. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 19 RICH FIELD FOR MODERN WAGONS IN CUBA. There is a great demand for modern vehicles in Cuba, says a special corre- spondent in Cuba of The Implement and Vehicle News. The authorities in charge of the cities and towns are constructing new kinds of vehicle regulations, with the result that there are several types of the old-fashioned carts that cannot be used on public streets, because of the cumbersome character of the vehicles and their awkward and weighty appear- ance. Many of the old patterns of vehi- cles have enormous wheels and there are objections to
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. 19 RICH FIELD FOR MODERN WAGONS IN CUBA. There is a great demand for modern vehicles in Cuba, says a special corre- spondent in Cuba of The Implement and Vehicle News. The authorities in charge of the cities and towns are constructing new kinds of vehicle regulations, with the result that there are several types of the old-fashioned carts that cannot be used on public streets, because of the cumbersome character of the vehicles and their awkward and weighty appear- ance. Many of the old patterns of vehi- cles have enormous wheels and there are objections to the use of these great wheels on many of the thoroughfares. Practically all of the native-made wag- ons are built too large and heavy for the native horses. The little animals have a great struggle handling the cum- bersome wagons of Cuban manufacture. The Cuban smith is inclined to design and construct the wheels considerably larger in diameter than the wheels of wagons in other lands. The tendency is to produce a wheel of enormous cir- cumference, supposing that the greater the leverage thus attained the easier the cart can be hauled by the beast of bur- den. But the native workers forget that there is a limit to this argument. They. Some of the uses of the two-wheeled cart in Cuba. In fact, there are rules against passing through certain streets, except in one di- rection, because they are too narrow to permit the large wagons passing by one another. There are city and town regu- lations prohibiting the operating of the great creaking wagons with their illy lu- bricated wheels, except at certain hours. Therefore, in order to avoid conflicting with the ordinances of the cities and towns of Cuba, many persons are con- stantly on the alert for buying new vehi- cles, light in weight, rubber tired, and fitted with all modern improvements. go too far with the big-wheel idea, re- sulting in some wagons being exceed- ingly difficult for the animals to handle. Furthermore, the averag
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