The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-07
ROAD IN PERU
Is FINISHED
A. W. McCune Reaches Home
From the South.
PROUD OF WORK OF YEARS
SHELTER WILL BE READY Nv
ANOTHER TWELVEMoNTH.

a. W. McCune sat on the veranda Of
his beautiful home looking out over the
city last evening when a cablegrdm
was handed him announcing the com
pletiOn Of his Peruvian railroad 20 It's
terminus at Cerro de Pasco-
That IS good news to me, MI NC
Cune said. 1T has been a long pull
We are behind just four months IN
completing the road because or the
rainy season, 1t was one OF the worst
ever seen In that country and made II
impossible 10 strike a lick in construc-
tion work in four months. Now mat
tiers will move quicker and 1t VIII not
be long till the mine will begin 10 snow
results"
Hard Work on the Road.
This railroad viii be eighty-five miles
long on the main branch running from
Oroyo. the terminus of the present
railroad, to the CeTro de PascO mine
and passing the smelteT- Including the
branches, the road viii be ll5 miles
long Its construction has been espe-
cially difficult because it runs for a
good part Of the way through Tow,
EWampy ground, where the work was
completely swallowed up by the heavy
rains until a solid TOadbed was secured
by hauling in gravel. Upward of 5000
men, entirely natives. were employed a
mine and railroad when the heavy
grading was being done.
Rushing Work on smelter.
Speaking of the smeiter, Mr.. McCune
said:
I'VE are rushing work on the smelter
and viii have it ready for operation
with 500-ton capacity in about a year,
When completed it viii be of 1.00O-tOn
capacity and viii be a gem. We Will
not have 1t ready for operation 10 its
full capacity for some time, out In a
year from now we expect to be running
il at half capacity
Work has been going on at the mine
ever since We went down there, in the
way of getting out ore. We have five
HOSTS constructed, three of them down
70 a depth of 500 feet, and it viii noJ
be long after the opening of the smelter
till we will be getting returns. 1 can
assure you that returns viii be vel
come. We have already expended
business the proposition viii represent
an expenditure of $40, GEO."
Three Years Work.
Mr.. McCune is feeling enthusiastic
over the outlook for his great PROPOSE
ton, especially since he can see sue
cess ahead in the near future,
1T viii be three years on the 9Th Of
this month since l first went down
there 10 inspect the proposition And
when YOU think of what we have aC-
complished in the three years, the
showing is remarkable"
In response to a question, Mr.. Nc
Cune said:
The Panama canal viii do wonder
ful things for Peru, It viii put the
country in touch with the civilized
world Commerce now comes around
through the straits at the end of the
continent and up the coast 1900 miles.
You can readily see what cutting off
that long trip viii mean in a business
way to the people of Peru 1t viii
mean much TO US who have to make
The trip now. 1t costs $3.50 for the trip
one way, or 1916 for the round trip, and
the accommodations are miserable.
When the canal is opened there VIII be
as good accommodations down that
way as there are now between New
York and Liverpool"
Nothing Finer in the World.
Nj. McCune was glad to be at home.
after an absence Of thirteen months.
He watched the play of the storm over
the city and valley and said that no.
where in all his travels had he seen
anything SO beautiful He doubted If
the world could furnish anything more
beautiful he viii be in the States for
an indefinite period, and when he re-
turns 70 Peru AIRS AcCune viii accom-
pany him. In n DAY or two a trip will
be made to the McCune property in
Montana, and many other side trips
viii be made, but until he is ready TO
go south again Mr.. McCune will make
his headquarters at his home in Salt
Lake. On his way home he came
through directly from New York He
said he had no desire whatever to at
tend either the Worlds fair or the
Democratic convention.