THE CUBA REVIEW 



-\n old cistern in Cuba. These, as may be seen from the illustration, are built very large for 

 an adequate water supply is a great necessity during the dry season 



SANTIAGO S WATER SCARCITY 



President Gomez has signed a decree by 

 \\hich $90,000 is ordered taken from the 

 general fund devoted to public works and 

 spent upon the water supply of Santiago. 

 The monej' will go to pay for the work 

 that has recently been done there and also 

 for other 'improvements necessary to in- 

 crease the flow of the water in that city. 



It is the opinion of all the experts here 

 that either with rains or without rains 

 the wells in the San Juan valley will not 

 sive sufficient water to supph- the public 

 demand. The chief of public works was 

 recently obliged to notify the people that 

 they could only have water ever)' other 

 day. 



The electric plant was compelled to shut 

 down a few weeks ago becau.'^e it was im- 

 rjossible to obtain sufficient water to fill 

 the boilers. 



FOR SERVICE IN CUBA 



The small combination freight and pas- 

 senger steamer which the ^laryland Steel 

 Company i- buildins at Sparrows Point'. 

 ?ild.. for the Spanish-.American Iron Com- 



pany, for use about their properties on the 

 coast of Cuba, was launched September 

 fith, and named "Frank Tenney" in honor 

 of the president of the Pennsylvania Steel 

 Company, which has a large interest in the 

 S[ fUish- American Company. 



The vessel is 125 feet 6 inches in length 

 over all, 116 feet between perpendiculars, 

 2.5 feet beam and 13 feet depth of the hold. 

 It will have accommodation for a hundred 

 nassengers and in addition will carry 

 twenty-five tons of freight. She will be 

 used by her owners in plying between its 

 various properties in Cuba, both on the 

 north coast at Xipe Bay, where the new 

 Maj^ari fields are located, and to Daiquiri, 

 Santiago and Xima Xima. on the south 

 coast. 



TELEPHONE LINES EXTENDING 



According to statements issued by the 

 Cuban Telephone Company, rapid strides 

 are being made to finish the construction 

 of a long distance line with points east 

 as far as Santa Clara, and to perfect the 

 lines already' in operation which connect 

 Havana with Matanzas. Guines, Madruga, 

 Catalina de Guines and La ^locha. 



