THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



RAILWAY STATIONS OK CUBA. 

 The station of the United Railways at Maljur/.iis. The city has a nuiKnilicient harbor and flue 

 railroad connections with all parts of the Island. Tlie population at the last census in 1899 was 

 30,000, thouph it has grown appreciably since then. 



RAILWAY NEWS. 



Farley's 

 Strike 



Breakers 

 Arrive 



Fifty of John Farley's 

 strike-breakers left New 

 York October 3 and arrived 

 in Havana October 7 on 

 the "Monterey"' to help the 

 United Railway Company 

 defeat the striking employees. I'ifty 

 more are expected to follow. Farley did 

 not come in person. The strike appears 

 to be a serious one. The Western Rail- 

 way u'l October 2 was completely closed 

 to ordinary traffic, but the mail and com- 

 missary supplies for the troo'ps went 

 throu.crh without detention. The strikers 

 definitely demand an eight-hour day and 

 payment in American money. A com- 

 promise arrangeincnt on a 3 per cent, 

 increase was rejected. The War De- 

 partment at Washington is making in- 

 c;uiries into the action of the United 

 Railways in importing strike-breakers. 

 Governor Magoon on October 7 also 

 took official action in this matter and 

 directed Sei'ior Menoc'al of the Immigra- 

 tion Department to make an investiga- 

 tion. At last reports there had been 

 no outbreak but the railway officials 

 said some of the men were coming back 

 to work and others would do so, but 

 V ere afraid of personal violence. 



WE are informed that the manage- 

 ment will not concede to strikers' 

 demands in any manner and while 

 the importation of the strike breakers 

 mav cause some trouble it is thought 

 that it will be the means of ending same. 

 There is no confirmation up to the pres- 

 ent time about the rumors circulated 

 that Engineer Laine had resigned as 

 chief of the workshops at Cardenas. 

 Mr. Laine's resignation is one of the 

 demands that the strikers made of the 

 •management. 



The City of Havana has 

 Automatic issued an order to the West- 

 Barriers. ern Railways and the United 

 to place within the term of 

 thirty days, automatic barriers at all cross- 

 ings of their lines within the City of 

 Havana. 



The trains of the Western 



Extension of Railways of Havana, which 



the JTestern until a short time ago only 



Raikvays. reached as far as San Juan 



y Martinez, now run as far 



west as Talafre and Sabale. They will 



soon reach Guane, the work for extending 



the road being far advanced, and plans have 



already been approved for new extensions 



as far as Las Martinas. 



THE Cuba Co. has made a reduction 

 of fift}' per cent, on their present 

 freight tariflfs on all merchandise 

 imported through any port in the Prov- 

 ince of Camaguey and carried by their 

 lines. The freights arriving on steam- 

 ers de.stined to Camaguey are at present 

 landed at Nipe and carried to Camaguey 

 by rail. 



THE Cuba Railroad has constructed a 

 provisional station at the town of Hol- 

 guin to facilitate traffic. The com- 

 pany proposes to construct a modern 

 station which will be known as the South- 

 ern depot. 



A DIVIDEND of iH%' has been de- 

 clared by the Havana Electric Rail- 

 way on the preferred stock. It is 

 payable at the New York office of the com- 

 pany. 



A STATION is to be constructed at the 

 place known as Santa Maria, between 

 kilometers 5 and 6 of the branch of 

 the Cuba Railroad to Cacocum. 



