Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-12-28
GIGANTIC SCHEME.
raroposed Railroad Line From tho
Shores of Colombia,
Through the Heart of South America, 70
Buenos Ayres on theAtiantieahd
Lima on ths Pacific
Coast. fS "a

WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 24.-A cor
respondent last night interviewed onepi
the .neorporators for West Virginia OF
the Colombia Railway and Navigation
Company, which is at the head oil tho
most Gigantic railway scheme III histo-
ry, and the details of which have not
vet been published. ut is" he Says
sno loss project than railroad from
the shores of Colombia, on the Carlb-
bean SER down through the heaft
: of Sautn America to Buenos Ayres
I'm .ha Atlantic coast, and to LII
{ ma r,..the Pacific coast. This move
4, ilnsflt .ySss out AZ the s'ame ieeh"s
5 in this country that inspired and caiieo
$ topether at Washington the Pan-Amer-
:, lean Congress-, and is in reality part OF
II the programme for cementing IN close
:. commercial union the States OF North
o and South America. The details oil the
n preat movement have not yet been gwen
n' 70 the public, but they are known 10
10 embrace line of steamships from inc
u Gulf ports of the United States to the
er mouth of the Magdalena river IN the
Is South American State of Colombia ana
ne a railroad up that river to the mountain
as suurs of the Andes that separate
IT. the waters of the Magdaiena
5s- river from those of the Amazon,
he and thence down through western
Ter Brazil. Chilli and Peru to the mouth OF
a the La Plata in Buenos Ayres, ms ~
oil TO be an international project ana Is
bic eypected to interest great number oil
ry, stockholders in this country and IN
the South America. The incorporatorS arc
APP citizens Of Virginia, West Virginia an'
in other States, principally the Southeri
rer States, and books of subscription to th'
EN- stock of the company are to be opehe'
'"h to the people in all countries embraced
was hv the routes to be included in the pre-
Lc iect The scheme has the favor Q
ian- the Pan-American delegates, ana c
her Secretary Blaine on bohaltof the feae'
aero alGoyernment. Colonel ii. G. Parsons, a
and intimate personal friend OF Mr. bialh
ody. !. ,bo moving spirit of the enterpris
the and at his back are some OF the leauli
erer railroads of the country, especially uho
at to that have termini on the Ghlf, Al
own whose lines will connect with the pr
his nosed steamship line, lat Key West ne
her orleans and Galveston. Statistics Sh'
was that such railroad would trayer
tied, LARGE areas of exceedingly rich cou
odies trv and that its traffic would slml
open he enormous. Passenger travel II
'ut OF Large and growing rapidly, VIII lea
,ncod thn Goa and seek the railroad, as
nifty. time between New York and Buel
Avrcs or Lima would not eNc'
ten days This would be gu
'une5 55 transit as compared with the present
3oo,u ,at,, dious sea voyages. Immigration to 90
'P'n," ~ America from Europe is now heavy
1 III IL would also be diverted to TINS
'n' oA route Secretary Blaine has long
uheS' cussed the possibilities of this new
'e nn. M and he is bending his great abilities
y Cne wide experience in public affairs to
,l0 accomplishment for this country OF c
'i'1 nlete commercial supremacy on TINS
nl'lonN tinent The South American kepu'
up ,a III, will ratify the charter and suppien
as''olo ,'.o it by land-grant and postal suosi'
u, ''i1 The L. $. Government Will alSo'
he"u' doubt. make liberal postal arrahgem
'' ,4., "tao with the company"