In addition to its railways Guatemala seeks to maintain a complete system of highways or cart roads. Among the most important cart roads which have recently been built or are now under construction, are those from the capital to San Juan Sacatepequez, San Pedro and San Raymundo. There is also a cart road between Huehuetenango and Quezaltenango; one from Coban to Quiche which will join the departments of the north with the rich western section of the Republic; from Totonicapan to Quiche; that between Ovejero and Trujillo, which will place in communication the departments of Jutiapa and Jalapa; that from Tumbador to San Marcos; that from Solola to Panajachel; that from Chicacao to Nahualate; and finally the highway from San Jeronimo and Rancho San Augustin, which will join the department of Baja Verapaz with Zacapa. All these roads serve as new arteries for the development and the enlargement of commerce and agriculture and this has been the special care of President Estrada Cabrera, who has provided the means for opening, wherever possible, the necessary ways of communication. Distances between the capital city and the principal points of the country are as follows: GUATEMALA TO MILES. Antigua 27 Chimaltenango 36 Amatitlan 18 Escuintla 43½ Cuajiniquilapa 42 Solola 90 Totonicapan 111 Quezaltenango 120 Mazatenango 138 Retalhuleu 153 San Marcos 165 Huehuetenango 195 Santa Cruz de Quiche 96 Salamá 69 Coban 126 Flores 321 Izabal 216 Zacapa 126 Chiquimula 135 Jalapa 75 Jutiapa 87 POSTAL AND CABLE SERVICE. The means of facilitating intercourse both among its own people and with the outside world has always been encouraged by the government of Guatemala.