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Show ., Important South American Line. B The railway across tho Andes, bo- t fin tween Chile and tho Argontlno Repub j. He, which was projected twenty years j8J ago, is at last to bo completed, the II n Chilean Congress having recently Iw passed tho bill for tho purpose. Tho tig loftiest part of tho pass, which lies not far south of tho great Andean W giant, Aconcagua, and which has an m olevatlon of 13.000 feet, Is to bo pene- M trated by a tunnol. which will servo , f-l4v both to avoid snowdrifts and to do- j crease tho maximum olovntlon of the ; road. Tho terminals of the railway if on each side of tho pass aro now with S In ono day's travel by mulo caravan K from ono another. This will bo the first rail lino across tho South Amerl- K can continent. W |