. Factory and industrial management . owards centralization, its wantof elasticity and of sympathy with thetrader, its absence of initiative and of eflfec-tive stimulus to its servants. The result isthat the best men are drawn away by com-panies, by the attractions of better emolu-ments and better prospects, and it may beadded that in no case have they failed tojustify their selection. The position developed from the ex-perience of the last few years seems toshow that railway extension in India willnot attain to the progress which the coun-try now requires and desires, until the di-rect admini
. Factory and industrial management . owards centralization, its wantof elasticity and of sympathy with thetrader, its absence of initiative and of eflfec-tive stimulus to its servants. The result isthat the best men are drawn away by com-panies, by the attractions of better emolu-ments and better prospects, and it may beadded that in no case have they failed tojustify their selection. The position developed from the ex-perience of the last few years seems toshow that railway extension in India willnot attain to the progress which the coun-try now requires and desires, until the di-rect administration of railways by the Statehas ceased. tion of railroads through their territory,several new concessions or grants havingbeen made lately. The British companywho were to build the western section ofthe Costa Rica Interoceanic having failedto comply with the conditions of theircontract, the government has declaredsame rescinded, and a new contract hasjust been signed with New York, Cali-fornia, and Colorado capitalists to finish. Railroad Development in Central America. In connection with the map repro-duced below, The Iron Age says : Four out of the five Central AmericanStates are actively pushing the construc- THE RAILROADS OF CENTRAL AMERICA. the western terminus, thus connecting thetwo oceans and passing through San Jose,the capital. This company have a capitalof $1,500,000, and work will commence atonce. Several other projects are mentioned,some transisthmian and some designed tolink the several republics together andeventually form a portion of the greatNorth and South American Railroad ofthe future; but the greater portion of thespace is given to Northern Interoceanicof Guatemala, progress upon which isthus described. Rails have been laid (from PuertoBarrios) to Zacapa, on the central plateau,the most difficult work having been com-pleted when the line crossed the swampydistrict of Amates and Tenedores. Grad-ing has been carried to within sixty milesof the capital,
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