Show CUBA is mm FOSTERING reclamation of the islands i adopting united states state ir rig riffa tion Aleth methods havana jan 10 A law has been drafted for submission to tile the cuban congress to I 1 lovide for an t tion on of anouilh for d tot I 1 n of four lean to lie he invested it 11 i in installation of a number of irrigation iun plants in the tab cco diA triet of pinar del rio it is this sum mil ill annu annulli ill the establishment of from JOO r to pumping plants md and it ig er services vices this sc tinn prO produces dULeS the highest grade cibir tobacco tobi cco known eto to the trade and is famous the v horld orld 0 oer er a i ane vuelta abajo these plants will be planned to sup pl the vegas as the s small mail tobacco farms are called and where it is con vecient to do so a number of thee theae vegas will be grouped anti and served sered li one plant the water simply m will ill be obtained from a series of wells and fir from 0 in small email streams the actual cost of the small plants to be put in ri on tte the agag is to be repaid in nine annual payments beginning the second dear after the installation of the plants hy by the agueros egue ros or tobacco planters the tha state will charge no do interest on the amount invested and as this fund is repaid it will again be invested in similar works this system of arriga ton is to be ba emp employed loed in the vicinity of the tha towns of pinar del de rio san luis luia and san juan where the nature of the land and the absence of a fixed supply of water in the tha rivers during the do season makes a larger tien lien system impracticable president gome and secretary Secre tari emilio del junco of the agricultural department are working with interest to give the tobacco growers the benefits of irrigation As soon as aa it is IE poa po a lla lie it 1 tu to extend h i 1 bervice to other sections of the island so that all the agricultural districts will be materially aisted isted As cub is primarily an agricultural country the benefits of this work cannot be oer overestimated estimated in n the dis brict which i farther west iest a large distributing system ito ito be constructed which will auppl an area of about acres with water an international cammi commission Com sin is now making the preliminary minar investigation bi heiing ing begun its labors last A ig at the request of the cuban go govern ern merit the united states R service serice recommended D C henny in engineer long connected with that earice and widely widel known in the irrigation world and the british govern merit recommended G 11 Wig harn who his had earbon prie practical epen once in egyptian irrigation I 1 hose two gentlemen with eduargo giberga professor of hydraulics ail Alec mechanics hanics in the Univ university etsity of H I 1 isina ana a graduate of I 1 ehigh iti aj were upon the recommendation of secretary of corn commerce and labor emilio del junco appointed bi president gomez goicz ag a a commission to mako basic studies for cubas cubah irrigation beetem and it wig hii upon the recommendation made ll 11 bi henny and giberga that the law is to be passed to provide for the small irrigation plants first mentioned |