30 



THE CUBA REVIEW 



SUGAR ESTATE ACTIVITIES 



A GREATER SUGAR HAUL 



The amount of sugar hauled by the Guanta- 

 namo & Western Railroad Co. from the crop 

 just ended is 395,897 bags, as compared with 

 351,178 bags the previous year, or an in- 

 crease of approximately 12 H%. 



The estimate of President M. H. Lewis, 

 last September, was 10';'c) increase. 



The Manati Sugar Company has estab- 

 lished a representative at Victoria de las 

 Tunas to oversee the construction of the 

 railroad from the sugar factory at Manati 

 to Tunas. The factory has finished grinding 

 and work will begin almost immediately. 



THREE BIG SUGAR FACTORIES 



Central Chaparra, of the Cuban-American 

 Sugar Company, finished its campaign on 

 July 18, making the world record, and break- 

 ing its own record of 531,049 bags in 1910. ^ 



Below are data covering this year's 

 operations : 



Tons. 



Cane ground 795,548.67 



Bags of sugar (325 lbs.) 606,700.00 



Per cent yield commercial sugar. . . 12.39 



Per cent yield calculated to 98°. . . 12.48 



Began grinding January 2, 1914. 



Stopped grinding July 18, 1914. 



Up to this year no other factory had ever 

 reached 500,000 bags, but this campaign 

 Central Stewart made 502,000 bags and 

 Central Delicias will also pass the 500,000- 

 bag mark. 



W. G. Brown has been appointed adminis- 

 trator of the Nipe Bay Company^ sugar 

 farmery at Preston, succeeding E. P. Cobb. 



A lighter with a load of bags of sugar 



TheBUDA COMPANY'S 

 MOTOR CARS 



We manufacture PLANTATION and RAIL- 

 ROAD EQUIPMENT, including HAND 

 CARS, PUSH 

 CARS, JACKS, 

 SWITCHES 

 and FROGS 



30 Church Street, New York 



