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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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i8 THE CUBA REVIEW. GENERAL NOTES. Inundations in Havana. The January 12 storm in Havana, which inundated portions of Vedado, one of the beautiful suburbs of Havana, has caused strong petitions to be made to tlie govern- ment for the extension of the seawrall along the gulf front, to the Almendares River. Much damage to property and some lives were lost during the storm, and the sea- wall will prevent a recurrence of disaster. The Cuban House of Representatives had made an appropriation for this important im- provement, but the revolution of 1906 stopped further proceedings. The Cattle Industry. "Cuba," a publication of Camaguey, sug- gests a union of all those engaged in cat- tle raising for the better protection of their interests. It says that the proposition to request the imposition of a higher tariff on imported cattle would not be encouraged by t!he government, for the reason that the authorities would not lightly relinquish the duty of $5 per head which at the present rate of importations means quite an addition to the annual revenue, despite the appeal of a crowded and stagnant home market. It suggests also a cattle exchange, and the promulgation of fixed rules for all opera- tions concerning the buying and selling of cattle and the establishment of a cattle- raisers' bank for financial operations. With these plans under way Cuba predicts the strengthening of the cattle industry and a generally profitable betterment. A New Hotel Registry. The National Department of Sanitation has ordered that daily reports regarding the guests of their establishments be made by all hotel managers. They must supply name, age, nationality, place from whence they have come, time of stay and destina- tion, on blanks furnished for that purpose. Hotel proprietors generally are very much displeased over this order, which they de- clare will be exceedingly troublesome to carry out. Work for the Unemployed. Gen. Carloz Garcia Velez, general in- spector of prisons in Cuba, is visiting the jails in the various cities of the island and ordering rebuilding and renovation wher- ever necessary. The changes ordered af- ford welcome employment to many . idle workmen.
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Scenes during the Carnival in Havana. This year It begins on February 23 and ends March 31. Elaborate preparations have been made for a sis weeks of gayety. and the merchants, shipping men, railroads and the municipality have contributed a large carnival fund

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