THE CUBA REVIEW 



SUGAR PLANTATION NOTES 



A NEW SUGAR MILL 



The governor of Pinar del Rio Province, 

 Sr. Indalecio Sobrado, has placed before the 

 government an enterprise by a company, at 

 present unknown, for the establishment of 

 a new sugar mill at Consolacion del Xorte, 

 Pinar del Rio Province. The capital re- 

 quired for the new mill will be supplied 

 principally by the owners of the farms Ar- 

 royo Rico, Rio Seco Tortuga. Rio Banco, 

 etc.. representing a very large acreage. 



Thousands of dollars' damage was caused 

 to the boiler house of the sugar mill Sal- 

 vador at Calicito, near Manzanillo, Oriente 

 Province, when part of the flooring gave 

 way on March 29th, destroying much of the 

 valuable machinery. The mill's present 

 crop output is estimated at 40,000 bags. 



The stockholders of the Santa Teresa 

 sugar mill at Sitiecito, Santa Clara Prov- 

 ince, are considering the expenditure of con- 

 siderable funds in improving the estate. The 

 mill produced last year 140,000 bags of 

 sugar. 



A new sugar mill is assured for the 

 neighborhood of Gibara, according to La 

 Lucha. Sehores Longoria, Eeola and other 

 leading merchants of the city are interested 

 in the new enterprise. A large sugar ware- 

 house with a capacity of 25,000 or 30,000 

 sacks of sugar is in course of construc- 

 tion. 



The "Violeta," a large sugar plantation of 

 Santa Clara Province, the property of the 

 heirs of the late Tirso Mesa, was laid to 

 waste on March 12th when 200,000 arrobas 

 of cane were burned. 



Juan Pedro y Baro, owner of the Con- 

 chita_ sugar mill at Alacranes, Matanzas 

 Province, it is understood, is about to pur- 

 chase the lands of three inactive mills in 

 his neighborhood and extend the manufac- 

 turing faciHties of his own property. 



The sugar central Constancia in Santa 

 Clara Province, and owned by the Colonial 

 Sugar Company, is now in direct telegraph 

 communication with all the government tele- 

 graph lines. The service was inaugurated 

 earlv this month. 



Santa Cecilia mill, Oriente Province, under American ownership. Output of pre=ent crop 



estimated at 70,000 bags. 



Ingenio del Central Santa Cecilia, Provhtcia de Oriente, cuyos dueiios son americanos. Se 

 calcttla que la produccion de la zafra actual sera de 70,000 sacos. 



