THE CUBA REVIEW 



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ISLE OF PINES NOTES 



THE STORMS DAMAGE — SIGUANEA BAY WHARF NEARING ITS COMPLE- 

 TION 



The October Storms' Damage 



Palm Grove suffered extensively. A 

 number of houses and barns were blown 

 down. 



Nueva Gerona probably suffered greatest, 

 and the losses will aggregate a considerable 

 sum. Much of this damage, however, 

 was the result of water. 



Little damage was done in the Los Indies 

 section. 



Much fruit was blown from the trees at 

 La Ceiba. 



At Santa Fe Rev. J. P. McCullough had 

 the roof blown down from his house, and 

 much damage resulted to furniture. 



At most all places tiling was badly dam- 

 aged, walls blown in and household effects 

 injured by rain. 



By order of the Treasury Department 

 $34,000 was appropriated October 29th for 

 immediate public works at Batabano, Pinar 

 del Rio, Havana, and Santa Clara, in order 

 to give employment to the many idle work- 

 men who had suffered in the cyclone. 



Santa Ana escaped with little damage. 

 Of course, trees will be set back somewhat, 

 but they will soon leaf out again, and in" 

 a short time one could not tell the dif- 

 ference. 



The losses to the settlers were as a whole "" 



inconsiderable.-/.^/^ of Pines News. A Los Indios Mango 



Probably the largest fruit tree on the 

 Isle of Pines is a mammoth mango, grow- 

 ing just east of the Los Indios town settle- 

 ment. It measures seventeen feet in cir- 

 cumference, is eighty feet high and has 

 a spread at the top of a little over eighty 

 feet. Seven such trees planted so that 

 the branches would just merge together 

 would occupy over an acre of land. The 

 tree is still healthy and vigorous and bears 

 annually, it is estimated, over half a car- 

 load of mangoes. The tree is of wild, 

 natural growth, and, so far as is known, 

 has never received any attention of any 

 kind. 



Miiclle nuevo en vias de constrttccion en la 

 bahia de Siguanea, en la ccsta occdental de la 

 Isla de Pinos. Tiene la forma de una L y 

 cnando este concluido tendrd 250 pies de largo 

 por 56 de ancho, con una extension de 2,423 

 pies de largo. Es de esperarse que estard listo 

 para iisarse el primero de enero proximo. 



The wharf at Siguanea Bay, Isle of Pines, 

 is rapidh^ nearing completion. As may be 

 seen from the illustration above, taken very 

 recently, the wharf is L-shaped. It will be 

 250 feet long by 56 feet wide, when com- 

 pleted, £.nd will have an approach 2,423 feet 

 long. It is expected to be in use by January 

 1st, together with a warehouse to be built 

 on the wharf. 



H. M. Binckley is preparing to work the 

 guano deposits south of Gerona. 



A chemical analysis of this guano shows 

 it to contain about the same ingredients 

 as other deposits that have been found in 

 the West Indies and have been operated ex- 

 tensively. 



The October storm destroyed the govern- 

 ment wireless telegraph station on the Isle 

 of Pines. The government was forced to 

 transmit messages to the nearest point and 

 then send them over to the island by mail. 



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