The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-05-06
MANY ALWAYS
PAN-AMEKI5As PROGRESS
PROVES TO Be WONDERFUL
Charles Pepper Gives Comprehensive
Report ON Conditions la
South america.

WASHINGTON. D. O.. May
Tie latest Information regarding Pan
American railway progress is CON
aimed III report made by Charles
Pepper, 70 former senator Henry q.
Davis. chairman Of the Pan-Amcrican
railway commission, who transmitted
il to the STATE department today.
Mr.. Pepper has been in South AM
erica fer the past year Investigate
ing trade conditions for the depart
ment of commerce and labor, and has
Travelled over much of the territory
which he covered five years ago as
special commissioner to report on
the Pan-Amercan project. In his
letter to Chairman Davis he SAYS that
the railway lines of the Argentine
Republic have reached the border of
Bolivia, distance of 1900 miles
, from Buenes Ayres, and that under
treaty agreement with Bolivia the
Argentine government is making en-
cheering studies for the prolonga-
ton 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. In
July the New York syndicate Will
have completed the first section of
the Bolivian railway under its con-
t.l0 = tt-it tx..,
The section will be 12S miles long
and it will result in through railway
communication from Lake Titicaca
to the town Of Unyni, sos miles. The
line from Unyni to Tupiza, 1875 miles
will then be undertaken.
From tile latter point to the Ar
gentine border is 80 miles. so that
of the $40 miles which constitute the
Bolivian link in the Pan-American
railroad 1717 miles remain to be
completed, and these are provided
for. Since the Argentine lines to Boz
liyia already are completed, it may
be said that only liz miles of a total
OF 1740 miles are needed to fill IN
~ sap oeeNeeH buel4oS A!res ana
IKE iltleaea.
- 'H'ie construction on the cross
continental line between Valparaiso
and Buenos Ayres has advanced 50
10y ! lour hours stage rae Is the
only break in continuous railway
/ Jo'i''e4 lioAi 'ae racine 70 the Al
anu. II = expected mat the Spiral
a'lile- NnieA VIII enaole the Junction
q ~ r"l4 WAYS 70 be made VIII be
completed ~ - months
some progress has been made in
refo ana Ecuador but very Little in
olohlola'
IN Mexico 10y the construction Of
'.'e leHuaAlePeo railway the govern
meht provided through link OF the
F@h-AmeFlcah system ana construc-
'ioh mas proceeded from Geronimo
on we IehauAtepee line south until
me Guatemala border is only few
mics distant
ne trahs-oceanlc line in Guate-
Aa.a connecting the Pacific port OF
San Jose Wlth the Atlantic port OF
baFFios was opened for traffic in
January
Costa Riea also IS completing the
construction OF its tfans-oceanic line
from Port l-mon to Tiyiyes.
Nicaragua is carrying out plans for
prolonsing IFS line from the Pacifiei
to the Atlantic. i is certain that
within a short time there viii be three
trans-oeeanic railroads in Central
America and The various countries
Will then have every inducement to
join in building the Pan-American
backbone.
Mr. Pepper besides describing the
progress Of the main trunk OF the
n-American line along the Andes