Parish of Facatativá by the legislation of the Independent State of Cundinamarca (now known as the Cundinamarca Department). On January 17, 1865, the State Assembly announced in Facatativá the fifth Constitution of Cundinamarca. By the same year the telegraphic service was inaugurated. On December 14, 1869 the national Colombian government made a contract with William Lee Stiles for the telegraphic line between the cities Facatativá-Villeta-Guaduas-Honda which would snap to the ones in Ambalema and Manizales, made by the same engineer according to the contract of August 30, 1866. On August 2, 1870 Secretary of foment Don Salvador Camacho Roldan made a contract with Victoriano Paredes for the construction of a telegraph line between Facatativá and Honda. The City Hall was built in 1882 under the administration of Governor Daniel Aldana whom on February 28 of the same year would sign a deal for the construction of the Savanah railroad (Ferrocarril de la Sabana). On July 26, 1886 his successor General Jaime Cordoba made a contract so the railroad was finally built. On January 5, 1884, the first stone of a new hospital was set on the corner of a piece of land that was first intended of use as a cattle killing facility. 20th century On March 8, 1907, the district prison was built. On February 13, 1909, arrived the first locomotive from Girardot. It was necessary to build a new station since the width of the tracks of the already existent Savanna Line was different. In 1926 the tracks were conveniently matched. On July 20, 1911, an obelisk was inaugurated at the "Plaza of the Republic" known today as Santander Park as a way to honor the independence heroes killed there on August 31, 1816. By the time Facatativá had become a gate for to the New Kingdom of Granada and it was also a place for the trading of produce from warmer and colder climates. In the year 1933, the first Produce Market Plaza was open being this one among the first ones in the country. On May 6, 1940, a 100th anniversary of the death of General Francisco de Paula Santander was commemorated with a bust on the Santander Plaza. On December 18, 1972, died Monsignor Raul Zambrano Camader first Bishop of the Archdioceses of Facatativá in an aircraft accident occurred at the El Tablazo hill. In conformity to the Constitution of the Province of Cundinamarca of