The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-07
nK THREE AMERICAS RAILWAY
y h Believed to Be a Visionary and Ira
practicable Scheme.


practicable Scheme.
sun American Letter in New York Tribune.
10 Aontevideo and Buenos Ayres was
I'D By enthusiasts on this question that
ae greater part of continental railway
gsssn vas already provided for. and that
United States corporation would have
Gy l,5oo miles of road to construct. But
lhave failed to find any link in this grand
nrnentai system. There are many rail-
says IN operation and under construction,
wi With few exceptions these are on east
na vest lines. That is TO say, they are
nkTn feeders for north and south line.
W not inks IN the continental system.
central America there are railways
aem tne coast inland, some of which will
meolotediy be extended from sea to sea,
~ tne proposed trunk line will have to be
pals Al the way from Mexico to the CO.
1nsasn Andes at Antigua. Thence it
~ nave 70 be extended to the Argentine.
= toiombla there are few RAILWAYS, not
ae o. which can be utilized for a trunk
ysem. In Ecuador there may be in time
Msay between Guayaquii and Quito.
~ y VII be among the mountains. hum
s'sas OF miles to the west of any practi-
&c trunk ronte. In Peru there is a series
h'era railways. two of which cross the
ss'uileras, but there is no line which
.aa be link in the north
s.a,seusn chain. The Chilians have
4. .@eu railway from Antotogasta over
~. ANDES INTO Bolivia, but that would be
lateral feeder to a continental line.
-, ~aAe manner Buenos Ayres and Vaipa-
-. sih De brought into railway commu-
- sss ~ within three years bv the compile
-. A. " sne hne through the Uspallata. but
- yslesn, too, follows the parallels
-. uan The meridians. There is a rail-
e.s snich mas been carried north from
! s.eosa 70 the Bolivian frontier. but il is
n,.asa,oS gauge, and, moreover. cannot
oe connected with the proposed
A.. a as ior the coffee railways of Brazil.
"a ,. song the coast and are outside
shge oil the continental scheme.
- sos only are the links all missing. but
se sections through which the rsilvay
-. $500, I carry their line are either inhab-
ss'eo BY Indians or are forest and wilder
49, sseaout population. The necessity of
!. ~ TIE Cordileras on one side and
we other rivers which cannot be
49,. 49, uiverts the proposed line from the
- OF population and industry 70
- 1p.ofed and uninhabited regions like
.Sunn thaco and the Montana of the
s Va "a OF the Amazon. such a rail-
trr,.. ever constructed. could only be
hra-.aeed INTO remunerative enterprise
nsv,s,.as tnese vast tracts to European i'm
sss.a Auon and settlement on a scale
ss;on a would abash the widest and most
rs,s,,,y sellers in the Argentine. What
Ans-s"Ne Gan the projectors OF the Three
A. railway furnish that freight will
ss,ls soI'h and South when this work is
sssip s.., and hordes of immigrants have
49,, s.s'es and homes where are now only
IT, o. Indian huts? viii not the
a,s,,a .auways carry the produce Of the
sssmss 70 the seaeoards. to be shipped by
as "a lines TO European ports AZ lower
ssg,x 1aa II can be transported overland
ssasl - comments? 4 merchant marine
EsrO,. etnciency 10 that of maritime
rsssS would be indispensable, even If the
ss,, e, p,olset OF the railway enthusiasts
I'd ser ',ea out. II it must come in the
y 'ae railway? i''ii'is ""h'