FOOTNOTES
[1] The following table shows the length of the various lines of railway in Argentina, and the width of track, as they were at the close of 1909.
| RAILWAY | GAUGE | MILES IN OPERATION |
|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires and Pacific | broad | 2,967 |
| Great Southern | ” | 2,745 |
| Central | ” | 2,528 |
| Western | ” | 1,360 |
| Entre Rios | standard | 688 |
| Northeastern | ” | 560 |
| Buenos Aires Central | ” | 165 |
| Central Cordoba | narrow | 772 |
| Cordoba and Rosario | ” | 180 |
| Province of Santa Fé | ” | 1,028 |
| Northern | ” | 567 |
| Central Northern | ” | 1,409 |
| 14,969 |
[2] The author desires to acknowledge his obligation for a number of historical facts to the South American Republics, by Hon. Thomas C. Dawson, and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, of New York and London.
APPENDICES
I
AREA AND POPULATION
The population of Argentina to-day probably exceeds six and a half millions. This does not average quite six to the square mile, a very small population indeed, considering the great extent of fertile and productive soil. Only a very small proportion of the inhabitants are other than Caucasians, a marked distinction over the other republics of South America. The states are very unequal in size, and the population is very unevenly distributed, as the following table, furnished by the National Demographic Bureau for 1908, will show: