. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 11 The city of Cienfuegos The will pay three-fifths of the Cienfuegos cost of the works, and the Aqueduct. State will pay two-fifths. The time for the comple- tion of the contract specified in the orig- inal agreement is extended two years. The total cost will not exceed $3,000,000. The State will advance to the city gov- ernment enough money to cover the three-fifths which the city will bear. As a guarantee of the payment of this money officials of the state will control the waterworks and will receive all ren- tals therefrom, as well as the money de- rived
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 11 The city of Cienfuegos The will pay three-fifths of the Cienfuegos cost of the works, and the Aqueduct. State will pay two-fifths. The time for the comple- tion of the contract specified in the orig- inal agreement is extended two years. The total cost will not exceed $3,000,000. The State will advance to the city gov- ernment enough money to cover the three-fifths which the city will bear. As a guarantee of the payment of this money officials of the state will control the waterworks and will receive all ren- tals therefrom, as well as the money de- rived from sewer taxations. As a fur- ther protection the government will withhold payments for the work if neces- sary. The state may also accept Cien- fuegos city bonds to the amount of three- fifths of the total cost of the work. These bonds must be for not more than 50 years, with interest at 5 per cent., pay- able semi-annually. The contract will be executed at unit prices and payments will be made as the work goes along. There will be retained from the first es- timate $25,000, and 15 per cent, from each monthly estimate until the work has been completed, and then the entire sum will be paid. In going over the route to be trav- ersed by the new aqueduct and the loca- tion for the reservoir, Col. Black discov- ered that conditions were much more favorable further up the Hanabanilla riv- er than at the site originally selected. This may lead, if the new site is chosen, to some revisions of the plans. An- other change made is that the water is to be brought along the line of the new macadam road. Governor Magoon au- thorized the contract with Hugh J. Reilly of New York by direction of the President of the United States. The department of public works has under consideration plans for the con- struction of a jutting dock from the Paula wharf, to extend out a distance of 170 meters, with a width of 32 meters. The piles are to be of hard-wood and the superstructure of pine. The offi
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