The agents of the different steamship lines in the capital, San José, are, for the Port of Limon: Mr. Juan Knöhr for the Hamburg American Steamship Company; Mr. John M. Keith for the Atlas Line; Mr. I. R. Sasso for the Italian Line, La Veloce; Messrs. Lyon & Co. for the Royal Mail Line; Messrs. W. J. Field & Co. for the Prince Line; Mr. Minor C. Keith for the Spanish Transatlantic Line; Messrs. Alvarado & Co. for the French Transatlantic Line; Mr. Minor C. Keith for the New Orleans lines; while Messrs. Rohrmoser & Co. are the agents for the Port of Puntarenas of the Hamburg Pacific Steamship Company, the Kosmos Line and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
There are two important railroads, the Atlantic and the Pacific Railroads. The Atlantic Railroad goes from the Port of Limon westerly to Alajuela, a distance of 190 kilometers. The stations on the line are Limon, Moin, S. Mouth, Matina, Siquirres, La Junta, Pascua, Torito, Turialba, Las Pavas, Tucurique, Juan Viñas, Santiago, Paraiso, Cartago, Tres Rios, Curridabat, San Pedro, San José, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Heredia, San Joaquin, Rio Segundo, Alajuela.
A branch of this road starts from La Junta, a point about thirty-four kilometers west of Port Limon, and runs first northward and then westward until it reaches Guapiles, a recently founded colony on the plains of Santa Clara. It was originally intended to lay the track to Carrillo and through the La Palma Pass to San José, but this plan has not been carried out.
Another branch goes from Port Limon to the Banana River, a distance of about five kilometers.
The gross earnings of this road were:
| In | 1891-1892 | 1,409,598 | pesos. |
| ” | 1892-1893 | 1,973,936 | ” |
| ” | 1893-1894 | 2,250,979 | ” |
| ” | 1894-1895 | 2,446,701 | ” |
| ” | Second half of 1895 | 892,932 | ” |
| ” | 1896 | 2,618,113 | ” |
The net earnings were as follows:
| In | 1891-1892 | 362,066 | pesos. |
| ” | 1892-1893 | 697,479 | ” |
| ” | 1893-1894 | 674,452 | ” |
| ” | 1894-1895 | 1,030,160 | ” |
| ” | Second half of 1895 | 677,986 | ” |
| ” | 1896 | 1,114,290 | ” |
It moved during the fiscal year of 1896:
| 574,723 | passengers. | |
| 10,315 | tons of | goods for export. |
| 23,245 | ” | imported goods. |
| 34,558 | ” | local freight. |
| 52,335 | tons or | 1,570,060 bunches of bananas. |
| 3,801 | animals. | |