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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



PUBLIC WORKS FOR ORIENTE PROVINCE 



The share of Oriente Province in the appro- 

 priation for much needed public works, ex- 

 ceeds $200,000 and will be expended for the 

 following improvements : 



Mayari Aqueduct $16,000 



Abattoir at Camjiechuehi 2,000 



Road Work at Canev 14,000 



Road ^^'ork to Alto Songo 14,000 



Road Work to Cobre 20,000 



Street Paving in Manzanillo 12,000 



Street Paving in Santiago 12,000 



Road Work and Bridge around 



Bavamo 28,000 



Street Paving in Holguin 10,000 



Street Paving in Gibara 10,000 



Watertanks in Holguin 4,000 



Road Work between Palma Soriano 



and San Luis 30,000 



PubUc Works around Banes 14,000 



Road Work around Sagua de Tanamo 3,000 



Street Work in Tunas 5,000 



Guantanamo Valley 15,000 



Road Work, Bridges, etc., in various 



small towns 20,000 



NURSERY STOCK RETURNED 



Under recent orders, nursery stock and 

 other plants and plant products for propaga- 

 tion, except as noted, received in the United 

 States through the mails from Cuba and 

 other foreign countries, will be returned from 

 the post office of receipt, to the country and 

 place of origin. A great many mailshipments 

 of this kind have already' been returned and 

 Cuban exporters are advised to make all ship- 

 ments by freight or express in order to avoid 

 any unpleasantness. Furthermore, all ship- 

 ments of nursery stock exported to the United 

 States must be {)roperly certified by Cuban 

 officials as being apparently' free from insect 

 pests and plant disease. 



FRIAS' CLAIM REJECTED 



The litigation between Hugh J. Reilly, the 

 contractor, and Jose Antonio Frias, former 

 president of the Cuban Senate, who claimed 

 an interest in the monej' Judge Reilly re- 

 ceived, was disposed of on April ISth by the 

 Supreme Court in New York, which threw 

 the claims of Frias out of court. 



The contest between Reilly and Frias, 

 which had extended some years, resulted in 

 the indictment of Frias for perjury in New 

 York and of ReiUj- and his son, Hugh J. 

 Reilly, Jr., in Havana. 



The facts as they were developed in the 

 testimony showed that Reilly went to Cuba 

 just after the close of the Spanish-American 

 war in 1899, and in 1902 in Cienfuegos, met 

 Frias, a practising lawyer and leader of his 

 political party, who had been Mayor of 



Cienfuegos, and professor of law in the 

 National University. Reilly alhed himself 

 with Frias and got a $3,000,000 contract to 

 build water-works at Cienfuegos. 



Reilly then formed a contracting firm in 

 which he made Bishop Broderick, ot Havana, 

 a partner and the water-works were built. 

 Before the final payment of $557,661 had 

 been made, Reilly and Frias fell out and each 

 brought suit against the other. 



Supreme Court Justice Newburger rejected 

 the claims of Frias on the grounds that the 

 agreements on which Frias based his claims 

 were obtained by Frias while he was acting 

 as attorney forReilh^ and that Frias had failed 

 to show that he had made a reasonable use 

 of the confidence imposed in him by his 

 chent. 



"An examination of all the exhibits 

 submitted, '" said Justice Newburger, "dis- 

 closes no relation between the parties that 

 can be construed as a partnership. The 

 contracts with the Cuban Government, with 

 the Railroad Commission, and with the 

 church authorities in Havana were all in 

 the name of Reilly. Frias' name nowhere 

 appears." 



HAVANA OMNIBUS SERVICE 



A new London companv, capitalized at 

 $3,000,000, $1,500,000 in stocks and an equal 

 sum in bonds, has for its object the formation 

 of an omnibus service in Havana. 



In 1906, when the companj- secured its 

 London concession, it had in service in that 

 city 200 vehicles, very bad and very ugl>'. 



Today its 4,000 to 5.000 omnibuses, carrj-- 

 ing 700,000,000 pas.sengers annually, has 

 superseded the horse cabs at a great saving 

 in operating co.sts. 



NEW BAKERY IN SANTIAGO 



A bakery, producing fancj' bread, rolls and 

 biscuits, is projected for Santiago. An ex- 

 pert in this work has been procured in the 

 person of Sr. Mariano Laporte, who for more 

 than thirt}' years has been the superintendent 

 of a large establishment at Barcelona in 

 Spain. 



The chauffeurs in Cuba have formed an 

 association for mutual advantage. The 

 banner of the new union is red in color with 

 a border of gold. In the centre is a steering 

 wheel and within the wheel two hands in a 

 fraternal clasp. The banner also bears the 

 words, "Association of Chauffeurs of Cuba." 



The Royal Bank of Canada will erect a 

 new modern office building at Antilla. The 

 construction work will start this summer. 



