The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

TINE r-Amer1c2n railway WIZ
soon he connected with me
= Guatemala System. Il sIreaoE
comes to the boundary % the Fepuohc
ana only twenty-hve or thirty n"ies
81 track yet 70 be laid 10 connect
1, uith the Guatemala Central which
comprises the lines running from here
to the port Of san Jose. on the Paeif''
ana those which cover the western
sioue Of this country. Indeed. travel
els can now 90 20 Mexico City BY iail
piacinc out the short break OF DAY
ride on mules Moreover. extensive
plans are under way TO extend the
Guatenzlan railway into salvador
and Costa Rica- and within compare
lively shoyt time we shah be able 10
reach the Panama Canal hy railway.
81 Train to GuS.sEaia.
n This way Guatemala city Is oniy
within about four Gays from Mexico
s.tty. " hen inc rreaA IL completed 81
All. 70 oa.y three days. and the ume
10 St Louis VIII ee less imam siA days
xhiIs thai to New o4-. wiz ne ths'
about one sseek. From GuaieIlAia
city 10 81. Louis the distance Is -
mics To New York - $ s.Sss 'l44es'
90 only aaoui 100 miles less man rom
Nev york 10 san F4dncisco. /. neeos
-
nfty miles 10 corneo, tne roads aei"
\. ith those 81 Salvador. and the IA.
seems TO 0e fas. coming when the
p.n-Anerican railway from New YORK
TO Buenos Aires viii be IN operation
The distance between these two polhS
bv raj Will bc only little over zen
thousand miles. ana Of lhis between
s,x ana seven Thousand miles have Al
,eady been baIt. Add 10 that Az eN-
.eusjo,, equal 70 ine distance hetween
hare and NeN FcTh. and Wc shan nave
this great iHtesconiDental l.i-"7!
With aevs-Gl hundred miles 20 spare.
Nev. Railroads 81 Central As'sestca'
Ever where 50 ~ C>-;ral America
haar fa.. reo0le talking 81 new rail
road. one q The U-oSec.s OF Panama
* to bai.G 4 line FROM Panama N3'S
20 the lowe O. David the la!GeS, p20e
IN the northern part OF that IepuouHc
Cnx+- Etca Will eventually " connect
% viii Panama. NiceTasu ana iip5
duras. ana Ire concessions for ;he eA-
tension Of thc f0Cs hcse nave RI ''i-9
bsen granted Botn the old and ue"
lines are practically owned b. Amer
irans ana from New York 10 FauaHl'.
The Indications are that the lines VII
be under American control The pses'-
dent o. the Pap-Americ2o extension
TO Guatemala IS NJ. y o. 1hoiNPsel'
who was formerly our minister l" McA-
leo. The railroads 80 Costa Nie7 ARE
owned h. the Keith So n-icatc and the
same is true Of the rai ROADS 'l ''."'
uaia. 81 OF the lines have oeen
manned bv Americans and built by
Americans. ana there viii o. ooably .'
one American company operating tn
whole.
From Ocean 4" ocean
Guatemala has now an intercoUu-
rental line from the Caribbean sea to
the pacific This is. with the eNcep-
ZION Of the Panama Railroad. winch Is
about forty miles long. and the Ie-
h,anteper Line. which is $50 miles
long the shortest Of all the roads
which connect the Atlantic and Pacihc
Oceans. Its total mileage Is less ina"
go. and It runs from Puerto BarTloS'
on the Caribbean sea, 70 Guatemala
City. on the top of the pass thence on
over the mountains and thence 10 -"
lose &c Guatemala. the port on the
Pacific. The distauce from bariloS
10 the capital is Ia miles. and from
here TO san Jose ii is just under sew
enty-fvc miles
REGULAR trains are running over
both these reads. ana when Secretary
Knox was here he crossed the contin-
ent that way. He was taken from one
ocean 10 The other on SPECIAL ears WIN
p;lot engines running along IN front II
forestaU any danger az accident. and
the unkiud say-to ne sure that 40
dynamite mines bad heen planted 80
blow 40 the t...tr The road was d.
coratcd for Tho ssion ana WAS 4H''
with palm h4-4eAcs flags and school
children professions from one end -
The other There We've bands at all or
the stations and when the cars passed
along the shores Of Lake Anti tan a
fleet Of conocs manned by Indians
went through certain manoeuvres IN
his honor.
The Guatemala Railway.
The road from Guatemala City 10 the
Atlantic is now largely owned by Min
or o Keith and other capitalists. sup
posed 70 be associated with the United
Truit Company. and am told that
they have made arrangements - a.
duirc the other roads of Guatemala
This is the Guatemala road which WIS
formerly called lie No-thcrp Railway.