. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA La Concordia bridge over the Yumuri River, Matanzas, connecting the old and the new parts of the city. El puente de La Concordia sobre el rio Yumuri en Matanzas. Havana's Paving Material. So soon as Havana's new sewer system is in- stalled it is planned to pave the streets in modern style. J. M. Babe, the chief engineer of the bureau of highways and bridges in the department of public works, was the Cuban delegate to the International Highway Congress, held in Paris in 1908. His report, which he has recently submitted to the President,
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA La Concordia bridge over the Yumuri River, Matanzas, connecting the old and the new parts of the city. El puente de La Concordia sobre el rio Yumuri en Matanzas. Havana's Paving Material. So soon as Havana's new sewer system is in- stalled it is planned to pave the streets in modern style. J. M. Babe, the chief engineer of the bureau of highways and bridges in the department of public works, was the Cuban delegate to the International Highway Congress, held in Paris in 1908. His report, which he has recently submitted to the President, has an important bearing on the ques- tion of paving of the streets of Havana. Sr. Babe recommends that Havana be paved for the most part with wood; that the small, narrow streets running north and south, where there is little or no sun, be paved with asphalt; that the suburbs be paved with brick; and that special drives, such as the Malecon, be paved with tar macadam, a sub- stance which has proved very durable and satisfactory in London and New York. Granite blocks, such as Havana's streets are paved with at present, are going out of use. ber he wishes to call. He then pushes a button which rings a bell and calls the party desired. When the receiver is returned to the hook the connection is discontinued. On April 3, and by Presidential de- cree, the Cuban government rented the public telephone service for eighteen years to this company. On August 16 this decree was attacked in the Supreme Court in the name of a citizen, who con- siders the Cuban treasury damaged to the extent of $11,000 a year by the trans- action. Against Adultera- tions. The Havana Telephone Automatic Company, operating the Telephones old "Red Telephone" ser- Proniised. vice of 3,700 'phones, will soon install a Chicago au- tomatic system of 25,000 telephones at a cost of $2,000,000. No operator or "central" is required by the automatic system. The person desiring to talk turns a dial at
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