. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 32 THE CUBA REVIEW. v v^S:. Revere Sugar Refinery. Boston. considerable expansion. The machinery and equipment for handling the various products are of the most modern and up to date type, all the finished products being handled by conveyors and automatic machinery. The sugar is not touched by human hands from the time it is boiled in the vacuum pans until it reaches the consumer in the various packages. A permanent, fireproof wharf, 647 feet long by 130 feet wide, has been con- structed and affords ample berth room for two steamers. The wharf is covered
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. 32 THE CUBA REVIEW. v v^S:. Revere Sugar Refinery. Boston. considerable expansion. The machinery and equipment for handling the various products are of the most modern and up to date type, all the finished products being handled by conveyors and automatic machinery. The sugar is not touched by human hands from the time it is boiled in the vacuum pans until it reaches the consumer in the various packages. A permanent, fireproof wharf, 647 feet long by 130 feet wide, has been con- structed and affords ample berth room for two steamers. The wharf is covered by a shed of steel and brick, having a storage capacity of 20,000 tons of raw sugar. This shed is equipped with overhead cranes ensuring quick, economical handling of raw sugar. The dock has been dredged to a depth of 30 feet, mean low water, and is connected with the main channel of the Mystic River, recently dredged to the same depth by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All these features combine to make the new plant of the Revere Sugar Refinery the most modern and best equipped refinery in the world, capable of turning out 3,500 barrels of sugar daily. The Revere Sugar Refinery has always confined itself to the manufacture of the highest grades of refined sugar, which have been recognized as being unrivalled in purity and uniformity of quality. EXCELLENT OUTLOOK FOR CUBAN TOBACCO To date, Nov. 27, the various tobacco- growing districts of the Republic have shipped to the Habana market some 440,- 063 bales of tobacco of the new crop. Included in these shipments are 216,634 bales of the tobacco known in Cuba as "Remedios," the yield of which is un- usually large this season. At present there is plenty of tobacco offered for sale in the market and still a great deal left in the fields. However, as soon as maritime traffic becomes normal and the Scandinavian countries and South America begin to place their orders, ex- isting stocks will be quickly exhausted and pric
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