THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



CUBA 

 New Hospitals and Asylums. 



Plans have been completed by Govern- 

 ment Architect Seiior Cabarroca for con- 

 structing a modern military hospital at 

 Camp Columbia, Habana, headquarters of 

 the Cuban militarj- forces. It is also planned 

 to construct in each one of the six Provinces 

 of Cuba a modern and well-equipped hospital 

 for the military forces. 



An appropriation of $20,000 has been 

 authorized for a new building at Mazorra, 

 Habana Province, for the Ho.spital for the 

 Insane of Cuba. The work will be done largeh' 

 by administration, using such labor as maybe 

 available among the patients of the hospital. 

 The building will be equipped with modern 

 sanitary appliances. 



The Mayor of Habana has approved the 

 project for constructing an asyhun for men- 

 dicants, the bill having l)een introduced in the 

 city council by Councilman Vito Candia, and 

 jilans for the ])uildings have been prepared by 

 Architect Lopez Rovirosa. 



Proposed Chain of Schoolhoiises. 



It is stated that the assistant architect of 

 the Department of Public Construction, 

 Senor Cabarroca, is studying plans for 40 

 school buildings, which will be constructed 

 throughout the interior of the Republic. It 

 is understood that the construction work will 

 be of cement and brick. The buildings will be 

 of one story, and will be especially dedicated 

 to the use of the poor children of the countr}^ 

 districts, who are at present not \\ ell provided 

 for. 



The work of providing ample school l^uild- 

 ings in the country districts is due to the well- 

 demonstrated interest of the present adminis- 

 tration in the betterment of the condition of 

 the agi'iculturist of Cuba. 

 Work on Public Buildings. 



The building occupied by the State Depart- 

 ment of Cuba will soon undergo extensive 

 repairs, and it is stated that another story will 

 be added which will be devoted to offices for 

 the officials of that department. The neces- 

 .sary appropriation for this work is already 

 available. 



Credit has been assigned for the continu- 

 ance of the work on the new Presidential 

 Palace. 



N'ew Leper Ho.spital. 



A new leper hospital and colony will be con- 

 structed in the Dos Hermanos property in the 

 municii)al district of Santiago de las Vegas, 

 about 15 miles from the city of Habana. As 

 soon as the buildings are completed in the new 

 leper colonj^ the patients will be transferred 

 from the old San Lazaro hospital, which 

 occupies a prominent site within the city of 

 Habana, to Dos Hermanos. The housing of 

 lepers within the city of Habana has long been 

 a subject of severe criticism, and the pro- 

 vision for the proper quarantine at a long dis- 

 tance from any town or city has the approval 

 of the public in general. — Consul Henry M. 

 Wolcott, Habana. 



GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION 



The Cuban Government has published a 

 very interesting book entitled "CuVja Before 

 the World." | The book gives a brief sketch of 

 the history of Cuba, and gives a full account 

 of the exhibit of Cuba at the San Francisco 

 Exposition. The volume is well illustrated. 



CHINESE 



The Government of Cuba, bj' a recent 

 executive decree, permitted Chinese immi- 

 grants to enter the island up to the end of 

 May last, without making the usual guarantee 

 of $500 demanded bv the Jaw. 



CUBAN ^LIVE STOCK TO PORTO RICO 



The Cuban Government has been negotia- 

 ting with the United States, requesting free 

 entrance of Cuban live stock into Porto Rico. 

 Such an arrangement would be beneficial 

 to both countries. 



SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION 



The Immigration Department of Cuba 

 has received a gold medal for their exhibits 

 shown at the Cuban Pavilion at the San 

 Francisco Exposition. 



STATUE OF GENERAL MACEO 



The unveiling of this statue to the mem- 

 ory of General Maceo will take place in 

 Havana December 7th. 



