Show 1 the narrow neck of country I 1 ling ing be f tween cen lh the rl bero sod and tout sout heru con can 0 of america 13 is a decided obtrude obi trac tion to the free flair of modern commerce and the brains of tho the best engineers boc mccra in 10 tho the world are perplexed with the problem of how to remove it no leas eba thao than seventeen different routes for ship canals to effect this object have been led within tho the pnat half century cen cea tury and tho 0 labors labom of gurve yora aro are not yet near ncr complete coin ill to to settle de finitely tho the feasibility or of tho the reverse of blackwater black slack water navigation from ocean to ocean an meanwhile railway enterprise I 1 Is to transport from at side d e to side of tho the Lilb roian region and a company in m is now soliciting capital to build budd a railway radway through honduras to deflect this ibis iho iian I ian has been elaborated aud tho lie mado by mr james Brno lel ti ami eminent CITA niter who pr P a track tracel mado made up of six parallel parale nils and baling a of 25 the cara to ruo on thu this colo colossal sital road are arc to bo be large lare cg enough h to carry a ship AID weighing ladeo bow tons ansh and baring a of feet L E re aali one will have wheels wheel and will weigh of tons to ID get gel ile he ships from rom tho the water into or rather upon tho the cars hydraulic lifts hata similar Biru ilar to those used in graving docks will be bc employed X rom avo to too ten locomotives will be inquired fur for each loaded car and in order to enable them to travel up heavy grade gradce recourse will be had to the ibo old aid dovico dovice of toothed wheels on the engines working toothed B up rails provided to the track As crest strength inthe in ibo track will be required tho the six Bix ratio raila of the track proper will need to bo be of iron weighing uhl pounds to the yard As aa ever everything y t ling bite else is in lilo like proportion it il 6 u 11 dot 1 drifting ing tint that seventy five millions of f dollars are to ho be called for to fot foot f ot tho the bills billa am american rican manufacturer |