. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA REVIEW ALL AROUND CUBA INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ISLAND There is a scarcity of Havana's water supply latterly hardly explainable, as the Vento Springs yield daily enough water to supply a city of twice Havana's population. Says La Liicha editorially on i'ebruary 21st, "Just what is now happening has never occurred before. Whole districts in the city, not to say the whole of the town, is left without this precious liquid during hours when it is absolutely necessary, causing much bother and trouble to fami- lies residin
. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA REVIEW ALL AROUND CUBA INTERESTING NEWS NOTES REGARDING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE ISLAND There is a scarcity of Havana's water supply latterly hardly explainable, as the Vento Springs yield daily enough water to supply a city of twice Havana's population. Says La Liicha editorially on i'ebruary 21st, "Just what is now happening has never occurred before. Whole districts in the city, not to say the whole of the town, is left without this precious liquid during hours when it is absolutely necessary, causing much bother and trouble to fami- lies residing in the city. Water is not to be obtained at cooking hours, and the sanitary services are converted into focus of infection, all dangerous to public health. At some of the houses water is only ob- tained during the night hours, and the amount obtained is so little, that it is not ; Leading American citizens of Havana gave a testimonial banquet on March 12th in honor of Major Harely B. Ferguson, corps of engineers. United States army, engineer in charge of the work in Havana harbor of raising the battleship ";. La Lucha sees in the scarcity of water in Havana the usual "chivo" (goat), which in Cuba is synonymous with graft. EL PUBLICO:—Todos se quejan del mal servicio del agua .. . iSe prapapara alguna nueva com- binacidn con el canal de Vento? The new officers of the Cuban National Horticultural Society elected at the Feb- ruary meeting are as follows: President, J. E. Roberts, of Bartle. Vice- president, for Havana Province, H. G. Gocio; for Pinar del Rio Province, E. C. Goetz, of Herradura; for ]\Iatanzas Prov- ince, C. E. Peck, of Itabo; for Santa Clara Province, A. E. Doering, of Manacas; for Camaguey Province, W. W. Travis, of Minas; for Oriente Province, E. C. Peir- son, of Omaja; for the Isle of Pines, Capt. J. A. Miller, of Santa Ana. Secretary, Charles A. Beatty, of Havana. Treasurer, E. W. Halstead, of Los Palacios. The War
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