T 11 K C U B A R E \' I K W 



When the British steamer "Crown 

 Prince" was wrecked off the coast of Cuba 

 during the October storms, she had a cargo 

 of 75,000 bags of coft'ee. Some 25,000 

 bags have been recovered, a large quantity 

 being secured from nearby boatmen who 

 received So cents per bag from the agents 

 engaged in salvage work. 



Residents in Jesus deL Monte, one of 

 Havana's suburbs, have to do their market- 

 ing in Havana at much inconvenience. 

 Agitation for a $50,000 market in their own 

 section has begun. 



The handsome new court-house erected in 

 Pinar del Rio at a cost of $150,000, has 

 recently been completed after two years' 

 labor. 



A party of 150 members of the American 

 Society of Civil Engineers will visit Ha- 

 vana earl}- in February. 



The old-time lock which since the days 

 of General Tacon has been at the pres- 

 idjnt's palace has been removed and a 

 modern lock placed there. The relic was 

 sent to the Cardenas Museum. 



An escaped prisoner in Cuba when recap- 

 tured does not incur any extra penaltj- for 

 his flight, because the law does not punish 

 the prisoner who escapes, but inflicts pun- 

 ishment on the one that allowed him to 

 escape. 



Contracts for two provin- 



Two cial agricultural schools 



Agricultural have been let, and these will 



Schools be built at once in Matan- 



zas Province and in Santa 



Clara. The cost of the buildings is about 



$27,000 each. 



The sites selected for the location of 

 these institutions are all well chosen, both 

 as to location, running streams and fertil- 

 ity of the soil. It is intended to establish 

 a system of irrigation at each of these 

 institutions and to experiment with the dif- 

 ferent crops with and without artificial ir- 

 rigation. 



It is intended to establish one of these 

 schools in each of the six provinces. 



The Cuban Engineering Company, which 

 is constructing the big sewerage system for 

 Havana, is pushing its preliminary work 

 for la3-ing the proposed ten-foot tunnel un- 

 der the harbor. The tunnel under Cabanas 

 is already completed and is being connected 

 to the water's edge on the Casa Blanca 

 side of the harbor. 



Dr. Alfred A. Liscomb, one of the first 

 Americans to take up residence in Havana 

 following the Spanish-American War. died 

 early in December at the home of his 

 granddaughter in Xew York City. He was 

 77 years old and had been in feeble health 

 for the past year. 



IxrrsTRiFS OF Cuba — Sponge market at Batabano. Examining the catch and fixing prices. 



