The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-04
GREAT RAILROAD
 PROJECT ON FOOT
Road from New York to Sou'h
 America Is Progressing
MANY LINES COMPLETED
Report of Charles M. Pepper Shows Roads Finished In Bolivia, Argen- tina and In Mexico With
 Work Still Going on.

| Washington, May 3.-The latest in formation regarding Pan-Americaa railway progress Is contained in a re- port made by Charles M. Pepper to former Senator Henry q. Davis, chair man of the permanent Pan American railway committee, who transmitted 1t to the state department today.
 MT. Pepper has been in South Amer ica for the past year investigating trade conditions for the department of commerce. and labor. and has travelled over much of the territory which he covered five years ago as a special { commissioner to report 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 Buenos Ayres and that under treaty agree ment with Bolivia, the Argentine gov ernment is making engineering studies for the prolongation 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 syndi- cate of New York.
 In July the New York syndicate will have completed the first section of the Bolivian railway under it's contract with the Bolivian government This section will be 12S miles long and it will result in through railway com munication from Lake Titicaca to the town of Uyuni. 363 miles. The line from Uyuni to Tupiza, 125 miles, will then be undertaken. From the latter point to the Argentine border is 52 miles. so that of the $40 miles which constitute the Bolivian link in the Pan American system, IF miles rail- way to be completed and these are provided for.
 Construction in Chile.
 In Chile railway construction on the cross continental line between Val paraiso and Buenos Ayres has ad vanced so that a four hours ride Is the only break in a continuous rail- way journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
 In Peru 1S0 miles of railway are in opera tion from Puno, on Lake Titicaca toward the city of Cuzco and active work is now in progress for the re- maining 66 miles. This will form 246 the south.
 While the link is being prolonged from the south toward Cuzco progress is also making from the north toward the same point. The link from Car rode Pasco to Oroya was completed some time ago and the prolongation to Huancayo, distance of 63 miles. is now being made. The Peruvian congress has provided for a further extension to the city of Oyacucho as the first section in the connection with Cuzco.
 In Ecuador, the railway from Quay adul has reached the outskirts of Quito, 280 miles out of the 29o miles which constitute the line being in op- eration-
 Links in Columbia The construction of Pan American links in Colombia depends on the work ing out of the general railway scheme under which Bogota is connected with the .nagdalena river and the lines push ed east from the Magdalena to the city of Medellin, which is on pro- posed branch of the Colombia central line that is to constitute the main | trunk of the u-American outlet on | the Carribean sea.
 In Mexico, by the construction of the Tehuantepec railway, the government 1 provided a through link in the Pan : American system and construction has proceeded from San Geronimo on the i Tehuantepec line south until the i Guatemala border is only a few mil es distant.
 The trans s-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 is also completing the | construction of it's trans oceanic line from Port Limon 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 ar | American company.
 | Chairman Davis, in transmitting MT l Peppers letter to the state depart ment, comments on the commercial ben efts of the Pan-American project and on it's influence in promoting good re lations between the United States and | other countries.
 
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