Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-25

ueluug Whore the train entera d Il on
Tie Pacific slope. whrn ID omrrp,s X X
within a stones thrAw Of q airram whose
waters trlckle lh the afiucnts Of the
Anason' and sse thence carrlgd 90 the
The cost Of briidlnr thcar 200 miles OF
road, even without MoiRrs' cxtrayagancc
MAS nrodisions Nothing hut he extra
ordinary and undcyclopCd wealth IN tir
counlry beyond the Andes cauld have
Justified it's construction, WHOM com
lleie,l 20 the silver mines Il " probable
TINT the cost II constructing will not ho
far from SAuNu0 600
Those Who have been estimating the
possibilities 81 liz business say tint the
traffic which Will he brought Oyrr q will
enaMe u TO pay dlyldcniis upon iis
THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY.
To the great mass VI people the conn-
t{ IN Perry east Of the ANDES, Witch
are the recrsses Of Airion. hut thnse
Who have explored u drelnrc that Il Is
probably the richest tcrritnrA IN the wuld
" Is called in general terms the montana
and v stretches away 60 The banks of
the gruat rivers of the Amazon Much
Of Il haa never been explored n a. pe-
rat IN an address delivered before the
society Of arts 10 london. declares that
TINS wgiun N perhaps the most marvellous
IN earth vet undeNelopvd He SAYS that
there vet grow Ia Il ~ tropical luNuu.
anee tobacco, surar vSnc, riihtcr, cotton,
cuueN immense valuable timhpra. aud ON
The banks Of somr % the rivers nre the
achest gold, diamond. emerald aud ruby
hclds Yet 10 he developed Mr. pogat
said 10, the niyal commissions "if this
country dces not come mp ~ the cxlee,
tnuous Of the ~ Dorado for which the
Spnuinris sought, or docs mot rpalifp az
nearly ne possible the tales Vt tho Arn-
biun Nights, ! du not know NJ uny
country on Garth that docs This H. nnt
q myth nor w. L thu dream M a Nyriicr OF
nruuh' ana ~ Tor ne gold deposits uf
Tint country, lewis W10 German ont
Finrcr Who has been exploring ihc val
Icy OF The Peruvian Amazon says that
the gold washinga ef The Nufauou aud
other rivers " wulAVd hy approved meth
@lN W,hld Yield cnnrnnus Quantities gf
the yellow metal And VI " quite prob.
able that the Peruvian corporation WIN
ennd q scientific expedition in the river
Santiago in order TO make Il survey 0f
these treasures
Much Of The development Of this conn.
tfy VIII depend upon the capacity NJ the
oroyn railroad 70 reach it, and for this
reason tho completion of this road TO ita
first station chst of the Andes Is a mat
Ter Of considerable consequence 10 the
United Snira Il Is not mn event vi
mere local consequence, hut w bound Tn
play Nn important part IN TINT mighty
| Development OF Peru, which Will hn OF
vast .pdvnniarc 90 thc United States
II II probable that the railroad will be-
extended Ny ns To- reach the nHNirahln
waters " the Amazon, Ha thnt cnWniuul.
cation Us possible W. uithcr direction,
ehror hy Steamboat 10 tho Atlantic ar
by raw Ia Oh" Pucllir. lt Va nlsu prnhnllu
that The lund VIII hu further extended
80 ls 10 ioun q junction with lhp Inter-
continental RAILWAY, To- which the nation
NJ south Amorirn Jointly with thu Iuit-
ed States arr Interested and whose enc
rinerrt mr. now making rrrlinunry 4lr
vela, having passed down through Gem
| ttul America neriss Ecuador and hrug
now IN the northern houudnrv of Peru
| Whom this connection ~ made it viii be-
possible ia rutcr ralncr car No New
York and ride IN u without change to
LAMA
Tho precise day Of opening tho Or1ya
railroad Is not known but n n expected
to he eHrly n January Thorn win ~
no fnrmnliten trnln win leave the
station Va Linus for iM Journey over the
ponutliu9 with mo- moro ceremony thln
would bo the case " tho rund hnl been
IN operation twenty yeur arn ms Mr.
M0lUgl expected that " would b.. ~
England however iho openine " Tho road
IL looked upon ns IN event 0f nntlpunl
consequence and great engineers tho
world over hnvo come 10 rernrd this re'
mnrknllo constructive ruierpriHo na
ranking with the peucirntipu If the Alna.
the construction ~ tho SuNg canal. 0ui
even q rcntrr achievement thnu the
conquest Of ihe lincl.y mountains lay Tho
Canadian Pacific railroad