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INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN UONFEREr UE.

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San Rafael lo

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.J¡¡fio.-Plan~

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ron·d

.Jnly.

Santi¿ Row Hailu;ay

(CouePption del Tio).-Tlw plans aud surveys of this line,

105.4 miles long, were approvecl on tilo 7th of Novembcr last.

Snnta Rosa and Oran Haill('ay.-Tlte

snrveys were begun auü the guaranty re•luced

to 5 per ccut., on a kilomete1· cost of 8:37,000 in gold

($5~,678

per mi le).

'1inogasta ancl An<ialg¡lla Railway.-All

tbe plans were approyeJ. The line enjoys a

guaranty for t,wcnty years.

Villa Mercedes and Bioja Bailway.-Tuc

contractwas approve<l íu February. Tbe

total cost of thc linc was

~;et

down at :$1:3,8:37,500 golu; the length of the line being

381.3 miles.

nlla

ll1u·ri1t an¡l Rufiuo

Rltiltray.-Projecteü from Vilb Maria, ou the Central Argen–

tino Rail way, to Rnfino, ou tbe Bueuos Ay res aull Pacific, a

dit:~tauce,

Yia Villa Nueva

:1lJd Carlota, oí' about 1-!

0.ií

miles. Thc concession was obtainetl froru thc Natioual

Government. The \YOrks were begun in July, the line being di vided into two sectious,

viz: From Villa

~Ltria

t.o kilometer 109, aml from there to Rufino. On the 30th of

September tbe earthworks had reacbe1l kilometer :30 and tbe r:tils kilometer S.

Trestern ancl Centml

Colonie.~

oj Santa

Fé.-Lines in progress, San Carlos (N. C. Ext.

Co.) to Galoez (B. A.

ttnll

R. Ry.), :!17 miles; Gessler Colony to Corouclo,

l S.G

miles;

Pilas ('.C. Ry.) soutbwest to

honutla.ry

of Cordoha, 52.7 miles; Hnmholut (N. C.

Ry.)

northerly 19.6 milts. Tlw lines

:.~.re

bcing lmilt by the proviucial govemment of

Santa Fé,

a.nd

it was expecteü tbat tbey woulü he opene<.l üuring tltc latter part of

TVestel'n Raihray oj'

Rueno.~

Ayres,

from Buenos Ayres to 9 de Jnlio, 162.4 miles; Ln–

gan via Pergamino to Jnu in, 155.!3 miles; "Merlo to Lobos an<.l Saladi !lo,

U:J.6

miles; La

Plata via Temperley to

~Ioron,

47.1 wilcs; La

Pla.ta

to Ferrari, 24.2 miles; Perga–

mino to San NicbolaR, 45.\J miles; Temperley to Ca,nuel::ts,

2U.l

miles, anu several

small brauches aggregating

19.ti

miles, or 57-!.7 miles in al!. There are projectecl :

9 de Jnlio to Los Mellizos, Saladillo to Ah·ear, aecoiHl track 28.5 miles, and other

track 74.4 miles- a granü total of 677.66 miles. The coustruction of tbe road was be–

guu in 1853 by the provincial goYerurnent of Bnenos Ayres. Gauge, 5 feet 5 inches.

Western Railwrty of Sauta

Fé. - Projcctetl to rnn from Rosario toSan José de

Es–

quina, 110 miles, aud from Candelaria to .Meliucue, 80 mil3s.

is completed from

Rosario to Candelaria, 40 miles.

The engineer clepartment of tbe Government drew up plans for the following:

Santa Rosa via Majotoro to Salta, Salta to Cabra Corrol, San Juan to· Jachal, Chum–

bicba to Tinogasta ancl Andalgala.

All tbat relates to the Argentiue raílways is under tbe supervision of the depart–

ment of civil engineers, an important aud ably managed n ational bureau which

employs ninty-cight civil engiueers.

There continnes to be

frreat movernent throughout the Argentino Repub1ic in the

con~truction

of railways. So great are the nnmber of new concessions grauted by the

nat10nal congress and by the clifiercnt pr ovinciallegislatures that I find

impos ible

n~me

them al!. Up to the meeting of tlle la-st congress there were national con–

ces 1ons for seventeen different Jine , of which tbirteen enjoy the gnaranty of the

Gov~!'lln~ent.

The e gnarantied line representa total length of 7,961 kilometers

(4,91.<> rmles), aud tbe aggregate length of the otber lines, 1,272 kilometers (795 miles),

makmg a total of 5,770 miles. Among 1bem are the followiug, viz: The Chaco and.

Tarta¡r_al Railway, tlle Reconqui ta aml Formosa (Chaco) Railway, the Babia Blanca

aud Villa Mercedes Raüway, tbe San Juan and Salta Railway, the Cbumbicba, Ti–

n?gasta and Andalgala Railway, tbe Goya and Monte Caseros R ailway, the Resisten–

Cia and Metan Railway, the San Cristobal and Tncuman Raílway, etc, A line from

San Juan to Cabra Corral, in Salta, is hei ng surveyed, a al o one from Mendoza to San

afa~l;

a.lRo the line from Cobos to Salta

Yia

Lagnuilla, and several others of less

prommence.

J.T

Tbe following roads are in the course of construction, to wit: The extensions ofthe

... T,ohrtber n Central, tbe road now being opened beyond Tucuman as far as Chilcas.

e branches from Dean Furnes to Chilecito, and from Chnmbicba to Catamarca

have the road.-beds completed and tbe track laying has commenced. Beyond Chilcas