THE CUBA REVIEW. 



11 



Conditions at the Mazorra 

 Cuba's State Asylum for the In- 

 Insane sane, in Cuba, where nearly 

 Asylum. 2,000 inmate? are secluded, 

 are not so good as many 

 have been led to believe from the many 

 statements concerning the improvements 

 made at the place during the last in- 

 tervention, at least it w^ould appear so, 

 according to the report which has been 

 filed by Dr. Jose A. Malberty, inspector 

 of institutions for the insane of the 

 Bureau of Charities of the Department 

 of Sanitation and Charities. 



"There are packed into the asylum, 

 the report says, more than 2,000 inmates, 

 and because of the lack of sufficient and 

 suitable accommodations, a great num- 

 ber of both sexes have to sleep in the 

 corridors, and on the floor, because there 

 are no beds ; and should beds be procured, 

 there would not be any room in which to 

 place them. 



"The only separation existing there is 

 the segregation of the more violent from 

 those that are apparently quiet. They are 

 all mixed in an inextricable mass, with- 

 out any mutual relations ; those affected 

 by epileptics with the impulsives, clinqueses, 

 dements, melancholy, etc." 



The sanitary conditions are bad, because 

 of lack of proper drainage. There is a 

 lack of water required for drinking and 

 therapeutic uses and the supply is sus- 

 ceptible of pollution because of the bad 

 condition of the pipes. Dr. Malberty recom- 

 mends the establishment of two separate 

 institutions and for location use might be 

 made of one of the many islands along the 

 coast. Another asylum should be estab- 

 lished at Camaguey for the afflicted of the 

 three eastern provinces. 



Dredging Work at Sagna. 



One of the most extensive dredging 

 contracts let in years has just been 

 closed with the Huston-Trumbo Dredg- 

 ing Co., of Tampa, Fla., by the Cuban 

 government. The contract is for the 

 improvement of the harbor at Sagna la 

 Grande and involves the expenditure on 

 the part of the Cuban Government of 

 $2,012,000 and the work will require a 

 large force of men and extraordinary 

 equipment. 



Among the dredging and other ap- 

 paratus to be put in service is a new 

 six-yard dipper dredge, costing $165,- 

 000; three dump scows, one of 300 yards 

 length; three drill scows which cost 

 $59,000, one 150-ton tug worth $40,000, 

 a derrick barge, one large 22-inch hy- 

 draulic dredge costing $125,000 and a 

 launch for the convenience of the man- 

 ager. There will also be coal and water 

 scows and the company will operate its 

 own evaporating plant. 



About two hundred men will be em- 

 ployed continuously on the work. 



A Great Telephone Merger. 



Reports from London, March 14, are 

 that the Havana Telephone Company 

 and the Havana Subway Company are 

 to be merged into the Caban Telephone 

 Company, with a capital of $10,000,000. 

 The business will be extended to ninety- 

 four cities in Cuba through a long dis- 

 tance service stretching from Guane on 

 the west to Baracoa on the east. A 

 list of authorized private telephone lines 

 in Cuba will be found on pages 12 and 

 13. There will be an issue of five per 

 cent, first mortgage convertible bonds 

 for £1,050,000, equivalent to $5,000,000, 

 with the rate of exchange at $4.81. 



QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES: 



Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New 



Republic of Cuba 5 per cent, bonds (Interior) 



Republic of Cuba 6 per cent, bonds 



Republic of Cuba 5 per cent, bonds (Exterior) 



Havana City First Mortgage 6 per cent, bonds 



Havana City Second Mortgage 6 per cent, bonds 



Cuba Railroad First Mortgage 5 per cent, bonds 



Cuba Railroad Preferred stock 



Cuba Company 6 per cent. Debentures 



Havana Electric Consolidated Mortgage 5 per cent bonds 



Havana Electric Preferred stock 



Havana Electric Common stock 



Matanzas City Market Place 8 per cent, bonds, certificates 

 All prices of bonds quoted on an "and interest" basis. 



