THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Nuevitas. 



A dredging plant, consisting of one 

 1/4-yard dipper dredge, one 120-1. H. P. 

 tug, four 160-yard dump scows, and one 

 water and coal barge will soon start 

 working on the Channel de la Zanja 

 at Nuevitas. Channels 150 feet wide and 

 9 feet deep will be opened through the 

 bays protected by the long string of 

 reefs and keys that extend from Nue- 

 vitas to Cardenas. The new dredge, 

 built at the old arsenal, will sail for 

 Nuevitas, accompanied by the water and 

 coal barge, next month. 

 Cienfuegos. 



A channel and basin 25 feet deep is 

 being dredged to give access to the gov- 

 ernment wharf. The work is done by 

 Mr. M. J. Dady by contract. In the 

 meantime surveys are made at the whole 

 water front of this city and the Caunao 

 and Pumiye rivers bars to improve all 

 traffic facilities. The government piers 

 are now being overhauled, new sheds 

 built, so as to give the Custom House 

 ample facilities to handle all imports. 

 Isles of Pines. 



A channel 100 feet wide and 9 feet deep 



has been opened at the mouth of the 

 "Las Casas" river, Nueva Gerona, by the 

 government dredge. There is a shoal 

 at the mouth of the river which is now 

 being dredged to 9 feet, leaving it nav- 

 igable up to the city's wharf for ves- 

 sels drawing 9 feet. The Jucaro river 

 at Sta Fe will be improved the same way. 

 A survey to improve the river "Las 

 Nuevas" at McKinley has been made 

 lately. 

 The Sewerage and Paving of Havana. 

 The plans for sewerage and paving of 

 Havana will include the boroughs of Casa 

 Blanca and Regla, which increases the 

 cost, for the latter now forms part of 

 the corporation of Havana. The new 

 estimates aggregate $15,000,000. 



The State will have control of the work 

 and the only function of the city of Ha- 

 vana will be to pay its one-third share. 

 A report by the committee on public 

 works of the City of Havana favors 

 accepting the terms of the State Govern- 

 ment, and points out that if the City was 

 to do the work it would have to borrow 

 the money on 50-year bonds, and that 

 with the principal and interest the work 

 would cost the city nearly $50,000,000. 



An Interesting Celebration in the Isle of Pines on the Completion of the planting of a Citrus 



fruit grove. 



