THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Matanzas Wharf and Custom House Sheds. 



HARBOR AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. 



Havana. 



A new dredging plant, consisting of 8- 

 yard dipper dredge, one 430 I. H. P. 

 tug, four dumping scows (500 yards), 

 and one 40-foot floating derrick, will 

 help the existing plant and do a more 

 thorough and quick cleaning of the bay. 

 The Santa Catalina shoal and the Atares 

 bay will also receive attention soon. 



Tallapiedra wharves have been ex- 

 tended into the old Arsenal, presenting 

 a new front line 380 feet long, and soon 

 new wharves, granted by Government 

 lately, will fill up the low bottom of 

 Atares bay. A commission appointed 

 by the provisional governor has on hand 

 the study of a costly project of improve- 

 ments to change the waterfront from the 

 Punta fortress to the Havana Central 

 R. R. pier, and prevent traffic congestion. 

 The administration will build a wide 

 street and covered piers to accommodate 

 all the traffic possible. 



Pinar del Rio. 



Surveys have been lately done at the 

 landing places: San Cayetano, Arroyo 

 de Matua, Dimas and La Fe on the north 

 coast of the Province with the object of 

 opening 12-foot channels to the different 

 piers now existing. 



Matanzas. 



Two channels 164 feet wide and 11 

 feet deep are being opened to the Cus- 

 tom House wharves, on the north and 

 on the south sides, and another of the 

 same width and depth will soon be 

 opened through the San Juan river bar. 

 The Avork is being done by Mr. M. J. 

 Dady by contract. Before the dredging 

 plant leaA^es Matanzas, it is proposed to 

 dig out the shoal on the main entrance 

 channel. 



The new custom house will soon be 

 ready, the pier reconstructed and the 

 shed extended. 



Caibarien. 



Projects to build a new Custom House 

 and pier for the government will soon 

 be advertised. 



Santiago de Cuba. 



Dredging is continued to clean up the 

 basin around the government wharf, and 

 a survey will soon be made to improve 

 navigation on the harbor, the shoal at 

 Punta Gorda, and the Colorado reefs 

 will be removed. 



A new Custom House and pier will 

 soon be built. 



