THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Pt. Pastelillo, Cuba Railway Terminal. 



PORT PASTELILLO 



The Cuba Railroad port and terminal is located at Pastelillo Point, a distance of 

 three miles from Nuevitas. It is reached by boat or train from Xuevitas, and trains 

 of the Puerto Principe & Xuevitas Railroad (The Cuba Railroad) proceed from 

 Nuevitas to destination at Port Pastelillo. 



The facilities here consist of two loading and unloading docks which will berth 

 eight steamers. At the outer end of one dock is 22 feet of water which runs down to- 

 20 feet at the lower inside, and approximately the same depth of water is found- 

 at the other pier. Dredging operations are under way to deepen at one berth to 24 

 feet. In addition to these two docks is a pipe line dock for handling oil and molasses 

 cargoes. The channel to this port is 26 feet in depth. 



There will be five large warehouses with capacity for sugar storage of 480,000 

 bags, when the work of additional construction is complete, and in addition two 

 bonded warehouses on the docks for incoming freight. There will also be three 

 large oil storage tanks for the Texas Company, Sinclair-Cuba Company and West 

 India Oil Company, and four molasses storage tanks. The docks are equipped with 

 two tracks which provide for loading and discharging alongside steamers. Two main 

 line tracks with numerous sidings extend from the Point into Nuevitas station. 



This is an extensive development and has been a costly one owing to the exca- 

 vation necessary, as the entire point has been cut down to water level. 



PORT TARAFA 



This new terminal development for the North Coast Railroad (F.C.N.C.) at the 

 port of Nuevitas is progressing rapidly and the work of dredging channels and 

 constructing warehouses is continuing without interruption. The present facilities 

 provide two docks for handling four steamers and an additional pier will be con- 

 structed at a nearby point for docking two additional steamers. There is a depth of 

 water at either pier of nineteen feet, six inches, leading but a short distance to a 

 winding twenty-two foot channel. One dock is approximately 660 feet in length and 



