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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



FINANCIAL AND RAILROADS. 



Aim L'.-iIkj Junctiou, on the Antilla Branch of the Cuba R. R. 

 Courtesy of the I'ubhcity League of Cuba. 



Cuban Railway Earnings. 



Week ending- April 4 the earnings of the 

 United Railways of Havana were £37,341, 

 against £27.512 in the corresponding week 

 of 1908, an increase this year of £9,829. 



The total earnings of the road during the 

 39 weeks and 4 days of the present eco- 

 nomic year are £818,391, against £756,019 

 in the same period of 1908, an increase of 

 £62,372. The earnings include those of the 

 Marianao Railway, but not those of the 

 Regla Warehouses. 



Havana Electric Earnings. 



The HaA'ana Electric Railway earnings 

 during- the week ending April 5 were $37,- 

 951.05, against $38,429.55 in the correspond- 

 ing week of 1908, a decrease for this year 

 of $476.50. 



For the week ending April H the earn- 

 ings were $38,420.20, against $37,465.85 in 

 the corresponding week of 1908, an increase 

 this year of $954.35. 



Week ending April 11, 1909, $38,420.20; 

 week ending April 11, 1908, $37,465.85, an 

 increase in 1909 of $954.35. To the same 

 date the earnings for the year were $6, 105, .15 

 in 1909 and $6,034.50 in 1908. 



Directors of the Havana Electric Railway 

 Co. have declared the regular quarterly divi- 



dend of 1^4 per cent, on the preferred stock, 

 and also declared the regular quarterly divi- 

 dend of 1 per cent, on the common stock. 



Both dividends are payable May 15 to 

 stock of record April 24. Books closed 

 April 24 and reopen May 17. 



New Line Planned. 



It was officially given out on April 24 that 

 the construction of the railway between 

 Trinidad and Placetas will begin in June. 

 The fonner city and its port at Casilda, once 

 prosperous, lost most of its importance with 

 the growth of Cienfuegos. but railway con- 

 nection with Havana will help to restore 

 much of its former prosperity. 



The Hormiguero Central Co. of Cuba 

 gives notice that the coupon No. 37, due 

 May 1, on the first mortgage 8 per cent, 

 gold bonds of the company will be paid on 

 presentation at their office. Signed by Lo- 

 renzo j\I. Gillet, treasurer. 



President Gomez signed April 27 a con- 

 tract with the National Bank postponing 

 for four years the bank's privilege as a de- 

 pository for state funds. The bank has 

 agreed to take charge of remittances to 

 Cuba's diplomatic representatives abroad. 



