THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



RAILROAD ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CUBA. 



The Cuba Eastern Railway Company is 

 building several short lines at the eastern 

 end of the island. It has already completed 

 connection -with Guantanamo, and is survey- 

 ing a route northward to the Bay of Nipe 

 and eastward to Baracoa. Several short 

 railways have been built from the coast into 

 the interior by the fruit trust, the steel 

 trust, a copper mining company, and a 

 Cleveland furnace company to reach their 

 deposits of copper and manganese iron. — 

 New Orleans (La.) States. 



CONSTRUCTION WORK ALONG MATANZAS 

 HARBOR. 



The new corporation called "The MaLanzas 

 Railroad and Warehouse Co." has bought 

 a strip of land along the west shore of Ma- 

 tanzas Bay seven miles long and half a 

 mile wide. The concession, which was se- 

 cured from the Cuban government in the 

 closing days of the Palma regime, included 

 a fifteen years' lease of the new dock and 

 railroad, built under the first American oc- 

 cupation. This concession does not include 

 the Fort San Severino, by whose ancient 

 walls the work is being prosecuted. The 

 fort is for the people, for ten metres around 

 it a park will be built on the ancient mili- 

 tary reservation, laid out with artistic taste, 

 preserving the beauty of the fort redolent 

 with historic memories. By the terms of 

 the lease the aforesaid company has a lease 

 on government property outside of this 

 park. It includes ten or fifteen caballerias, 

 with the privilege of renewal after fifteen 

 years. In addition to this new work, en- 

 terprising business men who have at heart 

 the prosperity of Matanzas have located a 

 tobacco factory. A commodious building 

 in the center of the city has been secured. 

 The city is to give rent free for five years. 

 The deed has been signed this week ; price 

 to be paid is $20,000. This will give em- 

 ployment to 300 people. 



ADDITIONAL SERVICE ON THE WESTERN 

 RAILWAY. 



The Western Railway of Havana has in- 

 creased the number of its trains with date 

 of June 24. 



The 7 a. m. train from Christina, is a 

 through train to San Juan, stopping at all 

 stations. An additional train to San Juan 

 leaves Cristina at 2 :30 p. m., stopping at 

 all stations except Pinos, Ranchero' Boyeros, 

 Dagame, Cafias, Mangas, Punta Brava, 

 Taco Taco, Ovas and Rio Feo. The 9 a. m. 

 train, going only as far as Guira, now 

 leaves at 9:10, and goes to Artemisa. The 

 4:30 p. m. train for San Cristobal, now 

 leaves at 4 :S0. and does not go beyond Ar- 

 temisa. The 7 :oo p. m. train remains the 

 same. 



Old railroad built by the American government 

 along the west shore of Matanzas harbor. It is 

 to be extended by the Matanzas R. R. & W. H. 

 Co. very much further. The government wharf, 

 of which the company has a 30-year lease, may 

 be seen in the background. There is 40 feet of 

 water at the end of the pier. 



Un ferrocarril viejo construido por el Gobierno 

 Americano a lo largo de la playa oeste de la 

 Bahia de Matanzas. La "Matanzas R. R. & 

 W. H. Co." va a extenderlo macho mas lejos. Se 

 puede ver al fondo de la vista el muelle del 

 Gobierno, que dicha compania ha arrendado por 

 un plazo de 30 anos. Hay 40 pies de agua a la' 

 extremidad del muelle. 



Returning trains for Havana leave San 

 Juan at 6:57 a. m. and 1:13 p. m. The 

 former makes all stops, but the latter omits 

 the same stations, as the 2 130 p. m., down. 



The company also announces additional 

 stations open on the extension to Guan- 

 trains stopping at Sabalo and Galafre. 



The Commercial Cable Company has been 

 authorized to lay cable lines at the entrance 

 of Havana harbor from outside to the little 

 plaza on Tacon street. This permit may be 

 revoked at any time by the governor of 

 Cuba. 



Work on building new schoolhouses in 

 Matanzas province has been begun and sev- 

 eral dwellings have been donated for that 

 purpose by their owners. 



A determined effort is being also made 

 to locate all the workshops of the United 

 Railroads in Pueblo Nuevo of Matanzas. 

 It is proposed to remove the shops from 

 Cardenas and Cienega near to Havana. If 

 this is done, there will be employment for 

 one thousand men, and an expenditure of a 

 million and a half in buildings alone. 



