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INTERNA.TIO.N:á.L

A.MERWA~

UUNFERENCE.

from Coquirnbo to Ovalle, witll branch to Panulcillo,

76.:~

miles.

Tllis road was

opeuetl toLa · Canlas aml La

C~m[HLni<t

iu A11•rnst,

1:3fi·~.

Gaug-e 5 feet

iuches.

Elr¡ui Rai/way,

from 'erena to Eltpti,

-1-l..t

miles, opened in

B~M. G~tuge,

meter.

UsU<> tracks of Coc¡nillluo Railway t'rom Seroua to Cowpauia,

thiru rail having Lecu

laid fur Llmt pnrpO'>O l•úL wcen t.lwse points .

f-antqltl:te antl

J.Iuqueg1ut

Rail11•ay,

from Laraflt!Ote to

he coalmiue1:1 of QntlacÍJ<tml

and

Mottucgua,

;¿.t, :;

llliles.

~ft>jillune8

Del Sur

antl

Cerro Ooi'Cl,¡ J:cúlrotul,

from

~Iejilloncs

to Cerro Gordo,

1:::!

miles.

Palillo.~

Railway,

frutn Patillo:l to

Saliurera:~

Del Sttr, 57.7 miles, proj ectcd to Lagu–

nas, 10.5 miles fnrthér; total,{)

.:.!

ruiles.

Thi::;roaü

it~owned

by'" British corporation,

atHl was built in

1c:1n.

Gange, 2 feet 6 inchcs.

Pisagua

RaillL'lt!J,

from Pisagna to Tres .:\larias, 54.8 miles, with Lranchet.l to Agua

San a auü

Puutuncl.mm

antl ·i1liugs; total, 65.7 miles.

IrJlÚI.J.Ile

lútilway,

from

Ir¡ui(ple

to Tres

~Iarias,

G7.7

mile' ,

with branches to Vir–

ginia,

W.:2

miles; to Bouegas, witl.t sidiugs; in all,

120.3

miles.

'l'l.tis roau counects

with tbe Pisagua Railway. Both of

the~;e

liues were built auout twelve yoars ago,

by printte C<tpital, to dovclop thc nitrato mines. Guage, 2 fcet 6 iuches.

Taltal Rail1cay,

from T altal to El Refresco, 1 mile::;. Branch projer.tell to the

Arturo Prot mi11e1:1.

Si<liugs,

;~miles.

This roa<l is O\Yncü Ly

British compa11y, in–

cor porated in

188 t.

Constrnctiou was begun in DecemlJer, ltloO,

a.ud

the roau opeueu

October,

1/:í

'2.

Tongoy

Railway,

from Tougoy to Tamaya,

33.1

miles; Tongoy to tho &meltiug works

in Tougoy,

mi le; total

34.1

miles. Gauge,

fect

in ches. Tuis roaü was built in

1867, by a Chilian corporatiou estaLli:;hed iu ld65. Au extensiou from Cerrillos to

Ov;~,lle,

:20.5

miles, was projecteü anü has bcen surveyeú.

Tho Sonth American

Commit~sion,

in their rcport upou Chili, ¡;tate that tbe e:s:peri–

meut of goverumeutal managemeut of rail,\·ays has not beeu a ¡,;ucces. . They also

say that nearly all the railway supplies are obtaiued frorn tlle Uuited !:::\tates.

\V.

C. Qniuby r:!tateu, in the t e ·timony giveu before that Commission, tltat a roau

hau been surveyed from Colon to Bogota, theuce to Quito aud Cerro de Paseo, anu

down to Cuzco and Argeutine; that it was a prcliwinary survey, made probably from

the maps aud water-eourses. He thought it woulu never be built.

AMERICAN RAILWAY BUILDERS IN CHILI.

The most

in~erfl

tiug feature I havo to report on tl.Jis occasion, in counection with

U uited States afl'airs here, is

tite letting of a Governmout contmct for tho con–

st ruction of auont

1,0ulJ

kilurneters of rail way to an American yudicate.

he con–

t ract price is about l:3,:JOO,UOO, hut, unfortunately, the agreement ha:o; beeu seriou ly

afi'ected by a sudden auu unexpeetell arlyanco in tbe price of exchanrre on Loudon.

When the contract was sigued exchange rlnctuated betweeu :25d awl

~f:id;

b11t since

theu

has tonche<l

30d.

and is now tluctuat.ing betweeu

;¿ d

ancl

2Hd.

is e ti–

mated that au exchange of

;)Ud

wonltl cause a loss to the contractors of abont

$3,000,000,

ancl negotíations on au exebange ba. is tu proviue ag<•inst a CIHttingeucy,

ha ve been opene!l uetweeu the repros

enta

ti.ves of tlle syndicate and thc Governwent.

i nnderstoo•l that the Pro ·ident of

t.he

Repnblic

11:1

desirons of makincr etplitable

couce. iou ,

~ncl

if this matter can be

sat

isfactorily arrau¡.¡;e-rl thPre will

notbin~,

afrer the snpnlatcd

~ecurity

81,000,000

for the full il ment of the contract

depositNl in tbis country, t o hintler the coutractors froru comrnenciu"' operat.ions at

once. The rolling ·tock for the new linus

i:,

to be mostl,\- of

America~1

pattern, and,

t herefore, the probabiliües ar that this class ot' rnaterials

will

be mostly procnred

frorn the Uuit,d

tates.

Thi fact ancl these circnrnst<laces wonld seem to invite the attention anrl m::ter–

prise of onr unequaleü car builcler-;.

(Róport

Jallles

,V.

Rollleyo, U.

. Consul,

Va.lparai::m, Chili, Dccemuer

15,

ld::l '.)

CHILlAN LOCOMOTIVES.

I have referred incirlt·

:lta.lh·

to the builclin•r iu Cllili of cor t:tin

l0comoti

•·e engines

andca~forthe ~tat

ra.il

way -:

I had

lately

the <:>ati:;faction of

vit

~itiuga.nd

in. pecting

n noffielally, of course, the ex tensivo works of the contractors for t

he six l<>

<:omotives,