. The Cuba review and bulletin. the Purgatoria River at a pointabout four miles from the city, to be usedin impounding the flow of that stream dur-ing the rainy season with the expectationthat sufficient water would be stored up forsupplying the daily needs of the city ofSantiago during the dry season,the city heretofore dependingupon a meagre supply of waterfrom the Boniata River, whichvas also so unhealthy and scantin quantity that during the dryseason the city of Santiagowas for a number of hoursevery day entirely without contract involved thebuilding of a pipe line from thedam to
. The Cuba review and bulletin. the Purgatoria River at a pointabout four miles from the city, to be usedin impounding the flow of that stream dur-ing the rainy season with the expectationthat sufficient water would be stored up forsupplying the daily needs of the city ofSantiago during the dry season,the city heretofore dependingupon a meagre supply of waterfrom the Boniata River, whichvas also so unhealthy and scantin quantity that during the dryseason the city of Santiagowas for a number of hoursevery day entirely without contract involved thebuilding of a pipe line from thedam to the city of Santiago, de- also a standpipe of sufficient elevation tosupply the high service. This contract wascompleted, and accepted by the Departmentof Public Works on November i of thisyear. The dam proper was built by erecting aconcrete core wall across the river and anearthen embankment on each side of thesame, requiring about 75,ooo meters of earthfil, the inner face of the wall being rip-rapped with stone and
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