Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1917 — Nicaragua Getting Up-to-Date. [ARTICLE]

Nicaragua Getting Up-to-Date.

Work has been commenced bn an automobile road to connect Bluefields with the rest of the Republic of Nicaragua, at an estimated cost of $120,000 gold; according to "Centro-America.” A new line of tramways is proposed for the capital. An ice factory has been established at Leon, another is being constructed at Matagalpha, and a soap factory is being installed In Boaco. Four, new elementary schools have been established in the capital; a school of arts and trades in Granada and a. private school for young women in Matagalpa.