TFIE CUBA REVIEW 



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New Pavement Havana Streets. 



HAVANA 



The work of dredging in Havana harbor 

 has been resumed after a period of six months. 

 The dredger is now working at Santa Cata- 

 lina point, a strata of coral formation which 

 extends for a distance of 600 yards from the 

 shore to the center of the hrabor with a depth 

 of two to six feet with the exception of a small 

 channel across the center, which permitted 

 ships to cross at that point, and has been 

 always a menace to navigators. In blast- 

 ing for the removal of the rocky formation 

 much damage has resulted in the city, which 

 is claimed to be due to a subterraneous pass- 

 age under the city from the bay, and the water 

 is forced through the passage with each charge 

 of dynamite with such force that it rocks the 

 buildings. 



HAVANA 



Work has been temporarily suspended on 

 the new palace building for the provincial 

 governor of Havana Province. This building, 

 when completed, will be another magnificent 

 type of Spanish architectiire, and is situated 

 just off the Prado, near the Malecon, and oppo- 



site the large Bock & Co. building, 

 is to be $1,000,000. 



The cost 



HAVANA 



It is announced that work will be resumed 

 on the new Presidential palace as soon as the 

 matter of existing contracts can be disposed of 

 and new agreements entered into. The 

 building of this palace was started during 

 the Gomez administration, but work was 

 stopped when Pres. Menocal took office, and 

 the building was only partly finished. It is 

 to be a palace worthy the name, and is situ- 

 ated in the Prado, opposite the new Gallego 

 Club Building and Opera House. 



BRIDGE HAVANA HARBOR 



The proposed bridge to connect Havana with 

 iVIorro Castle is still receiving consideratiou 

 in Havana. An American engineer is now 

 on the ground taking soundings for its loca- 

 tion. The bridge will be of a type of construc- 

 tion similar to our Brooklyn bridge and will 

 offer direct communication with the mainland 

 across the bay from Havana which promises 

 better development for this locality as a 

 suburban district. 



