THE CUBA RE VIE \V 



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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 for the nionth of February 

 ended February 2Sth compares as follows : 



1914 1913 1912 



February gross $4SS.121 $465,147 $367,375 



Expenses 239.121 235,673 1S3.907 



February net $249,000 $229,473 $1S3,468 



Charges 66,791 66,791 65,125 



February surplus $182,208 $162,681 $118,343 



Eight months' gross 3.139,875 2,874,421 2,318.512 



Net profits 1,468,384 1,304,675 1,060.035 



Fixed charges 534.333 534.055 491,000 



Eight months' surplus $934,051 $770,620 $569,035 



and for eight months 



$149,273 

 59,625 



$122,339 

 36.666 



$89,648 



1,893,640 

 818,369 

 339.250 



$85,672 



1,530,657 

 596,629 

 288,543 



$479,119 



$308,085 



Earnings of the United Railways of Havana 



Weekly receipts : 1914 



Week ending February 2Sth i47,148 



Week ending ^larch 7th '. . . 51,244 



Week ending ]\Iarch 14th 51,055 



Week ending March 21st 4S.749 



Earnings of the Havana Electric Railway 



Weekly receipts : 1914 1913 1912 



\\'eek ending March 1st $52,533 $51,715 $48,384 



Week ending March Sth 54,841 55,140 51,297 



W>ek ending March 15th ' 53,232 53,670 49,102 



Week ending March 22nd 52,909 51,714 49,408 



THE FERRY TO CUBA 



According to a Key \\ est paper visitors 

 are now attracted by the building opera- 

 tions on the great pier for berthing the 

 ships of the Flagler ferry service at that 

 point. It is claimed that the pier, novv 

 nearljr completed, will be the most substan- 

 tial and costly in the country. It is more 

 than a thousand feet long and a hundred 

 feet wide, constructed of concrete and 

 steel, up from the solid rock of the harbor. 

 The plans call for dock room for forty 

 large ships. It was provided in 'Sir. Flag- 

 ler's scheme that ten or more of these 

 piers should be built at regular distances, 

 one of them to be reserved exclusively for 

 passenger service. The total outlay for 

 this - docking service will be about 

 $15,000,000. 



One of the ships for this colossal ferry 

 service is now under contract, and it is 

 said to be the largest ferry ship ever or- 

 dered. It is five hundred and fifty feet 

 long and one hundred feet beam, will have 

 accommodation for a train of Pullman cars 

 and promenade deck with the necessary 

 passenger conveniences, and will be ready 

 for the next tourist season giving the 

 throngs of tourists a panoramic view of 

 charming Havana from the sea. Two more 

 will be ready before the concrete work is 

 all finished. It is claimed that the wireless 

 telegraph will insure the safety of the 

 trackless trains from storms. 



The Gibara & Holguin Railroad has de- 

 clared its usual dividend of 6 per cent for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30th last. 



