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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Road in Guines, near Matanzas. 



and also on sugar plantations. The natural slowness of the cart traffic is further 

 impeded in the cities by the narrowness of streets, and the economy of time in the 

 use of motor trucks has been demonstrated under the pressure of war demands 

 for Cuban products. In the country the trucks are used for transporting manu- 

 factured supplies and foodstuffs into the interior, and native products to the cities. 

 While the railway transportation of Cuba has been much improved in recent years, 

 there being now about 2,000 miles of track in the country, connecting the larger cities 

 of the coast and the interior, there still remain many rich agricultural sections where 

 the railway has not penetrated. Along the coast much traffic is done by small sailing 

 vessels and motor boats that ply between the towns and various landing places on 

 the numerous bays. 



