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28 THE CUBA REVIEW 
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Coastwise Steamship Lines in Cuba 
A report on Cuban steamship services prepared from data furnished the consulate 
general by the various consuls and submitted by Vice Consul James V. Whitfield gives 
the following schedule of services: 
Ports and Companies Details of Service 
Habana: “ ; 
Empresa Naviera de Cuba (Cuban).. | Owns 16 ships, 8 of which carry passengers, and all of which 
carry freight. Service to all important Cuban ports, to Porto 
Rico and Santo Domingo. Schedule irregular, | 
Compafiia de Navegacion del Comercio | Owns 3 steamers and maintains a bimonthly freight and pas- 
(Cuban). senger service to most Cuban ports. 
Viajera Antillena (Cuban)..........- Recently organized in Habana, for freight only. Company has 
purchased 3 vessels in England and will begin operations im- 
mediately upon their delivery. 
Sucesores de F. Romaguera Co.;| Small sailing vessels to various ports of Cuba when trade and 
Alonzo y Sobrinos; and Oscar As- | freight conditions warrant. 
tudillo (all of Habana). 
Antilla: Y : : : ’ ; 
Compafiia Naviera de Cuba.......... Maintains an agency in Antilla, and its traffic includes the ports 
of Puerto Padre, Gibara, Nipe, and Baracoa. ; 
Xavier Rumeau Steamship Line, San-| Has 1 steamer advertising sailings between Antilla, Cayo Mambi, 
tiago de Cuba. and Baracoa. It is anticipated that five or six voyages will be 
made monthly. Passengers and freight. : Be 
S.S. Rambler (American)............ Mr. Pascual Yannini, of Santiago, Cuba, advertises sailings of 
this steamship between Antilla and a Jamaican port. 
Cienfuegos: ; q ’ 
Empresa Naviera de Cuba........... Passenger and freight service between Cienfuegos and other 
south Cuban ports. Voyage begins at Habana and extends 
around the western end of Cuba, with Cienfuegos as first stop. 
Continues to Santiago with eight intermediate stops. Same 
stops on return trip. ‘ 
Compafiia de Navegacion del Comercio | One steamer with service from Cienfuegos to same ports and over 
same route as the Empresa Naviera de Cuba. 
The Emelio Navarro, S.enC......... One steamer with triweekly service, freight and passenger, 
between Cienfuegos and Casilda (Trinidad). 
The Empresa de Vapores al Castillo} Freight and passenger service on Cienfuegos Bay. 
de Jagua. | . 
Empresa Boullon y Compania, S. en| Freight and passenger service between Cienfuegos and ports on 
C., Cienfuegos. the Damijui River. : 
Senor Juan Roy, Cienfuegos.......... | Freight and passenger service between Cienfuegos and Calesito. 
Sagua la Grande: 
Mess. Fernandez & Co............-- Four small schooners in service. Intermittent schedule to 
| _ Habana, Matanzas, and other north-coast ports. | 
Sagua Ship-Chandlery Co...........| Owns two schooners and operates a freight service between 
Habana and Sagua la Grande, and between Habana and 
Nuevitas. Schedule to Habana, one sailing every 10 days; to 
Nuevitas, every 45 days. 
Compafiia de Navegacion de la Costa | Operates small sailing vessels to various north-coast ports when 
Norte de Cuba. trade and freight conditions warrant. 
Matanzas: 
Compafiia Maritima Comercial, Ma-| Weekly freight service between Matanzas and Habana. 
tanzas. 
Cardenas: 
Compafiia Licorera Cubana.......... Three small schooners carrying liquor from Cardenas to Habana 
and returning with general cargo. 
Arechabala Donihan...............- Three schooners from Cardenas to Habana with general cargo. 
RCN oan wicee old ce daca a.) Se Two schooners in the same service. 
Nuevitas: 
Empresa Naviera de Cuba........... Company maintains agency at Nuevitas. Ships make approxi- 
; mately weekly calls at this port. 
Santiago: 
Empresa Naviera de Cuba........... Operates 14 ships in its Habana and Santiago freight and pas- 
senger service. Schedule irregular, depending upon amount 
of cargo offered. From Santiago to Habana via north-coast 
route the ports of call are: Guantanamo, Baracoa, Mayari, 
Antilla, Preston, Felton, Nipe, Banes, Vita, Gibara, Puerto 
} Padre, Chaparra, Manati, Nuevitas, and Caibarien. From 
Santiago to Habana via the south-coast route: Ensenada de 
Mora, Niquero, Manzanillo, Guayabal, Santa Cruz del Sur, 
Jucaro, Tunas de Zaza, Casilda, and Cienfuegos. Company 
also maintains a monthly freight and passenger service from 
Habana to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and to San 
: , z : , Juan and Ponce, Porto Rico, calling at Santiago each way. 
J._S. Webster Steamship Service,| Operates two steamers and one schooner between Santiago and 
Kingston, Jamaica. Kingston. Steamers carry passengers only; schooner carries 
bo ‘passengers and freight. Four trips weekly in each 
* ¥ z | irection. ; 
G. Scott, 39 Broadway, New York.... | Operates two steamers between Santiago and Kingston, Jamaica; 
and Santiago and Aux Cayes, Haiti; with occasional call at 
Port au Prince or some other Haitian port. Service is weekly 
and for passengers only. 
Albert Gretzmer, Kingston, Jamaica.. | Weekly passenger service, with 1 steamer and 2 schooners, 
pen Santiago and Kingston, and Santiago and Aux Cayes, 
aiti. 
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