12 THE CUBA REVIEW 



Fruit Company moved from their offices in the Lonja del Comercio building to their j 

 new wharf and office recently constructed, which will be known as the Santa Clara \ 

 wharf. It is owned by the Port of Havana Docks Co. 



Two Well Known Havana Business Men Claimed by Death: During the past 

 month the American Colony suffered the loss of two of their most prominent members. 

 Mr. Frederick L. Craycraft, general manager in Cuba of the American Steel Co., 

 succumbed after a short illness from an attack of double pneumonia at his home in 

 Marianao. Funeral services were held in Havana preparatory to taking the body to 

 his former home at Asheville, N. C, for final interment. 



Another well known and highly regarded member of the community to die after 

 a brief illness was Mr. F. A. Bongartz, director of the Frank Robins Co., whose death 

 resulted from complications which set in after an operation for appendicitis. 



Increased Steamer Service Between Cuba and Spain: Announcement has 

 been made by the Spanish Transatlantic Line that they will shortly place in 

 service between Havana and Santander, Spain, the 10,000 ton steamers, Christobal 

 Colon and Alfonso XIII, two of the finest vessels of their fleet. The Holland-America 

 Line has also announced that beginning in April, the Noordam and Ryndani, each of 

 22,000 gross tonnage, will be placed on the run from Rotterdam, Boulogne-sur-mer, 

 Plymouth, Santander and other Spanish ports, to Cuba and Mexico. It is also 

 expected that the Cunard Line will in the near future resume their service between 

 the ports mentioned. 



Tampa Shriners to Visit Havana: For the purpose of initiating a large class 

 of candidates anxious to cross the "Burning Desert Sands," some 250 members of 

 Eg>pt Temple of the Mystic Shrine from Tampa, Florida, will journey to Havana 

 during the early part of April to conduct the ceremonies. The use of the Miramar 

 Hotel has been tendered to the visiting Shriners as has also the local branch of the 

 Y. M. C. A. The visitors will be accompanied by their v^'ives and families. 



Rotary Club Holds Interesting Meeting: Opening with the presentation of 

 a Mexican flag on behalf of the Mexican Club of Havana, followed by a lively dis- 

 cussion on the subject of the increasing number of tourists, the third weekly meeting 

 in March of the Rotary Club was instrumental in promoting a great deal of hearty 

 discussion on the part of various members as to what efforts should be made to 

 encourage the tourist traffic. Many of the members felt that the club should go on 

 record as advocating special attractions and inducements to encourage tourists to 

 visit Havana, in addition to the many attractions, climatic and otherwise, now to 

 be found here. 



Waterspout Sweeps Over City: Forming in the Gulf northeast of Morro 

 Castle and swiftly wending its way across Cabana and through the center of the city, 

 a large waterspout caused considerable alarm during the morning of March 7th. 

 However, aside from uprooting a few trees and assisting several small automobiles 

 to move at a much faster pace than usual, the freak storm did very little, if any, damage. 



St. Patrick's Dance Great Success: The annual St. Patrick's Day Dance 

 was held as usual on the Plaza Roof and was voted one of the most successful ever 

 held. Irish jigs and melodies were rendered by the splendid hotel orchestra, augmented 

 by Irish songs and ballads by local talent. The entertainment lasted until early 

 in the morning, and if everyone present was not able to trace their ancestry back to 

 the Emerald Isle, they kept the matter a secret during the evening. 



Direct Car Service Between Atlanta and Cuba, beginning on or about March L At 



^"°*^ the outset a car will be run once a week. 



The Florida East Coast Car Ferry Co., Additional cars will be put on as rapidly as 



in connection with the Southern Railway business warrants, with the idea of estab- 



Co., has completed arrangements for a lishing a daily service as soon as prac- 



direct car ser\'ice between Atlanta and licable. 



