. The Cuba review. THE CUBA HON. CHARLES E. MAGOON. Provisional Governor of Cuba. about and mentioned as time goes by. Also that neither Gen. Jose Miguel, Gomez or Zayas mention guarantees. Thirty-five Millions Necessary for More Roads and Bridges. As Cuba goes on developing, it is cal- culated that during the next seven years it will be necessary to spend $35,000,000' on roads and bridges, at the rate of $5,oco,CGO i^er year, over and above the sum for the preservation of the existmg roads and those that are being built. In the districts dedicated Where to the cultivation o
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA HON. CHARLES E. MAGOON. Provisional Governor of Cuba. about and mentioned as time goes by. Also that neither Gen. Jose Miguel, Gomez or Zayas mention guarantees. Thirty-five Millions Necessary for More Roads and Bridges. As Cuba goes on developing, it is cal- culated that during the next seven years it will be necessary to spend $35,000,000' on roads and bridges, at the rate of $5,oco,CGO i^er year, over and above the sum for the preservation of the existmg roads and those that are being built. In the districts dedicated Where to the cultivation of sugar Roads are cane, says Mr. Lombillo Most Needed. Clark, of the Department of Public Works, the ne- cessity of highways is the least felt. Sugar cane is cut and hauled during the dry season, and the big sugar estates are equipped with private railways that put them in communication with the sea- ports or public railway lines. But the small or average sized properties, the so-called minor crops, and the necessities of rural life, are those that suffer. There are entire districts in the Republic that are not cultivated and that are almost depopulated, because of the impossibil- ity of transporting the products of the soil to the' markets on economical terms. The state of the roads, really mere strips of land belonging to the public, have, during the dry season, sufficient consis- tency for the traffic of wheeled vehicles, but in the rainy season are almost im- passable, even for pack horses and pack mules, and this is the cause of the gen- eral use of the rough cart The with two large wheels Native Cart with narrow tires, arranged a Necessity, on an axle so that it per- mits a lateral play of sev- eral inches to those wheels. When the wheels stick, the cart swsys from one. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the
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