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THE CT^BA REVIEW 



Ciciifuegos Uay (Cuurlesy of United Railways of Havana). 



SHIPriNG CHIEFLY IX AMERICAN VESSELS 



From statistics funiished by tlie custouiliuuse at the port of Cienfiiogos, it is 

 iiot«Hl that 281 vessels departed during the year 1918. Of this mimber records of the 

 consulate account for 2tJ0 cleared for ports in the United States, comprising 112 

 American. Gl British, 5G Danish, 19 Norwegian, 1 Spanish, 1 Venezuelan, 1 Honduran, 

 ] Cuban, I French, 4 Swedish, and 3 Dutch vessels. Their destinations were as fol- 

 lows : 



Ports. Number. 



N'pwYork 53 



New Orleans 43 



Philadelphia 20 



Boston 6 



Mobile 13 



Baltimore 6 



Charleston 5 



Savannah 2 



Pascagoula 2 



Norfolk 8 



Sabine 1 



Port.\rthur 1 



Orange 1 



Ports. Nunihor 



Galveston 6 



Brunswick 1 



Key West 1 



Tampa G 



Jacksonville 1 



Newport News 38 



Pensacola 1 



Hampton Roads _ 3 



Gulfport ' 1 



Texas City 1 



Ports not designated 40 



Total 2(iO 



During lUl.s there was a slight decrease in i)ractically every respect in llie ship- 

 ping at the port of Cienfuegos, in comparisctn with the preceding year. This un- 

 doubtedly was due to the influence of food control centered in Ilabana. There should 

 oe a return to normal conditions upon the formal termination of the control measures 

 instituted during the war. 



With Central and South American ports there is little commerce, cattle from 

 Venezuela and Coloml)ia comprising the imports from that section. During 1919 five 

 .Vmerican vessels cleared for the Canal Zone. Up to the present there has been prac- 

 tically no interchange of commerce with Porto Rico, but a few vessels from ports of 

 tliat island call at Cienfuegos, with either cargo in transit or in ballast. One vessel, a 

 Hiitish calde repair boat, was cleared from this port for Porto Rico with Ponce as its 

 destination. 



IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES— MINING 

 Tlie need of increased facilities for transporting products to seaports is leading 

 to railway construction. During the year S kilometers (1 kilometer equals 0.G21 mile) 



