The sun., 1908-05-03
The PGN.AKERlCAN RAILWAY
PROGRESS or THE WORK FOR 4
LINE 10 BUENOS .4IRES.

NeN York aud southern Border Of'heAlcO
Already Connected by Rail Only AbOHt
5000 Miles OF Road TO Be Constructed
10 Reach the Arsentlnr Capital
WASHINGTON, May p Ex-senator Henry
c. Davis, chairman Of the Permanent Pan
American Railway Committee, has trans
niitted 10 the State Department report
from Charles VI. Pepper on Pan-Americnn
railway progress In his letter TO Secre-
tary Root Chairman Davis comments on the
commercial benefits from the Pan.knerican
railway and Oh It's influence in promoting
good relations between the United states
and other countries.
Nr Pepper in his letter to Chairman
Davis says that the railway lines Of the
Argentine Republic have reached the border
Of Bolivia, a distance Of 1900 miles from
Buenos Ayres, aud that under treaty agree
ment with Bolivia the Argentine Govern
ment is making engineering studies for the
prolongation Of its line to tothetownotT Tupiza'
Shim 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 tbe
first section Of the Bolivian railway under
its contract with the Bolivian Government.
This section will be l1S miles long and it
will result in through railway communica-
ton from Lake Titicaoa 10 the town OF
Uyuni, s6S miles The line from Cyuni 10
uip2a, lg5 miles, will then be undertaken.
From the latter point TO the Argentine
border il flrty-twO miles so that OF the $40
miles which constitute tho Bolivian link
in the Pan-American system i7' miles re-
main to be completed, and these are pro-
vlded for. Since the Argentine lines 10
Bolivia are already completed II may he rald
that only l77mies out Of total OF ,74Omlles
are needed to fill In the gap between Buenos
Ayres and Lake Titicaoa.
In Chile railway construction on the cross
continental line between Valparaiso aud
Buenos Ayres has advanced 80 that four
hour stage ride is the only break in CON
tinuous railway journey from the Paotlic
TO the Atlantic II Is expected that the
spiral tunnel which will enable the junction
/ Of the railway lines to be made will he
4 completed in eighteen months. This will
= place the Chilean railways in connection
{ with the Pan-American system through
| Argentine connections The Chilean Con-
: gress has a lso provided for the construction
Of longitudinal line paralleng the coast
/ which ultimately will reach the BollNit u
| section Of the Pan-AmrrCGn line hy the
/ railway 10 he built from Arlca. Belgian
| and German syndiCates have made bids
! ranging around e2O. .OOO,O ,ONO for constructing
\ the 5OO miles Of the longitudinal line between
! Papudo and COpApo.
I In Peru lsO miles Of railway 10 ln opera
I ton from Puno. on Lake ThiodcI, toward
: the city OF CuzCo, and active work IL now
! in progress for the remaining slAty-HN
miles. This will form 2iB miles N the Pan
| American route from the south. While
/ the line is being prolonged from the south
! toward CuzcO progress rs also beng indue
| from the north toward the same point Iht
! link from Cerro de Pasco - Oroya was COM
/ petAd some time ago, and the p!9lohEtIhi
! 10 HancayO, a disttCr ol NNty-thrre
miles. ia now being made. The Peruvian
! Congress hes provided for q further eN-
tension 10 the city of Ay9cucho as the first
section in the connection with CuzcO
| In Ecuador the railway from Guayaqull has
reached the outskirts Of Quito, $50 Cu, OF
the 200 miles which constitute the line being
In oDeration. A hong section Of this railway
200 miles follows the general Pam American
route. Branches to CucnCa in the south
and Ibsrra in the north. each little less
/ than lOO miles, will serve as FEEDERS for the
! Gusyaoul and Quito Railway when they are
| builf Both these branches will be on the
! direct Pan-American location.
in Mexico by the construction OF tht
Tehuantepec Railway the Government
provided a through link in the PausAmericar
! syatpm. and construction has prOceedeo
from san Geronimo on the IehuantepeC
line south until the Guatemala border u
! only a few miles ditsant
The traneoceanic line in Guatemala con
Meeting the Pacific port Of san Jos WIN lh'
Atlantic port of Barrios was opened iol
traffic IN January. Costa Rica ts also com
DIeting the construction Of its transocea ni'
line from Port Limon 10 TivivCs. Nlcor
anna ia carving out plans for proloDRini
its lines from the Pacihc TO the AtlanllC
II Ia certain that within a short time ther'
will be three transoceanic lines IN OehtIa
America, and the various countries WI
then have every inducement TO JON II
building the Pan-American backbone,
summing up, Mr., Pepper says that TN
Pan-American route from New YORK U
Blenos Ayres is 10, 400 miles. From Nev
York 10 the southern border OF Mexico
3.7fO miles, and these points are now con
nected by rail. From the southern borde
OF Mexico TO Buenos Ayres IL $3.50 miles
and of this distance 200 miles Is OF railway
over which trains are running, while ther
Ia an additional 100 miles under actual con
tract construction. This leaves a Nttl
more than $500 miles for the future