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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



HAVANA TOnACCO CO. FACTORY FOR SAN 

 ANTONMO PE LOS BANOS. 



The nicrcliaiUs of the place are very 

 much interested in a nroject for a ci^ar 

 factory, and offer to build a suitable edi- 

 fice for i.O'^o workmen. The suliscri])- 

 tion<; for this purpose already amount to 

 $6,000. 



Two kilometers of carl road from 

 Guira de Melona to Melena del Sur arc 

 under construction. The cost 'is $14,266. 



Two wireless telegraph stations have 

 been established in Punta de Pescadores 

 and in Gmnlanamo. to connect these 

 places with the naval station at Guanta- 

 namo. 



Governor Maccoon has approved the 

 plan for the rebuil ling of the wharves 

 and sheds in Santiago. The plan for the 

 sale of the bridge "Casilda," on the high- 

 way between Rayamo and Baire, has also 

 been approved. 



General notes 



ELECTRHITV FOR I'OWER PURPOSES. 



Manufacturing interests in Cuba have not 

 been slow to realize the advantages of elec- 

 tricity for power purposes. This is espe- 

 cially true of induction motors, two recent 

 applications of which in Havana — one from 

 a viewpoint of economy alone, the other 

 from consideration of novelty as well as 

 econotny — may prove of interest. One is 

 a 15-horsepower induction motcr installed 

 in a cigar-bo.x factory. This motor oper- 

 ates, through a line shaft, a large number 

 of small circular and jig saws. The inter- 

 esting part of the installation is in the 

 fact that a steam engine and boiler cost- 

 ing to install some $3,500, although still 

 new, were replaced by the motor at a frac- 

 tion of the cost of the steam plant. In 

 the new Centro Dependiente Clubhouse 

 now being built on the Prado, Havana, 

 large quantities of marble tiling are be- 

 ing used in the construction of the floors 

 and staircases, for the rapid installation 

 and finishing of which a "rubbing bed and 

 tiling machine" was devised. This ma- 

 chine is operated by a 15-horsepower in- 

 duction motor. It is interesting to note 

 that four men working at the electrically- 

 driven rubbing bed can accomplish in one 

 day what formerly would have required a 

 week with the same number of operators 

 using older methods. ^ New York Com- 

 mercial. 



The natives of the Canary Islands re- 

 siding in Cuba, numbering perhaps 90.- 

 oco, have organized a new association 

 under the name of ".^sociacion Canaria 

 de Beneficencia." with headquarters in 

 Havana. 



The officers of the association arc 

 influential business men. Antonio Perez 

 y Perez is president; D. Domingo .Ama- 

 dor Garcia, first vice-president; Antonio 

 Suarez Franco, second vice-president; 

 Gorgonio Lorenzo Brito, treasurer, and 

 Camilo Romero y Lecuona, secretary. 



An ice plant has been established by 

 Karl, Westerdhay & Co., contractors, for 

 Mes-rs. Lopez, Fernandez & Company, 

 in Rodas, Santa Clara. 



RECOVER BUST OF ALFONSO XIL 



Divers have recovered in water 112 feet 

 deep near Mariel a bronze bust of Al- 

 fonso XII. The Spanish steamer Alfonso 

 XII. was sunk there by Amer.can block- 

 aders in 1898. The bust, which is a fine 

 one, was presented to the ship by the 

 royal family of Spain. 



HAVANA DOCTORS I'ROTEST. 



The doctors of Havana have entered 

 a protest against the recent action of 

 Governor ^lagoon in licensing two Am- 

 erican doctors to i)ractice in Havana 

 without first passing the examination in 

 the University of Havana, as is required 

 b}' law. 



Dr. Armando de Cordova has been ap- 

 pi'inted auxiliary professor of pathology 

 and clinics in the department of nervous 

 and mental diseases in the medical 

 school of the University of Havana. 



In pursuance of a desire to have a 

 burying ground for the Jewish race, the 

 United Hebrew congregation of this city 

 has purchased the estate known as Agua- 

 cate, consisting of 33 1-3 acres, located 

 one and one-half miles north of Gua- 

 nabacoa, opposite Havana, and the work 

 of surveying and putting into shape a 

 cemetery in the center of this tract has 

 already been begun. 



DESTRUCTION OF CONFLUEXTE ESTATE. 



A fire late in March did a half million 

 dollars' worth of damage to the Con- 

 fluente estate at Guantanamo. 



The estate is owned in Spain by Sr. 

 Sanchez de Toca and the ^^larquis of 

 Loma, who live in Madrid- It was but 

 jiartl}' insured. The Diario de la Marina, 

 commenting on the calamity, said, "The 

 mill will not be rebuilt until the present 

 conditions in Cuba improve." The mill 

 was put in first-class order only a year 

 ago. 



Ex-President Palma left Matanzas ac- 

 companied by his family late last month 

 for Manzanillo and to his estate at La 

 Punta, which will be his home now. 

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