. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA REVIEW TciuKrs ;ii\' iinilcil ly '.ii Cuha Cuban , Wauls will l)e received by the Scc- Stcaiiislii{'s rotary of the Treasury at Havana up to October 2Tth next, for steamships for use as revenue cutters and for a steam sailing ship to he used as a schoolship. An expenditure of $1,() for the revenue cutters and of $;) for the schoolship is provided for. The specification gives the following gen- eral description of the vessels required: 1. Twm-screw steamships of 2.(too tons displacement, having an economical speed of not less t
. The Cuba review. 10 THE CUBA REVIEW TciuKrs ;ii\' iinilcil ly '.ii Cuha Cuban , Wauls will l)e received by the Scc- Stcaiiislii{'s rotary of the Treasury at Havana up to October 2Tth next, for steamships for use as revenue cutters and for a steam sailing ship to he used as a schoolship. An expenditure of $1,() for the revenue cutters and of $;) for the schoolship is provided for. The specification gives the following gen- eral description of the vessels required: 1. Twm-screw steamships of 2.(too tons displacement, having an economical speed of not less than is miles and a maximum draft of ]T feet. 2. Steamships of l,oo() and l,.">oo to!i>. having an economical speed of not le-s than 13 miles and a maximum draft of 12 feet and 1:5 feet, respectively. 3. Steamships of 2r)0 to .")U() tuns, witli an economical speed of not less than 14 nuks and a draft not exceeding 11 feet. 4. Ships of 100 to tons, with a speed of not less than 12 miles and a maximum draft of 6 feet. 5. A steam sailing ship, corvette rigged. of 1,000 and 1,500 tons, with an economical speed of & to 10 miles and a draft not greater than 14 feet, adapted for use as a schoolship. The Bureau of National Marine has just been created under the supervision of the Treasury Department. Regarding the Xoyember Conscnvfkrs' elections. Gen. Mario Mc- Ofporlit- nocal said recently: "The iiitx Conservative Party ought to win the elections in all those places in which it has a majority of the votes, for it would be unpardonable and shameful for it to lose through weak- ness or cowardice. "A party that does not defend with energv the rights given it by the constitu- tion i's unlit to gain power, for it would, of course, be unable to offer to the country the guarantees granted by the fundamental laws of the ; For an Honest Election La Lttclia, of Havana, speaks energetically in favor of legal and straight elec- tions. It says; "F
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