THE CUBA REVIEW 



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J. F. Harper, a vice-president of the 

 Union National Bank of Cleveland, is 

 president of the Continental Sugar Co. 



A huge tract of land has been bought 

 in Cuba, not by the Continental but by 

 a company in harmony with it, and the 

 production of cane sugar on this land will 

 furnish the Continental a cheap and ef- 

 fective method of developing the cane 

 sugar industry. 



A SOUTH COAST ELECTRIC ROAD 



Mr. Hugh John Reilly, Jr., Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba, recently informed the Engineering 

 News, New York, that a concession has 

 recently been granted by the Cuban gov- 

 ernment to the Cienfuegos, Palmera & 

 Cruces Electric Power & Railway Co., to 

 construct approximately 450 kilometers of 

 railway, to build dams, impound water 

 and generate electricity. The railway will 

 have numerous branches to various sugar 

 plantations on the south side of the island 

 and will touch at the following points : 

 Rodas, La Isabella, Santa Clara, Cariba- 

 rien, Salamanca, Placetas, Nazarene, 

 Fomento and Zaza. Included in the con- 

 cession is the right to use the public high- 



ways and condemn private property where 

 necessary. The concession further grants 

 the use of all public waters on the Hana- 

 banilla and Negros rivers, where a hydro- 

 electric plant will be erected to furnish 

 motive power for the railway. No duties 

 are to be levied on machinery or supplies 

 used in the operation or construction of 

 this road. The president of the company, 

 Mr. Bruno Diaz, is a tobacco merchant of 

 Havana. 



Mr. Reilly, general manager of the com- 

 pany, was in New York during July se- 

 curing quotations and supplies on various 

 materials to be used in the construction 

 of this road, as the work will be started 

 at once. The company will purchase the 

 contractors' equipment and contract for 

 the labor. The railroad will be of stan- 

 dard gage to be used for freight and pas- 

 senger. It will probably be five years in 

 building. The water power development 

 will include a concrete dam 1,000 ft. long, 

 75 ft. high, with a storage capacity of 

 100,900,000,000 gals. 



Catalogs of railway material, contractors' 

 supplies and engineering equipment are 

 wanted and may be addressed to Hugh 

 John Reilly, Jr., Cienfuegos, Cuba. 



Section of Santa Clara Province to be benefited by the railroad enterprises now under way. 



See article above. 



