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THE CUBA REVIEW 



As Felton is in the centre of a large and prosperous sugar district, many men come to the 

 mine from the sugar companies after the oane-cutting season is over. It has been demonstrated 

 very often that the majority of the fever cases are brought by such recruits. At Daiquiri, the 

 new men as a rule come direct from the north of Spain, and are not so likely to transmit fever. 

 Notwithstanding the above mentioned facts, the proportion of sickness at the Mayari mines is 

 extremely low. 



It might be well to speak in this connection of the ever present enemies, the jejenes (no 

 see 'ems) which, though not a carrier of disease so far as known, are nevertheless a troublesome 

 pest. These will undoubtedly be eliminated sooner or later, but at pre.sent no satisfactory 

 means of extermination has been proposed. 



SUGAR INDUSTRY NOTES 



TRAP SYSTEM FOR CAPE CRUZ 



]vlr. D. J. Lewis, Jr., consulting engineer, 

 New York City, has made a contract with the 

 Cape Cruz Company of New York, owners 

 of the Cape Cruz sugar estate in Oriente Pro- 

 vince, to furnish for their sugar factory a trap 

 system to collect from their juice heaters, 

 evaporators, vacuum pans and live steam 

 drips, a maximum amount of one hundred 

 thousand (100,000) pounds of condensation 

 per hour and return it automatically to the 

 boilers. The pressures will vary on the dif- 

 ferent devices from zero to one hundred and 

 twenty-five (125) pounds. 



Mr. Lewis was formerly manager of the 

 "Bundy" Trap and for three years past, sales 

 manager and engineer for the Lytton Manu- 

 facturing Corporation, with his associate 

 Mr. W. J. Wayte, a consulting chemical, 

 sugar and industrial engineer, he is now mak- 

 ing a specialty of power house, sugar house 

 and chemical works efficiency. 



Mr. Lewis is sales agent for the Lytton 

 Manufacturing Corporation, who make the 

 "Lytton" traps and valves, for New York 

 and New England and Mr. Wayte is the 

 United States Agent for Messrs. Watson, 

 Laidlaw & Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, Scotland, 

 manufacturers of centrifugal machinery. 



MORE SUGAR FACTORIES PROJECTED 



Messrs. Garcia Rubio, Severo Pina and Jo.se 

 Lopez Rodriguez, the "Pote"of "La Moderna 

 Poesia," have formed an association for the 

 purpose of establishing a sugar factory at 

 Guayacanes, Camaguey Province, and expect 

 to be ready to grind in March, 1915. 



Another factory is projected which will also 

 grind at that time. The location of this 

 second central is given as Moron, also in 

 Camaguey Province, but the names of the 

 men forming the new Association are with- 

 held for the present. — La Independencia, 

 Santiago. 



Guayacanes is an important shipping point 

 for cattle, cedar, mahogany and other woods, 

 on the line of the Cuba railroad. It is also in 

 a good cane section. 



In view of the fact that many of the planters 

 have complained that owing to the war they 

 cannot get sacks for their sugar as the sacks 

 come from India by way of English vessels, 

 the customs administrator has recommended 

 to the government that sacks should be 

 allowed to come in free of charge from the 

 United States. 



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