The Republican journal., 1905-10-05

,-al Core spondence of The Journal.l
DOZA, ARGENTINE, August Is,
After two nights of seml-strangu-
n the sieeplng-car. the voice of
rter is heard at five O'Clock in
9Tning crying: "Arriba, Senoras,
r. Mendoza yiene" Get up, gentle
get up, Mendoza is coming
is music indeed i'll the travellers
Gazing delightediy out of the
w you no longer see desolate
stretching brown and dry to the
Jn, but verdant expanses of vine
. and gardens and corn fields, all
ii by walls of colossal sun-dried
/. and crisS-crosSed with network
eating canals. There are many
iauches and cattle farms in this
d. for the western border of Ar
has long been safer from the
Of predatory Indians than the
A portion of the republic. Here
az of of the country is more roll
I'll streams more numerous, and
tie and bunch grass of the des-
pa give place to willow groves
.cketS of a garroba. Running
toward the majestic mass of
les that fills the western horizon,
III at first discern only vague
towering 20 the skies. most
eut among which is the snowy
t Tupungate. With each sue
mile the mountains appear to
t.. throwing off their ShadOWy
Il mutt and arraylng themselves
ndid draperles of ever-changing
md indesCribable softnesS. But
The CROWNS of the monarthS are
ing III golden light, their lower
remain long in darkness, for the
Imines the upper heights hours
it reaches the horizon of the
at their feet. The thin air and
transparent snow are so mislead-
The sight and deceptive as to dis
that far-aWay objects seem close
IL, on are willing to make alta
nat the nearest spurs cannot be
than ten miles away, while in
y they are distant more than a
I'd miles. To what height, then,
those mighty peaks attain, that
o the unframed eye look so col
what enormous spaces lie be-
them, and how incalculable the
of snow fields upon the upper
8. so emboWered and over-topped
poplar and walnut trees is Men
tne old Spanish city at the foot
Andes, that you fancy the train
preaching a forest until you are
within it. 1t is both a new and
d town-having been founded by
Conquistadores from Peru as
as 1859, and entirely destroyed by
thquake, in which nine-tenths of
-9ple persisted, as late as 1861.
is one of the few places in South
Ca that not only produces a IA
t impression upon the stranger
emalns satisfactory Oh intimate
ntance-at least in picturesque
II yieW-and is ito memory dear"
er, when one has forgotten such
annoyances as its swarming
nd the rude posadaS that serve
IS. Mendoza is within fifty miles
oncagua, the Hottest peak Oh the
IN Hemisphere, and the city
has an elevation of 1000 feet
- Buenos Ayres. 1t is laid out on
Ial chess board plan, with streets
meters broad, and all its wide
ks are shaded by luXurlant
"a poplars. Every house has
ard and flower garden, and there
- large plazas filed with fine Old
nd blosSoming shrubs. The old
lay best be described as a group
led avenues set in the midst OF
mense garden, for its environs,
..Ing to the foothills. are covered
brilliant vegetation at all times
year. kept fresh and green even
III tile sc0rchlng summer heat by
ulndant waters of the Rio Men
nd other streams, natural and
Al. The place IS surrounded
mails, one OF which, conducted
gh the city, supplies the house
IS with abundant irrigation
he people with water for do
Y purposes. Every street has
paved cutters on both sides,
water fresh from the noun
running through them night and
Down the middle of the Gale
Martin, Mendoas' principal street,
dter is conducted through wide,
acqueduct, partly below the side
which is formed of plank laid
5 the gurgling stream. Were it
OF abundant shade and water, the
would be unindurable during
Of the year, though SHOWS are in
, because winds, hot as African
ons, blow up from San Juan way
re summer time. On account of
xcessive heat many people sleep
cir open courtyards in hammocks
n iron bedsteads. Happily there
70 heavy deWs here, so close to the
lllera, as out on the unSheltered
"a.
twlthstanding its total destruc-
less than half a century ago, Men
has now a population verging on
y, and is growing fast by emigra
Irom the republics to the west
/. Standing as it does near the en-
= to the Uspallapa Pass, the high
over the mountain, the town is
hief center of trade with Chill and
for the eastern side of the Andes,
Furnishing transportation business
}rried on-which is likely to be
ID, however, when the TransAn-
railroad is completed. Every day
lg the summer months long trains
ck-muleS are set in motion for the |
T heights. The mountaineer, in |
oncho, with cowhide boots coming
the thigh, is familiar figure in
streets, and the tinkle of mule
and the crack of the muleteers
of knotted thongs may be heard
ny hour of the day. From time
Of mind Mendoza has been cele-
d for its prolific orchards of
es, cherries, apricots, figs and
;, its graperies and strawberry
B.; and formerly large quantities of
fruit were shipped to other parts