THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



Tvpe of a Ctiban Villiifrc. The stem of the royal 

 of a rldgetoard and Is seen on every hnt. See artic 

 Tipo de nna aldea cnliana. Kl tallo ile la heja de 

 inente en lujiar de una tal)la del eaballete y se ve 



cooking. The long leaves of the royal palm 

 are much used for decoration on all festal 

 occasions, and the writer attended a social 

 function in the American town of Ceballos, 

 in the heart of Cuba, when the long leaves 

 reached from one end to the other of the 

 dancing pavilion. This palm produces no 



lialni leaf called ■zajina" is used extensively in place 

 le "The L'ses of the Koyal I'alin." on preceding page. 

 • la palma real, ipie se llama zagua, se usa extensa- 

 en las chozas en la vista. 



article of food except the bud. or heart of 

 the center spire. This consists of a tender 

 substance which forms a very palatable food 

 either raw or cooked, or made into a pre- 

 serve with sugar. The palm reproduces 

 itself by its berries, which are borne in 

 a great cluster from the center of the tree. 



Railways and Public iUorks 



EXTENSIONS OF THE UNITED RAILW.WS. 



The increase of capital required for a 

 controlling interest in the Havana Central 

 Railway of Havana by the United Railways 

 has received the unanimous approval of the 

 directors of the latter company. The meet- 

 ing was held in London. Mr. Robert Orr 

 will continue as general manager of the 

 combined interests. 



TROLLEY IN S.\NTI.\G0 DE CCB.\. 



The Electric Traction .Company of San- 

 tiago has nearly finished laying the rails 

 and other works in connection with the 

 road. 



TO DREDGE H.\V.\N.\ H.\RB0R. 



There is talk of dredging Havana harbor. 

 It is being slowly filled up with sedimentary 

 deposits brought into it by the river Luyano 

 and various creeks, says Dr. Erastus \\ il- 

 son. He was told by D. Miguel Herrera 

 that 60 years ago his largest ships could 

 anchor in places where now there are not 

 two fathoms. He suggests the use of pow- 

 erful submarine suction dredges in com- 

 mon use in Liverpool, the Mississippi and 

 in the harbor of Philadelphia, which 

 can easily transfer the deep sediment to 

 the mud flats in the southern borders of the 



harbor and make them healthy and valuable 

 territory. 



CUB.\ E.XSTERN R. R. E.XTENSIONS. 



A. V. Sims, president and general man- 

 ager of the Cuba Eastern Railroad and al- 

 lied companies, reports the completion of 

 their new exter.sion to a junction with the 

 Van Home system at San Luis, which 

 makes the Cuba Eas'.ern system a part of 

 the through trunk line of the island. 



Oi)crations will be begun just as soon as 

 the formalities of acceptance by the Cuba 

 Railroad Commission are completed. 



The construction of this road has in- 

 volved some bold engineering work, and 

 has been the most expensive work done in 

 Cuba. The rails used are 80-lb. and 85-lb. 

 the heaviest so far employed on the island. 



The earnings of the Cuba Eastern Rail- 

 road show a decided increase over the fiscal 

 year enr'ing March I, 1906. 



The Chapam Sugar Co. has been auth- 

 orized by the railroad commission to open 

 a public service on its private railroad from 

 A'elasco on the line of the Gibara and 

 Holguin R. R. to its batey and from the 

 latter to Caserio de las Delicias, a total 

 extension of 28 kilometers. 



