. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. THE ISLE OF PINES. Many New Roads. The new roads building in the Isle of Pines is the biggest improvement yet con- templated. The appropriation aggregates $160,000, and Col. Black and Lombillo Clark of the Department of Public Works, and Mr. Corrales, chief engineer for the Prov- ince of Havana, are giving the work their personal attention. When completed the inhabitants of the island will be in communi- cation by means of good roads with nearly ail the towns. Three calzadas, over thirty miles in all, have been contracted for. The principal roads are between
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. THE ISLE OF PINES. Many New Roads. The new roads building in the Isle of Pines is the biggest improvement yet con- templated. The appropriation aggregates $160,000, and Col. Black and Lombillo Clark of the Department of Public Works, and Mr. Corrales, chief engineer for the Prov- ince of Havana, are giving the work their personal attention. When completed the inhabitants of the island will be in communi- cation by means of good roads with nearly ail the towns. Three calzadas, over thirty miles in all, have been contracted for. The principal roads are between Jucaro and Nueva Gerona, between Nueva Gerona and McKinley and between Santa Fe and La Ceiba. The second named is the longest and most costly. A road between Jucaro and Santa Fe is completed, and work has already begun on the others, and much of it will have been done before the rainy sea- son begins. A New Bank, A new bank was organized at Santa Fe, January 29, taking its name from that town. This is the second on the island, the other being located at Nueva Gerona. The or- ganizers and officers elected are all Ameri- cans, having large property interests on the island. A. P. Bush is the president; R. I. Wall, vice-president, J. I. Anderson, cashier, and Walter Doe, assistant cashier. Population of the Isle of Pines. The official returns of the 1907 census give the Isle of Pines a population of 3,275. The number of Americans on the island is given as 450. The figures will be somewhat of a sur- prise to many Americans on account of the small proportion of Americans to the to- tal population, says the Isle of Pines Ap- peal. It must be remembered that on the date of taking the census, many of the American residents were in the north on summer trips, and the government officials admit that the American population of the island has greatly increased since then. It is probable that if a new census could be taken within a short time the American population would be found to be doub
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