THE CUBA REVIEW 



Road from Maiiel after construction — -Pinar del Rio Province. 



GENERAL PLAN OF HIGHWAYS 



In view of the proposed improvements and additions to the present highways by the present 

 adminislration a review or survey of the existing highways and routes of travel between the 

 provinces would be of interest. 



The net of roadways existing at present in the territory of the Republic comprises 1766 

 kilometers in the six provinces into which it is divided. 



The Province of Pinar del Rio is connected with that of Havana by three roads: one 

 known as the Central highway, which connects through el Caimito, another which connects 

 in Capellanias with the road going to (,'eiba del Agua, and another which coimects near C-afias 

 with the road going to Alquizar. 



The Province of Havana is connected with that of Matanzas by the highway known as 

 "Central" — kilometer 74 — before arriving at the town of Mocha. 



These three provinces are the only ones that are connected, the other three not having any 

 highway between to facilitate communication and consequent commercial traffic permitting 

 the development of fertile territory which is now inactive. 



In examining the plan of the Province of Pinar del Rio we see that there is a central road, 

 which, like a principal nerve, communicates with the various towns, from the boundary with 

 Havana (province) to the town of Guane in the western region of the province. From this, 

 small branches go out, connecting the towns situated on the Western railway line, and one 

 transversal way which connects the port of E.speranza on the North coast with La Coloma on the 

 South coast. Another branch of this road goes to the North and runs as far as Bahia Honda, 

 placing in communication all the region situated from that port to Cuanajay, to the North of 

 the slopes. 



In the Province of Havana we see that there is a central point which is the Capital, from 

 which roads go out which extend with more or less length to different points of the province. 

 Some of these roads connect among themselves, at greater or less distance, forming, we might 

 say, loops, the center of which is Havana. 



We see in the Province of Matanzas that from the capital of the province arteries also go 

 out which connect, or should connect, various points of the province:thus to the South-Ea.st, is 



