Arizona republican., 1904-09-28
The Pan-American Railroad.

The frequent references which the dents of the Latir-American countries generally make to the proposed Pan American railroad shows that our southern neighbors have much more faith in that project than is entertain ed in the United States. Fom the fig ures compiled by Charles M. Pepper, the American commissioner appointed to investigate the subject, it appears that the distance to be covered by the Pan-American is nearly twice that of the proposed Cape to Cairo line. and nearly twice that from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok by the Trans Siberian. Here is a table of approximate dis tances.
 Miles. New York to Buenos Ayres ......1O.470 Cape Town to Cairo .............. 5,S75 St. Petersburg to Vladivostok .... 5.s52 Paris to VIadivostok .............. 7,044
 A traveller may now go by rail from New York to Mexico City. a distance of more than 3.75O miles. or more than one-third of the way to Buenos Ayres. From Mexico City a line is, or soon will be, open to Tonala, near the Qua temalan frontier. by which the travel CT will be taken about $50 miles further southward. Here a break occurs of 172 miles to Ayutla, on the border, and thirty miles more to railhead in Guate- mala. That state. with Salvador. Me aragua and Costa Rico. would help the wanderer on his way with a total of some 25O miles of unconnected line. with an excellent opportunity for mule transit between railheads.
 In fact, so little of the line is built from Tonala, in Mexico. to Jujuy. in Argentina. a distance of nearly 5.O9O miles, that the occasional stretches may almost be left out of considera- tion. The Central American states along the projected route, with the exception of Panama, contribute their little quota. Colombia has nothing along the way. Ecuador has about 25 miles, from the vicinity of Alausi to Guamote. Peru has the recently built line of the American owned Cerro de PascO Mining company. from Cerro de Pasco to Oroya, 80 miles, and about 15O miles between Sicuani and Puno, where a steamer may be taken for the trip across Lake Titicaca and connec-- ton made with a 60-mile line to La Paz, in Bolivia. There the line breaks line can be taken to Uyuni, 1s5 miles.
 The next break traversed, the trav- eler would reach Jujuy, where through connection can be made for Buenos Ayres, 1000 miles away. IL is proba- ble that in time a line will branch from Uyuni, or in that neighborhood. and follow down the west coast of San tiago, Chile. 1000 miles or so. and as far beyond that as traffic may make it desirable About 2,OOO miles from Uyu- nj would take the line to Punta Arenas, on the Straits of Magellan. Those who wish to speculate on remoter possibili- ties may dream of the day when their descendants can take an all rail jour ney from Cape Barrow, in 72 degrees north latitude, to Punta Arenas, in 52 degrees south latitude. or from Hudson Bay to within a few miles of Cape Horn.
 Assuming the completion of the Pan American railway and the existence of a passenger with a mania for Hallway travel, he could go from New York to Buenos Ayres in about three weeks. l barring accidents and -detentions along the way. But twenty-knot steamer would take him there far more com cost, in twelve days
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