THE CUBA REVIEW. 



HON. CHARLES E. MAGOON. 

 Provisional Governor of Cuba. 



about and mentioned as time goes by. 

 Also that neither Gen. Jose Miguel, 

 Gomez or Zayas mention guarantees. 



Thirty-five Millions Necessary for More 

 Roads and Bridges. 



As Cuba goes on developing, it is cal- 

 culated that during the next seven years 

 it will be necessary to spend $35,000,000' 

 on roads and bridges, at the rate of 



$5,oco,CGO i^er year, over and above the 

 sum neces.ary for the preservation of 

 the existmg roads and those that are 

 being built. 



In the districts dedicated 

 Where to the cultivation of sugar 

 Roads are cane, says Mr. Lombillo 

 Most Needed. Clark, of the Department 

 of Public Works, the ne- 

 cessity of highways is the least felt. 

 Sugar cane is cut and hauled during the 

 dry season, and the big sugar estates are 

 equipped with private railways that put 

 them in communication with the sea- 

 ports or public railway lines. But the 

 small or average sized properties, the 

 so-called minor crops, and the necessities 

 of rural life, are those that suffer. There 

 are entire districts in the Republic that 

 are not cultivated and that are almost 

 depopulated, because of the impossibil- 

 ity of transporting the products of the 

 soil to the' markets on economical terms. 

 The state of the roads, really mere strips 

 of land belonging to the public, have, 

 during the dry season, sufficient consis- 

 tency for the traffic of wheeled vehicles, 

 but in the rainy season are almost im- 

 passable, even for pack horses and pack 

 mules, and this is the cause of the gen- 

 eral use of the rough cart 

 The with two large wheels 



Native Cart with narrow tires, arranged 

 a Necessity, on an axle so that it per- 

 mits a lateral play of sev- 

 eral inches to those wheels. When the 

 wheels stick, the cart swsys from one 



_ Bringing Henequen leaves to the mill. It is crushed and the fibre hung in the open air to dry. 

 It is then made into rope. The hugh caratera or native ox-cart is seen on the right. This great 

 vehicle is the only one for the heavy Cuba roads in the rainy season. (See paragraph on this page.) 



