New-York tribune., 1890-04-02


scores Of carriages standing in the streets wi"
somnolcnt hackmcn waiting TO be hired. lie
NJ ieNaiks arc empty. lie shops are WITHOUT
customers ard thc clerks and s1,csWoacn are ap-
parcntly condemned to habits of lOunsn- and
drowsncss. The officials i'll the pubii- buildings
seem to he oppTc-sci with the taw'irY n1ei ii'ccH''
OF tie town and overcome with ennni
little strcei-car trHnales iY without pas en-
.cr in it, \ French restaurant shows some
signs oi activity a; the breakfast hour.
from II to l2-anl there Is steady eng, o' fi'
and hal heard from numerous billiard s'.Go's'
mt there is silence in thc streets and chilcs>
ye,ns supreme. This city. which was hiiiI ID
ouiTival stirring. bustlinI Bicnos Ayrcs. "ors
something that is essential to IFS growth and
prosperity. II is IN Iccd OF business. hc co'n-
pcN processes OF pcNincial government are '1r-
ilcd on in the department bail iings and employ
laree s;&T o. officials and clerks but general
business. which inrdrjs industrial life and move
mcnt TO town. is lacking.
When dis city nas building there were cN-
,cnsivc land sprrulat1 1ns. an! hunnrcgs Of h"'ses
tcrc erected at high coS;, every icai estate op-
crater hast ~ assuming that tie cNpcl'llaic ol
$50. .0OO. 900 of Government morcN would lnNuiN'
Of necessity permanent cOn';Aci, al pioSi%IiiN.
The completion of fhr principal !iONincai nuii J.
ings and the removal Of ,Ac GOlcrnmcnt OF ,!alS
10 their new residences was followed ny rush "i
population. Ia the course Of tAc iirs ;wD years
.'nsi.s was taken and $4,000 residents We.c re-
ported. Speedily officials -,icW weary of The mo-
notouous lie oi the town. and ATTEMPTED ~ -"
same their residence ~ fUenos Aiie>. going oN
10 la Plata in tnc morning ami returning - i.'
evening. Prompt measures were taken 70 pre-
1cut thnse dcscrtioas. and members of thc civil
service were required 10 rcsoc ia 1hn c'iH. Inc
land spectators soon BEGAN 10 realize mat thc
town was not gClne aheai rs rapidly IS tn'N ii'
expected. The prices 90 real estate dropped. AMI
prudent men per .cieed iAai while II had gained %
large population with Startling facility. there were
grave reasons iUr apprelcniing that il would not
continue e. the same rate oi Nfu@lr,s. add ln~s-
5ty tnat Inc Iobuiat!on would remain >iHu a'i'.
lil attempts to convert tie ruii luto conlnc.ci'
centre have proved futile. although lu@" s3i'N
I..t t4t -
la Plata lacks business ahI l-d1>irhl ~'"i'',.
the civil service Of the PROVINCIAL Government
cannct take ihc place Of an cAtcip,isn- me m
lie clcmcnt IN developing the trade oi iic rliF.
There are shrcWd Observers WHO assert th2i tn"
establishment OF the capital AZ iu Plata Vas a
blunccr Ial.a iSlanca, ia theI jdhsrirnl MoHi"
Lave been superior it since Il lies a. tlr
head OF u good harhOr ana commands tnr growing
traGc of 1Ec Rio N'lro re-ion AID OF IatayoNM.
These territories. which lucudc Rio Ncff'. N''-
uuen. (hUp1t. santa (luI and the o9sifin secllNn
ef TERRA Del ruc-o. haV" a combined area oi
2is. zoo square miles, cgHt' IN extent 4" 'tIi ~
Texas These lanns, ari 'Eed ny c"iln,H, over
gradually Ilrg mp "i'A s'liicrs ana assuming
commercial Importance. Pah!a Elunca. wAich IS
already visited 10y European steamships. as well
by Argentine lines. ana is come t'd with ''Ncnos
AAIcs hy the Great Southern Railway over
Inc of IL. miles, il growing rapidly. ald prom
iscs - hcconn the cNiei bu,incs, centre on ihr
southern coast If the seat cl government l1t
been located there. and il the same outlay hni
been expended on publlc works aHd hniivlnnS.
It's cOi4LleTClal resources would nave cpNlipllri
10 it, paramount proltcS> IL Plat, however. WAS
preferred and while il Is rcw eDNcflng IN
reaction in It's fortune. il NAV hrcoimr IN tiinc
centre Of manufacturing industries and acquire
mercantile importance
Whether or no, hlunGcr WAS made in thc
choice Of the capital ia Plata is n splendid mon
fWcnt to the energy of the Al-"uiiAr i''DF.
When one secs imposing an array oi >'ifly
buildings where len Years a-O w1> aH NhOr' AD,"I
tract Of paSfGrarp ground. hc IS pwp"rc in I've
licve that Pataeonia will lr Great a.r'c1lirr1'
hive by the end Of another decade. The policy
Of national development has hccn si"' .'l.r pnr-
sued in that quarter. There j. . Government
scheme now in progress as Visionary on li> l,''
as tnn building Of l1 Plata WtS ir 1881. 81
President has issued proc.om0ton o-cr'ne -
cell 24.000 square leagues IL tie frf''o'l'f ~
81 - mn acre in cold. Tenders VIII hr 60 cfol
from European cNpiisl,'~ in~ tracs NDi ic-a Sham
sixteen lcarnCs in extent. thr dos -7 l- - ar-
oumulatc Wy flcer lana saic> .o clHi'''f'' aal
spectators frui 'lic', crn lr l~ri IN c'h''r
ing the raluc of tho dcNrc"iof"d currency. ""ii
hcinc to-day ~ % premium of 2if. TIC eNnr''"rt
Of winning ont hv enormous lend s''D- fhc rro'i'-a
on Gold which has l"cn produced h" fhc '"N'fioH
Z tic raucr curYcncv. j. oor'oi"is fs "'f 'a rs
re hnil1ina "f capital IN - sA""n-p".' 10" thr
Argentine reorlc are 90 ..'r iu"t1Hf"d with s'"-
cions or visionary schemes Be- they SOON -
have what nearly cVcrv o'Ncr Latin rec' l'"t'-
the Anglo-SaXon energy ard rc~orvc % power