Sir William Van Horne, president of the Cuba Railroad, says regarding the extension to the line now under construction: Work will be rushed forward this winter and we expect to have the new line in operation by August, 1910. The rainy season will soon be over, and the work will progress much more rapidly.
This extension leaves the main line at Marti, in Camagüey Province, running thence to the city of Bayamo, at which point a branch turns southwestward to the port of Manzanillo, the main extension continuing southeastward to Palma Soriano, which is already connected with San Luis by a portion of the new line already in operation. The inauguration of this line will shorten the possible time between Havana and Oriente.
The stock of the Cuba Railroad is owned by the Cuba Co., which company owns several large sugar mills in the district, through which the extension is to pass.
Crops both in this section and in the central portion of the island from Santa Clara to Santiago, through which the main line passes, are in excellent condition, and promise a big yeld.
The Cuban Government is supbsidizing to the extent of $8,000 for each of the approximately 160 miles in the extension.—Wall Street Journal.
Tomado de The Cuba review, 1909
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