Show developing SOUTH AMERICA railroad building 1 taking on great activity in south america last week seven locomotives and three trains of freight and passenger cara were shipped on a leaving ew york tor chill the purchasers giving the order to american firms after inviting bids from all europe in with the american manufacturers the extent of the new and completed work in ithe railroad line in south america la stated by an authority as follows chill has 2661 miles of railroad in her own territory and has recently completed her part of a railway over the andes connecting the chilian railway system with ithac of the argentine republic the latter has nearly alloa of railway in operation a part of which was built having in mind the great trunk line road which Is to extend from buenos ayres nath ward through bolivia ecuador colombia central america and mexico to connect with abo railway systems of the united states the recently completed railroad across the andes is important por tant regarded from the standpoint of the present or the future brazil has about miles of railway completed about more under construction and miles surveyed in addition projects are on toot railways miles in extent bolivia has only about miles of railway connecting with the railway system of chill colombia has about miles of railway her main line forming an important link in the railway that Is to extend southward to buenos ayres these railways are but the beginning of great railway development in south america when a great demot railroads extends from our southwestern border to the heart of south america there will be a movement of population irom our southern states to the thinly settled sections of that rich and extensive country now held by the latin races and wonderful changes may be expected when american methods and energy are applied to the great natural resources another elixir of life has been discovered this time it Is common salt chicago chemists claim that the heart beats are not caused by the blood in that organ but are produced by salt perhaps that is why the bable in high praise refers to an individual as the salt of the earth |