T H E C" U R A R E \- I E W" 



LONDON NEWS OF CUBAN MATTERS 



[F.xclusive correspondence of THE CUBA REVIEW; 



In the hope of discerning the end of the 

 long series of decreases which have been 

 shown in the weekh- traffic receipts* of 

 the United Railways of the Havana and 

 Regla warehouses as the result of the cy- 

 clone which occurred last year in Cuba, 

 the London market is now scanning the 

 company's returns with some anxietJ^ So 

 far there has been no sign of any turn 

 in the tide, but private cables received in 

 London a few days ago assert that within 

 the next few weeks there will be a sub- 

 stantial increase in the volume of freight 

 carried, and it is probable that the revenue 

 of the undertaking will show to better 

 advantage by the middle of September. 



A large amount of fresh capital has re- 

 centh^ been raised by this company and 

 it is recognized here that this will involve 

 a heavy additional charge for dividends 

 and interest upon the earnings of the cur- 

 rent year. It was stated officiallj- when the 

 British public were asked to subscribe 

 additional funds that the purposes for 

 which these were required were alreadj' 

 productive of revenue and that the ordi- 

 nary stockholders" dividend would not be 

 jeopardized in any way. The accuracy of 

 this announcement need not be questioned. 



Tables will be found on another page. 



and those who have followed the policy 

 of expansion, now being carried out by the 

 directors, are satisfied that the general 

 prosperity of the undertaking will increase 

 during the next few years, provided there 

 are no cyclones or other disturbing factors 

 to mar the development of the territory 

 served bj' the company. 



[Cuba is still a disappointing market for 

 cotton goods. Although several well- 

 known specialities in whites and fancies 

 are in request, the ordinary lileached and 

 grey goods are extremely dull. Some 

 improvement is noticeable in the demand 

 for Belfast linens and Nottingham laces. 



The traffic receipts for the Cuban Central 

 Railway for the last five weeks are as 

 follows : 



July 22d, i5,726, decrease iSO; 



July 29th, £5.956. increase £5.3; 



August oth, £5,432. decrease £l58 : 



August 12th, £o,421. decrease £280: 



August 19th, £5,342, increase £134. 



Weekly receipts for the Western of Ha- 

 vana are as follows : 



July 22d. £5.055. increase £700; 



July 29th, £5,112, increase £312; 



August 5th, £5,534, increase £S19 ; 



August 12th, £5,691, increase £l,063 ; 



August 19th, £5,597, increase £280.1 



BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEI\'ED 



The Cuban official bulletin called Satiidad 

 y Bcneficeiicia, including Xos. 5 and 6, 

 contains the third and last installment of 

 a valuable article on Cuban mosquitos, 

 written in popular st3de and profusely illus- 

 trated. It calls the attention of the public 

 to the dangers to be feared from allowing 

 these and other pernicious insects to breed 

 and spread disease. 



No. 6 of the Boletin Oficial de la Caiiiara 

 de Comercio, Industria, y Xavegacion de 

 la Isla de Cuba reports proceedings of the 

 chamber to May 31st. 



Bulletin No. 47 of the University of 

 Illinois deals with the magnetic properties 

 of Heusler alloys and was prepared by 

 Edward B. Stephenson. 



Bulletin No. 71 of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture is devoted to 

 soil erosion, and written b}' W. J. ]\IcGee. 

 The matter is divided into four parts, 

 treatment of the soil, of cover, of slopes 

 and of water supply. There are numerous 

 very interesting illustrations showing va- 

 rious methods of preventing soil erosion 

 in the United States and other countries. 



"The Spontaneous Combustion of Coal 

 with Special Reference to Bituminous 

 Coals of the Illinois Type," bv S. W. Parr 

 and F. ^\'. Kressman, is the title of Bulle- 

 tin No. 46 issued by the Engineering Ex- 

 periment Station, University of Illinois. 



The fifth annual j-earbook of the Cuban 

 National Horticultural Society has been 

 received. It is a neat volume containing 

 a report of the proceedings of the annual 

 meeting of the society and of many in- 

 teresting papers read. These papers and 

 the discussions which followed are valu- 

 able material to every fruit grower in 

 Cuba. 



The Cuba Review will print extracts 

 from this valuable summary of horticul- 

 tural experience in succeeding issues. 



Ever since the foundation of the Cuban 

 republic, saj's the Havana Telegraph edi- 

 torially, we have, at intervals, insisted upon 

 the superfluousness of the provincial gov- 

 ernments. Why should Cuba, with a pop- 

 ulation less than half the size of New 

 York Cit}-, and an area no greater than 

 New York State, be burdened with six 

 state governments? 



