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THE CUBA RE\TEW And Bulletin. 



These officials visited Nuevitas, Ciego do 

 Avila, Comocum, Ihilguin, Chavpara and 

 Puerto Padre, as well as the lirst named, 

 and found the telegraph lines and postal 

 services quite satisfactory. 



Two additional wireless stations will be 

 established at Guantanamo between that 

 place and the Caves, about eight miles 

 away. 



'Jiie new Cuba Canal was opened on 

 January i8 at Cardenas, and the Munson 

 steamship "Cubana" was the first to in- 

 augurate the canal, and ii only took seven- 

 teen minutes for her passage from the first 

 buoy at the entrance. This is a matter of 

 great improvement for Cardenas transporta- 

 tion, and vessels will noi he obliged to 

 anchor near Cayo Piedra. 



Montoro and Zayas called upon the gov- 

 ernor to ask him to hasten in Matanzas the 

 work of erecting a bridge across the San 

 Juan and Marti rivers, and also to promote 

 the con.struction of roads between Matanzas 

 and Corral Falso and Loma de Naranjos. 



Contractor Dadj^ has begun work on the 

 canal which will open a passage for ships 

 from the harbor up Matadero creek to 

 Cristina station. This enterprise will cost 

 about $800,000. 



Holguin inoks for new school and other 

 improvements, and Governor Magoon has 

 promised an appropriation of $45,000. 



Guantanamo wants a new market, and 

 the extension of the aqueduct ''o other 

 towns, and the Governor is considering 

 the matter. 



Cabanas and Morro Castle are now con- 

 nected with the palace by telephone, by 

 means of a cable under Havana harbor. 



It is proposed to extend the Malecon to 

 the Paula dock. The cost would be about 

 $200,000. 



The inau»'uration of the electric line in 

 Santiago de Cuba took place on January 21. 



.\ connniitee visited Governor Magoon 

 in regard to the aqueduct for Matanzas 

 for which Congress voted $45,000. The 

 Governor replied that as soon as possible 

 this work will be taken up. 



A permit has been issued for the con- 

 struction of a dock on the .Mmcndares 

 River and has been approved by the Pro- 

 visional Hoard of Agriculture. 



The Havana Coal Co. has also been au- 

 thorized to enlarge its embankment at Casa 

 Blanca. 



A m;w hotel i'ok hav.vna. 



Work on the building of this hotel will 

 begin not later than jNlarch, and will be 

 finished about December, 1907. There 

 will he 400 rooms in all, *of which 300 

 will be with bath rooms. The hotel has 

 a fine location on the I'rado. on the 

 corner of Animas street. The projectors 

 of this new enterprise arc the following: 

 Knickerbocker Trust Co., of New York; 

 M. H. Lewis, of the Cuba Eastern Rail- 

 road; Jose IMarimon, president of the 

 Spanish Bank, and of the firm of Branet 

 &- Co., importers and exporters, Havana; 

 -M. J. Mandalay, attorney for the Cuba 

 Central, and Antonio Colas, president of 

 a brick manufacturing concern at San 

 Cristobal. Mr. b'ernando C. ]\Iesa, the 

 agent for the propertj'. said that $290,000 

 cash had been paid for the lot on which 

 the new hotel was to stand, and that the 

 aopreciation in Havana real est;ite had 

 been so pronounced that if the owners 

 wished to sell he had an oflfer to buy at 

 an advance of 50 per cent, over the 

 "urchase price. He said also they were 

 desirous of securing adjoinincr projcrty 

 tor further ininrox-cments. 



Tlie Alnieudiiies Ilivii- iip.Tr Huvana. 



