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

of the Andes mountains. on what. with
Oh, exception Of Thlbet. II the loftlcat
table land Of the globe AZ my feet
b.. tho western shore Of f.nkeTitIcnca,
me highest water Of the earth upon
vblch steamboats, sail. and looking
down upon me II the snowy peak u
Wampu witch, next to Aconcagu' In
chile. IL the highest Of the Andes.
purlng the past week have been
travelling among the most wonderful
mountains ~ South America, and ! am
r,,, In a region which has not IL
,,,nterpnrt upon the planet Here and
An other parts n the mountains %
p.ru are the highest places where pco-
pis live. nuring my trip up the oroya
railroad found % village of about 200
soui. AT AN attitude Of moro than three
miles above the sea. There II MIN
ing camp In the Peruvian Andes when
d. more than 10000 feet high, and Ia
crossing the dcsolatc plain known as
ths pnmpa De Arricrus l atopp,d some
ttp, al VIncocya. where there IN
locomotive round house highcr up Ia
tbr nir than the top % pixies feak'
lu coming here travelled for two days
aver one Of the utscpelt railroads OF
tbs world aud now. at a distance OF
moro than 900 miles from the Pagihc' !
am on the great plateau which Hes De-
tween the two ranges Of tho Andes
varying In altitude from 1900 20 49,
DO feet above the sea. ! am hundreds
Of miles south " the point whore
crossed the great mountains from
Lima. and In a region where the Andes
H.s moro grand than at any pulnl ~
tha 1000 miles " their lvngth lhlnA
uf "a mountain which towers w lil'u
Che skies 10 that itn ragged snowy
summit II -four miles above the lever on
the ocean. Imagine " you can oth,lp
which arc over 5000 feet high Make
wall OF such mighty hills ana paint
them In the wonderful eolorH. Hhan,s
and tints OF the Audcnn skies anu gvu
can get a faint idea uf my SURROUND
inru have with me many books upon
south America, hut | fail To nnd ia
them any descriptions of the he'nl'
effects Of these mountains, Inis ~ Va,
rcgion OF all others Tor the artist, anu
~ yet NO great artist has attempted
to transfer those wonderful pictures 20
PICTURES FROM THE ANDES.
Aiy trip over the Andes was con
tnuonH panorama. Let me give you
NY MMhNM al ANNN MNNWNN AANNN ANf A"HH.
49, / jOttrd them down on IN" way ]
began 81 M1ll"ndn on the Pncinc ocean.
II iH "a ragged town on the ragged coast
uf the Peruvian desert Tho Hhlp Hes
out In the harbor and the surf rolls 10
with great force. striking tn rocks ana
sending ~ diamond spray my feet
upward into the air, The harbpr n
r6urhcr than that OF Jana, and my
baggage 10 lowered into a bounding
boat over tho side OF the steamer. !
have 10 jump into the boat when u IL
on the crest OF the waves, and ! feel my
stomach rise a. | sink down Into the
deep The ifndng II 20 bad that men
and baggage are often thrown into the
water, and am told that the Insurance
companies always charge one-righth %
per cent more ON all goods shipped TO
Nlllpudu, I am roWcd 10 the shore ~
hfawny coffee colorcd hoatmen through
huge rocks. Nuw We run into a lighter
which IL bringing out cargo for the
steamer and are nearly capHlEcd. Now
We grace q great boulder and a. the
wharf I haze 20 jump when the boat N
un the crest NJ the wave 10 grt foot
ing on the steps, Ny baggage cannot
De- landed except by means uf a crane,
ana pay four men two dollars 20 ear
tN my heavy trunks up the hills 10 the
custom house. A little later ON am
seated on car on my way 10 Arcduipa,
which though only about 100 miles from
the coast IL higher M In the air than
the top ~ Mount Washington. our
train first skirts the coast, and then
shoots IN into the bare hills Of the des-
trt There N not a shrub, not vra-
t.gc ~ green We climb ny a four Ner
cent grade, winding about In horseshoe
curves, AZ places We see the tracks
over which We have passed running
parallel with. hut Tar below u.s. Now
wo are ON the side Of the mountain fac
ms the ocean, The sky-blue Pacific.
hlzy and smoky. stretches out towards
Che west until itH delicate blue fades
into that ~ the SKY. patch of red
dlth gray skirts the foot ~ the brown
rrlvgt hills, ana this j. divided from the
EkN-hlur water by the allvury strip of
0ur which II daHhlng itH waves on the
shore. The scenery changes az almost
every turn Of tho wheel. There N no
llAce whore nature clothes the earth
ln such royal garments ~ here A.
uWra the Andes are great masses of
blue ana brown. Tho clouds Of the sky,
though of foccy wilderness. paint yel-
lgt spots ~ many colors on tho hoary
NUS. AMI 10 times II seems as though
ll' the Ink bottles " the heavens had
cen scltterA over the mountains with
ihe most delicate blues, which fade into
llshter tlnta ~ blues In the distance
iIl he whole horizon seems a blllowy
waving sea ~ blue, busted with silver,
which meets and looscs itself In a
rlFrr-hlue sky Winding In and out
'''Nh HHNh MUS we rise 10 kfrht
7'rt known ms the Pampa Dc isaN
l.fr everything n gray and dazzling
white. There are hundreds ~ huge
mounds OF moving sands which are
uANeling slowly but surely over the
ZONES NJ animals which have died In
lying 90 cross the desert waste and
me only APPARENTLY living things are the
.WiFeH, which now and then deceive
lur traveller with the idea that they
Ir cool lakes, Inverted clties or GASES
W vegetation near at hand. A. the lit
lr town Of Victor, a mile above tho
"ran, We reach the end Of the Pampa
ono again begin 20 ascend We are
flm in rnrgrd hills and soon are
aFellng among the clouds We pass
,hi"ugh deep cuttings In the noun
,'lnH ana end the first days travel at
AtHqulna, 1900 Zee above the sea.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE RAILROAD
EVER BUILT
This road IL said to have greater eX-
'hNatons than any other line Of similar
l'Ilih' II u one 0f thn most expensive
,oads ever built, having cost $4,000, 900
w a llncof 32I miles or an average Of
alanQ0O a mile, The road reaches an al
Fkluo of II 0GQ feat in nrDaalnR the