THE CUBA REVIEW 



23 



NEWS ABOUT RAILROADS 



CAIBARIEN AND NUEVITAS RAILROAD 



This new railroad, for which a subsidy 

 has been granted to the North Coast Rail- 

 road Company, organized by Jose Miguel 

 Tarafa, will connect the ports of Nuevitas 

 and Caibarien, passing through Moron and 

 to the south of the mountain range of 

 Bamburanao. 



The company under the concession will 

 build for its own account a railroad line 

 to 80 kilometers long from the city of 

 Camaguey to Santa Cruz del Sur to entrunk 

 with the main line, obliges itself to con- 

 struct two sugar mills in the zones crossed 

 by the lines, and to establish offices in 

 Havana, Camaguey, Santa Cruz and other 

 towns for the development of the lands 

 and to aid prospective settlers. 



BUYING AN OLD ROAD 



The Puerto Principe & Nuevitas Railway 

 was purchased by Roland R. Conklin of 

 New York and J. M. Tarafa of Havana. 

 The line was built in 18.35, is the oldest 

 in Cuba, and one of the oldest in the West- 

 ern Hemisphere. It was the first railroad 

 ever built in the Spanish dominions, exist- 

 ing fifteen years before Canada had a mile 

 of track. 



This road, together with the Jucaro S 

 Moron Railway, also controlled by the 

 Conklin and Tarafa interests, will form 

 a part of the national railways system, in- 

 cluding the North Coast Railway conces- 

 sion, which was recently granted by the 

 Cuban government, and which an American 

 company will control, but it is stated that 

 the bonds have been placed with British 

 and French bankers. 



A map of that part of Camaguey Prov- 

 ince traversed by these roads is printed on 

 this page. 



THE MATANZAS TROLLEY 



News from Matanzas regarding the long 

 promised trolley is to the effect that con- 

 struction work is still going on in the 

 neighborhood of the Bellamar caves. When 

 the line to the city of Matanzas is nearing 

 completion the road will be extended to 

 Canasi. Jose Lombardo, Joaquin Cata and 

 other well known citizens of the city are 

 interested in this enterprise. 



The municipality of Banes in Oriente 

 Province will send representatives to Ca- 

 maguey or Havana to petition the Cuba 

 Company for a branch line to their city. 



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Map of section covered by recent railroad purchase in Cuba. The Puerto Principe 

 and Nuevitas Railroad (P. P. and N. R. R.) is an old line, not standard guage, 

 running from Camaguey, the capital of the province, to Nuevitas on the north coast. 



