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THE CUBA REVIEW 



RAILROAD NEWS AND TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. 



Havana Electric Railway. 



Weekly Receipts. 

 1909. 1908. 



Week ending Oct. 3 $38,293 $34,030 



"10 35,478 34,518 



'■ 17 37,70 J 33.859 



" 24 38,229 34.656 



"31 39,351 34.697 



Receipts from Jan. i. 



1909. 



$1,548,674 

 1,584,152 

 1,621,921 

 1,660,150 

 1,699,501 



$1,439,432 

 1,473,950 

 1,507,809 

 1.542,465 

 1,577,162 



United Railways of Havana. 



Weekh' Receipts. 

 1909. 1908. 



Week ending Sept. 25 £ 13,125 £ 11.719 



Oct. 2 13,491 '1,753 



9 14,244 12,594 



16 12,963 12,781 



" 23 13,291 13.147 



Western Railways of Havana. 



Weekly Receipts. 



1909. 1908. 



Week ending Sept. 25 £4,903 £6,378 



Oct. 2 5,097 5,640 



" 9 4,589 6,818 



■•16 3,627 5,988 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



Cuban Central Railway. 



Weekly Receii)ts. 



1909. ' 1908. 



Week ending Sept. 25 £4,999 £5,041 



Oct. 2 4,874 4,451 



" 9 4,804 4,373 



"16 4,294 4,740 



Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



Cuba Railroad Report. 



The report of the Cuba Railroad Co. 

 for the month of September and nine 

 months ended September 30, compares 

 as follows: 



1908. 1909. 



September gross $141,227 $158,898 



Expenses 81,914 102,503 



September net $59,313 $56,394 



Charges 32,262 35,228 



September surplus ... $27,051 $21,165 

 Nine months' gross.... 422,857 484,536 

 Expense 257,102 228,030 



Nine months' net .. .$165,755 $156,506 

 Charges 96,787 105,220 



Nine months' surp $68,968 $51,286 



Sir William Van Home, president of 

 the Cuba Railroad, says regarding the 

 extension to the line now under con- 

 structon: "W^ork will be rushed forward 

 this winter and we expect to have the 

 new line in operation by August, 1910. 

 The rainy season will soon be over, and 



the work will progress much more rap- 

 idly. 



"This extension leaves the main line at 

 Marti, in Camaguey Provmce, running 

 thence to the city of Bayamo, at which 

 point a branch turns southwestward to 

 the port of Manzanillo, the main exten- 

 sion continuing southeastward to Palma 

 Soriano, which is already connected with 

 San Luis by a portion of the new line 

 already in operation. The inauguration 

 of this line will shorten the possible time 

 between Havana and Oriente. 



"The stock of the Cuba Railroad is 

 owned by the Cuba Co., which company 

 owns several large sugar mills in the dis- 

 trict, through which the extension is to 

 pass. 



"Crops both in this section and in the 

 central portion of the island from Santa 

 Clara to Santiago, through which the 

 main line passes, are in excellent condi- 

 tion, and promise a big yeld. 



"The Cuban Government is supbsidiz- 

 ing to the extent of $8,000 for each of 

 the approximately 160 miles in the ex- 

 tension." — Wall Street Journal. 



