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THE CUBA REVIEW 



NEW ENTERPRISES FOR CUBA 



NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST OPENING 

 IN HAVANA 



If you care to specialize in nose and 

 throat work, write to Alfred E. Holmes, of 

 the Norway legislation, Apartado 977, Ha- 

 vana. This gentleman assured me that he 

 could place at least one doctor very favor- 

 ably, writes Dr. Henry B. Hollen in- the 

 American Journal of Medicine. 



"There is no one here at present," were 

 his word, "to whom we feel like going ; and 

 we 'foreigners' do not care to patronize a 

 Cuban or Spanish practitioner. Conse- 

 quently, many of us are forced to go to the 

 States for treatment — at great expense and 

 loss of time." 



"And you are quite sure there would be 

 enough to do for the doctor who comes 

 here?" I inquired. 



"Yes — absolutely ! There is an income 

 here from the start, for the right man. Bet- 

 ter yet, if he can fit glasses." 



And there are a few other openings, but 

 I would advise everybody interested to go 

 down first to investigate. Take plenty of 

 time and look around — from one end of 

 the island to the other. Various objections 

 to living and practicing in Cuba will present 

 themselves, and each one must decide for 

 himself whether they are worth negotiating 

 for what there is in it. 



As stated in my article in the June num- 

 ber,* no reciprocity obtains ; nevertheless, 

 a good man, one who is determined to stay 

 in Cuba, will not find himself barred out. 

 The present (new) administration is very 

 favorable to American settlers of every 

 class. 



And don't go down "broke," expecting to 

 find occupation of some sort to bridge you 

 over. There are very few positions open 

 which a professional man can, or will, fill — 



especially if he cannot speak the language 

 of the island, which, of course, is Spanish. 



Dr. Hollen also writes: 



"If you are a good operator, write to Dr. 

 Laine, Havana, corner of the Prado and 

 \'irtudes St., and get information. The 

 doctor is looking for a man to join forces 

 with him — one who is a good all-around 

 surgeon and has a little capital. His plan 

 is, to establish on a small scale a hospital,' 

 for the accommodation of the "American' 

 colony," as well as for others who may care, 

 to come in in case of sickness. 



UNITED FRUIT COMPANY PAPER MILL 



Under this name the work of establish- 

 ing a paper mil! at Preston, Xipe Bay, has 

 begun. The new building will occupy the 

 site of the mill used for several years past 

 in dehbering and drying cane, which was 

 then shipped north in bulk to Wisconsin 

 and the sugar extracted by the diffusion 

 process. The enterprise was a success and 

 the sugar was extracted, the residue being 

 used in the manufacture of a good quality 

 of paper. Unfortunately the mill was de- 

 stroyed by fire last July and further work 

 was suspended. 



The new building will be of steel, and the 

 shredding of the cane and the manufacture 

 of paper will begin shortly. 



*This article was printed in the July issue of 

 The Cub.\ Review. 



BRICK AND TILE PLANT 



Brick and roof tile from the Shipley kilns 

 in San Francisco Heights, Isle of Pines, 

 are being placed in the market. The location 

 of the factory is a central one and parties 

 from the outlying colonies in the island 

 will have but a short haul. 



About 12,000 bricks constituted the first 

 burning on Xovember 20th. — Isle of Pines 

 News. 



Views of the new automobile ambulance now in service in Havana. — La Bohemia. 



Vario aspectos de las ntilisimas y lujosas ambtdancias-automoviles adquiridas por nuestro Ayuntamiento 



para el comodo y rapido trasporle de heridos. Puede el lector ver fdcilmente el ingenioso y 



prdctico mecanismo por las vistas que de ella puhlicamos por lo que los habitantes de esta 



Capital deben sentirse satisfechos de la hermosa labor realicada por su Ayuntamiento 



dotando a la Habana de lo que solo existe en paises europeos. 



