. The Cuba review. T H 1-: C U )'. A R K \- I i-: w ISLE OF PINES NOTES 10 THE DOCK AT LOS INDIOS Already piles have been driven for the wharf proper at the end of the pier, which will he 2,2:10 feet long and have a good road leading to it from both Los Indios and San Pedro. Piles for a Ijridge to cross a spur of the Los Indios River have also been driven. Tile wharf itself is to be ;>0 feet long by .")(j feet wide, and will be capable of holding 'A:22 pounds to the square foot. A warehouse 175 by 30 feet will "ne erected on this, with a storage capacity of ) tons. the
. The Cuba review. T H 1-: C U )'. A R K \- I i-: w ISLE OF PINES NOTES 10 THE DOCK AT LOS INDIOS Already piles have been driven for the wharf proper at the end of the pier, which will he 2,2:10 feet long and have a good road leading to it from both Los Indios and San Pedro. Piles for a Ijridge to cross a spur of the Los Indios River have also been driven. Tile wharf itself is to be ;>0 feet long by .")(j feet wide, and will be capable of holding 'A:22 pounds to the square foot. A warehouse 175 by 30 feet will "ne erected on this, with a storage capacity of ) tons. the total capacity of the wharf proper being- over tons. Tracks will be laid on tht pier from the shore to the wharf with switches leading through the warehouse and other sections of the wharf. A company will be incorporated under the laws of Cuba with a capital stock of $100,000, in shares of the par value of $100 each. President Gomez has authorized the Isle of Pines Steamship Company to intro- duce certain modifications in the plans of the wharf and warehouse at Xueva Gerona. for which it was granted a concession by decree of the series of lUlO. Residents of West .McKinley want the name of thefr post oliice changed to Santa iiarhara. There are several McKinleys in the island and the mail gets mixed at times. Santa Barbara is the old name of the West -McKinley and known long be- fore the -Vmericans came. The completed arrangements made by the Luban postal authorities to use the steamer "Aeguere" for the carrying of the mail, in- sures a mail service of rive times a week. An important improvement now in prog- ress at ^IcKinley is the new bridge crossing the Xuevas River. This bridge "will lessen the distance to the West .McKinlev Inn and other points in that neighborhood as well as to Los Indios. about three miles off. The hrst sewerage system in any of the American colonies of the Isle of Pines, and the only modern system of the entire island will be install
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