THE CUBA REVI EW. 



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RAILROAD NEWS AND TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. 



Havana Electric Railway Co. 



Weekly Receipts. 

 1909. 190.S. 



Week ending Sept. 5 $42,430 $37,600 



" 12 41,739 36,581 



" 19 36,461 34.918 



" 26 37,628 33,781 



From Jan. 1. 



1909. 1908. 



$1,394,553 $1,300,122 



1,436,292 1,336,703 



1.472,753 1,371,621 



1,510,381 1,405,402 



United Railways of Havana. 



Weekly Receipts. 

 1909. 1908. 



Week ending Aug. 28 £13,177 £12,144 



Sept. 4 14,473 12,243 



"11 15,549 12.846 



"18 13,961 12,037 



Cuban Central Railway. 



Weekly Receipts. 

 1909. 1908. 



W^eek ending August 28 £5,201 £4,890 



September 4 4,934 5,243 



" " September 11 5,138 5,141 



Western Railways of Havana. 



Weekl}' Receipts. 

 1909. 1908. 



Week ending August 28 £4,939 £7,676 



" " September 4 5-863 7,206 



" " September 11 5,657 7.227 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 

 1909. 1908. 



£119,871 £102,321 



134,344 114,564 



149,893 127,410 



163,844 139,447 



Receipts for fiscal year 



Receipts for fiscal year 



1909. 1908. 



£41.091 £52,183 



46,954 59,389 



52,611 66,616 



The Cuba Railroad Company 

 Statement of earnings and 

 month of July. 



1909. 



Gross earnings $162,429.31 



Working expenses 113,411.73 



Net profits $49,017.58 



Fixed charges for month. 34,995.83 



Surplus for month.... $14,021.75 

 Gross earnings from 



July I $162,429.31 



Net profits from July i. 49,017.58 



Fixed charges from July i 34,995-83 



Surplus from July i... $14,021.75 



Report. 



expenses. 



$153,786.15 

 90,322.25 



$63,463-90 

 32,262.50 



$31,201.40 



$153,786.15 

 63,463.90 

 32,262.50 



$31,301.40 



terms and conditions of the decree of the 

 court in the foreclosure proceedings. 



Cuba Eastern Sale Confirmed. 



Judge Lacombe, in the United States 

 Circuit Court, handed down an order 

 Sept. 24 confirming the sale of the roads, 

 properties, assets and franchises of the 

 Cuban Eastern Railroad Company, the 

 Northeastern Cuba Railroad Company 

 and the Cuba Eastern Terminals Com- 

 pany to J. McD. Garfield and F. 

 Chaunccy Anderson for a total of 

 $90,000. 



The sale was made on Aug. 31 and the 

 petitioners were the only bidders, and 

 the masters reported that the sale was 

 filed on Sept. 2. The order makes the 

 sale absolute, subject, however, to the 



Cuba's Interior Communications. 



The erroneous notion of the inacces- 

 sibility of the interior of the island must 

 be overcome at once. Cuba was the 

 second country in America to operate a 

 steam road, being in this respect eleven 

 years in advance of Spain. The date of 

 this first road was 1837. Since then the 

 mileage has increased to about 2,500 

 miles, so that, compared for instance 

 with Tennessee, which has somewhat 

 similar geographic conditions and is al- 

 most the same size, Cuba is by no means 

 lacking in interior communication. — John 

 Barrett, in the New York Independent. 



The Camaguey Company. 



Comparative statement of earnings for 

 August, 1909: 



Aug., 1908. Aug., 1909. Increase. 

 Gross . .$10,279.01 $11,287.74 $1,008.73 

 Net . . . 4,016,38 5.070.94 1,054.56 

 For eight months to Aug. 31: 



1908. 1909. Increase. 



Gross . .$74,223.41 $87,372.41 $13,149.00 

 Net . . . 34,272.40 40.304.49 6,032.09 



