Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-19
Up GAPS
IN PAN AMERICAN
RAILROAD
TO CAPE HORN
RAIL LINE LOOMS UP
Next Generation viii be Able
TO Travel from North to South
End of Continent; AT Work in
Central America.
Especial co-tre.nonaenc to Morning JournaIl

Especial Corresnoudence 10 Morning Journall
san Antonio. Tex, Dec. 14-Ac-
cording 20 n dispatch in the Monterey
News the filling in Of two gaps be-
tween Salvador. Guatemala and Mex
lean railroad systems has been COM
mcnced. The work when completed
will mean a long step In the building
on @ Pan-Amcrtcun railroad. The
line connecting the Salvador with the
Guatemala railroads has been on
tracted for, Myron &. Keith. president
Of the United Fruit company. being
the principal promoter Of the road. 1t
viii be 220 kilometcrs in length. stan
dard gauge and modern in every re-
spect. Surveys and locations have al
readg been made and approved and a
great deal of the material has been
ordered. work viii be started at san
ia Anna and il is expected that the
first train viii run in about eighteen
months. The line win add much to
the transportation facilities of the
two republics.
The next link IN the chain Will be a
line running from Ayutla. Guatemala.
II Cabcllo Blanche, a station on the
Guatemala Northern. and opposite
Mariscal, Mexico. the southern termi-
nus of tho Pan-American railway
Work on this limo has been in progress
for some time and includes the build
ing OF a large International bridge
across the Suchiatc river. 1t will be
sixty kilometerg in length and when
completed will mako through traffic
from the Alaskan border e. Salvador
possible. 4 passenger service from
principal points in the United states
to the city Of Salvador will be inaug-
urated inside Of two years. It is hoped.
The building Of these lines viii have
a wide bearing on transportation in
Central America. and even the United
states. Mexico mi the United states
will undoubtedly he affected to the *
tent that most Of the freight and pas
sengers for McXico and the freight 10.
Europe, via the Tehduntcpec National
railway across the isthmus of Tehaun-
terec, will then come by rail to Gam
boa, northern terminus of the PAN
railway. and there be trans
ferrod to tho -TehaunteDcc National
railways and carried on eros the
isthmus to the gulf port Of Puerto
Mexico (Coatzacoalcos). This will not
so much affect the Tehauntepec rail- |
WAY rs Il win the port Of Salina Cruz
the Pacific 81 h. - the isthmus, |
now receives most of the en-
trail American cargos Gamboa, OAK
AGA. Is situated As kilometers up The
line OF the T%chauntcpcc route from
cruz ana viii surely be sonlc
day TO Guatemala what III Paso $ TO
Mexico. should the ideas of Hartman
be realized.
There is no doubt that ultimately
he line viii extend as far as Panama
tho next generation may be able
o travel from the extreme northern
o the extreme southern points of the
ointment. While little is being done
n Brazil to make this possible, rail-
cad building activities I'm Peru and
hill are encouraging enough to justi-
y the holding Of such a view. Thou
OF miles OF railroads are already
n existence and while there are many
gaps 90 be filled before the Pan
american railway can be fait accompli
{ is cstte 90 assumc hat M Alaska-to-
Patagonia railroad will be in operation
before many years have passed. In
fcw wears IL viii bc merely a mat
er of connecting the railroad systems
thc Pacific slope of the entire
ointment in the same name as is
done in the we instances named
hove. while at present little Is being
lone by Columbia and Ecuador in rail
Dad building great steps in that di-
ection are anticipated by reason OF
he fact that the Panama canal will
ring these two countries into closer
ouch with the markets of the world.
u this respect the Pan-American sys-
nm Is far better OF than the Cape
a-Cairo railroad now building in Al
lea; this for the reason that 1t would
e an economic necessity and self
Importing. a statement that cannot
e. made relative to the African en-