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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 earnings of the Cuba Raih-oad for the month of July compares as follows: 



1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 



July gross $382,543 $324,180 $334,393 $262,665 $233,440 



Expenses 220,961 188,673 185,782 143,313 115,007 



July net $161,582 $135,513 $148,610 $119,351 $118,432 



Charges 70,375 66,791 66,375 60,125 36,667 



Julysm-plus $91,207 $68,721 $82,235 $59,226 $81,765 



The Cuba Railroad Company has issued its report for the fiscal year ended June 30 last 

 showing gross earnings of $5,164,670, an increase of 11.5% over last year. The net earnings 

 were $2,470,921, an increase of $225,419 over 1913. 



EARNINGS OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY 



Weekly receipts: 1914 



Week ending July 26th $52,535 



W^eek ending Aug. 2nd 53,184 



Week ending Aug. 9th 54,066 



Week ending Aug. 16th 52,246 



EARNINGS OF THE UNITED 



Weekly receipts: 1914 



Weeking ending July 25th £18,929 



Week ending Aug. 1st 18,897 



Week ending Aug. 8th 20,315 



Week ending Aug. 15th 19,131 



WESTERN RAILWAY EARNINGS 



Weekly receipts: 1914 1913 



Aug. 1st £6,469 £6,002 



Aug. 8th 6,202 6,303 



Aug. 15th 5,424 5,929 



CUBAN CENTRAL RAILWAY EARNINGS 



Weekly receipts: 1914 1913 



July 25th £6,940 £6,913 



Aug. 1st 6,770 6,145 



Aug. 8th 6,745 6,848 



Aug. 15th 6,353 6,642 



NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED 



Papers were recently signed in Havana for 

 the organization of a limited association, 

 called the Ferrocarril del Norte Occidental, with 

 a capital of $60,000, to build a raih-oad along 

 the north coast from Havana to Alantua. 



The officers are Enrique Gomez Pastor, 

 president; Juan A. Frile, secretary, and Man- 

 uel Cuevas Rodriguez, Jose Cueto Quintana 

 and Miguel Binelo Garrido, are the directors. 



The new line, it is stated, will cross the fol- 

 lowing towms: Marianao, Banta Caimito, 

 Mariel, Guanajay Cabanas, Bahia Honda, 

 San Cristobal, Los Palacios, Consolacion, 

 Vinales and Mantua. 



These are all important towms in the two 

 western provinces, Havana and Pina del Rio. 



WAR AND CUBAN TOBACCO 



Cuba's principal staple article of produc- 

 tion, sugar, might possibly be benefitted 

 through a considerable rise in price, but 

 her tobacco would not share in this by the 

 elimination of the European demand, and 

 cigars would be positively injured, as the 

 United States can take barely one-third of 

 the exports. Of course, as the British nation 

 holds the supremacy of the ocean power, it 

 is possible Cuba might retain the English 

 trade, under the supposition that her pur- 

 chasing power should not be cui-tailed through 

 the war, which is rather doubtful. At all 

 events her long suffering cigar industry can 

 no longer look forward to an improvement 

 during the balance of this year. 



