Show THE I 1 ROAD ofin of an earl early Conn Conat dion tiou by rail lail feitli ill lAm cica specia S F chron chronic felt le service CITY OF MEXICO may ally 2 the de e eire ire of the pan american congress for a great international rail rad ii line to connect north and south aleica ame acs ics seems in fair way 0 of realization the r south from pue puebla b a na M aico xico to tehuantepec then from guatemala frontier through through the republic to san salvador and nicaragua as far aa as amia ria ri a have been com completed plated by U S isaim ishman A 17 1 american engineer who located t the aguar railroad in this republic the proposed international roul through guatemala will be via the pacific elope slope cutting the guatemala and san sal joee jose and Re and port cham Charn perico roads a rinh right angles in san salvador the aca butla railroad will be aror crossed seed mr air laham isham says the physical physics I 1 difficulties t ime to be overe ore ira DO no more than those of an ordinary roid in any mountainous courtr country I 1 a recommends the building W of a three thre threefoot w foot or a 0 narrow gauge line sou south th from oaxaca to correspond with the narrow gauge system in 31 mexico exico in costa kici rica the road most necessarily ba be taken over the eastern tern elope I 1 10 it offering leas less difficulties to arx reach the isthmus and connections with the south american system the company pushing the bance san e is english and has secured concessions ces in several states in central america through which the road is to pass its operations have been kept quiet and it has only been learned ahat the engineers have been in the field in central america through my interview with I 1 ham who describes the country to be rich along the line of the projected road |