Identifier: industrialcubabe00port (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Porter, Robert P. (Robert Percival), 1852-1917
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Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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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
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Transportation 355 along the line is rough, but there are many fine sugar farms.The 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 cent.The Guantanamo Railway is a profitable road, four mileslong, connecting Guantanamo with Caimanera, its seaport.The Marianao Railway is a suburban line, eight and a halfmiles long, connecting Havana with Marianao and La Plaza.It 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 between Reglaand Havana. It has valuable terminal facilities in Regla.The Encrucijada Railway extends from Sitiecito, on themain stem of the Havana line, to Encrucijada, a distance oftwenty mi

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