126 THECUBAREVIEW 



TRAFFIC RECEIPTS OF CUBAN RAILROADS 



EARNINGS OF THE CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY 



The earrings of the Cuba Raih'oad for the month of August and the first two months of the fiscal year compare 

 as follows: 



1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 



August gross $1,017,026 $839,815 $558,326 $416,634 $343,487 $360,872 $309,308 



Expenses 752,619 562,920 293,978 219,235 212,039 199,132 187,996 



August net $264,407 $276,895 $264,348 $197,398 $131,447 $161,740 $121,313 



Other income 4,355 1,386 874 



Net income 268,762 278,281 265,223 197,398 



Charges 95,154 93,886 87,091 72,012 70,195 66,791 66,375 



'Other interest charges 12,041 



August surplus $161,566 $184,395 $178,131 $125,386 $61,251 



From July 1st: 



Two months' gross $2,093,128 $1,583,589 $1,129,818 $836,723 $726,031 



Two months' net 651,503 505,913 522,653 407,480 293,030 



Other income 24,074 2,524 1,691 



Fixed charges 189,082 188,011 174,440 144,281 140,470 



'Other interest charges 24,083 



Surplus $462,412 $320,426 $349,904 $263,198 $152,459 $163,669 $137,173 



EARNINGS OF THE UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA 



Weekly Receipts: 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 



■Week ending Aug. 17 £48,843 £37,110 £30,576 £23,298 £18,378 £19,750 £19,214 



Week ending Aug. 24 50,369 34,381 29,279 24,015 16,735 18,921 19,122 



Week ending Aug. 31 48,168 34,784 32,022 22,990 18,096 19,996 20,147 



Week ending Sept. 7 47,432 34,314 31,280 24,197 19,624 19,680 19,630 



EARNINGS OF THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF HAVANA 



Weekly Receipts: 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 



Week ending Aug. 17 £8,013 £7,261 £6,068 £4,6.52 £5,487 £5,791 



Week ending Aug. 24 7,505 6,838 6,104 5,107 5,331 5,445 



Week ending Aug. 31 7,986 8,119 6,321 4,886 5,172 5,727 



Week ending Sept. 7 8,052 7,292 6,317 4,712 4,722 5,596 



EARNINGS OF THE CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAYS 



Weekly Receipts: 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 



Week ending Aug. 17 £16,738 £13,082 £8,626 £8,528 £6,734 £7,821 



Week ending Aug. 24 16,580 11,854 8,784 8,028 6,532 6,908 



Week ending Aug. 31 15,282 11,292 9,761 7,204 6,966 6,589 



Week ending Sept. 7 14,492 11,080 9,317 7,346 7,038 6,548 



EARNINGS OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY. LIGHT & POWER CO. 



Month of August: 1918 1917 1916 1915 



'Gross earnings $713,637 $592,461 $513,376 $465,554 



•Operating expenses 335,996 269,110 192,546 190,877 



Net earnings 377,641 323,-351 320,830 274,677 



Miscellaneous income 3,674 6,221 8,482 7,622 



Total net income $381,315 $329,572 $329,311 $282,299 



Surplus after deducting fixed charges 237,355 175,004 196,695 175,278 



8 Months to August 31: 



Gross earnings '. . . . $5,327,811 $4,418,945 $3,899,892 $3,665,433 



Operating expenses 2,442,106 1,924,883 1,505,065 1,500,467 



Net earnings 2,885,705 2,494,062 2,394,827 2,164,966 



Miscellaneous income 92,494 97,404 89,089 68,866 



Total net income $2,978,199 $2,591,466 $2,483,916 $2,233,832 



Surplus after deducting fixed charges 1,874,179 1,331,408 1,458,514 1,363,502 



