The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-03
MR. PEPPER'SREPoRT
or THE PAN-AMERICAN
 RAILWAY.
Mx. Pepper Has Been in South Amer lea for the Past Year Invest- igatinm Trade Conditions
 for Uncle sam.

Washington. May z--The latest in- formation regarding Pan-American railway progress Is contained in re- port made by Charles M, Pepper to former Senator Henry a. raanis. chaarr man of the permanent Pan-Amefican railway committee. who transmitted 1t to the state Department today
 Mfr. Pepper has been in South Amer ica for the past year Investigating trada conditions for the Department of Commerce ana Labor. and has travelled over much of the territory which he covered i've years ago as a special commissioner to report on the Pan American project. In his letter to Chairman Davis, he says that the rail- way lines of the Argentine Republic have reached the border of Bolivia. a distance of 1900 miles from Bnenos Ayrea. and that the under treaty agreement with Bolivia. the Argentine government Is making engineering studies for the proclamation of its line to the town of Tupiza. which will be reached from the North by the line to be built by the Speyer City Bank Syndicate. of New York.
 Tn July. the New York syndicate will have completed the first section of the Bolivian railway under It's con- tract with tho Bolivian government. This section will be 12S miles ionG and 1t will result in through railway communication from Lake Iiticaca to the town of Uyuni. 3s3 miles. The line from Uyuni to Tupiza. l25 miles. will then be undertaken. From the latter point to the Argentine border Is ifty-two miles so that of the 64o miles which constitute the Bolivar link in the Pan-Americans system, 177 miles remain to be completed and these are provided for.
 Tn Chile. railway construction on the cross-continentaf line between Valpa- raiso and Buenos Ayres has advanced so that a four hours stage ride is the only break in a continuous railway Journey from the Pacific to the Allan tic.
 Tn Peru. 1so miles of railway are in operation from Puno, on Lake Titicaca toward the City of Cuzco. and active work is now in progress for the re- maining sixty-six miles. This will form 246 miles In the Pan-American route from the south.
 While tthe link is being prolonged from the south towards Cuzco, pro gress Is also making from the north toward the same point. The link from Corrode Pasco to oroya was completed some time ago and the proiongation to Huancayo, a distance of sixty-three miles is now being made. The Peru- vian Congress has provided for fur- ther extension to the city of Ayacucho as the first section in the connection
 In Ecuador. the railway from Quay aaufl has reached the outskirts of Quito. 2s0 out of the 2s0 miles which constitute the line being In operation.
 The construction of Pan n-American links in Colombia depends on the working out of the general railway scheme under which Bogota is con- nected with the Magdalena river and the lines pushed east from the Mazda lena to the city of Medellin, which Is on a proposed branch of the Colombia Central line that Is to constitute the main trunk of the Pan American out let on the Carribbean Sea
 Tn Mexico by the construction of the Tehuantepec Railway. the government provided a through Mink In the Pan American system and construction has proceeded from San Geronimo on the Tehuantepec line south. until the Qua temala border Is only few miles dis tant.
 The trans Oceanic line in Guatemala connecting the Pacific port of San Jose with the Atlantic port of Barrios. was opened for traffic in January. Costa Rica also is completing the construc- tion of its trans-oceanic line from Port Lmon to Tivivos.
 The Brazilian government and Bra gillian credit are back of the project for building 300 miles of railway around the rapids of the Madeira river. The contract has been made with an American company.
 Chairman Davis, dn transmitting Mfr Peppers letter to the State Depart ment. comments on the commercial benefits of the Pan-Ameracan project l and on It's influence In promoting good relations between the United States | and other countries.