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lNTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE.

141

CHILI.

This country, consisting of tbe torritory betweeu the mountains and the Pacific

coast from Peru southward for auout 1, 00 miles, has been woll covered by rai1ways,

a.Ufl wa the first of Bonth American countries to buil<l tllem, having opened the one

from Caldera to Copiapo

in

Jauuar,y,

18:>:t.

The tirst nülways were built from the

sca-coa:st towards the interior, aULl afterwanls e:stemled iu all directions nntil the

couutry is united throughout. Tllis is strictly true for the soutLem part, and

i11

t!Je

north a railway is projected which will give alruost nnbrokeu comtuunication

throughout the entire State. Two trausandine lines are uuder construction antl will

be tiuishetl at au early üay, one from Valparaiso, across tlle Uspallata PaRs atan ele–

vation of 10,600 feet, witb a tunuel seveml miles iu lengtb, to Mendoza aml thence to

Buenos Ayres, l:í70 miles, the other from Znmbel in Chili to Babia Blanca. To these

might be adued the Antofogasta line, which will soon be complete<.l to Huanchaca in

Bolivia, where it will join t!J.e liue nnder con ·truction from Bnenos Ayres, thus form–

ing_a transcontinental line. Anoti.Jer hat: abo been spoken of from San Antonio on

the Copiapo Railway, crossing

the

Andes at

27

degrees south longitude, following

tbe

Jorquera, Turbes, and Cachelos Rivers, cncling at Pucba Puclta on tbe Argentino

froutier, and another frum Conception to Buenos

Ayn~s.

On the line now being constructed, t!Je grade in sorne portions is

422

feet per mi1e,

to overcome whicb the Abt rack-raíl system is to be usell.

Atable is given

in

the report of the tlelegate from Chili, frorn which

I

extract tlte

following:

Lines oj1·ail1'oacl built and owned

by

the state.

Tcrmini

Kilo–

meters.

1 7

1515

2i0. 9

187.5

45

39

73

72

~2

75

42

Avera"e

cost p;r

kilometer.

Gold.

$69, 781

3? 171

2;: 412

26,436

22,783

9,

820

28,

OíO

55, 98"2

2R,

070

55,982

5, '-12

The total receipts for

1887

were

~6,349,621.20

aml the expenses

54,197,250.66,

leav–

ing

a

olear gain of $2,152,370.64.

Of prívate lines tlJere are quito a number,

a~gregatiug

1,000 mile , and tbe Congre. s

has recently approved a contract maclo by tbe execntive with l\lr. Newton B. Lord for

the construction of ten lines, aggregating 608. 4 miles, the total cost of whicb will

be about 17,500,000, the average cost per mile being €2 ,700, more orle . I have

found a description of these in the Engineering News wbich ia liere gi ven in fnll:

THE NORTH Alffi SOUTII

A.1EIUCA~ CO~STRUCTION CO~IPA..."'l'Y

IN ClllLI•

. Ths roads which are to be constructecl by the North and ...;outh American Cou truc–

tiOu Company are

briet~y

ana.lyzeü a follows, be riuniug

a.t

the uwst

uorth~rly

one

t

bhy Uol.

~-

J::I.

Lockett, who wa:; oueoftbe rer rcsentativill! of the syndicate in secnring

e conceaswn.

tb(l) Road from Hua.sco to Vallmar, 1-meter

gan~e,

50 kilometors

Ion~: .

etnrt. at

e port of Huascb, a village of abotLt 1,000 iuhabitauts, Jying ou a blulf uear the