Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-27
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0oAclusions Reached Yesterday by she International American Confer. ence-Want . Great Trans.ContiAen-
 tal RailWay-Its Opinions set Forth
 Tho C0mmistee That Prepared she
 Declaration.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-At the meeting of the International American Confsrsncs today the following was adopted:
 Tho International American Conference is of the opinion:
 majority of the nations represented in this conference will contribute greatly to the de- veiopment of the. moral relations and mater ial interests of the said nations. @-.
 9. That the means best adopted to begin and carry out It's execution is the appoint ment of an International Commission of engineers to study the possible routes, deter mine their true length, estimate their rsspsc- tive cost and compare their reciprocal advantages.
 3. That the said commission should be composed of three engineers appointed by each nation with tho privilege of dividing into sub- commissions and to appoint as many other engineers and employees e might be considered necessary for the more rapid execution of tho work.
 4. That each of the governments accept. ing may appoint, at It's own expense, commissioners or engineers in the capacity of auxiliaries to sub-commissions charged with the sectional survey of the railroad.
 D. That the railroad in 50 far as common interests will permit should unite the prin- cipal cities lying in the vicinity ot it's route.
 6. That if the general direction of the line cannot be altered without great incon- venience for the purpose mentioned in the o1kSn frna ch4 tNa surveyed to connect those cities with the main line.
 7. That to tho end of diminishing the cost of the work the existing railways should be utilized as far as possible and compatible with the route and conditions of the conti- mental railroad.
 8. That in case the work of the commits sion demonstrates the practioability and ad- visibility of the railroad proposals for the construction either of the whole work or sec- tions thereof should be solicited.
 9. That the construction, management and operation of the line should be at the ex- pense of the concessionaires or of the persons to whom they sub-let the work or to whom they transfer their rights with all due for malities, the consent of the respective gov- ernmenfs first being obtained.
 10. That ell materials necessary for the construction and operation of the railroad should be exempt from the import dues. sub ject to measures to prevent abuse of the privilege.
 il. That all personal and real property of the railroad used in its construction and operation should be exempt from all ta1a- tion, international, provincial or state and municipal.
 12. That the execution of the work of such magnitude deserves to be further en- couraged by subsidies, sessions of land or guarantees of minimum of interest.
 IS. That the salaries of the commission, as we'll as the expense incident to the prelim- iuary and final surveys, should be assumed by all the nations accepting in proportion to their respective populations according to tho latest official census and in default of census by agreement between their several govern ments.
 IA. That the railroad should be declared forever neutral for the purpose of assuring freedom of traffic.
 15. That the approval of the surveys, the conditions of the proposals, the protection to the concessionaries, the inspection of the work, the legislation for the line, the neutral ity of the road and the free passage of mer- chandise in transit should Gin the case fore ments between all the nations interested.
 16. That SO soon as the government of the United States shall receive notice of the ac- ceptance of these recommendations by the other governments it snail invite them to appoint the commission of engineers referred to in the second article in order that it may meet in this city at the earliest possible date.
 The foregoing declaration was prepared and recommended by the committee on rsil- roads, consisting of Delegates Juan Franco vstarde of Bolivia, H. c. Davis of the United States, E. A. Mexia of Mexico, Fernando Cruz of Guatemala, Jeron. imo Zelaya of Honduras. Jacinto Castel lanas of Salvador, Andrew Carnegie of the United States, Carlos Martinez Silva of O. lomhia, Jose Andrade of Venezuela, J. M. P. Caamano of E Ecuador, F. 0. c. ZeRarra ot Peru, T. 0. varis of Chili, Manuel Quintana of Argentine, J. G. de Amaral Vslente of Brazil, Jose 8. Decoud of Paraguay and H. Guxeman of Nicaragua.