The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-22

which & il thought ALL soon be thre1
times this quantity.
This place vas selected on account Of
the great water pcWer here There are
many places along the Rimac. / under
stand. where from ~ To ten fhouza nd
horsepower can be easily obtained. over
which there are no water rights and
NniCh can b. had for the mere asking.
ne establishment Of this factory here
for the manufacture of carbide Of cal
cum viii be the first concern Of the kind
IN South America.
Fhty-eighI Tunnels.
II was found in tho construction OF the
Orayo road that when this point had been
reached, II Was impossible 70 proceed any
farther unless some new method Of con-
structiOn should be adopted. The road fol-
lows the river Rimdc 10 the top OF the
mountains. and there are fifty-eight tun-
nels on the whole line, but still the noun
tains were found to be too steep and too
high 10 te crossed In al uninterrupted
course as railroads are usually built The
zigzdg plan OF construction was, therefore.
adopted. II this way the road would sud-
denly terminate Al certain points with the
nose Of the engine right against the side
OF a steep mountain. AT such points there
is a turntabIe, and the engine having
side OF the mountain I'm the direction IT
had ust been travelling. There are five of
these acute angles on the whole line Of
the road. Gre occurs lower down the
line, and there are four between here and
Chicla,. the next most important station,
sixteen miles farther up the mountains
Ii was not infrequently the case during
our five days travels that we saw trains
ThnnCl nd IL Of 81 oh haTn
going slowly along the almost perpendicu-
lar sides OF tall. ragged mountains in the
same direction We were going, and yei, at
that particular moment, in the very oppo-
site direction.
Among the Clouds.
A temporary crossing having been con-
strUcted where the Culvert had been wash
cd away, the car in which We were trav-
cling reached TambOraque about noon,
ana We at once left for Chicla We reach
ed there in few hours. The SCENERY of
the mountains through which re had
passed was grand beyond all description
but We could see only little Of il because
we had been travelling among the clouds
We were now $50 feet above the level Of
the sea. This is over two miles high. or
more than twice as high as Mount Wash
ington. II was raining when We stopped,
but the tops Of the immense splintercd
peaks, by which We were surrounded on
all sides, We're all covered with the most
beautiful white snow
We stayed all night at Chjc7a The
rarefied air at that altitude had a depress-
ing effect upon us all and We Istired early
About midnight We were all suddenly
awakened by some strange noise on top
Of the car. Mr. Imfett explained that 1t
was probably a fox trying TO get hold of
some refuse that the Indian cook hal
thrown away in the kitchen. Foxes. he
said, were quite common in the noun
tains- Merricks spoke up with some show
OF excitement, and SAID it Vas more than
a fox.
1t was more likely" ne continued. IA
bear or some other kind of wild animal.
l have been in the Wllds of Africa and
know something about such things"
Very likely" replied Mr. Imfett in a
vein Of humOr that indicated that We
might have d little sport. Continuing. he
asked if there We're any lions in that part
Of the world.
Lots Of them" responded Merricks.
Then" replied Imfett, lit may have
been something Of that kind"
In the meantime l heard some one in the
rear emu OF lnt car oNtfnaullng the bag
gage. On inquiry / discovered il was
Dickey.
What are you dOing?" ! asked.
LOOKING Tor my shooting irons he re-
piled, with some excitement Il have Just
had some strange kind of dreams. and |
don't mean TO be lost if | can help it."
"Oh, nonsense! co to bed" exclaimed
Mr.. Imfett. laughing.
There was no more disturbance during
the remainder Of the night, and the next
day We returned 20 Callao.
GEORGE GPAVHITJ