. The Cuba review. 32 THE CUBA REVIEW ELECTRIC LIGHT CONCESSIONS Eloy Novoa has been authorized to in- stall an electric plant in Rancho Veloz, Santa Clara Province, for the purpose of suppling light and power to neighboring towns and industrial enterprises. Tomas Gonzalez's request to establish in Havana a radiograph station with a radius of 500 miles for the purpose of studying its workings has been denied by the govern- ment. Permission has been granted to the com- mon council of the city of Puerto Padre, Oriente Province, to establish a system of electric power distribution using the fluid


. The Cuba review. 32 THE CUBA REVIEW ELECTRIC LIGHT CONCESSIONS Eloy Novoa has been authorized to in- stall an electric plant in Rancho Veloz, Santa Clara Province, for the purpose of suppling light and power to neighboring towns and industrial enterprises. Tomas Gonzalez's request to establish in Havana a radiograph station with a radius of 500 miles for the purpose of studying its workings has been denied by the govern- ment. Permission has been granted to the com- mon council of the city of Puerto Padre, Oriente Province, to establish a system of electric power distribution using the fluid generated in the electric plant of the San Manuel Sugar Company in the same dis- trict. NEW BRANCH IN GUANTANAMO The new building of the Royal Bank of Canada in Guantanamo is rapidly ap- proaching completion and will be inaugu- rated within a short time. TO ENLARGE STEEL PLANT It is stated by the Fust of Havana that the American Steel Company of Cuba has purchased a tract of thirteen acres of land at Palatino, located on the line of the West- ern Railway and Vento Avenue within Havana's limits. The company will build on this property an additional plant which will cost over $100,000 and which will be in operation be- fore the end of the year. The Cuban Senate on February 26th passed a bill appropriating $1,000,000 for the erection of a Cuban Capitol building. HONEY FOR ERYSIPELAS A correspondent in Gleanings of Bee Culture, of Medina, Ohio, writes that honey was found to be a cure for erysipelas. The patient was advised by his physician to get strained honey and apply by spread- ing on a soft cloth, and covering the parts, removing every two or three hours, bathing the parts in warm water, and applying a fresh cloth prepared as before. This was done, and in a short time the erysipelas dis- appeared, and there has been no more trouble with it. The correspondent cites at least three cases where the honey applied as above effected a complete cure. CUBAN SUGAR AT PHILADELPHIA Phil


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