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"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 

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Vol. VIII 



JUNE, 1910 



No. 7 



Contents of This Number 



The cover page shows the water-works of Matanzas. The city's water supply is ample 

 and of excellent quality. 



Cuban government matters include the raising of the battleship Maine. The six-o'clock 

 closing law is exciting, considerable friction throughout the island. There is some 

 new information on the telephone deal, and President Gomez is interested in the 

 continuation of a great highway throughout the island. The Pinar del Rio explo- 

 sion is described on page 9. Provincial councilmen have had salaries substituted 

 instead of fees a;- compensation for their services. 



The water-works for Cienfuegos is illustrated on page 11. The work is progressing 

 satisfactorily. 



General Nuiiez, the former governor of Havana Province, while in Philadelphia, talks 

 freely of Roosevelt, Taft and Cuba. This will be found on page 12. On the same 

 page is some very interesting expert discussion as to concrete buildings in earthquake 

 countries. 



The bottling industry in Cuba is described on page 13. 



Official figures of the ravages of tuberculosis in the island, on Page 14. 



A description of Havana's new automatic telephone service, and the promise of a new 



hotel near Marianao, on page 16. 

 Two interesting views of a very picturesque and ancient city are on page 17. 

 Financial and commercial news, on page 18. 

 Railroad news and trafhc receipts, on page 19, and this includes the report of the Cuba 



Railroad Company's earnings since 1907. 

 A Chapter of the American Institute of Banking has been formed in Havana. The 



story, with illustration of the students, is on page 20. 

 Page 21 gives the earnings of the United Railways and the Havana Electric, also the 



custom house collections for four years. 

 A road map of the province of Camaguey will be found on pages 22 and 23. 

 The patent law of Cuba, containing much information for business men, is described 



on page 24. 

 Notes from the Isle of Pines, on page 25. 

 Agricultural informatioiL begins on page 26. There is a valuable article on native orange 



seedlings; how Hawaiian pineapples are canned, the advantages of concrete fence- 

 posts, an important note on irrigation, etc., etc. 

 The Spanish sugar article by Willett & Gray will be found on page 30, and the English 



sugar article on page 32. Further interesting sugar notes on succeeding pages. 



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