THE CUBA REVIEW 



31 



PLANTATION CARS 



OF ALL KINDS, ALSO 

 THE PARTS FOR SALE 



No. 1100-F (Palabra de clave ZPUBT) 



Este Vagon-Cisterna es particularmente conveniente para transporte de melaza. 



Coastruimos vagones-cisterna para transporte de aceites y en general casi todos los liquidos con 

 capacidades desde 4000 hasta 12,500 galones y con trucks de una capacidad de carga de 30, 40 6 50 

 toneladas. 



Nuestras talleres para la construccion de vagones-cisterna son las mds grandes del mundo y han'sido 

 establecidas desde hace 35 afios. 



AMERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY EXPORT CO., NEW YORK, E.U. A. 



Direccion telegrafica: CAREX, New-York, E. U. A. 

 Produccion annual de mds de 100,000 carros. 

 Representante para Cuba: OSCAR B. CINTAS Oficios 29-31, Havana. 



ACTIVITIES ALONG THE GUANTANAMO AND 

 WESTERN RAILROAD 



The Vinculo Realty Company, which owns 

 40,000 acres of land near Guantanamo, is 

 building a narrow gauge railroad to connect 

 their cane fields with the plantation railroad 

 of the Confluente mill. 



The coming j^ear's sugar output of the mills 

 on the railroad is estimated as follows: 



Bags 



Santa Cecilia 85,000 



Confluente 65,000 



Esperanza 90,000 



San Miguel 35,000 



San Antonio 55,000 



Santa Maria 35,000 



Union 70,000 



The railroad company is building an addi- 

 tional sugar warehouse of 50,000 bags capa- 

 city at their Boqueron docks on Guantanamo 

 Bay, adjoining the United States naval sta- 

 tion. Additional facilities are also being 

 provided for handling its large export traffic 

 of cedar and other hardwoods. 



The road is also building a five mile exten- 

 sion from Guaninicum to a new addition to 

 the cane fields of Central Union, at San Luis. 



The Sanson Company is installing a com- 

 plete plant of machinery for making cement 

 and cement blocks and bricks. The propei'ty 

 is located on the line of the road, near Cun- 

 eira. The railroatl company is erecting a new 

 station and putting in the necessary tracks 

 for the business of the cement plant. 



CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR PRICES 



The prices of Havana for centrifugal sugar, 

 96 degrees polarization from December, 1912 

 to and including September, 1914, is officially 

 quoted by the Agi-arian League of Havana as 

 follows : 



The prices are quoted in reales, per arroba 

 (25 pounds). 



Dec, 1912 4.68.5 Dec, 1913... 3. 62 7 



Jan., 1913 3.90.9 Jan., 1914.. .3.65.9 



Feb., 1913 3.80.7 Feb., 1914... 3. 78 8 



Mar., 1913 3.97.7 Mar., 1914... 3. 55 5 



April, 1913 3.69.7 April, 1914... 3. 53 5 



Mav, 1913 3.52.6 Mav, 1914... 4. 10 



June, 1913 3.57.7 June, 1914. . .4.33 8 



July, 1913 3.91.2 July, 1914. ..4.28.9 



Aug., 1913 4.40.8 Aug., 1914. . .8. 15.4 



Sept., 1913. . . .4.39 Sept., 1914.. .8.74.0 



Oct., 1913 3.86.3 Oct., 1914. . .6.25 5 



Nov., 1913 4.15.7 



The highest price yet reached was in the 

 first two weeks of August when sugar was 

 quoted at 9.32.9. 



