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STEAMSHIP LINES 



So rapidly has the shipping increased, par- 

 ticularly into the harbor of Havana, that two 

 additional concrete docks have become necessary 

 for the handling of this commerce. Pier No. i, 

 670 feet long; pier No. 2, 620 feet long. 



(See Moody's Manual, 1916 [Industrial and 

 Public Utilities Section], page 3304.) 



The Peninsular & Occidental S. S. Co. operates 

 daily, except Sunday, service between Key West, 

 Fla., and Havana, Cuba, making the run in from 

 six to seven hours. At Key West connection is 

 made with solid, fast Pullman trains via the- 

 " Over-sea Railroad" for all points of the United 

 States. 



This company also operates a semi-weekly 

 service between Tampa, Fla., and Havana, 

 making connections with all points north. The 

 same system inaugurated a car-ferry service 

 between Key West, Fla., and Havana in Decem- 

 ber, 1 914, linking up the Florida East Coast 

 R. R. with the United Rys. of Havana, by which 

 the railroads of the Island of Cuba became part 

 and parcel of North-American Continental R. R. 

 System. Freight cars of almost any of the 

 United States and Canadian R. R. companies 

 can constantly be seen on the Cuban roads, the 

 car-ferry making a daily round trip between Key 

 West and Havana with never less than 28 freight 

 cars on board, loaded with merchandise or ma- 

 chinery, direct from the factories to the sugar 

 mills and interior points without rehandling, and 

 carrying north in the same way sugar in bulk, 

 molasses in tanks, tobacco in bales, hard wood, 

 pineapples and other fruit, etc. 



