Show NEW YORK TO BUENOS AYRES commissioner PEPPER MAKES A REPORT ON PROJECT OF IN TER continental RAILROAD washington march 13 charles M pepper appointed by president roosevelt as commissioner to carry out the recommendations of the second inter national american conference held in mexico two years ago with regard to the pan american railway has sent bis report to he state department by which it will bo transmitted to congress the second conference created a permanent commission with headquarters at washington of which H t Is chairman and andrew carnegie 9 a other anem bw r iba ambassador aroa mexico fici BOM PW nd guatemala pepper spent a year jn various countries and was aided in his work by the united states his inquiries covered the general subject ot trade opportunities that would result from railroad building the report bays that the general project of an intercontinental kno which ultimately will place new york and ayres in communication ta ng much encouragement at jent time about miles are iff and the estimated cost of construction st Is placed at this ay iy based on an aheras ot cents gold as a daily wage for labor with an efficiency of 75 per cent as compared with labor in the united states pepper cites cassea that have to aa vance OIB intercontinental project these include the progress at both ends as la simultaneous action by mexico on the north and the AT gentene republic on the couth to extend their railway lines the wetue ment of disputed boundaries and other question which heretofore havo caused the countries to ba to railways among themselves the laws passed by the chilean congress for the tunnel through the andes which will enable the long deferred railway connection between buenos ayre and valparaiso to bo made legislation by several republica with view of offering great inducements for foreign capital to engage in railway baet aud the lignite determination of the panama canal question which 1 expected to benefit both in the stability which will result from the influence of the united states on the isthmus in reviewing in detail the republic pepper discusses the great progress in mexico and the actual railway work that Is eti going on only miles are lacking to reach he border of guatemala flet arence also is made to the intercom merce line from he gulf of mexico to the pacific and t la stated that within two years two through trunk line systems will have been completed president diaz Is praised for the adults which hayft been bad from his railway policy regarding the central american republics the commissioner says that most of hem have now policier iea tor building lines to bring their atlantic and pacific ports into communication and for ha Pana malan route he states hat the for which frow 8 panama canal construct laft will encourage railroad throughout centra america and be suggests the probability of further facilities tor meeting the needs of international traffic the completion ot the guatemala extension ot the central railroad jn november has left only thirty allea open from the capital to the northern border and this section it la believed will be built within the near future importance Is given a contract closed in january for complying the northern railroad from guatemala city to el rancho this will insure a through rail route from the to the pacific and also will encourage enco ahe building of panama lines to tho border of salvador in describing he prospects ecta of nicaragua commissioner pepper calls at to the action of government n reviving coraier projects tor a rail route to tha atlantic a jooa aa it was definitely getrued that the caamal waa to be built acront panama instead of through nicaragua ra making the survey for what Is known M the atlantic route the government Is negotiating with new york and london capitalists for the of a national banac TWO are pushed much significance Is placed by corn pepper OB the payment of HO which bolivia receives from brazil aa an indemnity for the acre tract and which Is to be applied to all road the report in discussing the mineral resources of bo lac livla makes special mention of the act that bolivia Is the only country on the continent which has tin deposits in peru significance Is given to the railroad movement now in progress and to the investment of a united states syndicate in the copper mines of cerro de dasco and in collateral railway enterprises the working of the bituminous coal deposits is predicted full accounts are given of the various railroad enterprises in the countries and the concessions in force as well as the inducements to capital in the way of government guarantees and subsidies aa exemption af pf railway material from dugom and international taxation commissioner pepper comment dpn he attitude towards investment the growing stability of the oad their ability to carry out ino guarantees A special eleaer Is isaf bets ard it atre of t aaby eted t aba central america with steel rail aa breh a with rolling stock ten ft rally the report the adaptability p manufacturers ra in the united state i meeting the special needs of local con dillons and states the marked preference shown for locomotives and cara of american biake an analysis Js made of the unsatisfactory status of united states 0 south america and the figures are given of the belief that these can materially teri ally and be increased in the rivalry of great britain and germany the report states germany has made headway pepper says how ever that there is a reaction froia german cheap goods and the united states can compete with germany jn supplying the better grade for which the bemani now |