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THE CUB.A REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



NEW MANTANZAS CLUB 



A view showing the main parlor or reception hall of the beautiful club building just com- 

 pleted at Matanzas. It faces on the Plaza and represents an investment of $25,000 subscribed 

 for among the 300 memljers, and is the Pride of Matanzas. 



MATANZAS 



This is the largest city in Cuba without 

 surface car facilities. More than one mile of 

 trackage was laid sometime ago for a street 

 car system, but the work was stopped for 

 financial reasons. The concession is held for 

 this railway and there is immediate prospects 

 of the work being pushed to its conclusion at 

 an earlv date. 



MATANZAS 



The Blaugas plant which was completed 

 and ready for operation has been closed down 

 owing to the war. The promoters were all 

 German scientists and at the outbreak of the 

 war left Cuba for Germany. Gas was to be 

 manufactured at this plant and placed in 

 drums for shipment to outside and remote 

 points in the island for consumption in homes 

 not supplied by electricity. 



MATANZAS AND KEY WEST 



With the news of prospects of including 

 the Key West ferry service to the port of 

 Matanzas the stevedores union of Matanzas 

 has held a meeting at which it was resolved 

 to call a general strike if it was attempted to 

 start such a service between Key West or any 

 other American port and Matanzas. It is 

 only nunored that this new service will be 

 estal^lished at any date in the near future, 

 but the stevedores are much alarmed at the 

 success of the ferry boat service between 

 Havana and Key West and believe that it will 

 reach them in time so they are preparing for 

 the worst. 



LARGE SHIPMENT OF TOBACCO FOR FRANCE 



The French steamship "Quebec," sailing 

 Havana for France May 24th, had on board 

 262 cases of cigars and 70 cases of leaf tobacco. 



