155 / 236
INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CUN:FERENCg,
147
total, 825.5 milos. Second
tra.ck13.5 miles. Tliero are a1so non- linesuuuor constrnc–
tion- Sau Vicente toLas Flores, abont rl5milos; Las Flores to Tandil, al:lout -
9
miles;
Tres Arroyos to Babia Blanca, abont
112
mile. ;
Pi<,nó
to Trempte Lanqueu,
1:32
miles; Arbolito to rrecochcs, about93; iu all
511
milet=~.
The iirstsection of this roaü
wa
openecl Angnst,
1HG4.
Buenos dyres and Bahia Blanc(t.-Plans
for this lino mnsb be suumibted to the Gov–
emrucut before May,
1"91.
Bnenos .d.yres and Pac(fic Railway,
from l\1ercedes province of Bnenos Ayres, to Villa.
Mercedes, province of San Luis,
:371.4
miles from ;\fcrceües to
Buenos
Ayres, 54.6 miles,
or iu
all 4:t6
miles. Tbe coustructiun of tbis li
ne
was beguu iu May,
18
'3,
anü
opelled
from
Orilla.no:-~
to Villa Iercotles Marcll,
18clG,
::md frnm Mercedes to Buenos Ayres in
~I<Lrcb,
1888. Tl!i · line fcmus the mo ·t iwportaut link in the·tmnsam1iue liue, cou –
necting at Vil!a :\Ierccues witll tlle Antliue Rai
1
w
<ty
:wd at :Mere <le:; wítll tLe West–
ern of Buenos Ayres. This company has
a.
ganranty of
7
per cent. upon
a
capital
of
auont
$:20,000
a mi le.
Buenos Ayres ancl Rosario R(tilway (Temple concession).-The
snrveys wue begun
a1~d
will soon be completcd.
Bneno:: ,J.yres
aucl
Rosa1'io Railway.-Bnenos
A.yres to Snuchales, 341 Uiilc ·. An ex–
tensiou is nnder constn10tion from Snncha.les to Tucnrnau, ahout :)
;)
miles, aud rails
have ueen laid for a dist.ance of about 77.5 miles; part of the li11e was opcued in Sep–
tember, 18 9. In tllc second section of tbe line to Santiago ele! Estero the earth–
works were pusllcd forward with great actiYity. Branche, ha ve been anthorized
frorn Ga.lvez to .Monteros anü from Irogoyen to anta Fé, a total of al:lont 110 miles.
A
brauch fmm
S;tn
Lorenzo station to the river
bank
W<.ts
opoueü in August,
1 89.
Campana Raill('ay,
Pila, surveys havc l.>een coni}lhlted ami plaus will be pre ·ented
to the Government immediate1y.
Central A.rgentine Railll'ay,
Rosario to Cordoha, 246.6 mile , with urauches to
Ln~
Yerbas aud to Por¡ramiuo in course of coustrnction, 167.5 miles. The company opened
to
traffic in J nly the iirst sectiou from Cauada de Gomez toLas Rosas, and the secoud
ection froru Las Ro as to El Treval
is
also ready for service. The other sectiou from
Canaua de Gomez will be reatly for public service
in
January. The main line was
opened in
1
~70,
its total co.' t being about
$9,000,000.
The concession for
~L
road from Rosario to Pezzano has receutly been tmnsferred
to this company, the plans having previously l.Jeen a.pproyed by tlle Government.
Chi_lecito anil Mejicano
Railway.- The
plans were approved
iu
Jnne.
C01·doba and Northwestern.- Road
authorized from Corrloba to Crns del Eje,
100
miles.
It
has
a
subsidy of
$35,500
per
mi
le. The property
i,
to be exempt from tax:–
ation, anrl at the end of fifty
yea.rsafter the completion of the work it is to revert to
the Governruent.
Cordoba Soutluwn Railway, Santa
Fé.-The new plans and the contract for construc–
tiou baYe been approved l.>,r the Governmeut.
Cordoba Central Rctilway.- Company
was registered in August,
1 '37,
to acqnire a
concession granted by the provincial government of Cot·doba. The line
is
projected
from city of Cordoua to a junction with the Western anü Central Colonies Railway
of anta Fé,
13~~
mile .
East
A1·gentine Railwlty.- Concordia,
to
~fonte
Caseros, 96 miles, Monte Ca eros to
Ceibo Creek, 3 miles. This line follows the we
t
l:lank of the Uruguay River, and was
openecl to Ceibo Creek in 1 O. The conces ion was (rTanted in
r
69. From Ceibo
Creek thís company rnns steamers to Urnguayana, Bra.zil.
.
Entre
Rios
Central
Railway,
from Paranato Uruguay,
1 6
miles, traversing the en–
tire proviuce. T he fi.rst ·ection of the line to Nogoya, 77.5 miles,
\~vasto
be opened in
1 6 aucl the remainder tlle IollowinO' year.
First Entre-riano Raii'road,
Gnaleguaychn to Puerto Ecllagne,
6.2
miles. Owned by
the proviuce of Entre Rios
1
and
bailt
in 1 '7 , at a
co
t
of ,"'153
7
.~9,