CENTRAL  AMERICA

H5

could  be  used  to  great  advantage  for  light  and
power.  Near  the  coast  they  are  navigable  for
small  steamers  of  light  draft  and  canoes  and
are  also  useful  in  getting  out  lumber,  affording ­
  a  cheap  method  of  transporting  it  to  the
coast.
Due  to  the  smallness  of  the  countries,  and
the  complications  in  the  way  of  engineering
problems,  especially  in  the  mountains,  there
are  comparatively  few  railways.
Costa  Rica  has  490  miles  of  railroad,  by
means  of  which  the  capital  is  kept  in  touch
with  ports  on  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans.
Salvador  has  about  174  miles  of  railroad  in
operation  with  about  fifty  more  in  progress
of  construction.  Transportation  in  the  interior ­
  is  made  convenient  and  comfortable  by
the  2000  miles  of  really  good  roadway  built
in  accordance  with  the  most  modern  methods.
Guatemala  contains  450  miles  of  railroads
which  afford  an  ocean  to  ocean  communication. ­

Honduras  possesses  slightly  over  100  miles
of  road,  in  a  bad  state  of  repair,  with  obsolete