Rail to Buenos Ayres
A SOMEWHAT enlivening incident of the Pan-American commercial conJ ference at Washington some weeks ago t was a prediction by Mr Loomis, a former . assistant Secretary of State, that there I would bo a continuous line of railway ' communication from New York to Pan- * am a within five years and a statement u that he would be greatly surprised if it I was not continued to Buenos Ayres withi in 12 yeaits. The prediction is not so very cauriung ii, m accordance witn tiie statement oi Mr Loomis, it only requires , the construction of UAI miles of road ai a cost ox «t;o,ooO,ooo irom me nortntrn > uounoary oi uuateinaia to Panama, btiii, • one neons to know more anoiit txxe ini anceineut tnero may i>e lor liu.ug that i gap t>eiore taKing xt lor granted. In ■ view ox Uxe expected couipmuon oi LXiu : iaCunaan canai, rauaiuu may dt-coine an ixupuitant snipping po.m vvitmn uvo years and in t.u.at case it may Ue ivortn »>mie to ißc4.cu it oy rail tiiiougn mo e/enii'ai. Amexacan braces. ■ =■ - j
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 11
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178Rail to Buenos Ayres New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 11
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