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THE CUBA REVIEW 



The only subsidiary or controlled company is the Ferrocarril de Tunas S. A., a 

 Cuban Corporation incorporated in February, 1920, in Havana, Cuba, under a perpetual 

 charter. > 



This company operates a standard gauge railroad from Manati to Victoria de las \ 

 Tunas, where it connects with the main line of the Cuba Railroad. Its property 

 consists of 63 kilometers (39 miles) of standard gauge railroad together with the 

 following rolling stock: 



Standard Gauge 



4 



1 Pullman car 

 The rolling stock of the Central Manati consists of: 



8 locomotives 

 250 cane cars 



29 locomotives 

 600 cane cars 

 25 tank cars 



36-Inch Gauge 



10 box cars 

 163 flat cars 



Crops Made by the Company 



50 flat cars 

 50 box cars 



6 passenger cars 

 4 auxiliary cars 

 4 cabooses 



The output of raw sugar made by the company during its nine years of operation 

 amounts to 3,126,819 bags, or 447,746 tons of 2,240 pounds. 



Electrically Operated 

 Cuban Mills 



Eighty out of 192 Cuban sugar mills 

 were electrically operated during the 1922 

 crop season, according to an electrical 

 survey just made of the sugar industry by 

 engineers. The production of sugar from 

 the electrified centrals amounted to 2,610,- 

 000 tons, or 65 per cent, of the total pro- 

 duction for the season in all mills, which 

 aggregated 4,000,000 tons. 



Although there were 80 mills completely 

 or partially electrified, it was found that 

 there were actually 82 mills with motors. 

 There were 27 crushers with motors, 185 

 turbine generator units with a total capacity 

 of 148,300 kilowatts, and 50 engine gen- 

 erator units, with 9,600 kilowatts total 

 capacity. 



These statistics are not absolutely com- 

 plete, but they are believed to show in a 

 fairly conservative way how modernized 

 the Cuban sugar industry is rapidly be- 

 coming. Especially is this apparent when 

 it is disclosed that electrification did not 

 really set in until 1914, or just eight years 

 ago. 



Previous to that year the most notable 

 sugar mill electrification in Cuba was at 

 Central Delicias. This mill was erected in 

 1910 and 1911 and started to operate in 

 the season of 1911-12. It was the first 



mill to be driven by electric power when 

 built, and it now holds the world's record 

 for output in one season's operation. 



Activity in sugar mill electrification has 

 been continuous in recent years, right up 

 to and including the electrification of the 

 American-owned mills at Central Hershey 

 and Central Rosario and the electrification 

 of the Hershey Cuban Railway, serving 

 those mills by the International General 

 Electric Company. 



The influence of American capital on the 

 Cuban sugar industry has resulted in 

 greater output and improvements in manu- 

 facturing methods and equipment. In 1914, 

 American-owned mills were 38 per cent, 

 of the total, while 29 per cent, of the mills 

 were owned by Cubans and Zo per cent, by 

 Europeans. In 1920 the mills owned by 

 Americans were 51 per cent, of the total, 

 those owned by Cubans were 28 per cent, 

 and those owned by Europeans 20 per 

 cent. 



There are 85 American-owned mills in 

 Cuba. Of these, 49 are owned directly or 

 indirectly by American sugar refinery con- 

 cerns. These 49 mills are unusually large.' 

 Their average capacity is 47,500 tons each, 

 or a total average capacity of 2,331,000 

 tons. This is equal to 53 per cent, of the 

 total sugar production in Cuba's greatest 

 sugar season on record, that of 1918-1919. 



