THECUBAREVIEW 23. 



EARNINGS OF THE CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAY 



Weekly receipts: 1916 1915 1914 1913 



Week ending Sept. 16th £9,621 £7,881 £6,735 £6,074 



Week ending Sept. 23d 10,564 8,259 6,508 6,174 



Week ending Sept. 30th ^ 8,778 8,341 6,011 7,209 



Week endmg Oct. 7th 8,900 7,967 5,551 6,064 



Week ending Oct. 14th 8,554 7,438 6,786 6,782 



Week ending Oct. 21st 9,215 8,472 6,930 6,949 



CUBAN FINANCIAL MATTERS 



PREVAILING PRICES FOR CUBAN SECURITIES 



As quoted by Lawrence Turnure & Co., New York. 



Bid. Asked. 



Republic of Cuba Interior Loan 5% Bonds 93 933^ 



Republic of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1944 99 993^ 



Repubhc of Cuba Exterior Loan 5% Bonds of 1949 96 9Q}^ 



Repubhc of Cuba Exterior Loan 434% Bonds of 1949 86 88 



Havana City First Mortgage 6% Bonds 102 106 



Havana City Second Mortgage 6% Bonds 100 104 



Cuba Railroad Co. Preferred Stock 94 97 



Cuba Raikoad Co. First Mortgage 5% Bonds of 1952 94 93 



Cuba Co. 6% Debenture Bonds 100 none 



Cuba Co. 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock 101 107 



Havana Electric Railway Co. ConsoUdated Mortgage 5% Bonds of 1952.. . 93 94 



Havana Electric Railway, Light and Power Co. Preferred Stock 106^/2 1093^2 



Havana Electric Railway, Light and Power Co. Common Stock 102 105 



Matanzas Market Place 8% Bond Participation Certificates 100 none 



Cuban- American Sugar Co. Collateral Trust 6% Bonds of 1918 1023^ none 



Cuban-American Sugar Co. Preferred Stock 108 112 



Cuban-American Sugar Co. Common Stock 225 235 



Guantanamo Sugar Company Stock 76 78 



Santiago Electric Light and Traction Co. 1st Mtge. 6% Bonds 94 95 



All prices of bonds quoted on an and interest basis. 



ROBERT M. ORR position. Mr. Orr conducted the office with 



Mr. Robert M. Orr, General ]Manager of great ability and under his management the 



the United Railways of Havana, died at United Railways made great progress, in- 



his residence in Vedado on October 29th. creasing its mileage and extenchng its business. 



Mr. Orr was born in Scotland and came to J^'' ^'' ^^^ ^.f ^^ °^. l^ig^ and forceful 



^ , , Tx .c X 1 character and did not limit his activities 



Luba when a young man. He lirst became i ^ .^ ■, , , • i . i • • 



^ , ,^ . -r. -, 1 , . , merely to the rauroad business, but his m- 



manager of the Marianao Raikoad which ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ helpfuhiess were wisely 



ran from Concha Station to Marianao. This ^^^^ ^ ^^^y ^^^^ ^^ upbuild and develop 



Company at that time was owned by British ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^-^^^ enterprises which would 



capitalists, and the backers of the road were benefit the Cuban people. Mr. Orr re- 



so satisfied with the work of Mr. Orr in this ceived the respact and confidence of all who 



position that when a vacancy occurred in the knew him and in his death Cuba has lost a 



United Railways he was appointed to this valued counsellor and friend. 



