and a work 

 ■of architectural beauty. 



ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY FOR HAVANA: The President of the Senate, Dr. 

 Dolz. hiis submitletl for approval to the President a project for the con- 

 struction on the "tinea" (farm) "Jibaro" of an additional aqueduct for the purpose 

 of sui)i)lying water to the City of Havana. This finca has a series of splendid springs 

 within its confines and it is estimated this water can be dammed up and an abundant 

 water sujiply alTt>rded to the city, especially during the dry season of the year. 



NEW SUPPLY OF SILVER AND NICKEL COINS FOR CUBA: The Government 

 has authorized the American Mint at Philadelphia to coin the following denomi- 

 nations : 



SILVER COINS Yaine 



5<X),000 Forty-cent pieces S<2(X),000 



8,000,000 Twenty-cent pieces l,t;(K),000 



3,000,000 Ten-cent pieces :><_X),000 



Total .S2,UX),000 



NICKEL COINS Vaiwe 



4.000.000 Five-cent pieces .S200,000 



5,000,0(10 One-cent pieces .■50,(X>0 



Total .•^2."'.O.O00 



INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE: On May 31st President Menocal signed 

 a decree to the effect that in response to an invitation extended by the French Gov- 

 ernment, he, the President, named Dr. Rafael Martinez Ortiz, Cuba's Minister in Paris, 

 to act as delegate for the Cuban Government at the convention which is to be held 

 in that city during the second half of June, for the purpose of establishing what is 

 referred to as the "International Central Office," which will handle the registration 

 and examination of patents for inventions, etc. 



DELEGATES TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON: President 

 Menocal on June 2nd signed a decree designating Messrs. Manuel Mallo 

 Gil and Juan F. Aguirre Echevarria, Chief of the Radiotelegraphic Station at Havana 

 and Director of the Radiotelegraphic Academy here, respectively, to act in the capacity 

 of delegates for the Cuban Government at the International Conference to be held in ' 

 Washington on November 15th, at which will be considered the different aspects of 

 international connnunication by telegraph, cable, telephone, wireless telegraphy, etc. 



SHIPPING NEWS: The City of Santiago de Cuba has petitioned the Cuban 

 Government for the service of a dredging outfit for that port, as the channel is in 

 dire need of attention. It is estimated that this woi-k will cost the Government 

 several hundred thousand dollars and it is understood that President Menocal has 

 assured the City of Santiago that the importance of that port warrants the expendi- 

 ture of this I'.ioney and that an appropriation will innnediately be available for this 

 important work. 



