File No. 837.156/26.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister.

Sir: The Department has received your No. 683 of the 16th instant in which you report that by Executive Decree a concession has been [Page 370] granted to Arturo Dworzak to construct a steel bridge across the entrance to the port of Habana.

A copy of your despatch has been forwarded to the Secretary of War.

I am [etc.]

Huntington Wilson.