soliveres miera is best remembered for shutting down the newspaper "la revista de puerto rico" in july 1888. two months later, on 1 september 1888, strong rains caused río portugués to overflow its banks, and soliveres help the victims of the floods. soliveres miera also oversaw the ""hermanas de la caridad"" (sisters of the charity) taking charge of the administration of the municipal hospital, hospital tricoche. some of the public works by soliveres are the building of a new municipal jail and of a concrete tower at cerro del vigía, the enlargement of the municipal offices, improvements made to the exiting jail to provide for living quarters for the prison officer, and the provisioning of sidewalks to several city streets.