. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 35 More Sugar Estates The president of the Cuba Railroad, Sir William Van Home, accompanied by Mr. Galdos, called on President Gomez June ;Jd and discussed with him the formation of a company with native and foreign capi- tal, having a capital stock of some seven million dollars, to be invested in seven or eight sugar estates along the main line of the Cuba Railroad. Quite a number of shares of stock have already been sub- scribed. It is believed the first sugar estate will be at Marti. In the development of this great project the organizers are meeting with
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 35 More Sugar Estates The president of the Cuba Railroad, Sir William Van Home, accompanied by Mr. Galdos, called on President Gomez June ;Jd and discussed with him the formation of a company with native and foreign capi- tal, having a capital stock of some seven million dollars, to be invested in seven or eight sugar estates along the main line of the Cuba Railroad. Quite a number of shares of stock have already been sub- scribed. It is believed the first sugar estate will be at Marti. In the development of this great project the organizers are meeting with consider- able resistance from the owners of lands, who do not want to open them for public service. Sir William Van Home will be the presi- dent of the new company, says La Discus- sion. The Cuba railroad has recently or- dered ten new locomotives for use on its rapidly growing lines on the island, says the Washington Herald. Extensions totalling ISO miles are to be opened by the latter part of July, which will give the port of Manzanillo connec- tion inland by rail. The company is also doubling the capacity of the Jatibonico mill. "The whole island," says Sir Will- iam, "is quietly ;. Prensas de Filtrar para Ingenios SHRIVER FILTER PRESSES \V rite us for Catalog, Prices and Information T. Shrivsr & Go, 814 Hamilton St. Harrison, N. J. Represented in Loui- siana by E. A. SAM- MO NS CO., Ltd., New Orleans, La. Represented in Porto Rico bv McMUR- TRIE-GtJILER CO., Inc., San Juan, P. R. The president has appointed Julio Fabre Gonzalez to be vice-consul at Montevideo, Uruguay. He also approved those of Ernest De- houx, Haitian honorary consul at Santiago de Cuba, and of Caspar Vieta of Uruguay at Manzanillo, Oriente Province. LINGUISTIC PRINTERS'COMPANY Books, Catalogs, Stationery Work Printing in Foreign Languages Also 124 White Street, - New York City. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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