THE CUBA REVIEW 



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CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



VALUE CHIEF ARTICLES EXPORTED TO 

 CUBA, 1913 



Cork and mauiifactures of $60,648 



Cotton, and manufactures of 2,261,572 



Fish: 



Sardines 269,303 



Other 236,276 



Fruits and nuts: 



Grapes 5,517 



Oranges 15 



OHves 107,003 



Raisins Ill 



Ahnonds 131,591 



Hemp shoes 466,717 



Hides and skins 8,195 



Iron : 



Ore 434 



Iron and steel, manufactures of.. . 107,435 



Lead, in pigs 4,374 



Oil, oUve 755,103 



Wine: 



Red and white — • 



Common 771,860 



Fine 50,912 



Sheny and similar type 110,694 



Malaga and similar type .... 104,240 



Onions 34,693 



Wool: 



Manufactures of 73,527 



— Report Consul General Hurst.- — • 



NEW CUBAN-SPANISH STEAMSHIP LINE 



It has been authoritatively reported that a 

 new, efficient, regular monthly passenger and 

 freight steamship line is to be established by 

 Pinillos, Izquierdo & Co., of Cadiz, between 

 Northern Spain and Cuba. \"essels leaving 

 Bilboa will stop at Santander, Gijon Corunna 

 and Vigo, and will have as terminal ports 

 Habana and Santiago de Cube. They will 

 also stop at other important ports of Cuba, 

 such as Guantanamo, ManzaniUo, Gibara, 

 Nuevitas, etc. 



Owing to the European war, communica- 

 tion from the north of Spain with Cuba, with 

 the exception of Habana, has been seriously 

 affected for many months, and the establish- 

 ment of this new service seems to meet with 

 general approval. 



The new vessels to be used are the Barcelona 

 and the Cadiz, each of 10,000 tons and a 

 .speed of 15 knots. The former is scheduled 



to sail from Bilboa, Spain, on September 2, 

 and the latter on October 2. — Consul P. 

 Merrill Griffith, Santiago de Cuba. 



GUANTANAMO & WESTERN RAILROAD 



In preparatioii for increased traffic the 

 coming sugar season, the rolling stock of the 

 Guantanamo & Western Railroad has bee.i 

 augmented by two 70-ton consolidated type 

 super-heated locomotives, 45 all steel 40 

 ton box cars and 105 all steel 30 ton cane cars. 

 The locomotives were supplied by the Bald- 

 win Locomotive Works. The orders for the 

 cars were divided between the Magor Car 

 Company, the Gregg Company and the 

 American Car and Foundry Company. 



MANGANESE ORE FROM CUBA 



Some information bearing on recent ship- 

 ments of manganese ore from Cuba to the 

 United States for conversion at seaboard 

 into ferromanganese is contained in the 

 bidletin by D. F. Hewitt of the U. S. Geolo- 

 gical Survey, "The Production of Manganese 

 and Manganiferous Ores in 1914." The 

 Cauto Mining Company at San Nicolas 

 north of Santiago is mining al:)Out 1,500 tons 

 of manganese ore monthly which coiitains 

 43 to 47 per cent manganese, 9 per cent 

 silica, 2 per cent iron and 0.05 per cent 

 phosphorus. Small selected lots contain 85 

 to 87 per cent manganese dioxide. The ore 

 is mined from an open cut, hand-picked, and 

 raised by an incline to a log washer, where 

 it is prepared for shiirment. Prospecting 

 near Santiago continues, but no other mines 

 are now shipping. 



NEW TRANSPORTATION LINE PROJECTED 



The proposal has been made to establish 

 a new line of trjuisportation between La 

 Gloria, which is situated near Nuevitas, and 

 New Orleans. It is proposed to operate 

 two auxiliary schooners of 200 and 300 tons, 

 respectively. This line would, if successful, 

 carry citrus fruit in bulk to be repacked at 

 New Orleans, and also other Cuban products, 

 and bring back general cargo from New 

 Orleans. 



