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ISLE OF PINES NOTES 



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THE DOCK AT LOS INDIOS 



Already piles have been driven for the 

 wharf proper at the end of the pier, which 

 will he 2,2:10 feet long and have a good road 

 leading to it from both Los Indios and San 

 Pedro. Piles for a Ijridge to cross a spur 

 of the Los Indios River have also been 

 driven. 



Tile wharf itself is to be o.">0 feet long 

 by .")(j feet wide, and will be capable of 

 holding 'A:22 pounds to the square foot. A 

 warehouse 175 by 30 feet will "ne erected on 

 this, with a storage capacity of l.OiH) tons. 

 the total capacity of the wharf proper being- 

 over 2.000 tons. Tracks will be laid on tht 

 pier from the shore to the wharf with 

 switches leading through the warehouse and 

 other sections of the wharf. 



A company will be incorporated under the 

 laws of Cuba with a capital stock of 

 $100,000, in shares of the par value of $100 

 each. 



President Gomez has authorized the 

 Isle of Pines Steamship Company to intro- 

 duce certain modifications in the plans of 

 the wharf and warehouse at Xueva Gerona. 

 for which it was granted a concession by 

 decree of the series of lUlO. 



Residents of West .McKinley want the 

 name of thefr post oliice changed to Santa 

 iiarhara. There are several McKinleys 

 in the island and the mail gets mixed at 

 times. Santa Barbara is the old name of 

 the West -McKinley and known long be- 

 fore the -Vmericans came. 



The completed arrangements made by the 

 Luban postal authorities to use the steamer 

 "Aeguere" for the carrying of the mail, in- 

 sures a mail service of rive times a week. 



An important improvement now in prog- 

 ress at ^IcKinley is the new bridge crossing 

 the Xuevas River. This bridge "will lessen 

 the distance to the West .McKinlev Inn and 

 other points in that neighborhood as well as 

 to Los Indios. about three miles off. 



The hrst sewerage system in any of the 

 American colonies of the Isle of Pines, and 

 the only modern system of the entire island 

 will be installed in San Pedro this sum- 

 mer. 



The custom house collections for ?\farch, 

 1911. were over $2,022.45. The actual col- 

 lections for ^larch of the previous hve j-ears 

 were as follows : 1910. $(J6ti.6r ; 1909 

 $883.59; 1908. $100.35: 1907, $13(3.62- 1906* 

 $140.53. 



One of the beautiful roads in the Isle of Pines 



