The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-28
Copyrighted. lsss. ~ Frank g Carpenter.


Valparaiso. Gale. ADg, 2, lss:
AE.pAEAIgo = ths .ew York Of
A(sy paesfs South America. Il n
the e.l.es es&por s1ata % Fan
Francisco. ard II - by far the
hes. business point on the west
roaxs q. .his continent. i aas a popssia~
tion Of t2ssa bnt IT does business egaAi
70 s.sy American city Of swice that size
TIE creates, part Of the ore hundred
ard ODD us4lglon dollars wnica constitutes
Gale = foreign eoSinleyce Is controlled
here. ard the city Is made Up OF business
blocks which are more ike ih0he u
European port than any other on this
Cost. Valparaiso - ais1 BEAUTIFULLY slfa-
ase5 Il hss 4 bay IF The shape Or
talf n.G0n winch Is large enough &c Hoat
the siispa of ste world Around this bsy
there IL "a supnitaeater 81 great nils
whiea riaes almost straight up from the
edge o. "a. water ard which forms the
site Of the city. The business stct.on, IN
sacr IL built upon ground redeemed from
the sea and thaEe are millions 81 dollars
werib Of property nov standing where
generation ago there Vas nofhins but
water. The waarses a. Valparaiso are
b.ek the water. ard The reclaimed land is
sach that there are a5sr.e or four business
streets which run about the bay between
the wAter and the foot Of me hli.s. Com
Ing into tina hasDor. you 13aa yourself sur
rounded hy shipping. More than q thou
sand sailingK are made 20 ara from this
port every yea. ard goa look at the city
through the sn0kestackg OF steamers and
q thlckst Or The bare inasis Of sailing YES
Ues The hiiis 81 front Of you are so steep
that yes wonder how the houses can stand
upon them. AID you sce that they rise In
terraces house above house ard street
above street. until the buildings a. the top
hang out ard seem abous 70 fall upon
those bei0w. Here alsa thsre Yoa see
break IN the Hills Of the amph!lheafer. and
n number Of points cable reads are
crawling ~ and down fhs steep incines.
An EBEiish-aerman City.
Landing az the wfar.ex you are surprised
To End thai nearly every bus.nsas man you
meet speaks Ecslsn and yoa soon nnd
thss the Egsilsn and Germans ulonopoiize
tAe business. The signs are European, and
there are !ew Chilean names upon them
You pasE book stores which keep only
English books. There are scores Of Eng
lshTren On TIE streets, ard you see many
Iretts English and German girls shopping
Ike taose 81 one Of our cit.es Shan those of
8 South American town. The stores hav.
plate glas. windows. aud the goods are as
well displayed - In New York or Chicago
The streets are paved with Belgian blocks
and thee are dfaya. cabs and carriages
moving along them. Here ard there you
see vegetable pedder or i baker with his
e.ock ~ pann.eFs en- the sides OF a mule
but the most OF the trading and freigating
d srafs =. -.
connection with Europe and the United
States. u has teiegraphie lines which keep
II IN touch with All parts % Chile and
it, long distance telephones reach Santiago
and other points The telegraph here IS
- cheap II not cheaper than in any other
country. and AT my hotel am able 10
Telephone to the capital. Santiago 1870 miles
away. without extra charge.
Spanish street Hallway Speculation.
Valparaiso has n tramway system oper-
ated by horse power. which might be prof
t;ably changed TO one run by electricity
especially 40 II some unsculpulaua party
anould pursue the policy of a Span!ari
who II the story Of his intentions is true
mas made II good. bat rather tricky specu-
laton In the Santiago street ear lines
Iheea are now run with horses. with very
pretty girls as conductors. and they pay.
4 am told. clear profit ~ over 500 y,
eold year. short time ago the ola
charter Of the company ran ou. and tho
city wishing 10 have the sys:,e-n changed
10 ihat II electricity. gave tina concession
10 th's Spanish gentleman with the rrovi
% that he deposit tSa 0so in Chilean money
or about s1o,f1r In gold, as a farfalt In
case hs DID not finish ard complete the
eieetrjc system within three years time
my informant tells me that the spauiard
b.. lar.