. The Cuba review. 12 THE CUBA REVIEW SANTIAGO NOTES The great clock in the Dolores Cathedral is kept in order by the citv at an annual cost of $ The new hotel of the Cuba Company is a fine building and attracts all the tour- ists. It was built on the site of the old Casa Granda and retains the name. To sum up its excellencies in a few words is simply to say that it is fully up to the standard of tlie other hotels of this com- pany. Fine automobiles meet incoming trains and convey the guests swiftly up the steep streets to the hotel. Some salaries paid to Santiago officials are given in
. The Cuba review. 12 THE CUBA REVIEW SANTIAGO NOTES The great clock in the Dolores Cathedral is kept in order by the citv at an annual cost of $ The new hotel of the Cuba Company is a fine building and attracts all the tour- ists. It was built on the site of the old Casa Granda and retains the name. To sum up its excellencies in a few words is simply to say that it is fully up to the standard of tlie other hotels of this com- pany. Fine automobiles meet incoming trains and convey the guests swiftly up the steep streets to the hotel. Some salaries paid to Santiago officials are given in the official report of the mu- nicipality and are as follows : Mayor_ $3,600 Mayor's private secretary 1,080 City treasurer 2,260 Chief of police 1,800 Director of municipal band 641 Director of cemetery 900 Director of City Market 900 Chief of the Fire Department 780 Engine Drivers 300 Engine Firemen 360 TEACHERS ROYALLY ENTERTAINED The treatment of the Florida teachers on their visit to Cuba surpassed everything. No one anticipated the magnificent courtesy that was so generouslv extended. For the three days on the island of Cuba the teach- ers were the guests of the Cuban govern- ment, and no host ever extended more princely hospitality. Cuba and Florida are separated only by a narrow strait, and the people of our State and our soutliern neighbor should know each other better. If they did they would like each other better. We hope that Florida will have the opportunity of enter- taining some visiting Cuban body. A better acquaintance would work good for the people on both sides of the strait.—Jack- sotivUlc (Fla.) Tiincs-Deinacrat. RECREATION BUILDING AT GUAN- TANAMO A big recreation building, to cost $30,000, for the enlisted men of the navy at the United States naval station on Guantanamo bay, where sometimes 20,000 men are sta- tioned with tlie Atlantic fleet, is planned by the Navy Department. There will be broad verandas and one large room for a general meeting place,
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