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THE CUBA REVIEW 



TRAFFIC RECEIPTS OF CUBAN RAILROADS 



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



THE CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY'S EARNINGS 



The report of the Cuba Raih-oad for the month of May and for eleven months ended May 

 31, 1914, compares as follows: 



1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 



May gross $462,000 $447,127 $380,854 $267,506 $232,401 



Expenses 240,788 208,436 187,093 148,714 117,333 



May net $221,212 $238,690 $193,761 $118,792 $115,068 



Charges 71,566 66,791 67,624 60,125 36,666 



May surplus $149,646 $171,898 $126,136 $58,667 $78,401 



Eleven months' gross $4,732,487 $4,232,939 $3,500,434 $2,796,695 $2,233,138 



Net profits 2,293,970 1,996,174 1,687,190 1,252,330 996,715 



Fixed charges 749,041 734,430 691,373 519,175 398,543 



Eleven months' surplus $1,544,928 $1,261,744 $995,816 $733,155 $598,171 



EARNINGS OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY 



Weekly receipts: 1914 1913 1912 1911 



Week ending May 31st $52,042 $54,671 $48,096 $46,349 



Week ending June 7th 57,170 55,008 40,075 45,491 



Week ending June 14th 55,853 54,536 47,040 40,990 



Week ending June 21st 52,512 54,390 48,174 45,823 



EARNINGS OF THE UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA 



Weekly receipts: 1914 1913 1912 1911 



Week ending May 30th £21,973 £30,513 £28,090 £17,076 



Week ending June 6th 20,975 26,898 22,522 17,372 



Week ending June 13th 21,070 22,237 18,370 15,255 



Week ending June 20th .. .. 20,788 20,985 19,158 16,107 



Earnings of Western Railway of Havana 



1910 

 $44,157 

 45,166 

 42,804 

 42,414 



1910 

 £16,515 

 16,906 

 16,079 

 16,495 



KEY WEST FERRY TO HAVANA 



Announcement has been made that the 

 ferry boats ordered constructed from the 

 Cramps yards in Philadelphia, to be used 

 in bringing trains direct from Key West 

 and to take them back in the same manner, 

 will be ready by December, and that the 

 service will be inaugurated January 1, 1915. 



When this new service is inaugiu-ated, 

 both passengers and freight will be trans- 

 ported to Cuba on the same train in which 

 they leave New York or intermediate points. 

 This, it is believed, will bring about the dis- 

 continuance of the present P. & O. steamship 

 service. 



A special ship for the ferries is now being 

 constructed at the Arsenal to connect with 

 the United Railways of Havana railway 

 tracks, so that trains may be run direct 

 from New York to Santiago de Cuba if so 

 desired. Each ferry boat will have four tracks 

 and a general capacity for twenty-four cars. 

 In connection with the establishment of 

 this service, Mr. Elgin F. Curry will succeed 

 the Messrs. G. Lawton Childs & Co. as 

 agents for the company, says La Lucha of 

 Havana. 



NEW RAILROAD PROGRESSING 



In one of my previous letters, I said that 

 the work of the railroad line from Placetas 

 del Sur to Fomento had commenced, with 

 stops at Guaracabulla and Baez. I now have 

 pleasure in seeing the work realized and I was 

 agi'eeably surprised to find it very much ad- 

 vanced. The locomotives come now to very 

 near the village of Bdez, and there are 

 numerous gangs working in the excavations 

 at Manicaragua and Fomento. I can say 

 that before the end of the year, 1914, the 

 locomotives of the Cuba Railroad Co. will 

 come to this last-named town. 



All the inhabitants of this extensive and 

 rich zone earnestly desire that these new 

 railroads be finished promptly, because the 

 benefits to be derived are incalculable. We 

 also venture the hope that the projected line 

 from Trinidad to Placetas del Sur, passing 

 through Fernandez, may touch at this town. 

 We would be very pleased if it were so because 

 the progress and development of Trinidad 

 means also progi'ess and commercial develop- 

 ment for Fomento, which is the richest section 

 of that municipal district. — Correspondence 

 Diaris de la Marina, 



