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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AND EXPENSES. 



The Detention Camp at Trisconia has a 

 number of sojourners who have to go into 

 quarantine before sailing for ports f.f 

 Tampa, Miami, Key West, Mobile, and New 

 Orleans — all ports south of Maryland ex- 

 cept Galveston. Passengers to New York 

 do not have to go to Trisconia, as New 

 York and Texas have state laws governing 

 that matter. The rates at the quarantine 

 grounds are reasonable, $1.50 per day for 

 first-class passengers, and 50c. a day for 

 steerage. Passengers are under control '--f 

 the Cuban Immigration Department, but Dr. 

 Stansfield of the U. S. Marine Hospital 

 Corps, makes a visit of inspection daily. 



li any passenger shows symptoms of yel- 

 low fever, he is taken to the hospital. Tris- 

 conia is screened from the pest of mos- 

 quitoes. Visitors are not permitted and a 

 guard is established to watch the place. 



HAVANA CIGAR FACTORIES TO SHUT DOWN IN- 

 DEFINITELY. 



The cigarmakers not having replied to the 

 ultimatum of the manufacturers to submit 

 their differences to arbitration, which ex- 

 pired June 30, the manufacturers announce 

 their intention to close all their plants in- 

 definitely. 



EARLY INDEPENDENCE DEMANDED. 



Gen. Loynaz Castillo has sent the fol- 

 lowing telegram to Secretary of War Taft : 



"The newspapers say that eighteen 

 months will be required after the comple- 

 tion of the census to restore the republic. 

 We hope that such an unjust and unlawful 

 delay will not be. It must not be. Cuba 

 is anxious that her independence shall be 

 postponed not one day beyond July 4, 

 1908." 



TAFt's PLANS FOR CUBA. 



On July I Secretary Taft threw addi- 

 tional light upon his plans for the Ameri- 

 can evacuation of Cuba by sending the fol- 

 lowing cablegram to Gov. Magoon at Hav- 

 ana : 



"I am in receipt of a telegrnm from Gen. 

 Loynaz Castillo as to something I have 

 said with reference to the restoration of 

 Cuba to the republic. The plan for the 

 devolution of the government of the island 

 upon the person to be selected by a fair 

 election, as outlined in my letter to you, 

 has not been changed in the sli.ghtest. The 

 question of the time within which that can 

 be worked out, due to doubt as to the 

 time in which the census can be taken, is a 

 mere matter of opinion. Please advise 

 Gen. Castillo accordingly. Taft. 



A permit has been issued to continue 

 the building of a road between Cuatro 

 Caminos and Managua. 



An appropriation has been mnde of 

 $26,900 to finish the cart road between 

 Cuatro Caminos and Managua. 



Authorization has been granted to 

 Luis Swords Mclrwin to establish a tele- 

 phone between his three houses on his 

 estate at Los Pinos, near Guanabacoa. 



government CLOSES OITION ON PROPERTY IN 

 HAVANA. 



Upon direction of the President, Secretary 

 of War Taft notified Provisional Gov. Ma- 

 goon of Cuba to close the option on certain 

 property owned by the Roman Catholic 

 Church in Havana. 



Gov. Magoon replied that the property 

 would be taken over. 



The properties include the custom house, 

 valued at $1,080,000; university and institute, 

 valued at $351,000; Academy of Sciences, 

 valued at $50,000; a house in Obrapia street, 

 valued at $15,000, and a house in Cardenas 

 street, valued at $3,550, making a total of 

 $1,499,550, less rent of $110,904.31. 



The options on these properties were 

 taken out during the first American oc- 

 cupation, and have been extended. Secre- 

 tary Taft, owing to charges that the price 

 asked was excessive, endeavored to secure 

 a further extension of two years, but the 

 apostolic delegate refused, because Sir Wil- 

 liam Redding stood ready to take over the 

 property for the United Fruit Company 

 and a line of steamships at the original fig- 

 ures. 



In his letter to the President, made public 

 last night, the Secretary states that a careful 

 investigation shows the price asked not to 

 be excessive. He points out the absolute ne- 

 cessity of the purchase by reason of the 

 wharfage front rights. For this reason, 

 the transfer cannot be left to the new Cuban 

 republic for disposition. — Washington 

 (D. C.) Hcral.l, June 30. 



CONSUL-GENERAL RODGERS. 



Among the arrivals in Hnvana a few days 

 ago was I\Ir. James L. Rodgers, who comes 

 to succeed Mr. Frank Steinhart as consul- 

 general of the United S'tates in Cuba. 



Philip Braundage Wind<;or has received 

 due authorization to establish an electric 

 plant in Bayamo for lighting of streets and 

 houses. 



Seiior Emilio Terry has asked for a per- 

 mit to build an iron pier and wharf in 

 Cienfuegos. 



An undergrrund sewer and a bridge will 

 be built in Sanc'i Spiritus, and the contract 

 has been awarded to Juan Sarrain. 



The Havana city council on June 24 made 

 provision for an appropriation of $34,000 

 for a lodging house for homeless vagrants 

 who, instead of sleeping on stone benches 

 in the citv parks, will be supplied with 

 night lodgings free or at a nominal rate. 



The plans submitted for the building of 

 a cart road from Cartagena to the railroad 

 of Rodas have been approved, and the work 

 will speedily be carried on. 



A bridge will be made across the river 

 Lagunillas, near the cart read from Cien- 

 fuegos to Manicaragua. 



Plans have been approved for the con- 

 struction of a cart road between the station 

 of Hatuey, of the Cuba Railroad and the 

 town of Sibanicu in the province of Cam- 

 aguey. 



