THE CUBA REVIEW 



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RAILROAD AND FINANCIAL MATTERS. 



Havana Electric Railway Company. 



The traffic receipts for June, 1908. and 



1909 are as follows : 



1909 



Week ending June 6 $41,557 



Car mileage 154,417 



January 1 to June 6 $876,035 



Car mileage 3.447,028 



June 13 41.157 



Car mileage 154.621 



Jan. 1 to June 13 917.192 



Car mileage 3,631,649 



June 20 39,698 



Car mileage 152.865 



Jan. 1 to June 20 956,890 



Car mileage 3.784,514 



June 27 $37,960 



Car mileage 155.070 



Jan. 1 to June 27 994.850 



Car mileage 3,939.584 



1908 

 $35,840 

 157,775 



$833,554 



3,624,680 



35,962 



156,105 



869,516 



3,780,785 



32,013 



151,732 



901,529 



3,932.517 

 $38,231 

 159,839 

 939,760 



4,092.356 



New Ferry Houses for Havana. 



An important improvement that is being 

 undertaken by the United Railways of Ha- 

 vana, jointly with the Havana Central, is 

 the construction of a new ferry house at 

 Luz to take the place of the two old and 

 inadequate ferry slips now serving both 

 companies. The new ferry house will be 

 modern in every respect, being the same 

 design as the latest New York City ferrv 

 houses, and will have two stories, enabling 

 passengers to board and leave the boats on 



this and the ground floor. The ferry ser- 

 vice will be improved in every way, the boats 

 of the two companies alternating in the slip. 

 The Guanabacoa branch of the United 

 Railways will be electrified, and connection 

 made with the Havana Central at both 

 Regla and Guanabacoa. What this improved 

 transit facility will mean for Regla and 

 Guanabacoa can easily be imagined. It is 

 said that these are only the beginnings of a 

 long series of improvements. 



Government Receipts for May. 



The receipts of the national government 

 for the month of May, 1909, were as 

 follows. The total aggregates $2,468,130.63. 

 Custom House $1,879,634.31 



Internal revenue 



Internal taxes 



Post office and telegraph... 

 State property, rents, etc. . . . 

 Various sources of income. 

 Consular fees 



303,632.97 

 97,772.74 



760.931.37 

 49.935.12 

 27,960.92 

 31,263.13 



The mayor of Havana recently vetoed a 

 city council resolution authorizing the Ha- 

 vana Electric Company to display adver- 

 tising on the exterior of its cars, as be- 

 ing unsightly and a special privilege, 

 similar advertising being excluded else- 

 where. The mayor holds also that the 

 company's franchise contains no pro- 

 vision for an advertising business. 



Cuban Central Railway. 



Weekly Receipts. 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



1909. 1908. 



May 22. £401,236 £331,730 

 June 5. 414,888 341.471 

 June 12 420,211 346,288 

 June 19 426,201 351,716 



United Railways of Havana. 



Weekly Receipts. 



1909. 1908. 



Week ending May 23 £18,066 £12,514 



June 5 15,225 11,944 



June 12 14,895 11,955 



June 19 14,876 11,268 



June 26 14,590 11,367 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



Western Railways of Havana. 



Weekly Receipts. 

 1909. 1908. 



Week ending May 22 £4,806 £4,966 



June 5 5,072 5,456 



June 12 4,866 4,911 



June 19 4,787 3,883 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



1909. 1908. 



£251,044 £240,479 



261,082 251,521 



265,948 256,432 



270,735 260,315 



