T H E C U B A II E \' I E W 23 



CUBAN FINANCIAL MATTERS 



EARNINGS OF THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF HAVANA 



Weekly Receipts : 

 Week ending Aug. 18. 

 Week ciulinfi Aufj. 25. 

 Week ending Sept. 1.. 

 Week ending Sept. 8.. 



Weekli/ Rec'ipt^: 

 Week ending Aug. 18. 

 A\'eek ending Aug. 25. 

 Week ending Sept. 1.. 

 Week ending Sept. 8.. 



EARNINGS OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY LIGHT & POWER CO. 



Month of August: 1917 1916 1915 



Gross earnings .$592,461 $513,376 §465,554 



Operating expenses 269,110 192,546 190,877 



Net earnings 323,351 320,830 274,677 



INIi.-^eellaneous income 6,221 8,482 7,622 



Total net income $329,571 .$329,311 $282,299 



Surplus after deducting fixed charges 217,203 196,695 175,278 



8 Monllis to August 31: 



Gross earnings $4,418,945 $3,899,892 $3,665,433 



Operating expenses 1,924,883 1,505,065 1,500,467 



Xet earnings 2,494,062 2,394,827 2,164,966 



Miscellaneous income 97,404 89,089 68,866 



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



Siirplus after deducting fixed charges $1,575,856 $1,458,514 $1,363,502 



STATISTICAL TABLES TAKEN FROM "MARKETS FOR CONSTRUCTION 

 MATERIALS AND MACHINERY IN CUBA." 



Special Agents Series No. 139. 



Compiled by W. W. Swing. 



Table A. — Expenditures of the Department of Public Works of 

 Cuba, by Fiscal Years Ending June 30. 



Departments: 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 Total 



Highways and bridges $2,527,895 $1,716,983 $1,540,964 $1,867,0.32 $2,032,206 $9,685,080 



Water supply, sewers, and mu- 

 nicipal engineering 6,653,978 6,257,329 7,631,680 4,731,596 2,374,530 27 649 113 



Lighthouses 96,856 89,462 93,908 123,154 166,541 '569*921 



Rivers and harbors 230,2.34 289,648 351,064 86,427 742,979 ],700,'.352 



Water supply of Habana and 

 civil and military construc- 

 tions 262,651 411,914 372,525 590,369 684,088 2 321547 



City of Habana 1,686,1.30 1,495,803 1,272,277 1,598,672 1,703,031 7,755,'913 



Total $11,457,744 $10,261,139 $11,262,418 $8,997,250 $7,703,.375 $49,681,926 



Table B. — Length, Cost, Earnings, etc., of the Public-Service Lines of Cuba. 



Items: 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 



Length of line kilometers 3,609 3,803 3,846 3 863 



New rails laid tons 19,996 13,114 25,554 '547 



Ties laid : 

 American : 



Pine number 23,664 46, .334 26,368 



Cypress. ■■ 100 10,731 7,330 3,933 



Creosted " 6,538 9, .320 .... 74 



^H!^*,°~^*'"'^'*'°°'' " 368,527 426.472 368,352 376,569 



Telegraph lines : 



Length kilometers 4,171,701 4,700,764 4,307,658 4,713,765 



«'^ire " 5,460,120 6,081,892 5,756,634 6.591,161 



