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El Salvador (El Salvador) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
ork City to Buenos Ayres, the railway would be 10,221 miles long, and to finish and equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4
South River, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
Railway, the Intercontinental Or three Americas.—One of the important results of the international American conference, held in Washington in 1889-90, was its recommendation that an international commission be created to ascertain the feasibility, the cost, and the available location for a railroad connecting the countries of South and Central America with Mexico and the United States. This recommendation was cordially endorsed by Secretary Blaine in submitting the report to President Harrison, who transmitted it to Congress, asking that an appropriation be made to commence the surveys. In the same act which authorized the establishment of the bureau of the American republics—the diplomatic and consular appropriation act of July 14, 1890—the Intercontinental Railway Commission was created. In this act it was provided that three commissioners on the part of the A Railroad train of the twentieth century. United States should be appointed by the President, with the advice and<
Costa Rica (Sonora, Mexico) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
ork City to Buenos Ayres, the railway would be 10,221 miles long, and to finish and equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4
Colombia (Nuevo Leon, Mexico) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
cs were represented on the commission. The report issued in March, 1899 (4 volumes), is accompanied with four sets of maps and profiles, exhibiting the surveys and examination of the country that were made from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in South America. An estimate is given of the cost for grading, masonry, and bridges of that portion of the line, which must be constructed to complete the connections, which amount to $174,290,271.84. As surveyed (1899led: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4
Bolivia (Bolivia) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
rk City to Buenos Ayres, the railway would be 10,221 miles long, and to finish and equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4
Buenos Ayres (Arizona, United States) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
ission. The report issued in March, 1899 (4 volumes), is accompanied with four sets of maps and profiles, exhibiting the surveys and examination of the country that were made from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in South America. An estimate is given of the cost for grading, masonry, and bridges of that portion of the line, which must be constructed to complete the connections, which amount to $174,290,271.84. As surveyed (1899), from New York City to Buenos Ayres, the railway would be 10,221 miles long, and to finish and equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries.
South America (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
maps and profiles, exhibiting the surveys and examination of the country that were made from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in South America. An estimate is given of the cost for grading, masonry, and bridges of that portion of the line, which must be constructed to complete the connections, whicd equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, w Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4,769 5,444 ——
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
commission be created to ascertain the feasibility, the cost, and the available location for a railroad connecting the countries of South and Central America with Mexico and the United States. This recommendation was cordially endorsed by Secretary Blaine in submitting the report to President Harrison, who transmitted it to Congrt issued in March, 1899 (4 volumes), is accompanied with four sets of maps and profiles, exhibiting the surveys and examination of the country that were made from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in South America. An estimate is given of the cost for grading, masonry, and bridges of that portion ofad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209
Guatemala (Guatemala) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
rk City to Buenos Ayres, the railway would be 10,221 miles long, and to finish and equip it would cost at least $200,000,000. This length and cost would also be increased when the line is extended through Patagonia to the southern limits of South America. Complete surveys prove that a practical route can be had, and the road built in a reasonable time. The route of this road can be traced on a railroad map, while the following table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 169 San Salvador 64 166 230 Honduras 71 71 Nicaragua 103 106 209 Costa Rica 360 360 ————————— Total in Central America 210 829 1,039 Colombia 1,3541,354 Ecuador 658 658 Peru 151 1,633 1,784 Bolivia 195 392 587 Argentina 936 125 1,061 ————————— Total in South America 1,282 4
United States (United States) (search for this): entry railway-the-intercontinental
, and the available location for a railroad connecting the countries of South and Central America with Mexico and the United States. This recommendation was cordially endorsed by Secretary Blaine in submitting the report to President Harrison, who n this act it was provided that three commissioners on the part of the A Railroad train of the twentieth century. United States should be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who were to act with representativesn organized Dec. 4, 1890, and at once set about equipping surveying parties to make a topographical examination. The United States representatives on the commission were practical railroad men—A. J. Cassatt, Henry G. Davis, and R. C. Kerens, and elollowing table shows the distances, the miles built, and the gaps to be filled: Countries. Built. Proposed.Total. United States 2,0942,094 Mexico 1,1834611,644 ————————— Total in North America 3,277 461 3,738 Guatemala 43 126 16
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