The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-10

continent. The fare from Santiago
TO Buenos Aires is Sos, with a very
small allowance for baggage. This JIG
more thar three times as much as the
cost of the trip from New York to
Chicago.
Another transcontinental railroad
hat will soon be completed will con-
meet the port Of A~ntofagasta with
BuenoS Aires. This is an extension
OF a branch of the Antofagasta-Boli-
via railway. | nave already described
my journey over it from Bolivia to the
sea. The transcontinental extension
leaves the main line at Uyuni. where
it has an altitude Of about IL. 800 feet.
ana thence passes through a rich
mineral district, crossing Bolivia to
the frontier, at La Quiaca, where it
will connect with the great railway
system OF Argentina. The road has
already been constructed to Tupiza.
and within less than a year it should
be connected with the Argentine sys-
tenn. The distance between the two
points is now only siXty-Six miles. This
road will never be a general passen-
ger line across South America. The
distance is too great. It will, however,
be the short cut from the Pacific
gentine Republic, and Will be Boil
Was outlet to the Atlantic.
Chile has plans and surveys al
ready made for several very import
ant transcontinental railways out
Of the present line from Valparaiso tC
Buenos Aires. Some of them viii
have their terminal at Bahai Blanca
the Argentine port or the Atlantic
ocean, a days ride south OF Buenos
Aires, and one will connect Talca.
huano. the great commercial an(
naval station near Conception will
that port. This road will Q Chill
from Conception to Antuco, ant
thence go on into The Argentine
where it will connect with the roads
which have their terminal in Pahi:
Blanca.
This ~transandine road viii he abou
2ch miles shorter than the road nov
in operation between Valparaiso an
] BuenOs Aires, via Juneau. It will b
easier of construction and will eros
5 the Andes through a tunnel, Whicl
will be less tina a mile in length
! The government has already granite
a subsidy OF 1000, 600, TO I've paid a
: the rate OF $4,000 per kilo,neter, as
is opened to traffic, until s60o,00
= have been paid, the remaining $500,
t 600 to be held until the line has bee
joined up to the Argentine system
T Some Of this line is already in Oper
ton, and it is steadily ~proceedin;
The Argentine section is being al
: ranged for. Another road to Bahi
G Blanca which has already bean dc
s cideG upon will have A length Of IS
miles. This will go via DOnQuimai.
Between these southern tr1nsc1
g mental roads and the t~rdnSandin
y read now in use, several ROADS I
n BuenOs Aires are being considere
e and surveyed. One Of these frol
Valparaiso, via Maipo. is about 100
miles long. Another from the POI
l. Of San Antonio to Buenos Aires IS g
y miles, and a third from the port {
5 Lico, still further south to Buent
i Aires, is 1888 miles long. In add
n ton to these there are three otheI
l. planned to go through the Colorao
r route, which wOuld connect the
Is with the port OF Constitution. The
J. roads are each about 1000 mil,
l. long.
- One reason for the anxiety tn.
: Chile has for more tr~anscontinent
n routes is the fear that the Panan
canal will reduce the shipping V
m the Strait of Magellan. Many OF Il
IS ships that now come through Il
: straits Will pass through the canal az
Is down the west coast Of Chile. and Il
country will not have as good facil
n ties by the straits as it has now. TT
Ms new roads will bring the country in