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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 June and for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1914, compares as follows: 



1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 



June gross $432,183 $399,100 $318,818 $262,954 $226,198 



Expenses 255,232 179,772 187,149 141,213 115,614 



June net $176,951 $219,327 $131,669 $121,740 $110,.584 



Charges 70,375 66,791 67,624 57,579 36,667 



June surplus $106,576 $152,535 $64,044 $64,160 $73,917 



Twelve months' gross $5,164,670 $4,632,039 $3,819,253 $3,0.59,649 $2,559,336 



Net profits 2,470,921 2,215,502 1,818,857 1,347,071 1,107,299 



Fixed charges 819,416 801,222 758,998 576,754 435,210 



Twelve months' surplus $1,651,505 $1,414,279 $1,059,861 $797,316 $672,089 



EARNINGS OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY 



Weekhj receipts: 1914 1913 1912 1911 



Week ending June 28th $53,306 $.50,489 $47,187 $46,679 



Week ending July 5th 56,068 56,480 51,659 47,534 



Week ending July 12th 54,606 54,931 48,533 47,201 



Week ending July 19th 55,076 54,710 49,422 45,510 



1910 



$42,280 

 44,813 

 43,642 

 43,118 



EARNINGS OF THE UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA 



Weekly receipts: 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 



Week ending June 27th £20,107 £20,035 £17,374 £15,577 £16,370 



Week ending July 4th 19,010 19,741 18,273 17,088 17,022 



Weekending July nth 20,489 19,703 19,588 16,919 16,324 



Week ending July 18th 20,922 19,343 19,293 16,321 16,349 



WESTERN RAILWAY EARNINGS 



Weekhj receipts: 1914 1913 



July 4th £5,373 £5,792 



July 11th 5,813 5,709 



July 18th 5,419 6,491 



July 25th 6,244 6,113 



CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAY EARNINGS 



Weekly receipts: 1914 1913 



June 27th £8,551 £6,817 



July 4th 3,550 4,581 



July nth 6,690 6,386 



July 18th 6,801 6,702 



TROLLEY IN CARDENAS 



Cardenas, a thriving city on the north 

 coast in Matanzas Province, expects work 

 on the trolley in that city to begin very soon, 

 and inside of two years the city will have as 

 good a service as that given anywhere. 



The sale of the conces.sion was effected 

 very recently. The cars will accommodate 

 32 passengers, and the cars will run by storage 

 batteries. There will be five branches 

 traversing various parts of the city. 



JUCARO AND FERNANDO RAILROAD 



The Treasury tlepartment has snet an ins- 

 .spector to examine the books of the Jucaro 

 and Fernando RR. the coast to coast line in 

 Camaguey province. 



The object of the examination is to verify 

 the earnings of the road and to determine the 

 tax which the state ought to receive. 



It is stated that the company has not paid 

 this tax for seven years. 



NO HAVANA ELEVATED ROAD 



President Menocal, on August 6th, signed 

 a decree at the request of the Secretary of 

 Public Work refusing to grant the concession 

 asked by Dr. Ca.stafieda to build a line of 

 elevated railroads in the city of Havana. 



