22 THE CUBA REVIEW 



TRAFFIC RECEIPTS OF CUBAN RAILROADS 



EARNINGS OF THE CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY 

 The earnings of the Cuba Railroad Company for the month of December and six 

 months ended December 31, 1918, compare as follows: 



1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 



December gross $772,172 $1,043,086 $517,402 $513,369 $403,377 $458,343 



Expenses 649,663 680,369 465,280 265,990 186,850 219,360 



December net $122,508 _ $3627716 $52,122 $247,378 $216,527 $238,982 



Other income 12,580 1,305 ~ 901 



Net income 135,088 364,022 53,024 



Fixed charges $95,191 $166,370 $95,133 $86,179 $70,195 $66,791 



Other interest chgs... 12,041 



December surplus .... $27,855 $197,651 $42,109 $f6XT99 $146,331 $172,191 



From July 1st: 



Six months' gross ....$4,966,425 $4,551,515 $3,175,176 $2,540,298 $2,006,458 $2,173,574 



Six months' net 1,019,080 1,136,273 983,087 1,111,582 866,918 981,927 



Other income 76,465 7,923 5,055 



Fixed charges 569,595 635,638 538,973 452,748 421,354 400,750 



Other interest chgs... 71,666 



Six months' surplus.. $454,284 $508,558 $449,159 $658,834 $445,563 $581,177 



EARNINGS OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY LIGHT & POWER CO. 



Month of December: 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 



Gross earnings $709,891 $673,789 $560,270 $487,667 $457,284 



Operating expenses 335,090 295,086 212,438 186,031 203,530 



Net earnings 374,801 378,703 347,832 301,636 253,754 



Miscellaneous income 20,743 21,434 16,942 29,616 5,514 



Total net income 395,544 400,137 364,774 331,252 259,268 



Surplus after deduct, fixed chgs. 239,914 240,586 234,293 205,793 154,555 



12 months to December 31st: 



Gross earnings $8,176,545 $6,989,599 $6,017,709 $5,541,303 $5,396,714 



Operating expenses 3,774,821 3,046,733 2,296,370 2,237,518 2,501,026 



Net earnings 4,401,724 3,942,866 3,721,339 3,303,785 2,895,688 



Miscellaneous income 140,766 149,755 144,561 154,321 102,119 



Total income 4,542,490 4,092,621 3,865,900 3,458,106 2,997,807 



Surplus after deduct, fixed chgs. 2,798,189 2,214,959 2,314,401 2,140,562 1,711,780 



Weekly receipts: 1918-19 



Week ending Dec. 28th.... £60,338 



Week ending Jan. 4th 60,210 



Week ending Jan. 11th.... 72,303 



Week ending Jan. 18th.... 45,896 



EARNINGS OF THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF HAVANA 



Weekly receipts: 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 



Week ending Jan. 4th £8,496 £8,079 £6,655 £5,759 £4,571 £5,406 



Week ending Jan. 11th.... 7,916 8,692 6,461 6,504 4,831 4,826 



Week ending Jan. 18th.... 5,763 9,944 6,234 6,479 4,811 5,173 



Week ending Jan. 25th.... 4,297 10,919 6,122 6,629 4,434 5,305 



Week ending Feb. 1st 12,138 11,713 7,223 6,707 5,185 5,400 



