. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 24 THE CUBA REVIEW. ROAD BUILDING IN Road-Making on the South Line of Los Pinos Calzada, Santa M Courtesy of the Publicity League of Cuba. Road Building in Cuba. One of the greatest accomplishments of the regime of the provisional governor, Charles E. Magoon, representing the United States, w^as the opening up of the island from end to end, and laterally with excel- lent macadamized roads built on the most approved modern principles. Some of these roads follow the course of old ones that had been graded in a desultory way by preced- ing Spanish an
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 24 THE CUBA REVIEW. ROAD BUILDING IN Road-Making on the South Line of Los Pinos Calzada, Santa M Courtesy of the Publicity League of Cuba. Road Building in Cuba. One of the greatest accomplishments of the regime of the provisional governor, Charles E. Magoon, representing the United States, w^as the opening up of the island from end to end, and laterally with excel- lent macadamized roads built on the most approved modern principles. Some of these roads follow the course of old ones that had been graded in a desultory way by preced- ing Spanish and Cuban administrations; but Mclrvin Finca, Guanabacoa, Havana Province, aria del Rosario. for the most part they replace cart-cut tracks through the thickets that were barely passable in dry weather and entirely useless during the long rainy season. They bring easy communication to the fertile acres of the entire country, much of which has been hitherto completely isolated. They open up the arteries of trade to sections that for hundreds of years have stagnated for a lack of ability to get their produce to market. The roads were graded in such a way that nowhere was the incline more than 6 iiiP^RBIP!|BP^'IPBR^li5^ ^p'T!st^*j5f'Nlaii^('^''i * '-itj • Road in Pinar del Rio—View of New Road from Los Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Munson Steamship Line. New York : Munson Steamship Line
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