THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulienn. 



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ROAD MAKING AND BRIDGE BUILDING ACTIVE THROUGH- 

 OUT CUBA. 



Millions Being Expended in Important Construction Work in all the Provinces. 

 An Army of Laborers Employed. 



The following important data are taken 

 from the report of Acting Secretary of 

 Public Works, D. Lombillo Clark, to 

 Governor Magoon, filed August 17, cov- 

 ering works on roads and highways up 

 to June 30, 1907; The report includes 

 work which is being surveyed and under 

 consideration. 



PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO. 



RIO BLANCO TO CONSOLACION DEL 

 NORTE. — Highway. Appropriation, $80,000. 

 Sixty-five men emoloyed on the work. Grading 

 1/3 part done. Excavation for foundation com- 

 pleted. ^ Four-fifths of the concrete work done. 

 2.810 lineal meters have been constructed under 

 old contract. 



VI?:ALES TO THE PORT OF "LA ESPER- 

 ANZA." — Highway. 6.840 kilometers. Appro- 

 priation, $108,500. Thirty-two men already on 

 the_ work. Of the present contract all the exca- 

 vating and masonry work for the foundation has 

 been finished. One-ouarter part of the grading 

 has been done and the work of gathering mate- 

 rial on the site is continued. 



BRIDGE OVER THE HERRADURA 

 RIVER. — Extension of the approaches of bridge 

 over the river Herradura. .812 kilometer. Ap- 

 propriation, $4,447. Eighteen men on the work. 

 Four-fifths part of the grading done. Concrete 

 work nearly completed, and work is about com- 

 pleted. 



CABANAS TO BAHI.A HONDA.— Highway. 

 2.766 kilometers. Appropriation, $231,600. Sev- 

 enty-two men working. 3,800 lineal meters con- 

 . structed under old contract. 7.839 lineal meters 

 of grading done. This road is included in the 

 program of highways of April 5, 1907. 



PINAR DEL RIO (CITY OF) TO LUIS 

 LASO. — Highway. Aporonriation, $258,000. 



2.650 kilometers. Nothing shown on report as 

 having been carried out. 



C\BASAS TO OUIEBRV HACHA (Section 

 to Quiebra Hacha). — Highway. .920 kilometers. 

 Appropriation, $7,700. Twenty-four men work- 

 ing. 2,050 cubic meters of grading done. 160 

 lineal meters of the present metaling work done. 

 This work will probably be ended by July 31. 



SAN JUAN Y MARTINEZ TO LUIS LAZO. 

 — Repairs of the road. Appropriation, $7,000. 

 53 men. 823 cubic meters of excavating done. 

 911 lineal meters of grading done. 



SAN LUIS TO RAILROAD STATION.— 

 Highway. 1.108 kilometers. Appropriation, 



$21,778. Completed. 



GUANE TO LUIS LAZO. — Highway. 

 2.650 kilometers. 275 men working. The work 

 of grading has been carried from kilometer 1.5 

 to kilometer 8.5 from Guane. A rock quarry 

 has been opened at kilometer 4, and work of 

 quarrying stone is being done. Work on several 

 culverts has also been started. 



SAN JLTAN Y MARTINEZ TO PUNTA 

 CARTA. — Highway. 15.00 kilometers. Appro- 

 priation, $105,000. 170 men working. Grading 

 has been completed for a length of 1,300 lineal 

 meters. Slow delivery of material has been the 

 cause of much delay, but work is now being 

 pushed on. Culverts and fills are also being con- 

 structed at present. 



PINAR DEL RIO TO VINALES.— Highway 

 24.00 kilometers. 300 men. Contract includes 

 construction of steel bridge over Guama river. 

 For about 8 kilometers, from Pinar del Rio, the 

 road has been roughly graded. Two steel cul- 

 verts have been built and two concrete bridges 

 started. Awaiting further plans to push work 

 more rapidly. 



SAN CRISTOBAL TO PINAR DEL RIO. 

 — Extension of road. The project of this work 

 has been submitted for approval. 



TWO BRIDGES OVER THE RIVERS 

 TENERIA Y SUNSUENA. — $70,000. Project 

 approved. 



A BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER RIO' 

 HONDO. — Plans for this work have been re- 

 turned to engineer of the district for modifica- 

 tions. 



RAILROAD STATION AT MANGAS TO 

 PIJIRIGL^A. — Highway. Appropriation, $10,000. 

 10.00 kilometers. Being surveyed. 



BRIDGE ON THE ROAD TO MANTUA. — 

 Lender consideration. 



BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER AJICONAL. 

 — Plans under consideration to change from steel 

 to wooden oridge. 



CAYAJABOS TO CABAJJAS.— Extension of 

 the highway. Lender consideration. 



FORD OF CAYO NEGRO IN GUANE.— Re- 

 pairs under consideration. 



FORDS OF "LA MAJAGUA" AND "LAS 

 TUNAS," IN GUANE.— Repairs. Under consid- 

 eration. 



ARROYO DE MANTUA TO MANT JA. — 

 Highway. Under consideration. 



ROAD FROM CANDELARIA TO SOROA. 

 — Repairs. L'nder consideration. 



BRIDGE OVER RIO LA PLATA IN CA- 

 BANAS. — LTnder consideration. 



BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER GUAMA.— 

 $30,00. The appropi-iation for this work has been 

 reduced irom $50,000 to $30,000, and $20,00 

 transferred to construct the bridge over the San 

 Juan river on tne highway from Punta de Carta 

 to San Juan y Martinez. 



SAN DIEGO DE LOS BANGS TO PASO 

 REAL. — Plighway. 4.90 kilometers. Appropria- 

 tion, $50,000. Constructed under former contract. 

 1040 lineal meters. Of the present contract only 

 preliminary work has been done. Gathering of 

 material on the site continues. 



PROVINCE OF HABANA. 



SAN ANTONIO TO CEIBA AND GUANA- 

 JAY (by way of Encrucijada). — Highway. 1.090 

 kilometers. Appropriation, $10,000. 100 men 

 working. 2/3 part of the grading done. 



S\N ANTONIO DE LOS BANGS TO 

 GUIRA DE MELENA.— Highway. 3-000 kilo- 

 meters. 57 men working. 4,840 lineal meters 

 constructed under old contract. 2,600 lineal 

 meters of present contract nearly completed. 



HAVVNA (ARROYO APOLO) TO BATA- 

 BANO, VIA MANAGUA. — Highway. $137,600. 

 31.300 'kilometers. 87 men. Construction under 

 forrner contract 29,239 lineal meters. Section up 

 to Duran completed. 10,000 lineal meters under 

 construction. 



GUAYABO TO OUIVICAN. — Highway. 

 $50,000. 5,63s lineal meters completed. Grading 

 completed. 



PUNTA BRAVA TO SAN PEDRO.— High- 

 way. Appropriation, $50,400. 4.606 kilometers. 

 Constructed under old contract, 4,000 lineal 

 meters. Telford macadam completed. On the 

 two road houses, nothing has been done as yet. 



LA CABANA (FORTRESS) TO COIMAR.— 

 Road work here is mainly of repairing. $18,000. 

 .600 kilometer. 35 men working. 4,800 square 

 meters of brush cleared. 2337 cubic meters of 

 grading done. 



CUATRO CAMINOS TO M.\NAGUA.— High- 

 way. 6.16. Appropriation, $72,400. 52 men at 

 work. Constructed under former contract 3,982 

 lineal meters. Lender present contract all the 

 work is done, less 1,500 lineal meters of Telford 

 macadam. 



