. The Cuba review. 32 THE CUBA REVIEW NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES THE CENTRAL BORJITA M. Paul Boulanger, an engineer, recently left Cuba for France to complete the nego- tiations for the construction of a sugar central in Oriente Province. Sr. Boulanger, according to report, has contracted for all the machinery and build- ings required for the new estate, which is known as the "Borjita" and will be built at Dos Caminos, near San Luis, the latter the junction of the Cuba Railroad and the Guantanamo and Western. The names of some of the men interested in the new enterprise are given as don L

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. The Cuba review. 32 THE CUBA REVIEW NEWS OF SUGAR ESTATES THE CENTRAL BORJITA M. Paul Boulanger, an engineer, recently left Cuba for France to complete the nego- tiations for the construction of a sugar central in Oriente Province. Sr. Boulanger, according to report, has contracted for all the machinery and build- ings required for the new estate, which is known as the "Borjita" and will be built at Dos Caminos, near San Luis, the latter the junction of the Cuba Railroad and the Guantanamo and Western. The names of some of the men interested in the new enterprise are given as don Luis de Hechevarria, a well-known lawyer, and the banking house of Schumann & Co., both of the city of Santiago. The capacity of the new central will be 80, 000 bags, figuring on 100 days of opera- tion. The estate comprises 400 caballerias of most excellent soil, with plenty of streams available for irrigation, and easy access to railroads. The machinery will be installed by Sr. Boulanger and will be bought in France, England and Belgium. The mill expects to begin grinding in De- cember of next year. The work of con- structing the plantation railway is under way. The administrador of the new estate will be Sr. Lorenzo Fresnada, now traffic chief of the "Delicias" and "Chaparra" sugar estates. CHAPARRA AND DELICIAS ESTATES The two great sugar centrals "Chaparra" and "Delicias" in Oriente Province were still grinding late in August. Up to the 19th "Chaparra" has ground 3, 343, 440 arrobas of cane, producing 461, 323 bags of sugar of 325 pounds each. Of this quantity 364, 153 had been exported and 3, 218 sold in Cuba. The production of molasses to the same date was 3, 613, 105 gallons. For the same period of the preceding year Chaparra had produced 432, 242 bags of sugar. The record of "Delicias" to August 19th was 31, 902, 318 arrobas of cane ground, 295, 274 bags of sugar of 325 pounds, and 2, 411, 399 gallons of molasses. The ou