The Republican journal., 1905-07-06
ARGENTINE RAILWAYS.
,osvAGANCE OF THE DISTINCTIVE
po0M" THE MIRROR FAD.

-s. correspondence of The Journal.1
xu~ AYREs, May %, 1905. Among
7.; surprising things in this coun-
surprises are the railroads, for
,ade far-away republic possesses
,gous system, with stations and
,rlts which in beauty, extent and
tnce are seldom equaled and
ami assed in Europe or the Uni
tes No fewer than twenty-five
now in actual working order
,.-nna, with a total extension of
5000 miles, which represent an
lie capital of $500, 100000; while
thousand miles more of roads
...rtpd and at some points par
pieted.
Importance is the BuenoS
-rthern, which starts from the
"a Constitution in the heart of
lI whose suburb statiOn-with
k entrance hall, monumental
.alrcase, gorgeous waiting
& offices of administration
--e fresh evidence of the ab-
and extravaganza of the late
hat so nearly ruined Argen-
- platforms for the arrival
IRE of passengers the depots
a-e stations are commodious
On accommodate the entire
If the republic at once and
Hned by single iron roof of
- ielicate wOrkmanship-one
-- extensive of its kind in the
rrng a certain portion of the
1-a lepots and the adjoining
form the great wool mar
euos Ayres, and then present
nl;ed scene. The rolling stock
ai mostly purchased in Eng
.crsponds with the magniti-
au, being of the most ''im-
ieScription. 1t boasts of a
train whose English-made
Ere lifted with every luxury
II tastidious traveller could de-
ne It's common cars are on the
american plan and its sleepers
4 -uropean, the latter in COM
4ts obtaining four beds. People
E. eustomed to travelling in the
ates, and not the European
ID nd these little square sleeping
.s 4ueer. Each has a table in
.s and beautifully fitted with
a. satin, walls and roof of nat
is =xquisitely carved, polished
q lickel, globes and toilet ser
glass everything in excel
airing a superabundance of
- HlroTs everywhere, above,
every side, wherever a mir
.uSSibly be put, The expla-
t'is latter popularity, which
with in theatres, restau-
all public places in Argen-
.a 81 the fact that the modern
u is a self-made man, who
maker above every other
lect and enjoys gazing at
all occasions.
~ time we went travelling in
.ese luXuriant cars we were
EYeu it came time for retiring
that there were neither
rutains, nothing whatever
-.s berths from public view,
F.. "a score of looking glasses,
4W, on every side, to repro
t.uItiply all the mysteries of
- Dressing-room there was
10 help for it but to drape
.- rs a partial screen and let
lies go till a more conven-
atterward informed by a
mate, to whom we express
rise at this lack of a COM
sity amid so much gorgeous
al the reason why curtains were
I'D rom the otherwise perfect APP
J. u. ii the sleepers, was that the
fu- -raveling public appreciated
ratiful things besides itself
Is sure to appropriate everything
4er that pleased it's taste; and
.trs Invariably returned from
without a curtain, pillow
.eel or other article not made
1t and screw, it was thought
D" -luove temptation and save the
l-edless expense.
Importance to the Great
Fill aomes the Buenos Ayres and
't-ne, and in many respects the
ned IS pleasanter for the travel
"Nlg commodious lavatories and
cars attached, and so ar
I'd that one may. promenade down
h-fa aisles from end to end of
iao The whole country being an
Fuse plain, railroad building in Ar
Ia PRESENTS none of the difficulties
ale constantly encountered on
'-sLeru side of South America, or
Brazil and Venezuela. The
@' interrupted stretch of one
way in the world is the new
nr 'acifc, from Buenos Ayres
'0i Of the Andes-clear across
'uent from the Atlantic to
trN miles of the Pacific a