Morazan Park. Music Temple. San Jose. 
Your Railroad Journey to the Capital 
ATLANTIC ROUTE 
(See sectional map at end of book) 
Distance fiom 
listance from 
PRINCIPAL STATIONS 
Limon 
San Jose 
ALT II UD-E 
Times and 
# . 
1 Miles 
Mi les 
Feet 
Meters 
iFARES 
■f 
Limon . *_ . , . . ;. 
0.0 
103.2 
11. 
3. 
LEAVES: 
Moin Junction .... 
. - 
Estrada . 
3.5 
.20.4 
99.7 . 
82.8 
. 20. 
80. 
6. * 
23. 
-10. 
30 
a.m. 
Matina . 
21.9 
81.3 
60. 
17. 
DAILY 
Madre de Dios .... 
29.1 
74.1 
55. 
19. 
••... 
SIQUIRRES ...... 
’ 37.1 
66.1 
300. 
60. 
m 
La Junta *.. 
39.0 
64.2 
187. 
• 57. 
. . 
CO 
♦ 
Florida . 
44.0 
59.2 
196. 
90. 
U 
Las Lomas . 
46.1 
57.1 
897. 
268. 
\ • 
X 
CJ 
Peralta . 
55.2 
48.0 
1055. 
322. 
Vi 
o 
O 
Turrialba . 
63.4 
39.8' 
2037. 
621. 
O 
in 
Tucurrique .. 
69.7 
33.5 
2500. - 
762. 
Ux 
c 
cs 
ry~i 
Juan Vinas .. 
74.3 
23.1 
3286. •• 
1002. 
CO 
CO 
o 
w 
Santiago . 
79.1 
r ) 
- 
1078. 
n 
T 
n 
o 
Cartago .. . 
86.4 
16.8 
4392. 
1339. 
4-J 
G 
'O 
U4 
• »-< 
Paraiso . 
90.4 
12.8 
4760. 
1451. 
CO 
* 
B 
ci 
El Alto (Cont.> Div.) 
’ 93.2 - 
9.8 
5137. . 
1566. ' 
Px 
—3 
u 
Tres Rios . 
97.0 
6.0 
4363. 
1330. 
ARRIVES 
San Jose . 
103.2 
0.0 
3800. 
1158. 
4.45 
p.m. 
*SIQUIRRES.—Lunch Station.—20 minutes stop.—Eat while the 
train waits—. Restaurant right at the Station.—English Spoken. 
NOTE.—The special tourist trains between Puerto Limon and San 
Jose are non-stop and make the journey in about 4 hours. 
The regular schedule train for Limon from San Jose departs at 9 
a. m. daily and arrives about 3.15 p. m. If there is a sufficient number 
of tourists a special train may be run at a later hour, by arrangement. 
] a/b 
The Million Dollar National Theatre 
An artistic jewel whose architectural beauty is not merely 
skin deep. Solid marble balconies and stairways, beautiful 
sculpture, beaten goUcf and bronze decorations, immense ceil¬ 
ing and wall paintings as fresh as the day they were execut¬ 
ed forty years ago, all combine to make the visitor feel that 
it would have been an unforgivable omission not to have 
entered the theatre. The regal, mirrored salon, with its beautiful 
plush and gold decoration, is equal to anything the palaces 
of the Old World can offer. 
Concerts and plays are frequently staged in the National 
Theatre and on such occasions the elite of San Jose may be 
seen gathered together under one roof. 
The National Congress (Central Avenue) 
Where the Nation's laws are made* When in session 
Congress meets daily at 3 p. m. and half an hour spent in the 
public galleries will amply demonstrate that there is absolute 
political freedom in Costa Rica. Laws are debated and aprovr 
ed in a dignified manner and the respect for parliamentary 
rule and precedent is not far short of that found in that 
model of lawmaking institutions, the British Houses of Par¬ 
liament. 
The Congress Hall itself is of truly regal aspect and 
the walls are lined with painted portraits of former presidents. 
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