. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA R E \- I E W 19. Road from Havarui to Santiago de las Vegas- and Bridge -Basin of the Albear Canal Three large jobs are being finished by this bureau at present with the appropriations al- ready granted. These are the aqueduct of Hanta Clara, at a cost of $,000; the paving of the city of Cienfuegos, at a cost of about $2,000,000; and the Poque Drainage Canal, at a cost of $5,000,000. Of these works, the aqueduct of Santa Clara is about fifty per cent finished; the paving of Cienfuegos has just been commenced under a contract by which the aqu
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA R E \- I E W 19. Road from Havarui to Santiago de las Vegas- and Bridge -Basin of the Albear Canal Three large jobs are being finished by this bureau at present with the appropriations al- ready granted. These are the aqueduct of Hanta Clara, at a cost of $,000; the paving of the city of Cienfuegos, at a cost of about $2,000,000; and the Poque Drainage Canal, at a cost of $5,000,000. Of these works, the aqueduct of Santa Clara is about fifty per cent finished; the paving of Cienfuegos has just been commenced under a contract by which the aqueduct has been given to the contractors for a period of thirty nine years in payment; and the El Roque Canal is about seventy per cent finished, and has already cost about $3,500,000. An aqueduct is also being built for the town of Guines, in the Province o{ Habana, at a cast of $,000, and thirty psr cant of the work is now finishsd. Another aqu3duct is being built for the town of San Luis, in the Province of Oriente, at a cost of $,000, and thirty per cent of this work also is already completed. Some other minor works that will cost about : 653,000 are contemplated, and of this total Congress has already appropriated $300,000. .Mimicipalities and private corporations are also doing considerable work of this nature, es- pecially in the construction of aqueducts. A general plan has been adopted for extending the lighting of the shores of the island, sub- ject to appropriations from Congress, including the construction of thirteen new lighthouses at a cost of about $1,495,000. The 39 lighthouses in Cuba at present have a total value of $2,- 010,000. Pending a resolution regarding the contract for dredging all {)()rts of the i-^land, the (tov- ernment has in contemplation works of improvement the cost of which will amount to about ^ 27,),()()(). Several projects are about to be carried out in Havana antl in cities and towns in the in- terior of the islarcl by the Departmen
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