. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \M E W 31 NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES OUTPUT OF THREE CENTRALS The ligures of the arrobas of cane ground and the yield of sugar of three large sugar estates are as follows: Cane ground Sugar Arrobas Bags Central Jatibonico 29,962,255 262,365 Jagiieyal 26,617,903 212,054 Stewart 42,800,000 330,000 These same centrals produced the fol- lowing quantities of molasses of the sec- ond grade: Jatibonico ,455 gallons Jagiieyal 1,496,835 gallons Stewart 5, gallons CENTRAL "CIEGO DE AVILA The new central at Ciego de Avila will be ready to grind the next crop. T
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E \M E W 31 NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES OUTPUT OF THREE CENTRALS The ligures of the arrobas of cane ground and the yield of sugar of three large sugar estates are as follows: Cane ground Sugar Arrobas Bags Central Jatibonico 29,962,255 262,365 Jagiieyal 26,617,903 212,054 Stewart 42,800,000 330,000 These same centrals produced the fol- lowing quantities of molasses of the sec- ond grade: Jatibonico ,455 gallons Jagiieyal 1,496,835 gallons Stewart 5, gallons CENTRAL "CIEGO DE AVILA The new central at Ciego de Avila will be ready to grind the next crop. The con- struction of a sugar warehouse with a ca- pacity of bags of sugar is assured in the near future. Two new shareholders, Messrs. Munoz & Co. and Vilaplana & Bouza, have subscribed $5,000 and $3,00t) respectively toward the enterprise. PRESTON S FINE YIELD Charles G. Maher of Donaldsonville, La., chief sugar maker of the Xipe Bay Com- pany's big factory at Preston, Cuba, reports that the Preston plant wound up a success- ful season September 6th, after having been in operation since January 1st. Alore than 600,000 tons of cane passed through the rollers, from which 428,000 bags of sugar were made. NEW ORLEANS FIRM GETS CONTRACT The contract for the erection and fur- nishing of macliinery for a sugar mill in Cuba, one of the largest contracts for con- struction work let recently, was awarded to Dibert, Bancroft & Ross, of New Orleans. The mill, which will cost $1/X)0,000 when completed, will be one of the most modern sugar mills in Cuba. The mill is in Piedra Citas, and will have a daily capacity of 1,500 tons. NEW OWNER FOR CONFLUENTE M. II. Lewis, President of the Santa Cecilia Sugar Company, has taken over the Confluente sugar estate at Guantanamo and C. B. Goodrich has been appointed admin- istrator. Additional machinery is being in- stalled in the factory to materially its efficiency and capacity. Central "Soledad"
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