. American ENGINEER and Railroad journal . int atSanta Rosa de os Andes à El Salto del Soldato, une distance de23 miles. Cela laisse 23 miles du côté argentin et 17miles du côté chilien encore à être achevé, mais sur bothces sections beaucoup de travail a déjà été fait. Sur les 40 miles inachevés, près d'un quart est en tunnel, ce qui donne à l'air l'idée des grands diiEculties que les ingénieurs ont hadto rencontrer. Le Transandine Railroad est un travail commercial important, et sera la première ligne transcontinentale en Amérique du Sud.il y a peu de doute qu'il va commander un liquabl
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. American engineer and railroad journal . int atSanta Rosa de os Andes to El Salto del Soldato, a distance of23 miles. This leaves 23 miles on the Argentine side and 17miles on the Chilean side still to be completed, but on boththese sections much work has already been done. Of the 40miles unfinished, nearly one-fourth is in tunnel, which gives afair idea of the great diiEculties which the engineers have hadto encounter. The Transandine Railroad is an important commercial work, and will be the first transcontinental line in South America.There is little doubt that it will command a considerable trafficalmost from the first. Besides this, however, it is a remarkable work on account ofthe difficulties overcome in its construction, and very few rail-roads will present better examples of the audacity of the modernengineer. It is not many years since a line across the Andeswould have been considered utterly impracticable ; but in thepresent case the engineers have been able to locate and build a 446 THE RAILROAD AND [October, 1892.. Vol. LXVI, Mo. lo.J ENGINEERING JOURNAL. 447 roiid which can be operated wilh no more difficulty than manyother lines in both South and North America. The views which are given herewith are (rom photographs, and are chosen from a number as best illustrating the ruggedand savage nature of the country which has required so muchcostly and difficult work to overcome the difficulties it presents. SOME CURRENT NOTES. The prizes which were offered by the German RailroadUnion in 1890 have been awarded as follows : The firstprize of 7, 500 marks to Herr on Borries lor improve-ments in compound locomotives ; the twoprizes of 3.000 marks each, one to GeorgeWestinghouse, Jr., for improvements in at-mospheric brake, and one to Paul Lang-bein for an apparatus for transferring carsbetween standard and narrow-gauge tracks.The six prizes of 1, 500 marks each weregiven to , M. Wedler lor an apparatus forpreventing injury to men working at lathes ;to M. aolmar fo
