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THE CUBA REVIEW 



MINING, COMMERCIAL, RAILROADS AND FINANCIAL 



ASPHALT MINES IN PLENTY 



According to the statistics of the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, asphalt mines through- 

 out the island have been registered in the 

 following towns : 



HAVANA PROVINCE 



Havana (4) ; Guanabaooa (5) ; Bejucal 

 (5) ; Managua (1) ; Santa Maria del Ro- 

 sario (1) ; Banta (16) ; Jaruco (4) ; San 

 Jose de las Lajas (1). 



PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE 



Cabaiias (7) ; Guanajay (11) ; Mariel 

 (3) ; Esperanza (2). 



SANTA CLARA PROVINCE 



Raucho Veloz (1) ; Yaguajay (1) ; 



Sancti Spiritus (10) ; Camajuani (6) ; 



Jatibonico (1) ; Santa Clara (1) ; Que- 

 mado de Guines (1). 



CAMAGUEY PROVINCE 



Marti (13) ; Maximo Gomez (9) ; Ciego 

 de Avila (5) ; Moron (2). 



MATANZAS PROVINCE 



Cardenas (6) ; Matanzas (5) ; Colon (l). 



ORIENTE PROVINCE 



Holguin (1); Puerto Padre (2). 



CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAYS EARNINGS 



Weekly receipts : 



April 19th ... £19,659 Increase.. 



April 26th ... 19,606 Increase.. 



May 3rd 19,075 Increase.. 



May 10th 19,071 Increase.. 



May 17th 18,499 Increase.. 



May 24th 15,393 Increase.. 



May 31st 13,313 Increase.. 



NEW ORE FIELDS IN CUBA 



A New York syndicate is conducting an 

 investigation of iron ore deposits in west- 

 ern Cuba, says the Iron Trade Review. 

 The ore is nodular and is higher in iron 

 than the eastern Cuba deposits and con- 

 tains no chrome and nickel. It is pro- 

 posed to wash the ore, but it will not be 

 necessary to nodulize it or otherwise treat 

 it. A deposit of over 20,000,000 tons is 

 reported. 



TWO companies' POSSESSIONS 



"The Bethlehem Company and the Penn- 

 sylvania Steel Company each own about 

 500,000,000 tons of iron ore in Cuba, easily 

 mined." — Richard H. Edmonds, Editor 

 Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, Md. 



CUBAN TELEPHONE CO. EARNINGS 



The Cuban Telephone Company shows 

 a good balance for May. The total re- 

 ceipts were $73,550.75 as against $54,254.36 

 for the same month in 1912. On the last 

 day of May the telephone company had a 

 total of 13,219 telephones in operation as 

 against 9,430 during the same month last 

 year. 



£1,436 

 892 

 218 

 3,391 

 4,341 

 5,003 

 3,979 



WESTERN RAILWAY EARNINGS 



THROUGH TRAIN TO CIENFUEGOS 



The new through train of the United 

 Railways of Havana between Havana and 

 Cienfuegos is now in service. It leaves the 

 central station daily at 10.30 p. m., arriving 

 at Cienfuegos at 6 a. m. the following 

 morning. The train from Cienfuegos 

 leaves daily at 10 p. m. The sleeping cars 

 have been named "Damuji," "Mayabeque" 

 and "Yumuri." 



The service began May 25th. The inter- 

 mediate stations showing the route fol- 

 lowed are after Havana, Guines, Union, 

 Navajas, Guareiras, Esles, Rodas, Palmira 

 and Cienfuegos. 



CARDENAS-AMERICAN SUGAR PFD. 



The Cardenas-American Sugar Co. has 

 declared an initial quarterly dividend of 

 1% per cent, payable July 1st, to stock- 

 holders of record on June 30th, and a sec- 

 ond quarterly dividend of 1% per cent, 

 payable October 1st, to stock of record on 

 September 30th, on its $1,250,000 outstand- 

 ing 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock. 



Havana's customs receipts 



Custom house collections at Havana for 

 the month of May compare as follows: 



1913 $1,872,087 



1912 1,654,466 



1911 1,651,649 



1910 1,410,790 



1909 1,343,434 



1908 1,370,889 



1907 1,573,055 



