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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubarevie06muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931. (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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THE CUBA REVIEW.
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Matanzas Wharf and Custom House Sheds. HARBOR AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Havana. A new dredging plant, consisting of 8- yard dipper dredge, one 430 I. H. P. tug, four dumping scows (500 yards), and one 40-foot floating derrick, will help the existing plant and do a more thorough and quick cleaning of the bay. The Santa Catalina shoal and the Atares bay will also receive attention soon. Tallapiedra wharves have been ex- tended into the old Arsenal, presenting a new front line 380 feet long, and soon new wharves, granted by Government lately, will fill up the low bottom of Atares bay. A commission appointed by the provisional governor has on hand the study of a costly project of improve- ments to change the waterfront from the Punta fortress to the Havana Central R. R. pier, and prevent traffic congestion. The administration will build a wide street and covered piers to accommodate all the traffic possible. Pinar del Rio. Surveys have been lately done at the landing places: San Cayetano, Arroyo de Matua, Dimas and La Fe on the north coast of the Province with the object of opening 12-foot channels to the different piers now existing. Matanzas. Two channels 164 feet wide and 11 feet deep are being opened to the Cus- tom House wharves, on the north and on the south sides, and another of the same width and depth will soon be opened through the San Juan river bar. The Avork is being done by Mr. M. J. Dady by contract. Before the dredging plant leaA^es Matanzas, it is proposed to dig out the shoal on the main entrance channel. The new custom house will soon be ready, the pier reconstructed and the shed extended. Caibarien. Projects to build a new Custom House and pier for the government will soon be advertised. Santiago de Cuba. Dredging is continued to clean up the basin around the government wharf, and a survey will soon be made to improve navigation on the harbor, the shoal at Punta Gorda, and the Colorado reefs will be removed. A new Custom House and pier will soon be built.

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