Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-16
OUR BIG RAIL MILLS
Can Furnish Steel Links to Connect
Central America With
THE MARKETS OF UNCLE SAM.
A Pan-American Tuorist Talks in Honduras
and Earnestly
INDORSEs THE CONTINENTAL ROAD.

The last Central American mail brought
The DISPATCH a copy of the Honduras
Progress, a neat little four column quarto.
1t contains an interview with Mr.. E. O.
Fiallos. Secretary OF the Honduras Legs-
tion, who accompanied Hon. Don Jeronimo
Zelaya. delegate from Honduras to the Pam
American Congress, during its American
tour. Mr.. FiaIlos is a civil engineer, and
is now at work in Honduras. In reply to
the question, GLOW did you like your So
journ in the United States and what inn
pressions did you bring with your Mr..
Fiallos said:
"Well, you know of the exceptionally
fine conditions in which L visited the
country, consequently you can easily
imagine the nature OF my impressions. But
even if L had not been member of the Pam
American Conference, and as such guest
of the Nation, even if 1 had not enjoyed
the privileges and attentions lavished upon
US Dy the Government the local authorities
the social clubs, the manufacturers and
private citizens; even if 1 had been treated
only with the common courtesy shown to
ordinary visitors 1 would have brought the
same feelings of admiration and esteem for
the people of the North, and an intense de-
sire that we should initiate them.
North America, as nation, is progress
ing, expanding, rising higher and higher,
and with such a rapidity that fears have
been expressed by thinking men that such
an immense national structure will soon
cease to be solid and secure; but my humble
opinion is that so long as the truly demo-
cratic institutions prevail, and the same
system of liberal education of boys and girls
IS observed throughout the country, so long
as the individual worth, the self-respeet, the
love of peace and work are the foundation,
the great structure will stand for centuries
to come.
BUSINESS NOT NEGLECTED.
"About the world-renowned excursion
hardly need to add anything to what the
newspapers have already published That
was the wav in which combining pleasure
and business the Government of the United
States thought fit to entertain the representa-
tives of the Latin American nations and, of
course we appreciated it in its full value.
The remembrance OF the excursion will be
ever pleasing to US and a source of pride to
them. The many souvenirs l brought, /
shall keep to show to my friends, so that
they may reciprocate the hospitality to our
friends of the North.
DuJ IL was uOL all pleasure anu Da0Ques8
and 40-days excursion for the members of
the conference. They held 70 sessions and
did good deal OF work in connection with
the business of the Congress. There were
II committees at work, most of which re-
quired long and careful studies to be made
in order to produce an exhaustive report, or
to frame an important resolution. Mr..
Zelaya, the delegate OF Honduras, presided
the Committee on Extradition and was
member of that on Railroad Communica-
tions and on Monetary Union. He had also
to furnish especial reports relating to Hon
duras, whenever the other committees re-
quired them.
(which of the resolutions of the confer
ence are of greatest importance to Hon
duras?"
PITTBURG CAN SUPPLY ALL.
'Nearly all of the recommendations that
the conference made to the various Govern
ments are interesting to our own country,
but the ones that are especially important
are those relating to improved steamer COM
munications by the Gull of Mexico and Car
ibbean Sea, communication by railroad and
the treaty OF arbitration. What we need
for national prosperity is peace, railroads
and lines of steamers between our North
coast and the great manufacturing cities
along the Mississippi river. The construe-
ton of the Continental Railway will be one
Of the greatest outcomes of the conference;
you know am believer in rails and loco
motives. The statement was circulated in
Washington that the Government of the
United States would generously contribute
to the building of the road with the steel
rails required for the main line, Mr.. Car
negie alone could supply them from his
great mills at Pittsburg. Congress has al
ready decreed the appropriation of S65, 900
s. 49, L. - IL A
tion OF engineers Is to meet at Washington
at the end OF the present year.
GAS an American engineer and being IA
miliar with this country and with the En-
glish and Spanish languages, would you
like to represent Honduras in that conVen-
tion?'
POINTERS FOR CAPITALISTS.
IT would not only attend the convention
with pleasure, but would gladly join the
corps of engineers who are to make the ex-
ploration and to execute the construction of
the road. Yet, 1 am sorry to say that for
private family reasons, over which I have
no control, could not leave Honduras for
any length of time"
what do people think about Honduras
abroad?"
Generally, very little is known about
this country. Those who think about Hon
duras at all, believe it a good and rich
country, but which needs roads, peace and
security to investments. Many capitalists
interested in mining enterprises here called
upon US for information, which we readily
gave them. Some of them complained
about the mismanagement of some of their
superintendents here, and expressed their
regrets that on account of our bad means Of
communication and frequently bad manage
h.
Vanced as they ought to be. 1t is evidently
clear that no enterprise can prosper without
the help of men who are thoroughly ac-
quainted with all the details of their pro-
tessiou,"