File No. 837.156/129.
The American Minister to
the Secretary of State.
No. 587.]
American Legation,
Habana,
January 10, 1913.
Sir: Referring to my despatch No. 502 of
November 15, 1912, concerning the protest of the Havana Coal Company
against the proposed modification in the plans for building a bridge
across Habana harbor between Habana and Casa Blanca, I have the honor to
enclose herewith copy and translation of a note dated the eighth instant
which I have today received from the Cuban Secretary of State.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure—Translation.]
[Untitled]
Republic of Cuba
Department of
State
No. 67.
Habana,
January 8, 1913.
Mr. Minister: With reference to your
excellency’s esteemed note No. 421 of November 15th last, in regard
to certain representations made to the Legation by the Havana Coal
Company concerning a project to build a suspension bridge, I have
the honor to inform your excellency that the President of the
Republic, in his decree of December 12th last accepting
modifications in the bridge, took into consideration the suggestions
of Mr. Sanborn, secretary of that company, as embodied in a telegram
received by the concessionaire, reading as follows:
Sanborn has suggested, and I have agreed, subject to, your
approval, to change the tangent of the bridge 430 feet to
the westward along the wharf (of the Havana Coal Company),
thus avoiding any damage to the coal business. The new
tangent crosses (the channel) perpendicularly to the wharf
(of the Havana Coal Company), cutting the tangent of the
southern approach to 390 feet from the extreme end of the
intermediate curve. The principal sections of the bridge are
not to be changed. The northern approach turns to the right
and towards the end again turns to the left and ends
approximately 100 feet from the center of the water storage.
The two central radia of the new curve measure 160 feet.
I avail [etc.]
