Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-11-07
LATE PERUVIAN ADvICES.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 31.--Advices from
Lima, Peru, under date of October G,
say: The board of commissioners for
the worlds fair, Chicago, through the
chairman, Edward Habich, director of
the school of mines. has just made an
official report to the president, setting
forth the necessity of full represent
alton OF Peru's industries and asking
from congress an appropriation of s14o,.
600. The commissioners, nine in num-
bcr all unite in this request, and 1t is
believed that congress will vote at least
100000 The president at first asked
for $4,000 ana afterwards raised the
amount to $50, but the friends of
the exposition hope to get at least
S100. 900.
Advices from Callao, Peru, under
date OF October @, say: j. Imbrie
Miller, engineer in charge of the third
corps engaged in the survey of the pro-
posed intercontinental railway, Is in
Lima to secure the necessary permit to
enter Peruvian territory. His party
left Quito, the capital of Ecuador, in
April and when he left it about four
weeks since. it had advanced TO point
south of Quenca and about 300 miles
from Quito. Mr.. Miller is we'll pleased
with the route so far surveyed which
he considers entirely feasible. Itstarts
from point almost on the equator and
in its whole length runs on an eleva-
tion of from 5000 TO Is, 900 feet above
sea level. No tunneliug will be re-
quired on the route, but there will be
some deep cuts and one bridge which
will cross a canon at a height of 500
feet Compared with the Union and
Central Pacific lines, it will not be an
expensive line to construct and for
more than two-thirds of the distance it
passes through country which is
already settled and devoted TO cattle
raising. Immense herds of horses and
cattle range these plateaus, and haci-
endas are scattered over the whole re-
gion. Although he was there in what
is called the dry season, rail fell almost
every day, During the month Of June,
rain fell twenty-eight days. The
temperature was low and the survey
ing party suffered severely from the
cold. Tents were carried along but
where IL was practicable the party
spent the night in the houses OF the
natives, as they were warmer than the
tents. Mr.. Miller and every member
of his party, eight in all, besides serv-
ants, suffered from dysentery, caused
bv the severity of the climate, expos
ure and improper food Ii is hoped
that Mr.. Miller's party will reach Cerro
de Pasco IN Peru, the terminus of the
Oroya railroad from Lima and the
Pacific Coast, early in 1892. From there
Cuzco, the terminus of the Arequipa &
Puno railroad. the distance is less than
$50 miles, while LaPaz, the capital of
Bolivia, is but forty-fivc miles from the
shore of Lake Titicaca, navigated by
steamers from Puno. LaPaz will be
connected by rail from Antafogasta.
Chile, within year, and concession
has already been granted to General
L. A. Osborn, of Chicago, for a railroad
from Buenos Ayres TO LaPaz, and its
construction is only matter of few
years 1t seems, then, that the line
now being surveyed by Mr.. Miller be-
tNNNh NSuibO hHA 1CIIO IdScO ana
the section being surveyed by Engi.
neer Skunk and party from Quito north
to the Isthmhs of Panama constitute
almost the only difficult or at least un-
certain parts of the enterprise, and
this part being assured, the dream of
an intercontinental railway extending
from New York and Chicago to Chile
and Argentine will be an accomplished
fact
The United States cruiser San Fran
cisco, flagship of the Pacific squadron,
Grrived here on Friday from Paita.
Admiral Brown was on his way to San
Francisco, having left Valparaiso Sep
tember IA, but at Paita he was ordered
back to Callao. One of the engines of
the San Francisco had become com.
pletely disabled and the repairs will
require ten days to put her in order
again. 1t is understood that the ad.
mirals orders to remain on this coast
were caused by the unsettled condition
of affairs in Chile, There have been
rumors within the past two days of
severe fight in Valparaiso between
number of American sailors, in which
thirteen of the sailors were killed and
one of the officers wounded, but the
truth of the story can not be ascer-
tanned 1t is also reported that the
American legation in Santiago has
been outraged and that Minister Egan
has applied to the state department. for
help, but am unable to verify or dis
prove the report, although it is quite
certain that the return of the San
Francisco was ordered on account of
the critical condition of affairs in Chile.
Minister Egun is reported as having
more than dozen prominent Balma-
ceda adherents concealed in the lega-
tion, and the feeling against him on
the part of the dominant party is said
to be very bitter