. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA RE VI E W 21 Road and Bridge Postmaster Samuel E. Gray, of Terre Haute, Ind., returned recently from a three- weeks' visit to the Isle of Pines, ofi the southern coast of Cuba, where he, in coni- pany with several capitalists from St. Louis and Washington, leased 70,000 acres of tim- ber land, which will be converted into a winter resort for wealthy Americans.—Terre Haute (Ind.) Tribune. There has never been ni the history of the island so much doing as at the present time. Land in all parts of the island is selling at prices four times as great
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA RE VI E W 21 Road and Bridge Postmaster Samuel E. Gray, of Terre Haute, Ind., returned recently from a three- weeks' visit to the Isle of Pines, ofi the southern coast of Cuba, where he, in coni- pany with several capitalists from St. Louis and Washington, leased 70,000 acres of tim- ber land, which will be converted into a winter resort for wealthy Americans.—Terre Haute (Ind.) Tribune. There has never been ni the history of the island so much doing as at the present time. Land in all parts of the island is selling at prices four times as great as the same land sold for several years ago and 'he demand continues.—Isle of Pines Appeal. Chas. S. Brown, of Marinette, Wisconsin, is head of the Canada Land & Fruit Com- pany whose lands lie on the Siguenea bay in the Canada and Los Indios tracts. Among the enterprises of the company is a regular service by the company's launch "Canada" from Nueva Gerona to Los Indios upon the arrival of the steamer Cristobol Colon every Thursday and Sunday mornings. New Roads and Bridges.—The Santa Fe and La Ceiba broad macadam calzada which has been in course of construction for sev- eral months past is rapidly nearing comple- tion. This will be one of the best roads on the island. If the government continues the calzada to Los Indios, the beneficial re- sults would be incalculable. The 77-foot bridge over the Nuevas River is nearing completion. The McKinley calzada, one of the best on the island, is now completed and has been provisionally accepted. This road is twelve kilometers in length and cost $72,000. It is the second calzada on the Isle of Pines to be accepted under the appropriation of last year. A December week's weather report at Nueva Gerona: Max. Min. Rain. Saturday ... 79 72 Sunday .... 80 78 Monday. ... 79 74 Tuesday ... 74 72 Wednesday. 80 70 Thursday. . 76 70 Friday .... 75 75 _ 0,0 A crate factory is needed and it is under- sto
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