. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 30 Miles chief centres, Buenos Ayres and Rosario, they radiate in all directions, and also afford concurrent routes parallel with the great navigable artery of the Parana. But the northern provinces are not entirely traversed as far as the Bolivian frontier, w^hile towards the west the passes over the Andes had not yet been reached in 1891. Southwards the system extends no farther than Bahia Blanca, beyond which in the whole of Patagonia there exists only the short line con- necting the Welsh colony on the Rio Chubut with its port on the Golfo Nuevo. On the
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 30 Miles chief centres, Buenos Ayres and Rosario, they radiate in all directions, and also afford concurrent routes parallel with the great navigable artery of the Parana. But the northern provinces are not entirely traversed as far as the Bolivian frontier, w^hile towards the west the passes over the Andes had not yet been reached in 1891. Southwards the system extends no farther than Bahia Blanca, beyond which in the whole of Patagonia there exists only the short line con- necting the Welsh colony on the Rio Chubut with its port on the Golfo Nuevo. On the whole the traffic on the Argentine railways is considerable, both as regards passengers and merchandise. But the cost of construction, averaging about £7,300 per mile, seems very high for a country needing so few cuttings, levellings, or other expensive works. This outlay, however, which is guaranteed by the State for one-third of the lines, is explained by reckless speculation, loans
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