. The Cuba review. T H 1-, C U B A R E \' 1 1-: W year and a half for the construction of the second pier. It need only construct a third pier in ten years and a fourth in live years after the third, but it has the right to do it earlier. The lirst two piers which are the largest, together with their quays and ware- houses, form the most important section of the works to be carried out. The situation given to the company in the port is privileged, comprising the greater part of the public qua}", where nearly all general merchandise is being ac- tually unloaded. It occupies the most ac- ce
. The Cuba review. T H 1-, C U B A R E \' 1 1-: W year and a half for the construction of the second pier. It need only construct a third pier in ten years and a fourth in live years after the third, but it has the right to do it earlier. The lirst two piers which are the largest, together with their quays and ware- houses, form the most important section of the works to be carried out. The situation given to the company in the port is privileged, comprising the greater part of the public qua}", where nearly all general merchandise is being ac- tually unloaded. It occupies the most ac- cessible part of the harbor, that is to say, the shore front of the custom house, along the most commercial quarter of the city. The piers of the company will offer to ships every facilit}' for berthing and the rapid loading and discharging of goods, and the warehouses of the compan3\ both on the piers and along the qua}-, will otter to the trade modern facilities for the warehous- ing of merchandise, which is so necessary- to anj" large port, and which at present is quite absent in Havana. The company does not propose to do (or does not cater for) handling of raw ma- terials and heavy material, such as coal, timber, etc., which is being carried on in another part of the port. The propo'sed works include most mod- ern appliances—electric cranes, lifts, etc. For the construction of the works speci- hed the company has entered into a con- tract with the firm of ]\IacArthur Perks & Co., Ltd. As regards the construction, the first works will include the two lirst piers, the largest of the four, together with all ap- pliances, quays and warehouses. A contract for construction for a fixed maximum sum has been signed bv the contractors for the works. The ]^IcArthur-Perks Company are the contractors who have the work of building these four docks, and have leased four acres of land at Regla on the other side of the harbor for a concrete plant to make the pil- ings. This marks t
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