Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

Great Progress Made on Inter-Conti-nental Through Railway. Slowly but surely for a long time the iron bands that will make possible a journey by rail from Manitoba to Buenos Ayres are being lengthened out. Reports made at a recent meeting of the PanAmerican Railway committee, held in Washington, D. C., show that in the past year there has been unusual activity in railway construction in the Latin-Amer-ican countries, particularly in the way of addition;) 1 links in tlie iuter-conf i neutal trunk line. An official statement from the Mexican government announces that the line from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the border of Guatemala frontier is duly proceeding. In Central America several interoceanic lines are being completed so as to form through connection. The extension of the Argentina railway north into Bolivia is going forward. The Bolivian congress has dedicated the $lO.000.000 received from Brazil as territorial indemnity to railway construction. It is probable that these lines will be built by American capitalists, and United States engineers are now on the ground. In Chili the tunnel through the Andes, which will provide through railway communication from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, is under construction and the material goes from the Unite.l States. Peru is following the law of tho Peruvian congress last year, providing a railway guaranty fund. Tho government lias completed surveys for the lines, which will close several of the links between Lake Titcaca and the existing systems. In Ecuador work on the railway from Guayaquil to Quito is proceeding.