The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25
A GIGANTIC SCHEME.
A Pan-American System of Rail-
roads.
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ton Proceedings Against Ward.

Especial TO THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.
WHEELING, w. Va, Dec. 24-One of the
incorporators for West Virginia of the
Colombia Railway and Navigation company,
which is the head of the most gigantic rail
way scheme in history, and the details of
which have not yet been published, de-
scribed the project to a World correspond
ent to-day Said he: 1.-THE plan is nothing
less than the construction of a railroad
from the shores of Colombia, on the Carri-
bean sea, down through the heart of South
America to Buenos Ayres, on the Atlantic
coast, and to Lima, on the Pacific coast.
This mo, ement grows out of the same feel
ing in this country that inspired and called
together at Washington the Pan-American
congress. and is in reality part of the pro-
gramme for cementing in close commercial
union the states of North and South Amer
lea The details of the great movement have
not yet been given to the public, but they
are known to embrace line of steamships
from gulf points of the United States to the
north of the Magdalena river in the South
American state of Colombia and railroads
ND that river to the mountain spurs of the
Andes that separate the waters of Magda
lena river from those of the Amazon and
thence branching down through Brazil,
Chill and Peru to the mouth of La Plata
il. Buenos Ayres This is to be an inter-
national project said the Worlds
informant, land is expected TO inter
est a great number of stockholders
in this country and South America.
The incorporators are citizens of Virginia,
West Virginia and other states. principally
southern states, and books of subscription
to the stock of the company are to be
opened to the people of all countries en-
braced by the routes to be included in the
project. The scheme meets with the favor
of the Pan-American delegates and of
Secretary Blaine on behalf of the federal
government. Colonel H. c. Parsons, an
intimate personal friend of Blaine, is the
,guiding spirit of the enterprise and at his
back are some of the leading railroads of
the country, especially those who have
examinations on the gulf and whose lines
will connect with the proposed steamship
lines at Key West, New Orleans q Calves
ton.
statistics show that such railroad
would traverse large areas of exceedingly
rich country; that its traffic would simply
be enormous The passenger travel, now
large and growing rapidly, would leave the
sea and seek the railroad, as the time be-
tween New York and Buenos Ayres or
Lima would not exceed ten days. This
would be quick transit as compared with
the present tedious sea voyage. Immigra-
ton to South America from Europe is now
heavy, and it would also be diverted to this
new route. Blaine has long discussed the
possibilities of this new era, and he is
bending his abilities and experience in
public affairs to the accomplishment of
this country's complete commercial su-
premacy on this continent. The South
American republics will ratify the charter
and supplement it by land grants and
postal subsidies. The United States gov
eminent will also, no doubt, make liberal
postal arrangements with the company"