THE CUBA REVIEW. 



PROGRESS IN AN ANCIENT CITY. 



Centuries Old Cajmaguey Now Has Telephones, Electric Lights, and a Trolley Line 



is Being Constructed. 



CAMAGUEY, the capital of the prov- 

 ince of Puerto Princine, in Cuba, is 

 a city of about 35,000 inhabitants. 

 The city proper is about two miles long 

 by one mile wide and is beautifully situ- 

 ated on the western bank of the Jati- 

 bonico River in the center of a great 

 cattle grazing district. A thickly settled 

 annex lies on the eastern bank of the 

 river and is connected with the main city 

 by a bridge. This annex extends east 

 from the river about one-half mile. 



It is connected with Antilla, Nuevitas, 

 seaports on the north coast of the island, 

 and with Havana and Santiago' by the 

 Cuba Railroad, and the -Nuevitas Road. 



A lighting plant was established in 

 Camaguey as early as the year 1890 by 

 La Erhpresia de Alumbrado Electrico de 

 Puerto Principe, which held a permanent 

 lighting franchise granted by the Gov- 

 ernor-General of the province. The fran- 

 chise and the plant of that company were 

 acquired by the Camaguey Company, a 



Trulley coustiuutiun work in old Camaguey, cor- 

 ner of Avellaneda and Soledad Streets. The peculiar 

 wooden window gratings are shown. These win- 

 dows are met with but in few cities of Cuba. 



Canadian corporation, land, in addition, 

 a tramway franchise was sought and ob- 

 tained. 



The company now has about fifty miles 

 of transinission line in operation, and the 

 net revenue derived from lighting has in- 

 creased tifty Der cent, within the past 

 year. A five-year contract for lighting 

 the city has lately been closed with the 

 municipal authorities. 



Work was begun on the tramway early 

 in the suinmer of 1907, and it is expected 

 that it will be in operation next month. 

 Approximately three andi a half miles of 

 track are being laid at the present time 

 and this will be extended as required. 

 The power for the tramway will be sup- 

 plied from the lighting plant which has 

 been much enlarged and improved for 

 that purpose. The machinery, now be- 

 insf installed, is of the newest and most 

 up-to-date pattern. 



The company also owns about four 

 hundred acres of land near the city, de- 

 signed and well situated for a resid'en- 

 tial district. Streets and boulevards are 

 being laid out, also a recreation and 

 amusement park. 



The great beautv of the surrounding 

 country, and the pleasant and health-giv- 

 ing climate make Camaguey a most in- 

 viting winter resort. Although one of the 

 oldest cities on the island of Cuba, it has 

 been hidden from the world until the 



Quaint old resideiiees along the trolley route in 

 Camaguey. The elevated sidewalk characteristic 

 of the city is well in evidence on the left. 



