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THE CUBA REVIEW 



SANTIAGO NOTES 



The great clock in the Dolores Cathedral 

 is kept in order by the citv at an annual 

 cost of $240.00. 



The new hotel of the Cuba Company is 

 a fine building and attracts all the tour- 

 ists. It was built on the site of the 

 old Casa Granda and retains the name. 

 To sum up its excellencies in a few words 

 is simply to say that it is fully up to the 

 standard of tlie other hotels of this com- 

 pany. 



Fine automobiles meet incoming trains 

 and convey the guests swiftly up the steep 

 streets to the hotel. 



Some salaries paid to Santiago officials 

 are given in the official report of the mu- 

 nicipality and are as follows : 



Mayor_ $3,600 



Mayor's private secretary 1,080 



City treasurer 2,260 



Chief of police 1,800 



Director of municipal band 641 



Director of cemetery 900 



Director of City Market 900 



Chief of the Fire Department 780 



Engine Drivers 300 



Engine Firemen 360 



TEACHERS ROYALLY ENTERTAINED 



The treatment of the Florida teachers on 

 their visit to Cuba surpassed everything. 

 No one anticipated the magnificent courtesy 

 that was so generouslv extended. For the 



three days on the island of Cuba the teach- 

 ers were the guests of the Cuban govern- 

 ment, and no host ever extended more 

 princely hospitality. 



Cuba and Florida are separated only by 

 a narrow strait, and the people of our State 

 and our soutliern neighbor should know 

 each other better. If they did they would 

 like each other better. We hope that 

 Florida will have the opportunity of enter- 

 taining some visiting Cuban body. A better 

 acquaintance would work good for the 

 people on both sides of the strait. — Jack- 

 sotivUlc (Fla.) Tiincs-Deinacrat. 



RECREATION BUILDING AT GUAN- 

 TANAMO 



A big recreation building, to cost $30,000, 

 for the enlisted men of the navy at the 

 United States naval station on Guantanamo 

 bay, where sometimes 20,000 men are sta- 

 tioned with tlie Atlantic fleet, is planned by 

 the Navy Department. 



There will be broad verandas and one 

 large room for a general meeting place, 

 with writing and reading rooms, and with 

 provision for moving pictures, minstrel 

 shows and other entertainments. 



It is also proposed to liave bowling alleys 

 and pool or liilliard tables. Admiral Bad- 

 ger, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic 

 fleet, declares that these recreation plans 

 are essential to the health, comfort and 

 efficiencv of the men. 



This imposing building is the Marti Theatre in Havana. 

 Teatro Marti, Habana 



