Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-23
A PRIVATE DWELLING.

Nowadays, on the trains between the seaport
and Santiago, there Is a parlor coach. with
chairs, here known as 1.-The Spooner car" be-
cause introduced by a gentleman of that name.
Al FIRST IL was difficult to persuade anybody to
pay q dollar for the privilege Of ri1ing in
chair, for habit 10 strong, and these good peo-
pie were quite satisfied with the transit they
had been accustomed to. But having once
tried the parlor car they were delighted with II
and now nobody who can command an extra
dollar will ride in any other. The consequence
Is that the Spooner coach is always crowded,
while the others are nearly empty. and so great
Is the demand for chairs that they are engaged
several days in advance, men often deferring
their journey until the seats they desire can be
secured
CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES NADR IN ENGLAND.
By the way. the CHILEAN government has re-
ceived for its railways 500 cars and thirty-eight
locomotives. which were all manufactured in
England, but mostly from American models
We are told that the order was placed in
England instead Of in the United States solely
on account of the cheaper rates and more rapid
delivery from the former country. In an in
teryiew on the subject President Balmaceda
declared that the government of this republic
entertains most friendly feeling toward the
elder sister of the north and is so anxious to
establish direct and regular steamship COM
munication between the ports of the two coun-
tries that Chill will contribute her full proper
be necessary to secure such service.
Look how II Ia at present" said BaImaceda
"Of the seventy three ships that touch regu-
larry at CHILEAN ports thirty-one are English
twenty-three German. nine are French.
seven are CHILEAN and three are Italian-but not
one from the United States That is not as it
should be, since are all Americans on this
western hemisphere. whether born on the
northern or the southern continent and espe-
cially since we younger republics Of the south
IN hr1llr thea
of the stronger republic of the north" The
hsttering remarks above quoted were made
some months ago. Being fully engaged in a
hfe-and-death struggle with his chaotic coun-
trymen. the poor president is not particularly
Interested just now about commercial relations
with the United States or any other country
beyond smuggling out what arms and ammu-
milton his sdherents NAV require and prevent
ing the rebels from doing likewise.
ESGISEERING PRoBLENs NOT GREAT
The engineering problems of this central
Gillian railway do not appear to have been
great. at least as compared with those 80 fire.
quently encountered in Peru. The rise between
the sea and Santiago is about l 800 feet but
there steep grades nor bridges worth
mentioning and only few short tunnels.
Neither is the scenery SO grand az that along
the Peruvian lines, but much of it is eminently
picturesque Running down through the heart
OF Chill In q southeasterly direction. the snowy
peaks OF the Andes are constantly in view-a
broad, irregular line of white against the
bluest skies ever saw, while snow-shrouded
Aconcagua, the loftiest mountain Of the three
Americas, is visible the entire distance.
After leaving the Valparaiso station Whose
1ne buildings would do credit to any city)-
never by the remotest chance on schedule time
but - likely to be several minutes too early as
IN hour or more too late-the road runs for sew
eral miles along the edge Of the bay close to
the gray rocks against which the waves are
dashing. while gulls and curlews circle scream
Ing overhead. In one place the hills trend
down 30 closely to the shore that there is barely
room for the track and in stormy weather the
car windows are often sprinkled with spray of
ne surf