16 THECUBAREVIEW 



TRAFFIC RECEIPTS OF CUBAN RAILROADS 



EARNINGS OF THE CUBA RAILROAD CO., THE HAVANA ELECTRIC, ETC. 

 Earnings of the Cuba Railroad 



The report of the Cuba Railroad Company for the month of December and six months 

 ended December 31, 1912, compare as follows : 



1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 



December gross $458,343 $412,408 $293,684 $237,117 $211,583 



Expenses 219,360 200,390 155,732 139,404 116,562 



December net $238,982 $212,018 $137,952 $97,713 $95,021 



Fixed charges 66,791 66,791 60,125 36,666 36,060 



December surplus $172,191 $145,226 $77,827 $61,047 $58,355 



From July 1st — • 



Six months' gross $2,173,574 $1,948,951 $1,582,665 $1,261,935 $1,019,266 



Six months' net 981,927 823,103 684,312 520,202 347,104 



Fixed charges 400,750 400,472 360,750 220,000 215,210 



Six months' surplus $581,177 $422,631 $323,562 $300,202 $131,894 



Earnings of the United Railways of Havana 



Weekly receipts: 1914 



Week ending January 3rd £36,732 



Week ending January 10th 43,580 



Week ending January 17th 40,429 



Week ending January 24th 47,084 



Earnings of the Havana Electric Railway 



Weekly receipts: 1914 



Week ending January 4th $55,914 



Week ending January 11th 54,316 



Week ending January 18th 50,633 



Week ending January 25th 49,028 



NEW LINE IN PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE hist year 40,000 bales of tobacco \yere har- 

 vested. This will be greatly increased 



A congressional resolution of January when the region is thoroughly opened up 



19th authorized the president to contract as it will be by the new means of commu- 



for the construction of a railroad 46 kilo- nication. 



meters in length, from Paso Real to Rema- There are in addition in this section much 

 tes in the western section of Pinar del Rio valuable wood to be secured, and hardly 

 Province, in accordance with the law of known, as there has been but little ex- 

 July 5, 1906. The great importance of the ploration. 



proposed road was described very thor- According to the last census the popula- 

 oughly in a presidential message of June, tion exceeds 25,000, and this number will 

 1909. Relying on government sanction the largely increase as Remates and its en- 

 Western Railways devoted much time to virons are brought into communication 

 preparing plans of the new service, but for with the rest of the island, 

 some reason Congress did not allow the Other important branch lines in this prov- 

 necessary credit to begin the work. ince, tliat of the city of Pinar del Rio to 



It is a rich section which will be tra- \'inales, and another to San Diego de las 



versed bv the new branch road. During l)anos, have been lic'd up in Congress. The 



