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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



CITRUS FRUIT GROVES IN CUBA 



The census of citrus fruit plantings in 

 Cuba taken by the Cuba News of Havana 

 shows that there are about 14,791 acres 

 planted to citrus fruits in Cuba. The tigures 

 do not include the Isle of Pines colonies. 



The acreage in each province devoted to 

 fruit raising is given as follows : 



Camaguey Province J,21S 



Oriente Province 4,292 



Pinar del Rio Province 3,844 



Matanzas Province 256 



Havana Province 7S1 



Santa Clara Province 400 



The plantings are of grapefruit, oranges 

 and lemons, and the acreage devoted to 

 each are given as follows : 



Province Grapefruit Oranges Lemons 



Pinar del Rio*. . . l.TKi 



Havana ?>9'S 



Matanzas 100 



Santa Clara 182 



Camaguey 2,691 



Oriente .'i,4."» 1 



*Bahia Honda alone on the north coast is cred- 

 ited in the table with an acreage of 2,970 acres. 



AMERICAN CLUB OFFICERS 



The new officers of the American Club in 

 Havana recently elected are John Z. Horter, 

 president ; Howard Trumbo, vice-president : 

 A. P. Moody, secretary ; and Richard E. 

 Ulbricht, ireasnrer. The club's membership 

 /las been increased 64 members. 



THE HAVANA HARBOR BRIDGE 



The IVashiiigton Star says this project is 

 again under discussion at the State Depart- 

 ment. 



The Havana Bridge and Land Company 

 has projected a big enterprise involving 

 several million dollars in the construction 

 of a bridge across the entrance to Havana 

 harbor and the development and sale of 

 4.-)0 acres of land for residential purposes 

 on the northeast projecting arm of the 

 harbor. The bridge is estimated to cost 

 about $2,000,000 and the whole project 

 about twice that amount of money. Objec- 

 tions from the War Department as well as 

 the State Department through former Sec- 

 retary Kno.x, halted the enterprise. The 

 plans have been modified and a recent re- 

 port from the engineering board of the War 

 Department showed there was no further 

 objection so far as that department was 

 concerned. 



Senators Reed and Stone of Missouri and 

 Shafroth of Colorado are supporting the 

 enterprise. Secretary Bryan will later take 

 up the matter with the President. The Star 

 says that President Gomez of Cuba has in 

 the past few days been quoted in dispatches 

 as saying that the Cuban Assembly would 

 reject the bridge and land proposition if 

 put before it. Friends of the company 

 claim to have private advices to the con- 

 trary. » 



New post offices have lieen established 

 at Hatuey, Camaguey Province, and at 

 Varey de Vasquez, Oriente Province. 



A money order office has been esta1)lished 

 at Pina, Camaguev Province. 



United States Marines drilling at Gnantanamo. 



