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A H.WDSOME PI.AZA TX CARACAS, VEXEZUKI.A 



The Plaza Bolivar is the center of Caracas, and contains the cathedral, the archbishop's 

 palace, and the national lil)rary. The streets cross each other at right angles, are all num- 

 bered, lighted by electricity, and generally well paved. The city was foimdcd in 1567, and 

 was almost entirely destroyed by a great earthquake in 1812. 



parable to tliat wliich has taken place in 

 Porto Rico and in Cuba. 



NEW YORK TO I'AXAMA T.V RAIL. IS IT 

 A UREA M ? 



Then will the Pan-American Railroad 

 become a livincj reality instead of a 

 statesman's dream. Already, in antici- 

 pation of that day, Panama is preparing 

 to build from the canal to the Costa 

 Rican frontier. 



The ga]) to the Costa Rican Railroad 

 is not a long one. and the connection 

 through to Nicaragua would not be diffi- 



cult to build. From the national railway 

 of Nicaragua to the one now being built 

 by the United Fruit interests from the 

 lower i)art of Salvador through to a con- 

 nection with the Guatemala Northern is 

 only a short break, and then there would 

 be actual rail connection from Panama 

 to New York. 



Of course the idea of through trains 

 or even through cars is little more than 

 a dream, since the roads are of varying 

 gauges, and it will be many a year before 

 it can even be hoped that they will all 

 be converted to standard gauge. 



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