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Title: The Cuba review
Identifier: cubarevie12muns (find matches)
Year: 1907-1931. (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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16 THE CUBA REVIEW CUBAN RAILWAYS ANALYZED UNITED RAILWAYS OF THE HAVANA The bumper Cuban sugar crop this year and the high prices at which it is being sold will be of immense value to the United Railways of Havana. The company is essentially a sugar carrier, although in recent years efforts made to cultivate other sources of income have met with marked success. Roughly speaking, about 40% of the total sugar production of the island is transported over the system, and the revenue derived therefrom constitutes some- thing like 30% of the company's total gross receipts. The nature of the freight traffic and the importance of sugar to the company's prosperity will be seen from the accompanying table: 1912-13 1911-12 1910-11 1909-10 1908-09 Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Suear cane 4,376,391 4,058,652 2,714,008 3,244,463 2,618,133 Sugar raw 848,611 691,695 450,409 636,031 534,214 Molasses 182,837 170,514 141,044 183,823 146,704 Alcohol 9,354 7,392 4,027 2,222 1,735 Total sugar cane and products . . . 5,417,193 4,928,253 3,309,488 4,066,539 3,300,788 Coal 195,234 193,803 149,070 134,509 92,542 Firewood 117,973 118,374 123,586 108,427 89,316 Native woods 94,198 94,637 91,793 73,509 57,600 Charcoal 61,639 54,989 53,885 51,473 47,538 Stone, tiles, bricks 119,377 90,206 111,554 100,046 71,092 Fresh fruit 34,765 29,760 19,753 21,407 33,023 Tobacco 22,577 15,649 14,258 20,924 17,818 General merchandise 646,594 547,243 557,647 549,288 409,685 Miscellaneous 40,353 47,602 59,352 50,212 39,926 Total public traffic 6,749,903 6,120,516 4,490,386 5,176,334 4,159,326 This year's sugar crop is the largest ever gathered in Cuba, and already amounts to some- thing like 2,500,000 tons, as against 2,300,000 tons in 1913—the previous record. Moreover,
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Sugar warehouse on the banks of the San Juan River, Matanzas.

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