THE CUBA REVIEW 



General Business Outlook: Small building construction throughout the Island, and 

 especially in the city of Havana, continues quite active. This type of construction per- 

 tains mainly to small dwellings, with a revival of construction work which had to be aband- 

 oned shortly after the depression set in. Very little construction work of any magnitude 

 is being done nor is any anticipated for some time to come. Sugar mills everywhere are 

 confining themselves solely to necessary repairs and replacements. 



The iron and steel market has shown a slight activit3^ Orders have been placed for 

 raUs by the sugar mills, which find it necessary to make repairs to their railroads before the 

 next zafra. This demand also extends to agricultural implements which are being ordered 

 in small quantities as needed by the planters. Should the next season be a profitable one, 

 it should result in a very good demand for this class of goods, as orders which are now being 

 placed barely cover present requirements. 



Retail merchants still have large stocks of merchandise on hand, the disposal of which 

 is very slow, as the general public is not in a position to make extensive purchases at this 

 time. The majority of the merchants have cut their overhead expenses to a minimum and 

 are marking time until better conditions prevail. 



Isle of Pines Grapefruit Shipments Break Record: The present season will 

 break all records for the shipment of grapefruit from the Isle of Pines; twice as many crates 

 have been shipped during the month of August, 1922, as during the corresponding month 

 of the two past seasons. The Isle of Pines Steamship Company has two steamers plying 

 regularly between Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines and Batabano, Cuba, for the handling of 

 this fruit. The future for this industry on the Isle of Pines is very bright. 



Prominent Lawyer Weds: The wedding of Dr. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, well known 

 American Attorney, to Miss Maria Teresa Perez Chaumont, was celebrated at the home of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Regino Truffin on Saturday evening, September 16th. The wedding was 

 attended by relatives and members of the immediate families only. Mr. Lamar is a nephew 

 of the late Justice L. Q. C. Lamar of the United States Supreme Court. 



Merchant Marine Branch of the Y. M. C. A. In New Quarters: Having been 

 compelled to temporarily disband, due to financial conditions, the Merchant Marine Branch 

 of the Y. M. C. A. has again opened a branch here, taking over the buUding formerly known 

 as Hotel Francia. A restaurant, employment bureau, and other activities for the benefit 

 of seafaring men who may be stranded or who do not know just where to go while in Havana, 

 is maintained by the Association. The work is in charge of Mr. E. Bratzel, who has been 

 employed in a similar capacity with the main Y. M. C. A. here. It is felt that this institu- 

 tion will do much good work among the seamen. 



Mexican School Ship Visits Havana: The S. S. "Aguas Prietas" with the grad- 

 uating class of the Naval Academy, paid a complimentary visit to Havana recently. 

 During the stay the officers and members of the class were banqueted by the Cuban 

 officials. When the ship left this port she took a number of destitute Mexicans, who had 

 become stranded in Cuba, back to Mexico with her. 



Extension to Hotel Sevilla to Begin Soon: It is announced that work will soon 

 be started on the extension of Hotel Sevilla. Contemplated plans provide for a considerable 

 addition to the present buUding, a large portion of which will front directly upon the Prado, 

 the principal thoroughfare of the city. New dining room and kitchen facilities are also 

 contemplated in the plans. 



Canadian Pacific Line to Run Winter Cruises: E. G. Chesbrough, Southern 

 Passenger Agent of the Canadian Pacific Line, has been m Havana making arrangements 

 for the care of winter cruises which that line intends inaugurating. The first trip will be 

 made about the middle of January. 



"Sloppy Joe" to Return Soon: "Sloppy Joe" Abeal, known to thousands of 

 tourists who have visited Havana, proprietor of "Sloppy Joe's" restaurant and bar. on the 

 corner of Zulueta and Animas Streets, has announced his return to welcome the tourists. 

 Joe has been spending several months in his old home in Gahcia, Spain, recuperating from 

 a heavy season behind the bar ministering to the needs of those of the visiting Americans 

 who do not strictly observe the Volstead Law while in foreign territory. 



