File:The Cuba review (1914) (14761571001).jpg

Identifier: cubarevie13muns (find matches)
Title: The Cuba review
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
Subjects:
Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
r,Q of these cottages have been constructed near Havana at Pogolottiin the vicinity of Marinao and the Oriental Park Race Course.
Text Appearing After Image:
View of Cottages They are all occujiied, mostly l)y Cul^an negroes, who seem to appreciate their better sur-roundings and the possibility of owning their home within their reach. These cottages aremost all completed and neatly furnished, and not as crowded as one would expect under theexisting conditions. The sanitary arrangements have not been good so far, but work is nowunder way on a sewerage system which is l^eing carried on as rapidly as possible. At presentthey have to pump their supply of water and deposit in tanks for household use, but a runningwater system is being provided for. Under present economic conditions in Havana when so many workmen (cigar makers, etc.)are only working part of the time, an arrangement has been made for the payment of one-haltthe regular monthly rate, viz., $3.12. In the event of a tenant being unaljle to ))ay rent aftera lapse of three months, under certain circumstances, he is forced to release any holding he mayhave acquired in the property and f

Note About Images