Show Colum columbian bias railroads EaU roada WASHING TOS march ai the dopart department part ment of state baa has received from t the he united states minister mi at borota bogota at an I 1 interesting statement concerning the railways of 0 columbia in which he days this country la Is among the most moat mountainous in the world As a result all communication is and always has been most difficult diffie olt and empens expensive ve nearly all freight must be transported trane ported by mules as soon aa as it leaves the great rivers the people here realize their caused by tho the tedious methods now employed and with a commendable spirit of progress have made numerous contracts with various fore foreign I 1 ga companies for the construction of roads for one reabon or another the contracts have not been productive ol 01 creat great results eo that to today day there are only nine railroads in the country aggregating in length 2 kilometers and two of these covering forty two kilo haz me meters tere were built by native companies columbia he says baa has no system of railroad railroads but only isolated short lines the need of more and better instructed and better managed roads is keenly felt this situation has induced the last congress to grant several conces concessions eions to 0 o foreign companies for the construction of new roads |