Partly-printed DS, signed “W. C. Van Horne,” one page, 11.5 x 8, July 13, 1909. Stock certificate for ten shares in the Cuba Railroad Company issued to Edward Micklem, James Lumb, & Evelyn Cecil, signed at the conclusion by William Cornelius Van Horne as president. The certificate features a nice vignette of a steam locomotive. In fine condition.
William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915) succeeded Lord Mount Stephen as president of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1888, and was a prominent member of the Whitney syndicate that created the Cuba Railroad Company. The company built the first trans-country railway connecting Havana with the two eastern provinces (Camaguey and Oriente) and the city of Santiago de Cuba in 1901.
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