CENTRAL AMERICA 
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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, afford 
ing 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 in 
terior 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 communica 
tion. 
Honduras possesses slightly over 100 miles 
of road, in a bad state of repair, with obsolete