Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27

III SATURDAY, JANUAE
| I'll In the settlement of boundary claim
| In building southwark from La Paz to Tu-
piza, and there connecting with the Ar
gentine system. The money Is on deposit
| In the Bank of England and the surveyors
are now laying out the line. SIS
The new Peruvian railway system. as
proposed. viii provide for the extension Of
the famous Oroya road. which was built
| by Henry Melgs, an American. thirty years
ago. and was probably the most dimcult
ton ever undertaken. Trains now run
from Lima eastward over the mountains
to the town of Oroya. and from there north
ward to Cerro de Paseo. From Oroya
| new line Will be built southwark throuen
| the great basin between the two ranges OF
| the Andes to the ancient Inca capital OF
Cu8co. From there a line Is already nearly
| completed to Puno on Lake Titlcaca, where
passengers take steamers for La PEG. the
capital Of Bolivia. and connect with the
other American road which runs from funo
| to the Pacific port of Molendo, by way OF
Arequipa. The distance between Puno ana
Cuxo Is about 200 miles. The railway is
already In operation for about 140 miles,
and the gap of sixty miles Will beScom-
pleted during the present year, tsr IN sne
Irish-American, Is running line OF auto
| mobiles between Sieuani and Cuxco.
This line runs through great plateau
l between TWO RANGES Oh tHe AuucSs WiAsSia
was the seat of the Inca empire. 1t for
merly supported dense population ana is
| capable of producing unlimited QUANTITIES
of wheat, corn and cattle. while the noun
| tafns on either side are filled with minerals
The distance from Oroya to Cuzco is
about 800 miles through a similar country
and it Is hoped that the railway can De
| laid within the next four or five years
To reach the rubber country 1t Is pro
posed to build line from Oroya in a NORTH
easterly direction to the river UcayaIi
| which is one of the chief tributaries or the
| Amazon. 1t Is about 300 miles TO havt
gable water, where the rubber and other
| products Of the country may be shippeo 10
| market via the Amazon and the Atlantic
! ocean, The river Ucayali runs through
| rich country that is now almost entirely
| 1ninhab ited. but has a fine climate and
| offers unusual inducements to colonization.
| Several large tracts Of land have already
been granted for colonization purposes.
Valuable Deposits of Minerals.
In the northern part Of the republic II
| is proposed to rebuild and extend two lines
| of railway in order to reach valuable de-
! posits of coal. copper and other minerals
! and open UP tracts of land that are SUIT
able for Vineyards. fruit and general asri-
| culture One of these roads will be an ex.
tension Of a short line now running out OF
| Pacasmayo to the ancient town OF Caxa-
| marca where you will remember that Alta
| hualpa, the Last Of the 1ncas, was stran-
! gled in the most treacherous manner py
Pizzaro after he had filed with gold the
room OF the palace In which he had been
confined The mines from which that goid
came have been forgotten, but still lie
somewhere back in the mountains ana
| what Is much more valuable, there are peas
! of coal of good quality. 1t Is the only coal
! between the isthmus of Panama and SOUTH
ern Chic and is needed by steamship lines
along the coast. The opening of the canal
will give it even greater value, and the
De-. ITO 7av,f will
the new loan to open up that territory.
1t is also proposed to build about hum
bred miles of road from lilo to Moquegan
through rich agricultural valley where
the soil is especially adapted to Vineyards
In addition to the railways l have de-
scribed which will be constructed by the
government. a concession has been granted
to an English corpora ton to build line
distance OF two hundred miles, from the
port of Chimbote over the mountains to
the town of Huafaz. capital of one of the
northern provinces. which Is the center OF
rich mineral region with large deposits
of copper, silver and coal. An American
syndicate has recently obtained a conces-
sion and has deposited a forfeit of $6oUO
for the extension of the present railway
from Payta to the Maranon. one of the
largest BRANCHES of the Amazon. This pro-
posed line will cross both ranges OF the
Andes and open up an agricultural country
and vast rubber forests.
Nearly all of these railways have been
in contemplation for many years, but the
government has never had the money to
build them. 1t is now possible to do SO.
Eighteen millions of dollars in gold are at
the DISPOSAL OF the minister of public works
for this purpose: the preliminary surveys
have been made and before the end of the
year it IS believed that the work of con-
struction will be In progress.
At Peace With the World.
Peru not only has domestic tranquility,
but is at peace with all the world. Boun-
dairy controversies with Ecuador, Colombia
and Bolivia have been submitted to arbi-
tration and decisions are expected in
short time. The only open question is
long-standing dispute with Chile over the
territory that was taken by the latter as
indemnity for the war of 1881. Various
proposals for the settlement of that con-
troversy have failed but since Mr.. Calde-
ron transferred from Washington to
Santiago there have been evidences of
more friendly feeling between the two gov
ernments and hopes for satisfactory set
Element have been revived.
Ell Commerce. of Lima. one of the ablest
newspapers In South America, In comment
ing in a complimentary manner upon the
appointment of Mr. Felipe Pardo as min
lister to the United States. referred to a
speech he made at a banquet in Lima three
years ago. where he advised his audience
to prepare itself to receive the benefits of
the Panama canal, the opening of which
he considered the most favorable event
TOT feGu, next 10 tlldl OF ltS iHuepeHOeDCc
Animated with these ideas, he now goes
to Washington to represent the interests
of his country, which not only those d.
rectly related with international politics.
AS a man OF business he knows the value
of well-directed and truthful propaganda
in the centers where the necessary ele-
ments are found with which to give i'm
pulse to the development of the germs of
wealth that exist in our own soil, and, to-
day, when railroads are being constructed
In Peru, and new ones in project, and the
greatly productive mines are being multi
piled in number, and an unprecedented ac-
tivity Is visible in all branches of industry.
said propaganda can be of more use to
the country than ever before.
"The mission which Mr.. Pardo takes, al
though it has no especially determined OBJ
ject, may be of great advantage now that
the eyes of commercial men and econo-
mists, not only of the United States, but
also of Europe, are fixed with interest on
the material progress of Peru.
ITO demonstrate that said progress is a
real one and originated by permanent
causes, will not be difficult task for him.
and we sure he will not fail to carry
out his mission to the fullest extent which
his diplomatic position will permit"