. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 17. Ferrocarril inclinado para el transporte del mine- ral de las minas de la Spanish-American Company a la costa en Daiquiri En otra pdgina se hallara una cuenta interesante respecto a un cable enorme que acaba de hacerse en Nueva Jersey para este Ferrocarril. Inclined railway for the removal of ore to the coast of the Spanish-American Company mines in Dai- quiri. On another page will be found an interest- ing story of a huge cable just completed in New Jersey for this railway. The Havana Central Railroad will estab- lish a ferry service between Havana and C
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 17. Ferrocarril inclinado para el transporte del mine- ral de las minas de la Spanish-American Company a la costa en Daiquiri En otra pdgina se hallara una cuenta interesante respecto a un cable enorme que acaba de hacerse en Nueva Jersey para este Ferrocarril. Inclined railway for the removal of ore to the coast of the Spanish-American Company mines in Dai- quiri. On another page will be found an interest- ing story of a huge cable just completed in New Jersey for this railway. The Havana Central Railroad will estab- lish a ferry service between Havana and Casa Blanca directly across the harbor. A station will be built at the latter place, and the boats will leave the Luz Wharf. They will be used mainly for the heavy traffic in coal which is to be carried here- after at Casa Blanca, where all the de- posits and pockets will be consolidated. Trinidad's Railroad Connections U. S. Minister Jackson at Havana reports that President Gomez has contracted with the Ferrocarril de Fernandez a Placetas del Sur, a corporation organized for con- structing a 40-mile railway, connecting the two places indicated in the company's title, and has leased to it the old Trinidad Rail- way, which runs from Casilda, on the south coast, through Trinidad to Fernandez. The railway company is to begin work on the new line and the reconstruction of the old by December 24th, and it is expected that the whole line will be in working order about eighteen months later. Trinidad will thus be placed in direct railwaj^ communi- cation with the rest of the island, being the last urban center of any importance to be so connected. The new corporation will enjoy the benefits of the law of July 5, 1906, in regard to subvention. Another proposition which had been made by the Cuba Railroad (Sir William Van Home), to take over the old line and carry it on to Sancti Spiritus on the main line, within six months, was rejected as being prejudicial to the interests of the other
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