. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power and Rolling Stock vor. XVI. Railway Building and Scenes in Cuba. The latest feat of expeditious Amer-ican locomotive railroad construction hasjust been accomplished in Cuba. At the time of tlic suvrciuhT of the 174 Broadway, New York, March, 1903 Santiago and Havana in point of timebeing as far apart as San Francisco andNew York, though only separated by adistance of a few hundred miles. The facts gatlu-rcd on tliis subject No. 3. OLD MAR TIMK ENGIN
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . A Practical Journal of Railway Motive Power and Rolling Stock vor. XVI. Railway Building and Scenes in Cuba. The latest feat of expeditious Amer-ican locomotive railroad construction hasjust been accomplished in Cuba. At the time of tlic suvrciuhT of the 174 Broadway, New York, March, 1903 Santiago and Havana in point of timebeing as far apart as San Francisco andNew York, though only separated by adistance of a few hundred miles. The facts gatlu-rcd on tliis subject No. 3. OLD MAR TIMK ENGINK NOW l)N CONSTRUCTION. island by Spain to tlic United States in1898, the greater hall of Cuba—fromSanta Clara down to Santiago de Cuba—a distance of some 450 miles in covering an area of about 30,000square miles—was wholly unprovidedwith railway communication and prac-tically a vast extent of country rich inmineral and other wealth, remained un-developed and virtually unexplored. Immediately upon the cession of theisland to America, the late President Mc-Kinley, wisely realizing the efficacy ofcommercial enterprise in preference topolitical influences in the real and suc-cessful betterment of a newly acquiredcountry, deputed Mr. Robert P. Porterto visit the island, to inquire into andreport upon its industrial, commercialand financial condition. In the portion of his report, dealingwith railways, Mr. Porter stated: The railway system of Cuba, consist-ing of seven companies—the aggregatelength of whose lines is only 917 miles—is entirely inadequa
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