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THE CUBA RE\'IEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING 



TO THE ISLAND 



The repair shop and lumber warehouse 

 of the Cuban Central Railroad at Sagua la 

 Grande was destroyed hy tire on September 

 Tth. The loss is considerable. 



The di edging of the port of Cabarien 

 and some other public improvements in the 

 Remedies district, Santa Clara Province, 

 are under discussion. 



U. S. Minister Jackson writes that the 

 regulations regarding tlie "oath of the flag" 

 to be taken by children attending public 

 schools, are so worded as to affect Cuban 

 children only. 



A road from Cruces to Mai Tiempo, 

 Santa Clara Province, to cost $2,000, has 

 been authorized. 



According to the bws of Cuba, for- 

 eigners cannot litigate unless they give 

 bail. Accordingly the widow of Scnor 

 Amer, a Spaniard who was shot by Jose 

 Pennino, had to file a bond on September 

 9th. 



Plans of the newest police stations and 

 prisons of Xew York were taken to Ha- 

 vana to be used as models for three new- 

 precinct prisons for the Cuban capital, ac- 

 cording to statements made by a delegation 

 of Cuban officials sent here to study the 

 latest types of buildings for police purposes. 



About 10,000 mauser cartridges were 

 found on September 13th in the Yumuri 

 River, Matanzas. between the Concorde 

 and Dubrock bridges, by some boys fish- 

 ing. The ammunition seemed to have been 

 but recently thrown into the water. 



Two automatic targets and recording ma- 

 chines, purchased in Belgium, were recently 

 set up at Camp Columbia for use in rifle 

 practice by the Cuban army. 



The Havana Gas and Electric Company 

 are largely improving ;nd extending their 

 plant. 



A new gasometer, said to be one of the 

 largest in the world, es it has a capacitv 

 of 1.500,000 feet, will be installed in Xo'- 

 vember. An extension to the present 

 power house will be of steel and concrete. 



Xew plans for an aqueduct for Jaruco, 

 Havana Province, are being prepared. An 

 appropriation of $16,000 was provided by 

 the last Congress for the work. 



The American Association of Freight 

 Agents, representing the principal railroads 

 of the United States, will meet in Jackson- 

 ville, Fla.. early in January and are plan- 

 ning a tiip to Havana. 



Twenty night schools are contemplated in 

 Cuba. Ten in Havana, the balance in other 

 parts of the island. The instruction to be 

 jirovided will be reading, writing, arith- 

 metic, Cuban history and civics. 



The Cuban government recntly sent two 

 revenue cutters to Tampa and brought back 

 some families which were destitute there 

 as the result of the cigar makers' strike. 



This action was in response to appeals 

 from the workingmen's committee. 



U. S. Secretary of X^avy Meyer will, it 

 is understood, shortly visit Guantanamo and 

 make an official inspection, wath a view of 

 recommending the construction of a big 

 base of supplies within easy distance of 

 the canal, adequate for the needs of tl.e 

 entire fleet. 



The Post-Office Department rescinded the 

 contract on September 17th for laying a 

 cable between Havana and Casa Blanca, on 

 account of the failure of tlie contractor 

 to carry out the work under satisfactory 

 conditions. Fresh bids will be called. 



A fire at Mayari, Oriente Province, on 

 .Septembr 8th, destroyed property valued at 

 over $50,000. Among the buildings burned 

 was the branch bank of the Royal Bank of 

 Canada. Only the latter building carried 

 insurance. 



Eighty-five thousand dollars w-as deliv- 

 ered September 9th to a representative of 

 Spej'er & Co. toward the liquidation of the 

 $35,000,000 loan of the Cuban government 

 contracted to pay the army of Hberation. 



An alcohol inverted arc-light is on the 

 market at Xew York. It is especially 

 adapted for outdoor use and w-ill withstand 

 rain, w-ind or storms of great severity. It 

 gives 65 candle-power, compared with 

 standard electrical candle-power. One 

 quart of denatured alcohol will last about 

 24 hours. 



English capital is interested, to the ex- 

 tent of $200,000, in the gold mines at Hol- 

 guin according to La Discusion of Havana, 

 and more extensive developments of the 

 property will begin shortly. 



The American Friends' Society may es- 

 tablish a school in the eastern part of 

 Cuba. It is questioned whether it should 

 establish the school by themselves or 

 whether the school should be an interde- 

 nominational one. It was finally decided 

 to let the field committee decide the ques- 

 tion. 



