. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW Heavy rains early in To August at Roque, Matan- End zas Province, mundated Inundations some lands, and brought all the lakes and streams to the south and southwest to the point of overflowing. Farmers in this section took precautions against the annual inundation and put their boats, part of the usual farm equipment in this section, in order. The Roque floods, as they are called, bring havoc to an area in Matanzas Prov- ince, covering over 57,000 acres of land be- longing to about 140 different owners, and interrupts the traffic over the trunk line of the Uni
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW Heavy rains early in To August at Roque, Matan- End zas Province, mundated Inundations some lands, and brought all the lakes and streams to the south and southwest to the point of overflowing. Farmers in this section took precautions against the annual inundation and put their boats, part of the usual farm equipment in this section, in order. The Roque floods, as they are called, bring havoc to an area in Matanzas Prov- ince, covering over 57,000 acres of land be- longing to about 140 different owners, and interrupts the traffic over the trunk line of the United Railways to Santo Domingo. There is not a continuous river to lead the waters to Cardenas Bay. The subsoil of this watershed is of por- ous limestone, and in normal seasons this underlying, honeycombed rock rapidly ab- sorbs the rainfall. But in times of con- tinuous rains the ground becomes saturated, its absorbent power diminishes, and the surplus waters flood the land, causing enormous damage. Congress approved an expenditure of $r;00,000 }early, up to $1,571,000, for the construction of an adequate drainage canal, and President Gomez signed the bill. The drain or channel will extend 50 kilo- meters, and subsidiary channels will be made by improving and deepening the Cochino and Bermejo rivers. The plan of Aniceto G. Menocal, U. S. N., who made a thorough examination of the territory in 1907, will be followed. Among no class of people, Evils perhaps, is the government of the more generally unpopular Lottery as among the country's business men, whose busi- nesses have been all but ruined by the lot- tery, which has deprived their customers of the power to pay their bills. Many engaged in disposing of the tickets have been dismissed on account of a marked falling off in the demand. "Because of the lottery,"' says the Ha- vana Telegraph, "there are all over the island of Cuba at the present moment thou- sands of idle men and ill-nourished women and children,
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