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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



General Jose Luis Robau, (Conservative) Gover- 

 nor-elect of Santa Clara. 



unhealthy and unsuited for the perma- 

 nent residence of bodies of troops. It 

 is also felt that from a purely military 

 standpoint the southern coast of the 

 United States is a more advantageous po- 

 sition for stationing such troops as may 

 be thought necessary to guard against 

 renewed outbreaks. — New York Journal 

 of Commerce. 



Nearly $16,000,000, it is 

 Sixteen estimated, are involved in 

 Millions for two contracts signed in 

 Havana's Havana, Aug. 21, providing 

 Improve- the capital with a proper 

 ments. sewer system and for the 



extensive paving of the dty. 

 The contracts were between the McGiv- 

 ney & Rockeby Construction Company 

 and the Cuban Engineering & Contract- 

 ing Company and the Uvalde Asphalt 

 Paving Company. 



The Cuban Engineering & Contract- 

 ing Company is practically the same as 

 the United Engineering & Contracting 

 Company, the concern which is build- 

 ing the tunnels under New York City 

 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Ralph 

 T. Rockeby of the McGivney & Rock- 

 eby Construction Company, is president 

 of the Uvalde Asphalt Paving Company. 

 Captain D. L. Hough, president of the 

 United Engineering & Contracting Com- 

 pany, is vice-president and managing di- 

 rector of the Cuban Engineering & Con- 

 tracting Company, and will have charge 

 of the work. The president of the Cu- 

 ban company is Samuel Bettle, who is 

 vice-president of the United Contracting 

 & Engineering Company. William H. 



Schmidt is treasurer of both companies, 

 and Paul G. Brown, managing engineer 

 of the New York company, is associated 

 with the Havana work. The New York 

 office of the company is at No. 32 East 

 Thirty-third street, but the main office 

 is in Havana. All materials and labor 

 for the work are to be procured in 

 Cuba, and operations will begin this 

 month. An important feature of the 

 work will be the building of a large tun- 

 nel for carrying the sewage of the city 

 out into the harbor. 



Dr. Lopez del Valle, in 



Havana's his monthly report on the 



Water sanitary condition of Ha- 



_ Supply vana, deals with the ob- 



InsuMcient. vious shortcomings in the 



city's water supply, and 



says: "Havana herself now needs all the 



water available and her needs are each 



day growing greater." 



Larger mains so often advised will not 

 solve the problem. He believes that the 

 springs from which the city draws its 

 water are insufficient for its needs and 

 that of other towns supplied from the 

 same source. He wants to use other 

 vento springs at once. 



On August 18, Dr. Eu- 

 Consular genio Cantero, Cuban 

 Changes. charge d'affairs at Madrid, 

 was dismissed from the 

 Cuban diplomatic service. No special 

 reasons are given for this action. Gen. 

 Rafael Montalvo has been appointed con- 

 sul of the first class at Paris. 



Jose A. Barnet, who had been in charge 

 of this post, has been transferred to the 

 consulate at Liverpool. 



Guillermo Patterson, the incumbent 

 of the latter post, fills the vacancy at 

 Madrid. 



United States Postmas- 

 Reply ters have been notified 



Coupons by Washington postal au- 



for Cuba. thorities that Cuba has 

 been admitted to the list 

 of countries which accept reply coupons 

 for the prepayment of postage on letters 

 addressed for delivery in the countries 

 from which said coupons are received. 

 The new order is especially gratifying to 

 business men who use the reply coupon 

 postage and they welcome Cuba's ad- 

 mission. 



Cubans have vigorous- 

 The ly protested against the 



Quarantine. continuance of the United 

 States quarantine regula- 

 tions which they say does them great 

 injustice, as there is no more yellow 

 fever. Governor Magoon took up the 

 matter with President Roosevelt, but no 

 change has yet been announced. 



