Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — TO OPEN UP RICH COUNTRY [ARTICLE]

TO OPEN UP RICH COUNTRY

New Connecting Line in Montevideo Will Cars for Traffic of Important River Cities. The American minister at Montevideo reports that work has just been started on a connecting 35-mile line of the Midland Railroad company from Tree Arboles to Piedra Sola, in the department of Tucuarembo, the contract announcement of which appears In Daily Consular and Trade Reports for January 12, 1912. The constructor Is Engineer Juan Storm, a well-kijown railroad builder. He is working a force of 600 men and expects to have the new line ready for operation in about a year. The 91-mile line from Fray Bentos to Algorta, finished last year, was also built by Storm. The new line, although comparatively short, is of great importance, especially to the river cities of Fray Bentos and Paysandu, as it will give d fairly straight through line to the border city of Rivera, the northernmost point of the department of Rivera. Paysandu, with upward of 20,000 inhabitants, is probably the greatest live stock center of Uruguay. Fray Bentos, the capital of the department of Rio Negro, 1b a city of seme 8,000 people. It has been made a port of entry, which will add greatly to its importance as a distributing point