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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



RAILROAD REPORTS AND TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. 



United Railways of Havana. 



—Weekly Receipts From July 1 ■ 



1909. 1908. 1909. 1908. 



Week ending July 31 £13,915 £10,877 £63,252 £54,427 



■• W 7 .. 14,517 12,089 77,769 66,516 



■■14 ■ 14,200 12,047 91,970 78,563 



■' 21 '.". ^ 14,725 11,643 106,695 90,206 



United Railways Improvements. ments which include a new station at 



The company plans to electrify its Cienfuegos and 20 miles of new track 



Marianao Ime, permitting of a more fre- "ear that city. All this work will be 



quent schedule completed by the end ot the current 



As already noted in the CUBA RE- year. 

 VIEW, the new modern ferry house at Owing to floods the track between 

 Luz wharf, Havana, is in course of con- Jovellanos and Quintana were sub- 

 struction and will be finished about No- merged last year for a period of six 

 vember next. New stations at a cost of months. The government is expected to 

 $8,000 each are being built at Alacranes drain this section and prevent the floods, 

 and Duara, and the new workshop at but because of delays in beginning the 

 Cienaga, illustrated in the July issue, work the railroad company is building 

 is in full operation. Outside of Havana a short connecting cection of track above 

 the company is also making improve- the flood level. 



Havana Electric Railway Co. 



-Weekly Receipts.- From Jan. 1 



1909. 1908. 1909. 1908. 



Week ending Aug. 1 . . $39,825 $34,870 $1,195,093 $1,122,332 



• ""8 . 41,309 36,178 1,236,402 1,158,510 



' 15 " " .. 40,583 36,147 1,276,985 1,194,657 



^ ?? 39,458 35,380 1,316.122 1,230,037 



• 29 '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. 35,680 32,485 1,352,123 1.262,522 



Havana Electric Railway Changes. The car shops in Vedado are kept busy 



. , turning out three cars a month, besides 



This company is at present straight- j-gpairing the old ones. Last month the 



ening and grading their tracks and pav- company moved their offices into the 



ing the roadway in the vicinity of the j-^g.^^ fireproof structure in Vedado. 



Jesus del Monte station, Linea street in xhe company is now engaged in build- 



Vedado, Calzada del Cerro in Cerro, the ing a station and waiting room at the 



Marianao line and the Vives section. Vedado end of the Marianao line. 



Western Railways of Havana. 



Receipts for 



Weekly Receipts. Fiscal Year. 



1909. 1908. 1909. 1908. 



Week ending Aug 7 £4,983 £6,301 £25,902 £31,531 



■■ ■• 14 ■■ ■■ . 4,834 6,368 30,736 37,899 



•■ 21 5,416 6,608 36,152 44,507 



Western Railway's Extensions. case of favorable action by the govern- 

 ^, „, ^ ., , -TT- ment in the matter of a subsidy the 

 The Western Railways of Havana, op- company expects to build a 47-kilonieter 

 crating at present 236 kilometers of track extension from Medosa to Remates, in 

 in Cuba, has built a shop at Cristina ^\^q extreme southwestern section of 

 for manufacturing and repairing its roll- Pinar del Rio Province. The new rail- 

 ing stock. It will also build in the local- road stations at Cafias and Calabagar are 

 ity a new locomotive repair shop. In nearing completion. 



Cuban Central Railway. 



Receipts for 



Weekly Receipts. Fiscal Year. 



1909. 1908. 1909. 1908. 



Week ending Aug. 7 .. £5,480 £4,882 £29.067 £25,256 



" 14 ' .. 5,283 4,506 34.350 29,761 



"21 '.' 5,055 4,612 39.405 34,373 



