. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 17 I ^.. lib. El magnifico y edificio destinado para la instalacion del Centro Gallego en la Habana Gallego Club's New Building The Centro Gallego purchased the Na- tional Theatre in Havana and property adjoining several years ago and have long planned to erect a club building on the site, devoting the south side to the interests of the association, and the rest to the theatre which will be thoroughly renovated. The foundations of the new building are almost finished, and the final plans have been approved. The society voted an appro- priation for th
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 17 I ^.. lib. El magnifico y edificio destinado para la instalacion del Centro Gallego en la Habana Gallego Club's New Building The Centro Gallego purchased the Na- tional Theatre in Havana and property adjoining several years ago and have long planned to erect a club building on the site, devoting the south side to the interests of the association, and the rest to the theatre which will be thoroughly renovated. The foundations of the new building are almost finished, and the final plans have been approved. The society voted an appro- priation for the work of $,000, but all bids opened on June 6, exceeded this sum very materially. The matter goes over therefore until the next meeting of the club. The Cuban Telephone Co. Vice-President and General Manager W. M. Talbott, of the Cuban Telephone Com- pany, denied on June 18th in a letter to President Gomez the stories circulating around, namely, that the company had been forced to stop the work of installing its new phones because of financial difficulties. Mr. Talbot said that the company is in an excellent financial condition and not at law with any of its bondholders, as stated in the newspapers, and publishes cables from the president, Mr. R. R. Conklin, and Sr. J. M. Tarafa to the same effect. Construction work will begin simultane- ously in Pinar del Rio, Havana, and San- tiago de Cuba, thus furnishing needed em- ployment to laborers in these localities. The lines will connect in the new central auto- matic station in Havana. The fourth appeal of Francisco Valdes Alfonso against the telephone decrees au- thorizing the instalment of a long distance and local telephone system by the Cuban Telephone Company, was dismissed June 22d by the Supreme Court on the ground that the appeal was not well brought. Ceferino Bosch wants to install an elec- tric light plant in Zulneta, province of Santa Clara, and has petitioned the Depart- ment of Public Works for a Plea
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