. The Cuba review. . Centuries Old Cajmaguey Now Has Telephones, Electric Lights, and a Trolley Line is Being Constructed. CAMAGUEY, the capital of the prov- ince of Puerto Princine, in Cuba, is a city of about 35,000 inhabitants. The city proper is about two miles long by one mile wide and is beautifully situ- ated on the western bank of the Jati- bonico River in the center of a great cattle grazing district. A thickly settled annex lies on the eastern bank of the river and is connected with the main city by a bridge. This annex extends east from the river about one-half mile. It is connected
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. The Cuba review. . Centuries Old Cajmaguey Now Has Telephones, Electric Lights, and a Trolley Line is Being Constructed. CAMAGUEY, the capital of the prov- ince of Puerto Princine, in Cuba, is a city of about 35, 000 inhabitants. The city proper is about two miles long by one mile wide and is beautifully situ- ated on the western bank of the Jati- bonico River in the center of a great cattle grazing district. A thickly settled annex lies on the eastern bank of the river and is connected with the main city by a bridge. This annex extends east from the river about one-half mile. It is connected with Antilla, Nuevitas, seaports on the north coast of the island, and with Havana and Santiago' by the Cuba Railroad, and the -Nuevitas Road. A lighting plant was established in Camaguey as early as the year 1890 by La Erhpresia de Alumbrado Electrico de Puerto Principe, which held a permanent lighting franchise granted by the Gov- ernor-General of the province. The fran- chise and the plant of that company were acquired by the Camaguey Company, a Trulley coustiuutiun work in old Camaguey, cor- ner of Avellaneda and Soledad Streets. The peculiar wooden window gratings are shown. These win- dows are met with but in few cities of Cuba. Canadian corporation, land, in addition, a tramway franchise was sought and ob- tained. The company now has about fifty miles of transinission line in operation, and the net revenue derived from lighting has in- creased tifty Der cent, within the past year. A five-year contract for lighting the city has lately been closed with the municipal authorities. Work was begun on the tramway early in the suinmer of 1907, and it is expected that it will be in operation next month. Approximately three andi a half miles of track are being laid at the present time and this will be extended as required. The power for the tramway will be sup- plied from the lighting plant which has been much enlarged and improved for that purpose. The machinery, now be- insf in