The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17

Senior Ballivian tells me there Is a
syndicate formed in London to connect
these rich grazing lands with the head
of navigation of some of the Amazon
branches by means of a railway which
will run along the boundary between
Brazil and Bolivia, but on Brazilian
soil.
The road will be on the line Of a
concession granted to Col. Church
some years ago, and it's purpose viii
be to carry these cheap cattle to the
rubber camps of the Amazon. There
are several other important projects
to build railroads in Bolivia. One is
to construct a line from La Paz to
the Desuaguadero river This line
would be sixty-six miles long, and
Senior Ballivian says it will probably
be begun this summer Another
scheme is to extend the Central North
Argentine railway to Sucre. This road
is now near the Bolivian border, and
it would pass through rich cattle
grazing agricultural and mining ter
ritory and would furnish an outlet to
the Atlantic for Bolivian products.
There are several other plans for rail-
roads from the Argentine into Bolivia,
and the day will probably come when
all Of eastern Bolivia will be opened
up to settlement.
HOW THEY TRAVEL IN BOLIVIA.
At present it Is extremely difficult to
get to any part of this country. 1t
took me five days to come to La Paz
from the coast, distance of not more
than 500 miles, and it will require at
least six days of hard travel for me
to reach the Pacific by the way 1 have
planned. In coming here I had to
spend two days On the railroad before
| was landed on the shores of Lake
Titicaca. 1t took another dayto cross
that lake, 1 had to wait at Chililaya a
day, and the fifth cay was taken up In
the stage ride, which landed NE in La
PaZ. In going back I shall have to take
three days of hard staging from hare
to Oruro, and then have three days
upon the smallest long, narrow gauge
of the world in travelling for sec miles
over the Andes to the sea. For the
same money and the same tins 1 COIL l
comfortably crcss the United States
from New York to San Francisco. a
distance almost five times as great.
And still this is what they call easy
and rapid travel here. The most of
Bolivia is accessible only en- mules or
Oh foot
The American minister is arranging
to pay visit to the capital, which is
az SCcre and about 400 mi es from here.
He will have to take niue CT stage for
lJb miles TO the rGifcdG. ana 0ICGr- a
short ride on the cars. VIII take mules
again for five days ride through III :
mountains to SCc.e. I Un3e-s a~d that
q guard will be furnished him by the
Bolivian gov eminent, though l should
judge that the trip would be perfectly
safe without it. From Sucre to the ia
nous mining town of P0tosi is about
100 miles by niue and bride path, AMI
from Oruro to Cochobamha. which is a
town of 25,000 it is thr5e and one
half days ride on horseback. Nearly
of all the large towns, if the half-dozen
tCwIs of from 10000 20 40,C00 which en-
brace the largest settlements of this
country can lie called large, are on the
highlands and in the mountains, and in
most cases travel must be on horse or
nluleback. The country hotels are mora
like stables than any. hing else, and
when on an out-of-the-wsy read it is
almost impossible to buy food of the
Indians or to secure quarters in their
huts to spend the night. You sleep in
the inns on platforms made Of stone
or sun-dried bricks and eat what you
can get. I carry a camp bed with me,
for the native beds are lousy and dirty.
Other necessities are rubber coat,
heavy boots, vicuna rug and canned
provisions.
TROPICAL BOLIVIA.
This part of Bolivia through which