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offering a safe deposit for merchandise. This wharf is equipped with
a double-track railroad, with rolling stock for the transportation,
loading, and unloading of merchandise. The company employs the
following rolling wh all of American type: One 18-ton locomotive,
 eighteen 15-ton flat cars, and one passenger car.
With an increase of commerce this will prove to be a very valuable
concession.
(8) Railroad to the Plains de Cul-de-Sac; capital stock, $760,000;
8 per cent obligations, $564,200; 5 per cent obligations, $68,600.
All of the securities issued are owned by the Central Railroad Co.
of Haiti. This company owns concessions granting the exclusive
right of operating a railroad from Port au Prince through the Plains
of the Cul-de-Sac and from Port au Prince to Leogane, and also the
exclusive right of operating tramways in the city of Port au Prince
and its suburbs. Its rights and privileges will remain in force until
July 1, 1950. The company is operating 60 miles of substantially
constructed railway, running 30 miles northeast of Port au Prince
through the Plains du Cul-de-Sac and from Port au Prince southwest
 .to Leogane, a distance of 20 miles, and also the tramways of
Port au Prince, consisting of 10 miles of tracks.
The railroad has a gauge of 30 inches, is stone and gravel ballasted,
 and laid with 45-pound rails on its railroad and on part of
the tramway lines. The remaining part of the tramway lines is
35-pound rails. By virtue of its concession the railroad receives an
annual interest of $41,286, paid quarterly by the Haitian Government,
 which is secured by special pledge of 20 per cent of the revenues
 derived from the export duty on logwood and cocoa, which is
collected by the National Bank of the Republic of Haiti for the
account of the railroad company. There is also a contract for the
electrification of the tramway and an extension of the lines, which
has not yet been started.
The company has a fully equipped repair shop, office buildings,
and stations, and also owns the following rolling stock: One 38-ton
locomotive, four 30-ton locomotives, four 25-ton locomotives, one
18-ton locomotive, eight 12-ton locomotives, one 7-ton locomotive, 23
passenger cars, 120 freight cars.
The fuel used on the railroad to the Plains and Laogane is wood.
The city tramways use coal. When the electrification of the tramway
 is started and completed it will add very much to the revenue
of the company, as they can then run trains at shorter intervals.
All of these different concessions are financed in the United States,
and all the requirements for maintaining the concessions are imported
 from the United States.
In addition to the foregoing concessions of the Central Railroad
Co. of Haiti, the following enterprises may be mentioned:
(1) Ice factory in Port an Prince, organized as société anonyme,
capital $150,000; Haitian corporation, 50-year monopoly, from 1895.
This wy complete plant, with all modern improvements, has a
capacity of 15 tons of ice daily.
Actually sold at this time, 6 to 8 tons daily. The most of the stock
of the company is held by the following firms: C. Keitel &amp; Co.;
August Ahrendts, Germans; and Achille Bathe, French. The plant
is situated in the lower part of the city. The fuel used is rs and
wood. All the requirements are imported from the United States.