THE CUBA REVIEW. 



RAILROAD MATTERS. 



The Trolley in Santiago. 



The camino, up whicn the Americans 

 marched on the 'day of the capitulation — 

 those, that is to say, who were privileged 

 or under orders to enter the city — now re- 

 sounds to the clang of. the electric car bell, 

 says the New York Sun. About three 

 months ago a system traversing the prin- 

 cipal streets of the ancient city of San- 

 tiago — and queer enough the cars look as 

 they pass between the lanes of one-storied 

 pink and blue houses — was opened to traf- 

 fic. The bells of the cathedral have had a 

 plaintive note in their calls to devotion ever 

 since, and ever since the muleteer, crowded 

 to the curb, has worn a scowl of protest. 

 The blind man — there are many blind men 

 in Santiago — has paused irresolute as he 

 tapped the flagstone with his cane, and the 

 cocheros have not learned that the jugger- 

 naut has rights superior to a rule of the 

 road which almost four centuries had con- 

 firmed. 



The cars on the Siantiago-Caney road run 

 out beyond the sweep of the intrenchments 

 which the Spaniards filled after falling 

 back from San Juan on July i, and the in- 

 trenchments themselves on tne left of the 

 Spanish position are no more. An addition 

 or suburb has been platted out where they 

 were dug. A very good piece of real estate 

 improvement has been done — streets grad- 

 ed, curbstones put down, sections marked 

 by stakes, and infant trees set out, quite 



...xter the fashion of Flatbush or Hacken- 

 sack. On all sides you see signs of lots 

 for sale, and two or three glaringly new 

 houses have been built to attract the vic- 

 tim of cramped quarters in Santiago. But 

 somehow the addition does not flourish; 

 the city dweller prefers his patio with the 

 dwarf palms and ungainly cactus, or his 

 slum, to a view of the amphitheater of 

 hills and a snug and smug villa. 



Suspension of Trains. 



At the office of the United Railways of 

 Havana, the following notice of suspension 

 of passenger trains has been fiven : 



The 6.30 A.M. train from Regla to Ma- 

 tanzas ; the 4.52 P.M. train from Matanzas 

 to Regla ; the 5.39 P.M. train from Ma- 

 tanzas to Cardenas, and the 4.30 P. M. 

 train from Cardenas to Matanzas, and also 

 the 11.40 A.M. train from Villanueva, sta- 

 ti6n in Havana, to Cardenas, which went 

 via Guareiras. The train will start from 

 Guines to Colon on the Cardenas 'division 

 and then make the run to Cardenas. Pas- 

 sengers wishing to make connection will 

 travel to Guines on the trains of the Ha- 

 vana Central, leaving from the Arsenal 

 station in Havana. 



Both men and hours of labor at the re- 

 pair shops of the road 'have been reduced. 

 The repair shop at Cienega has been closed 

 and cars will be repaired at the shops of 

 the Havana Central R. R. at Luyano un- 

 der contract. 



A ten per cent, reduction has been made 

 in the salary of all emplovees earning $100 

 or more per month, and a 5% reduction on 

 those earning between $100 and $60 per 

 month. 



This policy of economy is necessitated 

 by the short sugar crop which has afifected 

 the sugar carrying roads and the heavy 

 loss to the company through the strike of 

 the engineers and machinists during last 

 December and January. 



The trolley in Santiago de Cuba. View of 

 the first car in the old city and of the power- 

 house, the latter of steel and brick construction. 

 The company operates at present 14 passenger 

 and 4 freight cars. 



RAILWAY STATIONS IN CUBA. 

 Hormiguero, on the line of the Cuban Central, 

 a short distance north of Cienfuegos. 



