. The Cuba review. CAPE CRUZ COMPANY, CUBA. Situated at Eusenado de Mora, between Manzanlllo and Santiago. Mill from tbe west. Total railway mileage 8 miles, 30-inch gauge. Equipment, 2 Baldwin Locomotives and 1 Porter, 90 cane cars, capacity 16 tons each, 833 oxen, 32 mules and 47 horses. The plantation has an electric plant used for lighting purposes only. SUGAR IN DECEMBER. Specially written for The CUBA EiEVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York. December opened with Centrifugal 96 test at ,0. per lb., which remained ithe quotation on a dull market until the 9th of the month, when a
. The Cuba review. CAPE CRUZ COMPANY, CUBA. Situated at Eusenado de Mora, between Manzanlllo and Santiago. Mill from tbe west. Total railway mileage 8 miles, 30-inch gauge. Equipment, 2 Baldwin Locomotives and 1 Porter, 90 cane cars, capacity 16 tons each, 833 oxen, 32 mules and 47 horses. The plantation has an electric plant used for lighting purposes only. SUGAR IN DECEMBER. Specially written for The CUBA EiEVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York. December opened with Centrifugal 96 test at ,0. per lb., which remained ithe quotation on a dull market until the 9th of the month, when a sale of 13,000 bags Cuba centrifugals raised the price to per lb., immediately followed by per lb., which remained the quotation to the end of the month. Beetroot sugar in Europe opened at 9s. 4^d., rising rapidly to 9s. 7^d., and later at the close of the month to los. The transactions in December were very light in old crop sugar throughout the month, owing to the small supplies on the market, but with the entrance of aiew Cuba crop centrifugals on the 14th at 2^c. c. & f. 96 test basis, the business in such rapidly increased for January and February shipment, estimated at â¢70,000 tons. On the 4th of December, President H. O. Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refining Co., died, after a short illness, thus removing the most prominent figure â oi the generation in the sugar trade of America and Cuba. Mr. W. B. Thomas 16 now president of the Company, and important changes in its methods are in progress, especially as regards greater publicity to its affairs. The American Congress met in session at Washington on the 2d, and a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on which hearings will begin January 20 in the Committee of Ways and Means to rediuce the duties on Philippine Islands sugar to 25% of the full duty rates, with free sugar after 1909. Neither this bill or any other is likely to be passed before the whole tariff question comes up after t
Size: 2250px × 1111px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormunsonsteamshipline, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
