THE CUBA R E V I E W^ 



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GENERAL NOTES 



AMERICANS COMPLAIN IN BAHIA HONDA 



American propcrt}- ownors of 3,000 acres 

 in fruit plantations in Baliia Honda com- 

 plain of government indifference to the 

 road needs of their section, and also of 

 total disregard of the care of the high- 

 ways already built. They say that for the 

 last three years no attempt has been made 

 by the government to remedy the defects 

 in the road, despite the fact that the plan- 

 tation owners represent together in prop- 

 erty considerably over half a million dol- 

 lars. They also complain of the removal 

 of the school teachers, leaving about forty 

 Cuban pupils unprovided for. The school 

 house was built by the Americans. 



The property owners payine heavy taxes 

 are entitled to a roadway worthy the 

 name, but are deprived of a thoroughfare 

 for a distance of a mile and a half and 

 are left to pick their trail over uneven and 

 badly kept land at great peril to life and 

 property. Then the bridges wrecked in 

 the last cyclone are still a menace to 

 travel. 



NEW ABATTOIR FOR CAMAGUEY 



The city council of Camaauey recently 

 decided to receive proposals for the erec- 

 tion of a new municipal slaughter house, 

 to meet the requirements of th^i city. 



In exchange for constructing the edifice, 

 the municipality offers the builder the 

 right to opera-te the plant for a term of 

 thirty years and in exchange for the 

 slaughtering of animals consumed, the 

 ri?ht to collect the fees exacted by the 

 municipality, excepting tb t of inspecting 

 the carcasses of animals killed. 



The pi ice of the concession is fixed at 

 20 per cent of the gross receipts for one 

 year, pavment to be made in monthly in- 

 stallments. There shall also be a charge 

 of 8 per cent of the net receipts ; this 

 charge to be without prejudice to the pay- 

 ment of taxes upon industries established 

 for the elaboration of the by-Droducts. 



The slaughter house is to be con- 

 structed of steel and cement. It shall 

 cost no less than $100,000 and shall be 

 sufficient to accommodate 100 head of 

 cattle and 60 of swine. 



Work must be commenced within three 

 months of the granting of the concession 

 and be completed within eighteen months 

 from the date the construction is com- 

 menced. 



The secretary of sanitation has closed 

 the slaughter house at Camaguey on ac- 

 count of its unhygienic condition and no- 

 tified the municipaUty that work on the 

 new building must be commenced before 

 July 1st. 



TO VACCINATE AMERICANS 



The department of sanitation has in- 

 structed the local sanitary chiefs of 

 Guane, Consolacion del Sur, Isle of Pines, 

 Nuevitas, Cabanas, Puerto Padre, Caney, 

 Cobre, Holguin, Camaguey and Ciego de 

 Avila that, because of the prevalence of 

 smallpox in certain parts of the United 

 States, the closest watch be kept upon the 

 American settlers in those localities, and 

 that they visit the towns of Pinta Colo- 

 rado, Herradura, IVfcKinley, Columbia, 

 San Pedro, Queen City, Santa Lucia, La 

 Atalaya, San Claudio, Chaparra, Delicias, 

 San Manuel, Daiquiri, Firmeza, Siboney, 

 Minas de Cobre y »„uero, Antilla, Omaja. 

 La Gloria, Vicario, Pilotos and Ceballos 

 to ascertain how many Americans are in 

 those places who have not been vacci- 

 nated and at once proceed to vaccinate 

 them. The same instructions have been 

 sent to Dr. J. M. Espin, special inspector 

 for Santiago de Cuba. 



$269,000 FOR ORIENTE 



In a report filed with the president re- 

 cently bv Secretary of Sanitation Manuel 

 Varona Suarez, an appropriation of $269,- 

 000 is required to give the province of 

 Oriente good sanitary conditions. 



The principal works required to carry 

 out the plans are the construction of a 

 sewer system in the town of Guantanamo, 

 at an estimated cost of $150,000 : a hos- 

 pital for that same '■'^wn, $60,000 ; com- 

 pletion oi the sewer system in Santiago de 

 Cuba, $70,000; estabHshment of the 

 marine hospital service at Nipe, $15,000 ; 

 and hosoital for infectious diseases at 

 Nipe. 



These works, in the opinion of Dr. 

 Suarez, fully protect Cuba from disease 

 which may be imported or originate 

 among the non-immune immigrants. 



A fire at Cespedes, Camaguey Province, 

 a few weeks ago, destroyed stores, nearly 

 a score of dwellings and a lumber yard. 



The new Secretary of Justice J. M. 

 Barraque stated upon taking office tbat 

 he was emphatically opposed to the indis- 

 ciiminate granting of pardons_ as being 

 prejudicial to society and lacking in re- 

 spect to the judiciary. In consequence of 

 this attitude President Gomez on his 

 recommendation denied a few days since 

 about sixty petitions for executive clem- 



Cuba has fifteen students at Cornell 

 Universitv. 



