. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 23. of Santa Clara. The climatic conditions and the soil conditions are not so different as to cause this. To my mind, it demon- strates that they were different ; David E. McComb, Chief Engineer of the sewer and paving contract in Havana. Sues for $165,000 Thomas G. Brady of Washington, D. C, has begun suit against Calhoun T. Ladson of Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the sum of $165,000 is due him as commissions on a Cuban land deal. Mr. Brady claims that he was to receive this amount for selling about 500,000 acres of land near Santiago, Cuba. Nego
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 23. of Santa Clara. The climatic conditions and the soil conditions are not so different as to cause this. To my mind, it demon- strates that they were different ; David E. McComb, Chief Engineer of the sewer and paving contract in Havana. Sues for $165,000 Thomas G. Brady of Washington, D. C, has begun suit against Calhoun T. Ladson of Atlanta, Ga., alleging that the sum of $165,000 is due him as commissions on a Cuban land deal. Mr. Brady claims that he was to receive this amount for selling about 500,000 acres of land near Santiago, Cuba. Negotiations were opened three years ago, he avers, with a New York syndicate, headed by John S. Fiske. The syndicate attorneys, it appears, finally per- suaded the holders of the land to accept $750,000 for the tract, although $3 per acre had been the price originally desired. When he made his demand for his com- mission at 50 cents an acre, Mr. Brady claims he was refused payment on the ground that the sale had not been con- sumated at the full price figure.—Wash- ington (D. C.) Times Provinces Once Islands Mr. N. L. Britton, the head of the New York Botanical Gardens, has made repeated trips to Cuba, and will send to the gar- dens some 1,400 plants he has just finished gathering in the island. His travels in the western end of Cuba has convinced him that, without question, Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara Provinces were once strangers. They were islands separated by a strait, probably just about where Havana is to-day. "I have examined about a thousand different kinds of wild plants in Cuba and I find that those of Pi- nar del Rio are entirely different from those Dredging Bids Received Bids were receH-ed by the director of public works, on September 30th, for the dredging of the ports of Cardenas and Cai- barien on the north coast. For the port of Caibarien two bids were received, one from Mr. M. J. Dady and the other from Mr. P. B. Anderson of Caibarien. The first oft'ered
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