New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-16

plored part OF this country never petore trc "a
are represented as being most profitable This re,
public which has an area OF only S" o 1nnb
tans and in proportion to its size Is the S most
American states. II is rch IN MINES Ia, anu .e eY
Industry has been so much developed OF late ye"rs
Ina fSa smal area The exports exceed the mpOr.
thus accounting for the prosperity Of the country -
hu, hr dd not know whether it was Ignite
or the regular coal formation. although company
mas s Of mining out the coal which asserted 70
be excellent for shipment to the PACING coast
S Tser reported in great quantities The agriculturs
can choose any climate he wishes IN Peru; ines ,
are hacierdas where In the low lands all the troy
cal products are raised luxurisntly. while up on
the mountains but few miles n%ay r e te
to be success. Coffee planting is decided see
and can be sold for about two and a half times
what it costs to raise it. 1T. &.
variously estimated by the different engineers. In
accordance with the difficulties to be overco,nt :
mountainous district and he estimates the cost OF
his line about $4,000 per mile MI shnnks pUr
through the Cauca Valley. where there are fever
engineering difficulties %, to be ovsreUe nv the
ofcers OF the commission that the average cost OF
building the entire line VIII be ABOUT s'''V" pei
"' The survey by the Inter-Continental Railroad
will be S mies ess Of so
There are others. however, VINO Deheve lisa. uIis
excessive
rsirosd Will when completed have its junction In
the United States Fl PasO Tex and Eagle Pass s.:
qrom san FnsD and is2 rom Chicago Eagle
Pass is 2o3 miles from Newaork' log ron '.i,on
TTs sb1 bee fn sredo gs7 miles From NewYork and
1916 miles from Chicago
RAILROADS IN THE ARGENTINE.
OF all the South American countries through
which the lnter-c Continental railway survey passes
and which It will reach, the Argentine Republic
has the greatest number and greatest iehg'h Oh
roads In the Argentine there are twenty-two
roads with a length Of about four thousand mics
chill follows with thirty roads roads nads in ali
about the length Then follow o., Goom a1,s
Win eight roads I'D miles m ons O Hcassua With
road ninety-n'ne miles long, Honduras one road
sixty-nine miles, and Salvador two roads thirty
TWO miles Some part Of many OF these lines are
to be utilized in this grand trunk line In cQnnec,
ton with the road there are pToJecied nuiDei Oh
short roads running to the facinc coas' DE- III,
portant commercial points In Colombia ne VIII Ill
sixty kilometres from Mediin TO Sartasena on
bllity OF the Southern parts OF the Uni,ed STATES
Antofagasta on the coast Of Chilli. northeast into
Bolivia TO Huanchaca and then north 10 Orura.
From this point there Is & enas u o oTa In
perm there is now in construction a railroad over
me H'e heieht has been reached Of 1880 feet
"a led The highest point at which piston mas 3een
Rrtzn from Puro 20 Sicuani. 1856 miles in length,
and other coast lines in contemplation which VIII
De
The question of the profit OF this investment has
been frequently agtated; but the report OF the
Committee of Trade and Resources of the Inter
Continental Railroad Commission would seem 10
indicate many advantages not previously consid-
cred II states that the population OF the Argen-
tine Republic has been doubled in the last ten
wears and that this result has been attained chiefly
through easy means of communication by the
esta oiishment in that country of great system OF
railroads What is true OF Mexico and the Argen-
tine Republic 1t is thought should prove true OF the
other Centra. and South American republics, rich
in sol and minerals. whenever the necessary means
Of transportat ton provided. 1t is certain that
canitai viii have new fields for investment Ameri-
can manufacturers will supply material American
mechanics and skilled laborers VIII ind remunera-
tive employment. $500, GO, ,
ore snarsely populated and the few inhabitants
through lack Of intelligence. are not capable OF
nrodncine good results. This lack OF intelligent
Thor retards Of course all development but II the
rch inland territories opened by the establish
ment OF roads 10 great trunk line, one would be
lei n, no eve by the accounts OF the engineers that
raD,d increase In wealth and population in these
Countries and increased benefits TO the United
S,ates are assured. To the United States OF
America belongs the honor OF having conceived this
Tnrdertaking and 10 the United States the present
ard future generations OF Central and south
America will be indebted for much OF their welfare
md prosperity.