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THE CUBA REVIEW 



A vast road system is pro- 

 Good jected for Cuba by the De- 



Roads partment of Public Works. 

 Project The scheme is much the 

 same as the project intro- 

 duced in the preceding session of Congress. 

 It provides for a great central highway 

 from La Fe in the extreme western part 

 of Cuba to Baracoa in the East. 



From each provincial capital will radiate 

 a series of roads connecting all municipal- 

 ities with the main city. In all the roads 

 will be 9,000 kilometers long. Important 

 ports on the north and south coasts will 

 also be united by good roads. It is esti- 

 mated that the cost will be $60,000,000 or 

 $70,000,000, and 20 years for completion. 



The New York and New 

 Important Jersey contractors, Messrs. 

 Contract McGivney and Rokeby, 

 Rescinded have been compelled to give 

 up their engagement, which 

 involves al)out $13,000,000, for paving and 

 sewering the city of Havana. A large part 

 of the work has been completed. The Cu- 

 ban government alleges that the contractors 

 have not fulfilled the specifications under 

 which the contract was awarded. 



The Nezv York Times says the contract- 

 ors voluntarily yielded after a conference 

 with President Menocal, the United States 

 Minister and the Secretary for Public 

 Works. The government agreed, on its side, 

 not to take any legal action. 



Present aspect of the presidential palace in Havana on the site of the old Villanueva station. 

 This contract may also be cancelled. 



BUBONIC PLAGUE AT HAVANA 



A second case of bubonic plague in Ha- 

 vana was reported to Surgeon-General Blue 

 of the Public Health Service on March 10th, 

 and inoculations have confirmed its nature. 

 The first case found there several days ago 

 has resulted in death. Dr. Blue has in- 

 creased the force of Public Health Service 

 officers at the Cuban capital and sees noth- 

 ing in the situation for further alarm. 



Sixty-one passengers on March 6th re- 

 fused to go ashore on arriving by steamer 

 from the United States, because of the 

 fear that they would be quarantined on re- 

 turning to America. They landed the fol- 

 lowing day. 



WILL RAISE CATTLE 



An Atlanta, Georgia, paper states that 

 an application for a charter for the Oriente 

 Cattle Company, of Cuba, capitalized at 

 $1,000,000, has been filed in that city in the 

 civil division of the Superior Court. 



The announcement is made that the com- 

 pany has purchased 33,000 acres of land in 

 Cuba, not far from Guamo, along the Sa- 

 lado River, Oriente Province, for the pur- 

 pose of exploiting the cattle business in 

 Cuba on a large scale. 



The corporation expects to begin busi- 

 ness with something like 2.5,000 bead of 

 cattle and to market 6,000 a year in the 

 United States alone. 



