. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 21 J. F. Harper, a vice-president of the Union National Bank of Cleveland, is president of the Continental Sugar Co. A huge tract of land has been bought in Cuba, not by the Continental but by a company in harmony with it, and the production of cane sugar on this land will furnish the Continental a cheap and ef- fective method of developing the cane sugar industry. A SOUTH COAST ELECTRIC ROAD Mr. Hugh John Reilly, Jr., Cienfuegos, Cuba, recently informed the Engineering News, New York, that a concession has recently been granted by the Cuban gov- ernment to t
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 21 J. F. Harper, a vice-president of the Union National Bank of Cleveland, is president of the Continental Sugar Co. A huge tract of land has been bought in Cuba, not by the Continental but by a company in harmony with it, and the production of cane sugar on this land will furnish the Continental a cheap and ef- fective method of developing the cane sugar industry. A SOUTH COAST ELECTRIC ROAD Mr. Hugh John Reilly, Jr., Cienfuegos, Cuba, recently informed the Engineering News, New York, that a concession has recently been granted by the Cuban gov- ernment to the Cienfuegos, Palmera & Cruces Electric Power & Railway Co., to construct approximately 450 kilometers of railway, to build dams, impound water and generate electricity. The railway will have numerous branches to various sugar plantations on the south side of the island and will touch at the following points: Rodas, La Isabella, Santa Clara, Cariba- rien, Salamanca, Placetas, Nazarene, Fomento and Zaza. Included in the con- cession is the right to use the public high- ways and condemn private property where necessary. The concession further grants the use of all public waters on the Hana- banilla and Negros rivers, where a hydro- electric plant will be erected to furnish motive power for the railway. No duties are to be levied on machinery or supplies used in the operation or construction of this road. The president of the company, Mr. Bruno Diaz, is a tobacco merchant of Havana. Mr. Reilly, general manager of the com- pany, was in New York during July se- curing quotations and supplies on various materials to be used in the construction of this road, as the work will be started at once. The company will purchase the contractors' equipment and contract for the labor. The railroad will be of stan- dard gage to be used for freight and pas- senger. It will probably be five years in building. The water power development will include a concrete dam 1,000 ft. long, 75 ft. hi
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