. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 17. Santiago. Among the principal improvements may be mentioned several in the suburb "\^ista Alegra, which include the new theater built by the street railway company at a cost of about $40,000. The company has also spent S75,000 in other improvements on the park in which the theater is located and is about to construct a first-class cafe to cost in the neighborhood of $25,000. The company, which also owns the gi'eater part of this suburb, has awarded the contract for 50,000 square meters of paving, has spent $35,000 in building small but attractive res
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 17. Santiago. Among the principal improvements may be mentioned several in the suburb "\^ista Alegra, which include the new theater built by the street railway company at a cost of about $40,000. The company has also spent S75,000 in other improvements on the park in which the theater is located and is about to construct a first-class cafe to cost in the neighborhood of $25,000. The company, which also owns the gi'eater part of this suburb, has awarded the contract for 50,000 square meters of paving, has spent $35,000 in building small but attractive residences, and is contemplating building 100 more at a cost of at least $5,000 each. Among the important improvements in Santiago may be mentioned a large modern steel warehouse for storing sugar that cost $100,000. Two new hotels, one a five-story building of reinforced concrete that cost $70,000, and a smaller one costing $35,000. Among other buildings completed diu-ing 1915 were the new courthouse f$SO,000; and two warehouses that cost $60,000 each. In Santiago there are located establishments for the manufacture of beer, ice, mosaics, bricks, cigars, matches, macaroni, candles and soap, besides two foundries, machine shops, and two planing mills. The General Government was active during 1915 in the construction of new schoolhouses and public highways, and new work in the Province is under way which, when completed, will cost in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. The receipts of the tramways in 1915 were $222,479, an increase of $6,215 over the year 1914. The receipts for the Electric Light Co. amounted to $242,927, an increase of 10,6S3 over 1914. The Electric Light Co. purchased considerable construction material in the United States during the year. Extension and Retention of Trade. The various commercial and industrial possibilities of Cuba have caused the investment of considerable American capital in the island recently. Quite a number of the largest and best known sugar pl
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