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of Santa Clara. The climatic conditions 

 and the soil conditions are not so different 

 as to cause this. To my mind, it demon- 

 strates that they were different islands." 



David E. McComb, Chief Engineer of the sewer 

 and paving contract in Havana. 



Sues for $165,000 



Thomas G. Brady of Washington, D. C, 

 has begun suit against Calhoun T. Ladson 

 of Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the sum of 

 $165,000 is due him as commissions on a 

 Cuban land deal. Mr. Brady claims that 

 he was to receive this amount for selling 

 about 500,000 acres of land near Santiago, 

 Cuba. Negotiations were opened three 

 years ago, he avers, with a New York 

 syndicate, headed by John S. Fiske. The 

 syndicate attorneys, it appears, finally per- 

 suaded the holders of the land to accept 

 $750,000 for the tract, although $3 per acre 

 had been the price originally desired. 



When he made his demand for his com- 

 mission at 50 cents an acre, Mr. Brady 

 claims he was refused payment on the 

 ground that the sale had not been con- 

 sumated at the full price figure. — Wash- 

 ington (D. C.) Times 



Provinces Once Islands 



Mr. N. L. Britton, the head of the New 

 York Botanical Gardens, has made repeated 

 trips to Cuba, and will send to the gar- 

 dens some 1,400 plants he has just finished 

 gathering in the island. 



His travels in the western end of Cuba 

 has convinced him that, without question, 

 Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara Provinces 

 were once strangers. They were islands 

 separated by a strait, probably just about 

 where Havana is to-day. "I have examined 

 about a thousand different kinds of wild 

 plants in Cuba and I find that those of Pi- 

 nar del Rio are entirely different from those 



Dredging Bids Received 



Bids were receH-ed by the director of 

 public works, on September 30th, for the 

 dredging of the ports of Cardenas and Cai- 

 barien on the north coast. 



For the port of Caibarien two bids were 

 received, one from Mr. M. J. Dady and 

 the other from Mr. P. B. Anderson of 

 Caibarien. The first oft'ered to do the 

 work at the rate of 73 cents per cubic me- 

 ter, and the second at the rate of 90 cents 

 per cubic meter. 



For the dredging of the Buba Canal in 

 the port of Cardenas, the only proposition 

 received was that presented by Mr. Dady, 

 who oft'ered to do the work at the rate of 

 $2.69 per cubic meter. 



The sum of $11,075 has been laid aside 

 by the Public Works Department for the 

 improvements in the harbor of Caibarien 

 up to June next, and $6,000 for the port 

 of Cardenas. 



A severe earthquake occurred in Santiago 

 October 12th, without causing any dam- 

 age. September witnessed a number of 

 such shocks also without damage. 



Senor Eduardo Carrasquilla Mallarino, the new 

 Consul of Panama at Havana. 



Senor Eduardo Carrasquilla Mallarino 

 is the last addition to the consular corps 

 in Havana, who was appointed Consul of 

 the Republic of Panama to Cuba. He is 

 the youngest member of the corps, and a 

 representative of the youngest nation 

 among the sisterhood of Latin American 

 RepubHcs. 



