. The Cuba review. 30 THE CUBA REVIEW SUGAR ESTATE ACTIVITIES SAETIA SUGAR COMPANY The work commenced on a raili'oad from Preston to Nipe Bay, which was to carry the products of the Saetia Sugar Company to the Preston mill, will not extend into the lands of the former company. The line will not be required, as it is under- stood that the Saetia Sugar Company will erect a new factory on the lands and grind their own cane, instead of grinding it at the Preston factory. MORE SUGAR FACTORIES A new factory is projected in Oriente Province, according to Dr. Simpson, a director in the Havana sugar sc
. The Cuba review. 30 THE CUBA REVIEW SUGAR ESTATE ACTIVITIES SAETIA SUGAR COMPANY The work commenced on a raili'oad from Preston to Nipe Bay, which was to carry the products of the Saetia Sugar Company to the Preston mill, will not extend into the lands of the former company. The line will not be required, as it is under- stood that the Saetia Sugar Company will erect a new factory on the lands and grind their own cane, instead of grinding it at the Preston factory. MORE SUGAR FACTORIES A new factory is projected in Oriente Province, according to Dr. Simpson, a director in the Havana sugar school, on the lands near the Cauto River. The production of this new mill is esti- mated to be from 90,000 to 130,000 bags. Still another factory, the "Anita," is projected for the municipal termino of Victoria de las Tunas Oriente Province by Messrs. Gonzalez and Gomez, merchants in that section. The machinery will be of the most modern character. MAKING PAPER AT PRESTON That the manufacture of paper from sugar cane bagasse is a success to the point that Cuba within a few years will not be forced to import the product, is the report made to the Department of Agriculture, Com- merce and Labor by Engineer Jimenez Alfonso, who has returned from Oriente and Camaguey after visiting the mills there for statistical purposes. Sr. Jimenez Alfonso bases his report on the study he made while visiting the paper plant established at the Preston, Oriente, where the industry was inaugurated last April on a small scale, the factory now producing about a ton of excellent wrapping paper per day. The machinery employed at the mill for the purpose is capable of producing from three to four tons per day, but this is not produced owing to the fact that not enough expert employees have been secured. Each ton of bagasse produces half a ton of paper. The Preston mill has now ordered new machinery for the manufacture of fine paper, such as is used in writing, book making, etc., also new machin
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