THE CUBA REVIEW 



Use of Telephone Growing 



Ronald R. Conklin, president of the Cu- 

 ban Telephone Company, who was instru- 

 mental in the organization of the Bank of 

 Cuba, arrived in New York from London 

 August 6th. - While here he will look into 

 the workings of the various telephone com- 

 panies in this country, with a view to im- 

 proving the service in Cuba. He says : "The 

 telephone service is quite an institution in 

 Cuba at the present time. Cubans have 

 taken to the new mode of intercommunica- 

 tion, and a great deal of business, which 

 formerly required personal journeys or 

 lengthy letters, is now transacted by tele- 

 phone. Conditions have so improved in 

 Cuba that Cuban girls can now be employed 

 on the switchboards just as in this country. 

 This is a matter which would have been 

 almost impossible some years ago." — Wall 

 Street Journal. 



Major James Francis Case, recently elected vice- 

 president of the Cuban Engineering and Contract- 

 ing Company, carrying on the great sewer work 

 in Havana, is now resident in the city and will 

 oversee its completion. Major Case was chief 

 engineer of Manila and later became director of 

 public works of the Philippines, remaining there 

 twelve years, during which time he built the water 

 works and installed a vast sewer system. 



Progress is being made by the La Gloria 

 Pure Cane Syruii Co. towards the erection 

 of the plant for the manufacturing of pure 

 food cane syrup, marmalade, and by-pro- 

 ducts of citrus fruits. The company ex- 

 pects to have the mill ready to care for the 

 crop of sugar cane in the spring of 1911. 



To Survey the "Maine" 



U. S. Government engineers soon will be 

 sent to Cuba, to make a preliminary survey 

 of the conditions of the battleship "Maine." 

 This was decided August 29th at the first 

 meeting of the Board of Army engineers, 

 appointed several weeks ago, under the 

 authorization of Congress, to proceed with 

 the removal of the wreck. 



Two objects will be kept in mind by the 

 board in removing the battleship. The 

 first will be to recover the bodies of the 

 dead sailors who lost their lives when the 

 ship was blown up, and the second will be 

 to ascertain whether the vessel was blown 



Equipo de alta potencia usado por el Departamento 



de Agricultiira de los Estados Unidos, que sirve 



para rociar los drboles de los caminos y precaver- 



los contra los estragos de los insectos. 



High-power spraying outfit used by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture in treating road- 

 side trees. 



up from inside or outside. The impression 

 of the board, to-day, was said to be that 

 the best method of accomplishing these 

 objects was to raise the vessel in the open. 

 This would be possible by the construction 

 of caissons around the wreck. 



The contract is to be let soon for the 

 finishing of the macadam road from La 

 Gloria to Port Viaro, and it is expected 

 that the work will be commenced this 

 month. 



