Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18

Andes 10 the plateau Of Lake Titlcaca
ana here whore 10 ends the altitude iH
higher than the top of FuEiyiama, the
sacred snow-capped peak VI Japan. 10
has a branch line ~ i2l miles going
over the plateau 90 within two days Of
Cuzco. the famed capital ~ the tncga.
This railroad was built when Peru was
rich and when she was aquandcring
fortunes on such thlngH II y the work
Of the American engineer Mcigra. and
u one Of the great enrlnct ring fchtH
OF the world. ThCrc is talk " extend
ms u Into Bolivia. and 10 may sometime
be- part ~ trnuscontiuDntnl line
reaching o. Paraguay ana the Argcn-
tine AZ present II belongs 20 The Peru.
vian corporation. the English syudi-
cate which took poru'a railroads In COM
sldoratiun Of relieving the country ~
~ foreign debt, but 10 10 managed BY
who keeps IL IN almost nH good cundi-
tlun ua any ROAD you VIII hnd In the
United states All ~ the rolling stock ~
American In pattern. though u late the
cars and engines have been made hy
peruviana In the cumpany'H shops nt
Arrquipn. ArUqulpa r. tn hllf-wa'
station on the road TO Lake Tlucncn,
and u IL there that the general offices
~ the road arc situated. I visited the
railroad shops and found 900 PcruNianH
engaged In all kinds OF car cunstruc-
tlun. They make engines a. good nf any
used In our country. and have some
which are specially adapted 10 the
heavy grades % the Andes. The shops
nrr In charge ~ an American, Mr
beaumont NJ Sew Jersey hut all ~ the
men are pcruVluna Mr Beaumont told
mo that Of the 1909 hands employed
in one capacity or another on the road
I thrrr were not more than ton foreign
era N ma Interest our railroad men
| tn know the wages which their Kind re-.
ccivc down here. I give them In Amer
| lean gold values and not ln the silver
In which they arr paid. Truckmen re.
cclvc 70 cents day, ana brakrmen q
similar amount Engineers yet 800 q
month. and conductors arr paid fr0r
so 90 S65 a month. according % posi-
finn and length ~ service. Men rrn-
pl1yed IN the shops get from 70 cents
and upwards per day. There are no
tr.doa unions and the men never strike
They work nine hours day. and with
those who are out on tho road the day
! lasts without extra paw until the cars
come In,
A CITY OF Vaults AND IRON
BARS.
Arcaulpa IL the second city o. Peru
n has about $1,000 people. and u siill
llFhled by coal OIL. ihough an electro
| lighting plant u nov heinE nut IN
, The town lies In the iittls valley u tho
| chile river. which makes an oasis ~
green In the midst n the desert. AMI
giVrT Aroquip1 about nfly odd square
/ miles " irrlrabls land. Arrqulpl ~
/ the commercial capital Of tho southern
part NJ the country. and a great part Of
| the trade of bolivia passes through H.
Most - the business h. done by thu
| Germans and Enklish. and there IL not
on American house In the city. N lf
/ the nuateat, prviilrHt ana brightest
| town I have yet seen IN South Amer
I tea. u II 400 odd years Old. and II bat
tered and knocked W by The earth
quakrH % the paHt. but a. you 80
| through n you get me impression that
| the town II almost brand new. II
| looks uH though II had come from q
band box The houses arr mostly one
| story stone boxes. but their walls are
painted IN the mast delicate tlnts o.
blue. pink. cream, green and sold, !
| posted my letters In poatnffcr tinted
In ashes ~ r1sra I bought the fruit
ate for hrai.ast in q aly-hlue fruit
store, and cash0d a drlft on London In
n bank which had outer walls the color
~ rpld. Another PECULIARLY ~ Are
| qulpa u that most OF o. rpoms arr
made In the shape u vaults The
stores arc vaults ten tn fifteen feet
wide and from ten to thirty feet deep.
with d0oru booking out upon tho
streets, In many cases there N no
/ way cut AZ the back. and the only
I light. except that from the door, comes
| In through holes IN the roof ate my
dinner at the hotel In Arequlpa IN q
vault. | was shaved IN o vault and my
sleeping room had a vaultsd roof I
went ont on the r,Jf once or twice 20
look over the city, These vaulted roofs
| gave u the appearance OF a Chinese
I graveyard rather man that Of an
American town. The streets are mar
row ana paved with cnhhles Down
/ one side 81 zach street there n a rush
inr stream ~ mountain water, which
carries on the sewerage. ana which. as
| n furglea through the STREETS AZ night.
makes you dram " rain and no 10 the
window A. soon AZ you wake 90 see II
II really u clear ur not n rains only
a rar ~ M year In Arequipa, hut
when u docs rain II sometimes poura
/ Al such times the streets are Hooded.
I ANA the water fI'1m the roofs IL carried
out by little I'm pipes, as bis uriInd as
a hrolmHtlck. 20 Just over the middle
/ ~ the sidewalk. whore u goes down
the backs ~ the necka OF the unwary
| laHsprashy
IN walking through Areoulpn Won
might grt the idea that tho city was nun
/ Of burglars. Every house faces the
| sidewalk and every window IL covered
| with iron bars The houses them,
selves look like fortrsssos ana the locks
on the doors are or mammoth size
The barred windows ana locked doors
are not for the burglars They are
not 20 keep thieves out. but To cage
the Kris In The windowa have seats
behind the bars, but no Peruvian beau
stops 10 chat M these with his lady
love, The bars " iron are as thick
na your rnger and 10 close together
that the most ardent llns could not
meet between them. This aecluslon
~ the women bv the Spanish people
IN probably relic ~ their admiNture
with the Mnora centuries ago The
wrapping W of the heads In black
clothes was originally 80 done that on
ly one eye showed out. IL was worse
than The wells " Egypt or Constanu-
nople. Now the whole face IN displayed
ana many Of the better class girls wear
/ hats. A Peruvian parent however,
never lets his girls go out alone upon
the street There are no moonlight
drives and walks with lovers here and
when you call upon your sweetheart
Won have 10 entertain the whole FAM.
~, ana N you go with your girl 10 the
bun fight. you take mamma. papa,
auntie and old maid Sissy with you.
HOW OUR HARVARD MEN WATCH
THE STARS IN PERU.
The most interesting thing In Are.
quipa, however, N the Harvard College
observatory. Just about twenty years
ago Uriah II. Borden died and LEFT
5000 900 to Harvard College with the
understanding that the money was 10
be used TO establish an observatory al
the very best place that could be found