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tive and industrious city. Fully
200 vessels put into the harbor every
year and 70 steamers together with
40 sailing crafts may any day be seen
lying at anchor in the bay.
Calico 10 one OF the finest and safe.
est harbors on the Pacific and the
Peruvian government is showing great
energy not only to make Ii modern,
convenient and secure, but also to
equip the city itself with every neces-
sity for comfortable and hygienic liv.
ing. There are massive wharves at
the waters edge, protected by pier
800 feet long; this pier ia connected
with the shore by bridge, built on
iron piles, $500 feet long. In the
bay is floating dock which will ad.
NIT vessels OF 81 feet drsught aud s.
600 tons weight. Steamers lie along
side the wharves and freight is trans
shipped imme lately into cars on
tracks within few feet of the water.
The resem blancc to a modern port
like Havre or Hook of Holland 10 re
markably striking. The machinery
about these docks is chiefly electric,
the power being drawn from streams
only small distance bsck In the
mountains.
A natural protection OF the bay Is
the Island of san Lorenzo, which
shelters the city from southwest
storms. Adjacent to San Lorenzo is
the PaIomnios group, on which is a
powerful light house, the light trola
which Is visible for eighteen miles.
Just recently erected is a tower Tor
wireless telegraphy and communica-
tion Ey this means will soon be in
operation all along the coast.
Callao, as a town, Is very old, its
foundation dating back to the year
1887. The original site was destroyed
by an earthquake in TAG and swal-
lowed up by the sea. The present
city yet retains scme traces of It's ear
lier history, in the narrow and ire
gular streets, but today IL has grown
away from such conditions and is
modern In every sense OF the word.
The population numbers 81, GOO, al
though in the day time it would seem
much larger, because many men come
here during business hours but return
In the afternoon to their homes in
Lima.
Lima. the capitol of Peru, is only
nine miles from Callao and lies 500
feet higher, close against the foothills
OF the Andes. Two steams and one
electric trolley line connect the capi-
tol with the port, and there is besides
fine avenue for carriages, so that
the traveller can easily and quickly 60
from one city to the other at any
time. This ia one of the most Ioman-
tic spots Of Spanish America. vying
with the City OF Mexico Ia the inter.
est which shows the influences OF Eu-
r pc upon the newly discovered
America, but Lima is far more than
city of churches, plazas, monastaries
aud houses of grandees OF Spain.
Nevertheless, the impress of Pizarlo
aud the viceroys should not be forgot.
ten, for Lima was at one time the
center OF government for all South
America and her authority extended
from Panama to Buenos Ayies. 1t is
one Of the most beautiful cities of the
western world and enjoys a climate,
which, without exaggeration, can DO
called perpetual spring.
Lima also has new avenue, Colum-
bus avenida, nearly half a mile long,
at the end of which is the statute Of
Columbus, reproduced In the statute
at the front of the de Lesseps house
at Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama.
This is the fashionable drive aud
promenade of society. Other new
streets testify to the rapid advance
the city Is making. Electric lights,
trolley cars, abundant water and such
public utilities are making this city
of l50, 900 inhabitants fully abreast of
the times. Lima Ia the seat OF the
oldest university in America, found
cd here In 1861. Not so very far from
Lima, as distances 60 In South Amer
ica, are the battle fields of Junin and
Ayacucho, where, In 1924, was fought
the final struggle by which Spain lost
forever her hold on this part OF the
world.
Peru has great advantage over other
republics of South America. She is
a transcontinental country, hsving a
coast line on the Pacific of l, 800 miles
from which the whole world can be
reached, yet one OF the great CONNER
cial oenters of Peru is Iquitos. an in
land city on the Atlantic water shed.
From Iquitos ocean steamers pass 2, i.
900 miles down tho Amazon through
the Brazilian port of Manaos and pro-
ceed to New York or Eui ope, just as
/ ha1
on salt water. This is an advantage
possessed by no other .country except
Colombia, which has ports on both
the Caribbean (Atlantic) and the Pa.
ciflc.
The variety of natural products
within Peru's confines adds greatly to
her promise for future growth. Her
wealth does not by any means depend
upon minerals alone. She Is large
sugar producer; her cotton Is famous
for certain good qualities; she exports
hides, coffee and rice; from the de-
posits In the soil come copper, silver,
petroleum and salt guano is dug
from its beds and the native rubber
tracts under cultivation are yielding
riches to their possessors.
The government Is today wideawakt
and ambitions. 1t encourages rail
roads, it invites foreign capital to in
vest money In we'll secured enter,
prises and has already entered upon d
career of substantial, industrial pros
perity. Peru is little less than If
teen times the size Of New York state
Her climate embraces every kind
from the tropics to perpetual SHOWS
There is no known plant or anima
that will not grow here. The mosl
famous engineering structure in th,
world. the Oroya railway built by
Henry Meiggs, the American, rum
from the Pacific ocean across the An
daa. The highest nayigated body O