RAILWAY ACROSS THE ANDES.
A BRITISH CONTRACT. [Press Association. — Coptbight.] (Received April 8, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, Wednesday. Tho firm of Sir John Jackwm, Ltd., has secured a contract for the AricaLopez railway across the Andes, cos'.« ing. £3,000,000. - . The railway crosses the Andes at an altitude of 12,000 feet. Sir .John Jackson expects to finish it in four years. A German firm, backed by the Deutsche" Bank, competed for the contract; bnt the English tender was four per cent. lower. ,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 8 April 1909, Page 3
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80RAILWAY ACROSS THE ANDES. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 8 April 1909, Page 3
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