Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-24

DE- not o' the best uaaltN The de-.
p08,ts extend Tor SOME distance gluuh
the ,asl, and iUr oui under the water
hundreds ui miners awe employed and
the men wQrh IN tunnels away d0wl
below tho bed OF the ocean. Az % zoe
suit mining Is expensive, and coal from
Australia and England completes with
tho CliIlan coat The coal that the
Pacific Complry's railroad win open up
r. ou the highlands ot the Andes. and
10 Viil cost but little Go get Do down
10 the scaroast II they have as good
deposits as they think their concession
should be % very valuable one
RAILROADS TO THE AMAZON
If suppose that q railway win be
eventually extended by the Pacific CONF
paUy lO the Amazon
Probably 20. replied Minister Dud-
lpy "but You muqt remember that &c
is only concession us yet There Is
mo road built II is also planned TO eN-
tvnd the Or1yo railroad Do the Ucayali
river, which is one of the uayigablc
branches Of the Amazon The distance
from the end Of the Oroy0 line, the
same road We have been talking about
lu connection with the new copper proc
ptrties. 90 the UcayaIi Is only about iiO
miles when 10 Is built one can 30 in
bargoe and boats down that river 10
the Amazon. That rond Mould open up
the Peruvian territory adjoining the
Acre territory which Bolivia has just
sold 10 Brazil There are valuable rub
Der forests IN that region, and II L.
probable that similar forests are also
found ou Peruvian SOIL The govern.
ment would Ike to have railroad
there, so chat II could quickly trans
trouble Tho Bmzilians are. you know
to build q railroad I'm that region to
facilitate travel to and from the Anna.
2on.'
THE BACKWOODS OF PERU,
"It must be dlfncult for Peru To COM
troll her territory on the eastern slopes
OF the Andes? They are practically in
accessible are they not?'
AS Tar mo- easy travel Is concerned,
yes said the minister TO Peru Take
lquitos, which is IN Peru on the Ma.
ramon n great river that forms a part
of the Amazon II used TO be that Of
hClals going from Lima 10 lquitos some
times Went around the Strait OF Ma
gellou and clear M the Atlantic coast
Of the continent 10 the mouth Of the
Amazon, aud ;hen up the Amazon 10
lquitos. At present a favorite way is
To go 10 the lRthmus Of Panama and
then up the Amazon, one can 80 w
the Oroyo road and thence down by
tran to the Ucayall and thence by boat
on 10 lQultos but that takes several
weeks, and IN coming back II would
take more, as the boats 90 much more
more slowly up stream. You can 60
from New York 10 Iquitos IN less time,
] venture, than II would require TO
get there from Lima by way Of the
Uayali. There are steamers from New
York to Manaos, which Is 1000 miles ny
the Amazon and there are smaller
steamers from Manaos to lquitos.
AUTOMOBILES FOR THE INCA
CAPITAL.
"How about the railroad that takes
one from the Pacific 10 Lake Titcaca?
Has 10 been eXtcnded2'
THAT road has an extension To Slcu-
ami. and from there wide carriage
road has been built 10 Cuzco. the old
capital Of the lnCds There are freight
automobiles now used to connect Cu2-
co with the trains, and this road ought
TO open up the ruins Of that famous
city 90 visitors There are good trains
from the Pacific to Lake Tlticaca. and
IL will now take but a short time to
reach Cuzco from there. Cuzco Is a