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Title: Reports and recommendations, together with the messages of the President and the letters of the secretary of state transmitting the same to Congress ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: International American Conference (1st : 1889-1890 : Washington, D.C.)
Subjects: Communication and traffic
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Delegates. A plan for an Intercontinental Eailway has been outlined from a study of all theinformation obtainable; and, as a matter of interest in this connection, because ofthe diversity of existing gauges, and of the rapidity with which timber is destroyedin some of these countries, articles on railway gauges and metal ties have been added.Attention is also called to the method of making topographical surveys in variouscountries. Tables are given of elevations and distances in these countries and of all the rail-ways built and projected. Where no distinct statement of the distance between thetwo points could be found it was measured upon all the maps. For future reference a list of the maps and books from which I have obtained in-formation is submitted. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Geo. a, Zinn,First Lieutenant, Engineers, U. S. Army.Hon. H. G. Davis and Andrew Caunegie, Members of the Committee on Railway Communication, of the International American Conference. 87 J i
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