TRANS ANDINE RAILWAY.
— : o -"—' ENGLISH FIRM'S SUCCESS. (»T TEI.EGIUriI—I'KESS ASSOCtATION-COl'VltlOm.) London, April 7. Tho firm of Sir John Jackson, Ltd.,' has secured tho contract for tlio Arica-Lapez rail? way across tho Andes, of" three millions sterling. ' - - - - ■ The railway will cross the Andes at an altitudo of 12,000 feet. Sir John Jackson expects to finish tho work in four years. A German firm, backed by tho Deutsche Bank, compiled for .the., contract, but. the English tender was four" per cent, lower.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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80TRANS ANDINE RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 478, 10 April 1909, Page 5
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