, 1873-06-30
CROSSING THE ANDES BY RAIL,

ChUSSjNG lHE ANDES bI RAIL.
Trin1 Trip ora tho Onlrao q Oroyn
1tni1.vny.-A Gront Dny for Peru.
A correspondent Of tho panama Star and
Herald, writing from Lima under dato Of Juno
8, gives IN interesting account Of. trial trip
on the Calleo d Oroya nallroad, which took
placo Juno l. It will 10 remembered that tho
contract for building thia road, intondod to
vanqulah tho Andcs by stoam, was signed be-
ry Meigga in tho year 1899, and tl,nt tho first
oarth was turned up Jan. !, 1870. Tho road
was to DO doliyored complota TO tho Govcrn-
mont Jnn J. 1870. at tho cost Of about $25, ,00O,-
ooo 9r a70ooooo ao1es L wea st tlrat oati.
Of filling aud excavation, and there nro many
difficult outs through Hoil rock four viaduuts
OF iron moaanrlng in tho aggregate 1870
motroB; 98 bridges ovor tho river nimac, and a
tiinnols through 1.-Two rock covering distance Of
tion OF tho trip Ia condensed from tho corro-
epondont's letteri In tho Star and Herald, received
by to-dayg mil
'"The log clouds lay thick over Lima whom tho
SPAIN. to perform feat mover dreamed Of BY
even those daring governors. Tho Idea Of van
qt1iahing tho obstaclep presented by tho Andes
Haa to bo tested. Tie little locomotive Fayorita.
oapabla Of holding ton pernonr and in Ill weigh.
Ing gbout ton tons, Bot forth at 0 q. M from Ella
Lima station OF tho Cnl1ao Il Oroya Railway.
commonly called the Ttana-Aidoan line. to greet
steam whiatlo. The director OF tho wonderful
works over which tho fairy engine waA to tako it's
way Mr. John G. Moigga, had oourteo,1sly invited
Mr. ". Hourly Hmrlbort, M associate editor Of
tue, New York World, to make his first journey
to tho rocky mountains Of South America, and
the Invitation was oxtended to several otlaorH''
At tho Indian village Of San Dartolome rle
real journey began. It is sltuated SO miles from
Lima, at tho foot Of the Andes. Tho atone
bridGe across tho Hilnae, construotod In tho
bridge. in strange contrast with it,-tlo ono
q modimval work, the othor aftor tho modal
Of tho Thames bridge at Twickonham.-
and the great broakwater orected by A1r,
Molgga, have been passed. The party ia thirty
feet above tho sea Lowell. Now comes the toiling
up tho mountain: r.
Running along tho valley Of tho tortuous
lsmao for milo Or two, our httlo engine turned
on y, and rapidly rushing toward its natural
that tho locomotive WAS like fly scaling d
pinto of glass would not bo an exaggoration.
Double, double. toll, but no trouble; a. easily
as q bird 1ios through tho air did tho Fayorit9
pone to tho Wnap sh f s0oG h A many
80 marked that tho yoyager, looking from
the car-window, can perceive at tho distance of
quarter of milo bonoath tho limo over which
ho passed five minutes before, but separated
rail. This extraordinary, aud we'll mny It bo
called trium@Rhal @ progress continues until tho
height OF 600 feet Ia attanod from the valley,
and the starting.poi OF st. Bartolome; the1i
level for short time ia struck along tho
mountain-side, but while the diifloultics OF tho
ascent are forgotten, the cuts and filings call
for oven groater astonishmsnt. Cuts Of con
siderable longth and hoight, blastod out
t, from tho solid granite, frown down on
da9oot tn9 engine Fine s,,iao. rs II IN engor at their
Of tho volcanic, rocks found or blasted on tho
spot; tunnels blown with powder from tho ro-
luctant mountain; ono beautiful one Of mayoury.
Of threo hundred foot; another roofed In by itas
mother rock, bringing to mind tho Mammoth
stdo. but through which grand enginos Of forty
tons weight pass daily four times, dragging huge
construction trains behind them. Ali along this
section tho work Of the unfortunate abort gines
may 10 noun Al ovory uaornot, tho lailla arc tor
raced with tho ridges.
"An iron pier viaduct of huge proportions
now presents ITSELF Tho contral pier, two hun
drod and fifty-two foot iu height, rests on
onl to end tho bridge measures 575 English feet.
and tho Width ID from t1yalve to fifteen foot
(your correspondent had not tho courage to
venture on suro-footod examination, lie pro-
ferrod aafer view from the locomotive car
rlago). This Ia the famed Vorrugaa Yinduct.
Tho sceno ia moro than impressive. It strikes
tho beholder with awe. Looking down through
tho open Shoppers you soe tho dwellings, OF lie
laborers reduced to mere card-houses the fig
urcs Of tho workmen ongaged in preserving tho
structure intact, appear as dolls the immense
network of iron road-girdors and binders il lille
q spiders web.
Tie railway proceeds from this last bridge
to the point known as the Oroya, an iusignif-
cant village about thirty miles from tho pass
Of the laat Of the Andes to be traveraed by tho
locomotive, but, as is hereafter explained, OF
great value in tho eyes OF civil engineer, It
ls 13G nllos from Cailao, md tho pass by actual
measure is &C. 600 feot above the level OF the Pa
oinc. In this nelghborhood the works a1e being
pualed on with activity. Six Thousand lnborers /
of all nationnlitieB have nearly completed the
Dnrth work; but the grand tunnel at the |
summit OF tho Cordillera, called tho Ga1era.
5000 foot in extent, tasks tho abilities
of the contractor to the utmost Boring through
5olid granite, the diamond drill has to be enl-
ployed, and only GOO feet havo az yot been e1-
:avated.
!" This is the Callso Il Oroys Railway over
which tho party has so rapidly passed. aud re-
turned to its initial starting point after having
|rayoaed 100 miles and aaconded to hoight Of
|, 900 foot above tho sea,-all accomplished with
many and Long stoppages, some OF an hour,
within seven hours, going quietly around curves |
ol radu OF 200 metros, some indeed smaller, aud
climbing up grades Of from to 4 per cont.