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INTERNATJOc
AL AMF.RICAN
CONFERENf'E.
1G5
Lucia,
40
lllil,·s, in
1~72,
:wtl to
tl1P prN;cnt Lf'nr1inn,; in
1•;7~).
J>drnflion
lo north
b¡tnk
of Rio Negro, 41 miks, opcnoü Jnly,
ldb:í.
T!Jc
Go\'<'l'llllH'IlÍ
ha~;
granie1l
a
pcr–
petnal succeHs!on, with
a g"llaranty
or
$:3,fJ00
pcr mi
k
at
tac.:hing,
a.
''a
eh
separate
section is oponed. This compauy o¡H'rates tbc liue of tho Urngnay Central
:wd
lfy–
gueritas Railway Company, cxtenrling frolll thcjnnction with thc Central Urngnay
at Juan Cbaso to S:tn José, 20 miles. The total authorized longth of the lattcr lino
i8
146
miles, Sa,uta Lucia to Hygncritas, thc Govermn ' nt abo gnarantying a
11et
revenuc of7 per ceut. on 1:10,00(1 ponnds per milc (ahont :;:,sO,OOO).
Central Untgnay Nort!tern E:rtension Coutpany,
regil:ltercd in London, Üt.;tober, 27,
1 8t:i,
to acqnire a
conces~ion
from thc Urug nayan Government for a line forming an
e:xtensiou of the sy tew of the Ccntr:ll Urngnay Railw:ty Compa11 ·, of Montevideo,
to the Brazi lían frontier, a üi,;tancc of
auout
2Ho
kilornetcrs (
17!)
mileR).
Northeastl·rn
J:ailway.-Projectell frorn :Montevideo 1oArtigas (on
tho
Brazilian front–
ier) ; cowplete<l to l\linas, 74 miles. The sectiou toPan lo, 18 miles, was cowpletm1 in
1
':3.
N01·thwestern Railway.- From
Saltoto S:1ntn.Rosaand tu e Brazilian frontier, 111miles,
witu a branch from Isla
de
Cabello toSan Eugenio, 70 miles.
l\lain liuei compll'tcd
and countlcts at its nortbern termiuns witll the Braz iliau Great Sonthern Railroad
from Urngu:tyaua. Tlle
T
ruguay ro¡Hl runs parallel to that from Concordia to Ceiba
iu Argeutiue.
Midlcwd
uruguay
Railway
rompetn!¡.-Proj.:!ctcc11ine of road from Paso de lo Toros
to
Salto, 174 milc ·. Registered in Lon<lon utHler tho Compauies act, July
2,
18- 7, to
acquire a concession grauted by
tht~
Uüvermneut of Uruguay. Undf'r thiH coucession
tlle Goverume:at guarauties, for
a,
pel'iod
of for ty
years, com:tlcnci ng frotn the opening
of each section of
;:,o
kilometers,
7
ver ceut. per anuum on a capital stock of 1:5,000
pcr kilom •ter.
Northern Railu·ay ancl Tramway Compctny.-Montevideo
to Santa Lucia, has 25 miles
in operatiou.
PARAGUAY.
Tlte railway frmn Asnncion to Paragnari,
~t
<li,.buce of 45.2 mile
(72 kilometers
417
lJ!f'ter~>),
tbe tin;T line constrneted in l:;onth A1ueriea, was bnilt for Lopez during
the year, 1H61-'ti'!
by
theEnglishm"!n Bnrrell, Valpy, :l.tHl
Thtnnp;;on,
with a force of
6,000
soldiers detailerl for the pur¡JOI:le.
lt
re
·teü at Paraguan uutil recently, tlle war
baving stopped it midwa.v on its conr e to Villa Rica, th>: proposed terminus. After
maoy vici10sitndes the building of the roaJ
has
been r esumell , anll the ne-..v sta.tion,
General Escobar, 11.20 mil
e
(18
kilometers,
f10
meters) bcy
ond Paragnari, was opened
last •'epte:nher.
"\Vork on the roa<l-ued is being pnslle.t,
a.nda
fine bridge across
Tebicuari of2GO metf'rs
is
in process of eonstrnction.
lt
is
e.xpect
d
that it will be
complete(] to Villa Rica t1uring the coming year, a di tauce from
A
nucion
of
91.4
miles (147 kilometers.
2
4::2 we tcrs) .A
couces ion to fnrtber extend the railway to
~ncarnacion,
on the Pa
,ra.na Ri-.er,has beeu granted to certaiu parties, \Yho are now
m
Loutlon negotiating
its sa le.Tmins rnn rlaily froru .A.suncion to Escobar aml return, leaving the former a.t
6
o'clock: a .
m.,
arri,ing at E.·cobar at 1:t; leaving
E
cohar (returnin<r) at 1 p.
m .,
and
arri\' ing at
A .
nncion at
6
p . m.
Tbe oltl track to Paragnari has receutly been
thoroughly overhauletl.
:rew lJridges and cnlvert have been bnilt. There are four
classes of cars. The first-cla
coaches, of
Bt>lgüm
make, are beautiful carriage ,
as
fine in n.ppearancA as the best .American coaches, and perhaps more ornate
in
their
appointmeuts. Tbe second and third class coache · are plain, comfortable carriages.
The fonrth cla s are sin1ple trucks without sears, but are very cheap
and
certainly
a
great convenience to tbe poor
Paraguayan~,
mainly women, who patronizeit. First–
class fare, abont
4~ cent~;~.
The railwa.y tra-ver es
n.
\ery picturesque region. The orange and palm groves of
Luque, tbe supero lake of lpacarai, stt·etcbing ont to the
foot
of tbe Cordillera ; the
peak of Ita.gua, the valley of the Piraytl, tbe Cerro Batovi, and the bold heigbts
about Paraguari form a pleasing lamLcape of con illerable variety. Tbe section
now being extended to Villa Rica will pass over
a
still more cbarming conntry.
The number of pa ' engers carried last year amounted to 257,6:-:l
; amount
of
traffic,
161,550.
In
1
1 the total number of J)assengers amonnted to 81, 07; total a.mount
of
traffic,
$62,207.
The
pa.ssengers and tra.ffic
return
for
1 7 show
a
considerable