New-York tribune., 1892-01-07
HE IvTERCOSIINENIAL RAILWAY.

AND SOUTH AMERICAN RkPCBuCS.
Washington. Jan. G.-Thc following is an abstract
OF tho report Of l.. J. Blanco, member of the Inter
continental Railway Commission for Venezuela con-
ccrfnG that work:
Tnltod state. and Mo1cO-The railways in these
two eountre, being I'm perfect communication the Com
mission has only been Pccuped with heiE & con,"a n q
departure it has decided for Auila on the Guats-
c,uatcmaln-From Ayutla the Intercontincnto line
will descend by the PaciAc Coast, passing In the
nelrhbotho.d II Rotahueu and Maza'onhnl as far
a, santa Lucia Thence will be used the branch. IN
course of const rnctlon of the Central Railway from
,,uatnmaa E,cuntla, and tho road will pass from
Salvador In this Republic the route Of the proposed
Central linc yl be u,llcd passing ey S%a ann sS
Nincont and san Miguel, entering Honduras by
unnd,'7,s-rrom C,nascoran TIE line will continue
By tho oc Of Gult ion,lca cr9',n; Ihc sJn Jo,o U
chuluteea BY way Of ,he 'S%n or sh"' name s0ns
Nicar,isia-In this Republic the lint will arrive at
the Of ohnsndese where 1t VII oln & the I"mg n ny
from Conto to Lshe Manasun uillhing utl' Ne N, up
To ~ available point for Example Ir,blo Nlolo
sdrting the lake and coming to thr Town ., s
wher- II will take the llne arsh'y constr @ v ,Ii
Nanagua to Massaya From NASSAU tne vHoSa nn1 VII.
Cansl and viii enter into the Republic Of Costa Rics
Costa Following the shores OF me lhhe , ol
~ Guatus0 ard san carlos, the me WIN ,on''m ih
far tho town Of Alainela where thci, Il D'ai ,ii
Ilmon: thence by points which are not vet de-
t@rnined. the length OF the lsthnus ol i'hAI", NJ ~
far the entry 0f tho Arato Valley. III Coloho" VIII
be travcr-cd. , .-.,
mental viii trnvcrse the Western ,oriillera OF the
And-s. entering into the t"uca valley ana reaemdnss
the cnvlr,na Of the town OF Antioqua. u VIII aScelu
by this valley. connecting the pnncipa r
with, aud arriving at Popayan. The Central oorl,rn
~i be cr1'ned IN oinT a ,S W MN line From P"payan
the line will rnss into the Pstia Valley inahhg to"au
Ps.o or lpiaes Win COMMUNION on Inv oute from
Popuynn 10 Pnsto VIII be ono of nc seh,s' .h ,ha
es met WIN IN Colombia is At TINS ,Sa S,' ben enS '"'
yneznelni order t. PaSSe i' tnnab Kcp@SbS viii II start
from mn''s's n T t M und1,Hrnmed T o the route in
Cauca Valley. going 10 Mcdcllin. whore IL VII ieIoi,
ihc Nlgdalcna. Thence It will 6" TO Bucaramangn and
thence to Jose d. Cucua lfrontlerl ana ran
terminans at V vaencia From Valencia to caracas by
Of La Victoria. railway Is N course OF oohsruc tn
line, having been conceded being surveyed In to
REGION t IsS sSD oHs tc q b f
~ time Of the execution Of the proIect whenever
that may he. ,,.,
then descending by tho central valley of Quito Will
the town, OF lharra, Quito latacuhS" AmDhto'
rer'Tho line WIN traverse the Dcpar,mo9t, ,, n,rS Of
or The & sc5s sy m hai yny mHss M ' a Mvs
tarru de Pasco From the latter polnt 1t VII follow
tine 10 q m hen them up to e czp Santa ANA then
Cikco, santa Roes and PIno' skr'lng Lake Iucaca
:" Bohva-fhe mtcrcontlncntai will connect the towns
., La rar orro and iiaanchncr %ero i, VII divide
into scvcrnl branches. going TO Chil the ArgHitihe
Republic Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay.
Chill Chan branch gcci from Iluanchnca to
hntofagasia n port OH the Pacific.
argrntxe Repuhlic-This branch which has already
been surveyed from iIaanchece q Juuy. The cA
tI'ne point OF the railway system OF this Republic.
Paraguay and Truguav-The Inc which Il 10 con
meet these two countries 20 the proposed system viii
tart from uan chaca will follow the left bank OF the
IJcomayo I'm order r,j0n tl" CshOurn concession,
which from ASuncOn. goes ~ Tie north OF Palaguly
From AsnnciOn. VIII be made oi me INES aliradV
.trTicfa al i'm
Moncvdco.
Brazl-The Brazilian branch starts from llnanch~a'
-ur eastward clearing The Paraguay River ut Curtinn
where penctrating brazilian territory. It follows
the River Tnguary far as CoNm. railway II the
cc,cessIon for il shall granted. Will from THIS
plIu to Ihcraba From this latter locality the EXIT
Ing lines coutinnc t0 Rio de lanero;
The scientific commissions are antho lied 10 search
ont and survey the best directions aud routes Tho
abov" plan must only be considered ns II general idea
w hrh according to the plans drawn up at the Wash
Ir zion Central Burcau, would appear 10 serve most
ci!octually the interest, Of the American republics