The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-19

Lims: Lime the capital city. ana Peru in ,a csiiao: where the American battle A@sriea 'is esusss ona of sr0uas sSs s9Sss %oss side. and is the great depot for the tSo%neres to vasrs or Peru. It is second only south. Approximately one-haif of the foreign trade of Peru, which amounted Iasn year to more than s50.000. 900, passes in and out of Callao. making Fully ioS6 vessels i% put inso asf the harbor risy gether with forty sailing craft may any any day be seen lying at anchor in
 Callao is one of the finest and saf- est harbors on the Pacific, and the Peruvian government is showing great enersy not only to make 1t modern. equip. the city itself with every neces- sity Tor comfortable and hygienic liv- Ing: There are massive wharves at the feet long this pier is connected with the shore by a bridge. built on iron piles. 2.s00 feet long, Tn the bay is floating dock which will admit yes 5000 tons weight. Steamers lie alongside the wharves, and freight is transhipped immediately into cars on tracks within a few feet of the water. Havre or Hook of Holland, is remark ably strikingl The machinery about these docks is chiefly electric, the pow CT being drawn from streams only a small distance back in the mountains.
 natural protection of the bay is the Island of San Lorenzo. which shell ters the city from southwest storms ajacs Adjaesnt to San Lorsaso Loren is the Pal light house, the light from which is visible for eighteen miles. Just re- gently erected is tower for wireless telegraphy, and communication by this means will soon be in operation all along the coast.
 Callao. as a town, is very old. it's foundation dating back to the year by an earthquake in 174s and swal- lowed up by the sea. The present city yet retains some traces of its earlier history. in the narrow and irregular streets. but today 1t has grown away from such conditions, and is modern in every sense of the word The pop ulatton numbers 32.000, alth ough in the ssy 5e t w9gs seem %sss bsss sSrssr business hours but return in the after noon to their homes in Lima.
 Lima. the capital of Peru. is only nine miles from Caliao. and lies 500 nils hills of s the andss. Dds st TMo steam s and snd one. electric trolley lines connect the capital with the port, and there is be- side q fine avenue for carriages, so ly go from one city to the other at any time. This is one of the most roman tic spots of Spanish America. wing with the City of Mexico in the inter rope upon the newly discovered Amer ica. but Lima Is far more than city of churches. plazas, monasteries and houses of grandees of Spain. Never viceroys should not be forgotten, for Lima was at one time the center of government for all South America, and her auth ority extended from Pan- most beautiful cities of the western world, and enjoys a climate which, without exaggerations can be called perpetual spring.
 Lima also has new avenue, Colum- bus Avenida. nearly half a mile long, lat the end of which is the statue of Columbus, reproduced in the statue at the front of the de Lesseps house at Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama. This Is the fashionable drive and promenade of society. Other new. streets testify to the rapid advance the city is mak- ing. Electric lights, trolley ears, abundant water ana such public rtdlt. ns inhabitants fully abreast of the times. Lima Is the seat of the oldest univer- sity in America, founded here in 1851. tances go in South America, are the battledelds of Junin and Ayacucho, where, in 1S24, was fought the final struggle by which Spain. lost forever
 Peru has great advantage over other republic of South America. She is a trans-continental country, having a coast line on the Pscitic of I,soo miles reached, yet one of the great com mercial centers of Peru is IQuitos,. an