Industrial Cuba : being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the island for American capital, enterprise and labour . ajo tobacco district. The line next in importance is theCardenas and Jucaro Railway, extending from Cardenas toSanta Clara, no miles, with branches to Montalvo fromJovellanos, twenty-seven miles; to Aguada from Cardenas,fifty-nine miles, to Itabo, thirteen miles; from Artemisal toMacagua, seventeen miles. These lines traverse a richagricultural country, chiefly devoted to sugar-growing. The Matanzas Railwa
Industrial Cuba : being a study of present commercial and industrial conditions with suggestions as to the opportunities presented in the island for American capital, enterprise and labour . ajo tobacco district. The line next in importance is theCardenas and Jucaro Railway, extending from Cardenas toSanta Clara, no miles, with branches to Montalvo fromJovellanos, twenty-seven miles; to Aguada from Cardenas,fifty-nine miles, to Itabo, thirteen miles; from Artemisal toMacagua, seventeen miles. These lines traverse a richagricultural country, chiefly devoted to sugar-growing. The Matanzas Railway, from Matanzas to Cumanayagua,seventy-three miles, is a well-built road, through a rich sugardistrict. The Navajas-Jaguey branch extends from themain line at Montalvo, twenty-five miles, to Murga in theinterior. The Sagua la Grande Railway extends fromConcha, the seaport of Sagua, to Cruces, forty-eight miles,where it connects with the Cienfuegos and Santa ClaraRailway. This is a generally stone-ballasted road througha rich agricultural and fruit-growing section. The Cienfue-gos and Santa Clara Railway extends from Cienfuegos toSanta Clara, forty-two miles. A portion of the country. Transportation 355 along the line is rough, but there are many fine sugar Caibarien Railway Company has a local line extendingto Placetas, thirty-three miles. The Puerto Principe andNuevitas Railway, forty-five miles in length, connectsPuerto with Nuevitas, its seaport. This railroad has paidthe extraordinary dividends of fifteen to twenty per Guantanamo Railway is a profitable road, four mileslong, connecting Guantanamo with Caimanera, its Marianao Railway is a suburban line, eight and a halfmiles long, connecting Havana with Marianao and La carries about 800,000 passengers annually at a thirty-centfare. The Regla and Guanabacoa Railway is a local line,two and a half miles long, connecting the two towns, and isowned by the proprietor of one of the ferries b
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