THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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The city of Cienfuegos 

 The will pay three-fifths of the 



Cienfuegos cost of the works, and the 

 Aqueduct. State will pay two-fifths. 

 The time for the comple- 

 tion of the contract specified in the orig- 

 inal agreement is extended two years. 

 The total cost will not exceed $3,000,000. 

 The State will advance to the city gov- 

 ernment enough money to cover the 

 three-fifths which the city will bear. As 

 a guarantee of the payment of this 

 money officials of the state will control 

 the waterworks and will receive all ren- 

 tals therefrom, as well as the money de- 

 rived from sewer taxations. As a fur- 

 ther protection the government will 

 withhold payments for the work if neces- 

 sary. The state may also accept Cien- 

 fuegos city bonds to the amount of three- 

 fifths of the total cost of the work. 

 These bonds must be for not more than 

 50 years, with interest at 5 per cent., pay- 

 able semi-annually. The contract will 

 be executed at unit prices and payments 

 will be made as the work goes along. 

 There will be retained from the first es- 

 timate $25,000, and 15 per cent, from 

 each monthly estimate until the work 



has been completed, and then the entire 

 sum will be paid. 



In going over the route to be trav- 

 ersed by the new aqueduct and the loca- 

 tion for the reservoir, Col. Black discov- 

 ered that conditions were much more 

 favorable further up the Hanabanilla riv- 

 er than at the site originally selected. 

 This may lead, if the new site is chosen, 

 to some revisions of the plans. An- 

 other change made is that the water is 

 to be brought along the line of the new 

 macadam road. Governor Magoon au- 

 thorized the contract with Hugh J. 

 Reilly of New York by direction of the 

 President of the United States. 



The department of public works has 

 under consideration plans for the con- 

 struction of a jutting dock from the 

 Paula wharf, to extend out a distance of 

 170 meters, with a width of 32 meters. 

 The piles are to be of hard -wood and the 

 superstructure of pine. 



The officials of the U. S. Marine Corps 

 have under consideration the construc- 

 tion of a marine barracks at the Naval 

 Station at Key West. This is in ex- 

 pectation of the need of additional ma- 

 rines to form an expeditionary force for 

 emergency in Cuba, or on the isthmus. 



Scene near Cienfuegos, where the new reservoir for the city's water supply will be built. 



