THE CUBA REVIEW 



15 



RAILROAD REPORTS, NEWS AND TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. 



United Railways of Havana. 



Weekly Receipts. Receipts for Fiscal Year 



,,, , ,. , 1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. 



Week ending Jan. 1 £26,440 £19,881 £410,587 £357 878 



;; 8 33,635 26,747 450,217 3841625 



IS 35,111 30,842 485 328 415 467 



' 22 39,040 34,243 524,368 449'7l0 



29 39,595 34,316 563,963 484!o26 



Havana Electric Railway Co. 



Weekly Receipts. From Jan. 1. 



1910. 1909. 1910 1909 



Week ending Jan. 2 $37,680 $36,035 $2,062,468 $1 904 2^3 



" 9 39,932 35,009 .... ' " 



" 1^ 37,594 36,753 77,526 "■7V762 



" 23 37,408 35,729 114,934 107 491 



" 3G 37,696 40,059 152,630 147,550 



Cuban Central Railway. 



Weekly Receipts. Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. 



Week ending Jan. 2 £7,940 £5,069 £140,010 £125,285 



" 8 11,512 7.736 151.522 133,021 



" 15 4,455 4,380 155,977 137,401 



Western Railways of Havana. 



Weekly Receipts. Receipts for Fiscal Year. 



1909. 1908. 1909. 1908. 

 Week ending Dec. 25 £4,585 £4,634 £126,103 £152.561 



1910. 1909. 1910. 1909. 

 Jan. 1 £4.045 £4,093 £130,148 £156,654 



" 8 4.765 4,233 134,913 160,887 



" 15 4,545 4,110 139,458 164,997 



Cuban Bonds in London. 



The Cuban 4i per cent bonds of $5,- 

 500,000 which were recently bought by 

 Speyer Bros., of New York, were listed 

 on the London Stock Exchange Jan. 31. 



The Havana Electric Railway Co. is 

 extending its lines in new directions, 

 all included in the original concession of 

 the company. 



Havana Electric Railway Dividend. 



The board of directors of the Havana 

 Electric Railway Company, which met in 

 Newark, N. J., Jan. 14, voted a divi- 

 dend of li per cent, on the preferred 

 stock and one per cent, for the com- 

 mon, corresponding to the last quarter. 



The Cuba Railwaj^ Company filed a 

 certificate at Trenton, N. J., Jan. 20, 

 showing its $10,000,000 of preferred stock 

 has been fully paid in besides over 

 $6,000,000 of the $10,000,000 of its com- 

 mon stock, also paid in. 



In March next. President Gomez will 

 tour the eastern part of Cuba, visiting 

 various cities on the north and south 

 coasts. At Manzanillo he will attend 

 the opening of the Bayamo branch of the 

 Cuba Railroad, recently constructed. 



Messrs. M. B. and C. M. Fairbanks, 

 both American citizens, residing in Cam- 

 aguey Province, have filed an application 

 with President Gomez asking to be per- 

 mitted to build a trolley line. This line 

 is intended to connect Puerto Viaro, in 

 La Gloria settlement, at the northern 

 coast, with Camaguey city, in the in- 

 tenor. 



The Cuba Railroad Company has es- 

 tablished an Industrial Department to 

 supply reliable information, and advice 

 and suggestions in regard to crops, soils, 

 locations, markets, and also manufactur- 

 ing, in which crops and natural re- 

 sources can be used to good advantage. 

 'Paul Karutz, formerly of Ceballos, is 

 the agent of this new department. 



