Cord�n were incorporated to the growing Ciudad Nueva (New City). In 1866, an underwater telegraph line connected the city with Buenos Aires. The statue of Peace, La Paz, was erected on a column in Plaza Cagancha and the building of the Postal Service as well as the bridge of Paso Molino were inaugurated in 1867.
In 1868, the horse-drawn tram company Compa��a de Tranv�as al Paso del Molino y Cerro created the first lines connecting Montevideo with Uni�n, the beach resort of Capurro and the industrialized and economically independent Villa del Cerro, at the time called Cosmopolis. In the same year, the Mercado del Puerto was inaugurated. In 1869, the first railway line of the company Ferrocarril Central del Uruguay was inaugurated connecting Bella Vista with the town of Las Piedras. During the same year and the next, the neighbourhoodsCol�n, Nuevo Par�s and La Comercial were founded. The famous to our days Sunday market of Trist�n Narvaja Street was established in Cord�n in 1870. Public water supply was etsablished in 1871. In 1878, Bulevar Circunvalaci�n was constructed, a boulevard starting from Punta Carretas, going up to the north end of the city and then turning east to end at the beach of Capurro. It was renamed to Artigas Boulevard (its actual name) in 1885. By Decree, on 8 January 1881, the area Los Pocitos was incorporated to the Nov�sima Ciuda (Most New City).
The first telephone lines were installed in 1882 and electric street lights took the place of the gas operated ones in 1886. The Hip�dromo de Maro�as started operating in 1888, and the neighbourhoods of Reus del Sur, Reus del Norte and Conciliaci�n were inaugurated in 1889. The new building of the School of Arts and Trades, as well as Zabala Square in Ciudad Vieja were inaugurated in 1890, followed by the Italian Hospital in 1891. In the same year, the village of Pe�arol was founded in 1891. Other neighbourhoods that were founded were Belgrano and Belvedere in 1892, Jacinto Vera in 1895
