THE CUBA REVIEW 



10 



Molasses Storage and Exportation 



The Cuba Distilling Company has its 

 storage plant at Dubrock, Matanzas Har- 

 bor, on the outskirts of the city. The il- 

 lustration above is of tank cars emptying 

 molasses into huge pipes, whence it is 

 pumped into storage tanks and later to the 

 tank steamers at the wharf half a mile 

 away. 



The illustration below shows the storage 

 tanks, into which the molasses is separated 

 in three grades. These tanks have each a 

 capacity of 1,000,000 gallons, and there are 

 five already built. 



Th'-i receipts from January 1st to June 

 3d, 1910, totalled 10,726,132 gallons. The 

 exportations for the same period were 

 8,614,000 gallons. 



The company's location on the beautiful 

 harbor of INIatanzas is all that could be de- 

 sired, there being at all times an ample 

 depth of water to permit the steamers to 

 tie up to the pier. The company has built 

 a new wharf for its pipe lines, the old one 

 close by, which was built many years ago, 

 having broken down and become useless. 

 The railroad along the edge of the harbor 

 and leading into the heart of Alatanzas is 

 in fine condition. 



