THE CUBA REVIEW 



27 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



NEWS OF THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS 



Tlie American Sugar Eefining Company 

 has recently purchased large tracts of 

 land along the line of the new North 

 Coast Railroad and it is reported that the 

 company will build several new sugar 

 mills. One plot consists of 90,000 acres 

 of land in the neighborhood of Jaronu, 

 located at 76 k.w. from Port Tarafa. This 

 property adjoins the American Sugar Re- 

 fining Company's mill, "Cunagua" in Cam- 

 aguey. The Company will develop a mill 

 on this land to be called "Jaronu," the 

 capacity of which is to be 700,000 bags. 

 The mill will be constructed by the firm 

 of Victor G. ]Mendoza. The erection of 

 this mill and the purchase of lands for 

 the development of same, is a .$10,0(X),000 

 proposition. 



The Miranda Sugar Company recently 

 acquired about 60,000 acres of land. The 

 consideration was said to be .$.3,62.5,000. 

 This land was purchased to enable the 

 Central "Miranda," in the Province of 

 Oriente, to increase the capacity of the 

 mill and when all the land begins to 

 yield cane, it is proposed to construct a 

 new and larger mill on this estate. 



Messrs. Manuel Galdo have obtained 

 the contract for the erection of a 12.5,000 

 bag sugar mill near Fomento on the Trini- 

 dad Branch of the Cuba Railroad. Fo- 

 mento is 64 k.w. from Casilda, the sea- 

 port. The mill is to be supplied by the 

 Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Company of 

 Hamilton, Ohio. 



La Compania Azucarera Belona, of 

 which Sr. Jose Mariraon, president of the 

 Banco Espanol, is a principal, has pur- 

 chased machinery for a new mill at 

 Belona on the Guantanamo & Western 

 Railroad. It is estimated that this mill 

 will produce 600,000 bags of sugar when 

 complete. Enough machinery for the pro- 

 duction of 300,000 bags will be installed 

 for the coming season. 



Reports from Havana are to the effect 

 that Sr. Juan Ulasia will begin the con- 

 struction of a new sugar mill on lands 

 recently acquired by him in Matanzas 

 Province at San Joaquin de Pedroso, now 

 named Colinia Central. 



A new mill to be called "El Niagara," 

 situated near Bahia Honda, is to be in 

 readiness to handle 100,000 bags of next 

 year's crop. 



A new central is projected by the Cen- 

 tral Najasa Sugar Company, recently or- 

 ganized with a capital of $3,000,000, the 

 mill to be located in Camaguey province, 

 near Hatuey. The mill is to have a ca- 

 pacity of 150,000 bags and it is under- 

 stood that in addition to other lands, a 

 tract of 15,000 acres of virgin forest has 

 been purchased by the company. It is 

 proposed to have the mill completed for 

 operation in the 1920-1921 season. 



Work is progressing on the new mill 

 at Manopla of the Macareno Association, 

 in the vicinity of Santa Cruz del Sur. 



A new company named Compania Azu- 

 carera Central Sixto, with a capital of 

 .?4,0OO,0OO, was organized recently for the 

 development of a new sugar plantation 

 at Sola, situated about 52 k.w. distant 

 from Port Tarafa on the line of the 

 Cuban Northern Railroad. Messrs. Leo- 

 poldo and Francisco de Sola y Bobadilla 

 are the principal stockholders in the ven- 

 ture. The mill will have a capacity of 

 100,000 bags and it is intended to in- 

 crease it to 1-50,000 bags. It is reported 

 that a contract with the Fulton Iron 

 Works for the construction work has been 

 signed. 



Central "San Cristobal" is being built 

 for the Compania Azucarera Central San 

 Cristobal. It is situated about sixty miles 

 west of Havana, in Pinar del Rio prov- 

 ince. The entire factory will be driven 

 by electricity, with the exception of the 

 milling plant. The plant will have a 

 nominal capacity of 1-50,000 bags, but 

 will have an economical range up to 

 200,000 bags. 



Another new central under construc- 

 tion at this time is the Central "Virtien- 

 tes," being built for the Compania Azu- 

 carera Virtientes. It is located about 20 

 miles south of Agramonte, on the private 

 railroad owned by the sugar company, 

 and when completed will have a capacity 

 of about 700,000 bags. 



The Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation has 



