New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-13
IN COSTA RIGA.
Railroad from Atlantic TO PacIGc-Thc
Central American Republics Awaken
Ing-EnsIlsh Capital and American En-
terprise Combining TO Develop the Re
Huarces of Costa kica.


lns-Enstsh Csp'''' +. rican En-
terprlse C0IsblhhR 1" D0EeiOp the ne
S00rces OF Costa iic.'
From :he St. LoulS hepdohcanl
S"s JOSE De CosrA RIc,,i
fe'iu"rS J. 1875
Costa kIca has risen from the quiet rest
so characteristic, III d coNitne.clal t sense OF
the sister republics "i C:nIfdi America,
and III the CONSTRUCTORS VI no iHleL oceanic
rairoa4 Is Gngageu ~ an@ tr,,;HIt oi
new life. Tired OF the torplolty OF time
honored customs a1d the ooAiihant 'oTe OF
following Ia the footsteps OF tRtr tcre,
fathers, the people Oh 'LlS prosperous and
peacefully incline" rePuo'i1 ".e cohlOlhlng
the force and resources o. the country.
aided by the help "hlch 'nelr cfedlt abroad
has secured to them u aonle'e d victory in
the art OF clVii'zatl9u' t"t "uton lheS nave
10 example IN tEo hieI'iS VI NehIrai
America, by Whlcn, IL Is " 90 ,hoPeu, tnat
they Will realize thelf te'Sondoie anolloh
IN securing 10 tn1 h"1Ion .D'U poIlVich l"
which II ls entl'Ieh oE 1'S g actual wealth
and hudabie ener2i5ess' WIN popu-
latlon less than -oo,ooc' AIS enterprise lar
exceeds the anol'lon Vi ,il'i P'Pulous anu
Wealthlcf nalobs' Oh INC oaiI S'lehSlh ot
its go0n name tue So'ol niilsn! lt tn uaS secured
from English capltdIlHI9 5uLiciehC money ID
carry out the cosby anu inuou heeueu ad-
VantaSes OF Faiiroau W oonu00s lue Az
lantlc and racine oceans "otoss lts 1elil- c
tory, through Cllihate unsurpassed lot
saIuOrlty and comfort Ill tno "orld' WIN
English capital ana american energy the
undertaking, great ZOE 30 sih3iI d country,
must prove successlul. M hehFS MelgSS
agrees TO complete Ihe "olA III 'hreo years,
and he ooulu give no oot.ol guarantee Indh
by sending his nephew. MT. H. Nj. Meth, OF
well known aOlllty, 10 carry out me con
tract. Inc nrst year haS y suemIHeu lhe
"ork Whlcn Is oelng pusno" .nlouSu many
obstacles not uSnaliY erIouh!oreo III lnou
elm raltrOadlng. Inc iihe Is oelng omit
from the city OF AiaIuela' si'Taleo IN Ihe
centre OF the repuoIic' Iow"lu Iort hinon,
the Atlantic terminus. FROM thaI polnt IL
Is belng WORKED low aiu tho interior ahs
cltles OF Heredla' oan oTse, We edpl'ai'
and CaItAgo lie Al sho liho " 'he fodo'
and every pound OF lnaVeriA 'or the
interior end Is urouSh' ilohl uhVa Arenas,
on the FLclhc' seventy oSo lnilTS over 1he
mountains III OK carts oo Ia ne If Iali7 ai e
iald between AlaJuel" tniousn lers0i' 10
the capital, fourteen nlles' anu &c GohstFuo-
Ton tram constantly "olhihS' AHohce ~
Carriage, twelve miles IuttneI, tne sf'0ihg
Is almost completed peJ ouu oai taSo e'~S'
ward mountainous oo"u'r, dut lolee'
lahus "Ie 10 po " VIZ % % = ~
ne Wn"le ulStanoo IN. "eos ~ diV S nnes,
and II the Work contlnues 10 go FORWARD
WIN lhe energy winch ;1 nen itai Ia Ecu i'7 Pio'
gress SO laf' the roa" Flii po Hnls1eu III
cohtraCt tiht' surrey inS pa I! 10 a1ietluJ ~
a. Work between Aial uet' an" .Ho aoino,
though tne contract 4ov IhdU soc'Ion ~ @ Hot
Yet a"aFded-a ul't.er nIoio oi oon tenionco
than uncertainty. An uhus1lany idrge crop
OF c0nee 'his year oralnS tno .aiito%u VI a
l"fge NUMBER ol idoGlels' oue SUI ~ ila9 az
the hanus II Can ipIoS lnousu VIC ptan'clo
complain OF scarcity Vi iaooi' n a uIaAe Vi oJo
Chiheso coole5 " hn,I;"J "a a.
anu an ctinfo" @ I"r idool VIZ oo supPI1ou. P3IT
Al toft Lihiou Nv iapol II Hn1 Ciio W 60
lhu'as anu 1,o" oIloiA7 n@'o 80 IeS
| anu 10" al va VI @ Va VI. n4nN' ill,r
nave Deeh HlTpeIleu' Dul @ ln- 'Lio io@10 Joy =
| Just closeu; niue mas pee. uoho 'y !ho
peasautly ceHohu SI'ins neo TIL tl1!Gl ~ ttio
fnJoyLhchVS uTnt ~ .no annuai hTII, nTIrnaS
! TOT tnEee nays ouS!no'' ""S MhoIlJ QUO
bTno, he ar+,, y" ~ rnaSnnaradars cntt;na fantas.
- - 8 p,S +brnI,Tb 10 straets foliowed hv
| a baSd Pill hsits and cool Efohting came
| in orJar and afrerwarI a creditable ,iisnlav
| f Ea,,,I-1 IT, ,,,o;, ,1Iaz, xuou +la can
| tro nf tba cIos;og scana brilliantly Iiohted
.I-i+II Iar+orn. strHn, f,ono ,ba tTaes and
| ;r,, rn;I;,C,o ia ,ssonla cat on benches
| in two great circles watching the
| maeuueradera dancing the tOrrltO be-
tween. The dancers shufled about
! in grotesque motions to the music
| of the bands, which relieved each
| other in the odd refrans of the national
| dance, never giving the performers chance
! TO cease The endless variety of steps COM
! posing the torI;to, The masqueraders are
prD essionals, or they could never suffer the
| IL ligue to which they are subjected during
| the dav and evening. They 90 from place
| 10 place where feast daVs offer them en-
! ployment to delight the simple minded
| peasantry with their accomplishments.
| When the feasts are over their occupation
| is gone, for the people devote themselves to
! patient labor the balance of the year. Not
| long ago the police compelled women to
| dance the torTttO in the absence of paid per
| formers. Now the occasion for the exercise
Of this authority, arbitrary, though it pan
dereG to the wishes Of tho people. does not
! exist
Gambling fables arc cuhIicly displaved
! on these orcasiuns and all sorts of panilnp y
| ;nlnIger in secretly AT oth4r times is per,
| m,tted The Law AGAINST uarnbIino ia yerv
! eavera but hat does not nrevpnt tha ind prs
| Themselves from Inducing in what apuears
| 70 he "A r.,tional weakness in the Spanish
| race.
,o.,,,o
~" Ale' "PPtarahce ol 'Le ~ ~l'''n1oIi' "
EnIicrons ,ffecf ON , the n..alantrr ,ny The bull
rng was deserted as thr snc;at anproached
! The guard and nanv uara Iha sn4rnjatious
an the strange an,.aritInn worked by the
! nntent nower of staam Snnorstition has
| taken So fast a holI rnon the minds of
! the ionorant ciassas +bat many Relieve
| that The dev;i bin.aif bas On age1cv in the
incomntion Of The rain Gra simnIe. Iook-
| NO cornfryman a,as .o+;DGod in the ex-
nressed heIief that tbera mnst he oxen
| 1,n,nwbara onnoaaIod abi.,,. tha machine
+Irnn"h hasa 49, s r.,o made ~
! ,1nye Old ypn,ne5 vi, ". =, nar',r saw steam
! L,,, throngb tbe s,tn,,. -" ~ otese not fed
~" 900 IN rro'Di npGu' f,i. Si IiIa other.
| i,ttod their haRda in tla a7ti,,Ta IF nraver,
hasaecL;na tha nivina .Ao ntaot;,O from the