The Cuba review (1907-1931.) (20616360670)

Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubareview08muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931. (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden



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THE CUBA REVIEW 15 Motor Boat Races The May, 1910, Philadelphia-Havana mo- tor boat races will be repeated next year without doubt. At the breakfast given in Havana on May 29th to the visiting yachts- men, prizes to the amount of $5,000 were quickly secured. The City of Havana will give a cup valued at $1,000 and a like amount in cash, and Ernesto Perez de la Riva, president of the Havana Yacht Cluli, will give a $1,500 cup and $1,500 in cash. President Gomez and Mayor Cardenas were present. Four boats competed, the Berneyo being declared the winner. Time, 150 hours and 23 minutes. The winner re- ceived a $1,00 cup and $1,000 in cash. The last boat to come in was the Caroline. Her time was 173 hours and 40 minutes. Col. Michael J. Dady, the contractor, has put in a claim to the Department of the Public Works for $12,870, amount of the balance due him for dredging work in the port of Cienfuegos. Mr. Dady states in his claim that he will appeal if necessary to the courts to recover the sum in question. Havana's Two-Wheeled Carts The great lumbersome two-wheeled carts of Havana are largely responsible for the present condition of the city's streets, says La Liicha of that city. It says further: "For years the authorities have been mak- ing a half-hearted effort to eliminate the carts, and public interests are suffering be- cause of an inclination to protect the cart owners. The carts were to be abolished gradually a certain number each year, but they are still with us. Because of the damage they do to the roads they are an abomination and a nuisance, for when one stops on one of the narrow streets all traf- fic on that thoroughfare has to stop for the time being." No pavement can long with- stand the pounding it gets from these huge vehicles which are very generally used for the transportation of all kinds of mer- chandise. , On )\Iay 10th M. I. M. Beilot, a French aviator, made the first flight ever seen in Cuba. He drove on a Voisin biplane against a strong wind, but fell to the ground after a few minutes' flight, one of the planes breaking.
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Havana's Heavy Two-Wheeled Carts