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THE CUBA REVIEW 



GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES 



NEW BRIDGE 



A bridge will I)e built over the San Jose 

 river in the municipal termino of El Caney, 

 Oriente Province. 



MORE ELECTRIC PLANTS 



Messrs. Armando M. MuUer, Alfredo 

 Dumois and Ludovico A. Quinones have 

 asked government permission to establish 

 electric plants at Campo Florida and Banes 

 in Oriente Province and Sr. Esteben Ortiz 

 has asked permission to extend his plant 

 at Cabaignan and Guayos to include the 

 town of Zaza del Medio. Approval of 

 these projects have been given. 



Mr. M. Muller has received a concession 

 for an electric plant at Campo Florido, 

 Havana Province. 



Miguel A. Leyva has asked perrnission 

 to install an electric plant in the city of 

 Cienfuegos. 



AN ANTI-CLERICAL BILL 



A bill introduced into the Cuban House 

 on December 5th prohibits the further im- 

 migration of clerical orders of a monastic 

 nature, religious processions and almost all 

 public display of religion. Some of the 

 items of the bill are as follows: 



The entrance into Cuba of monks or nuns 

 or those of any religious orders of a mo- 

 nastic nature, is prohibited. 



All religious organizations already estab- 

 lished in the republic of a monastic char- 

 acter shall pay to the state and to the mu- 

 nicipalities taxes similar to those collected 

 from other institutions. 



The burial of bodies within monasteries 

 or convents is prohibited and those already 

 buried shall be exhumed w-ithin five years. 



Religious processions are prohibited and 

 all services are prohibited outside of the 

 church buildings. 



The use of religious robes on the streets 

 is prohibited. 



All municipal authorities shall duly pro- 

 tect all religious services within the temples 

 estabhshed for the purpose. 



Infractions of this law shall be punished 

 in accordance to the laws already in exist- 

 ence. 



AGRICULTURAL FAIR PROJECTED 



The American colony of La Gloria, Cama- 

 guev will hold an agricultural and cattle 

 fair on January 21, 22 and 23, 1914. The 

 Cuban Department of Agriculture will con- 

 tribute with $250 for prizes. 



PUBLIC WORKS 



A Senate appropriation of $:{64,000 will 

 be expended on the Camaguey aqueduct, 

 on the park in Victoria de las Tunas and 

 on the erection of a statue to Avellaneda, 

 a Cuban poetess of Camaguey. $20,000 will 

 be expended for this purpose. $250,000 

 will be expended to complete the aqueduct 

 which has long been sorely needed, the 

 water supply of the city being very in- 

 adequate. 



Two hundred thousand dollars appro- 

 priated in the 191,3-14 budget for public 

 w-orks in the Province of Pinar del Rio has 

 now become available and work will likely 

 be started soon. All work will be let to 

 highest bidder. Many public works and 

 the betterment of the government agricul- 

 tural school are projected. 



A bill i)efore Congress does away with 

 many honorary consuls of the republic and 

 puts in their places second class consuls. 

 The !)ill was brought up November 29th 

 and after considerable discussion was 

 passed. 



An abattoir is projected for Agramonte, 

 Matanzas Province. Plans for the new 

 building are nearly ready. 



Mayor General Enrique Loinas del Castillo, 



Comisionado de Cuba en la Exposicion 



de San Francisco, California. 



