The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-06
AMERICAN FLEET
IN OLD CALLA0
Historic Peruvian City, Whers
Admiral Evans Makes Fourth
Stop. Is Up-to-Date.

Callao, where the Ancrican battle
fleet is now anchored in its fourth
stop in its cruise around South Anlcri-
ca, is one of tha most important ports
On the Pacific side and is the great
depot for The commerce of Peru. 1t
is second only TO Valparaiso, chile, l.
500 rnilcs 10 The south. Approximately
nue-hal. of the foreign trade OF Perm
which accounted last year to more thaN
S5u,GGD.Gu0, passes in and out of cad
lao, making it 4 busy. active and ia
1ustrious city. Fully 1000 vessels put
INTO tiie larbor every year, and 20
steamers together with 40 sailing craft
may amy dny be seen lying at anchor
an the baY.
rai,ao is one of he finest and safest
hartors OH the Pacific. and thc
peruvian government is showing great
energy not only to make it modern.
con. eMient and secure, but also to equip
the city itself With every necessity for
comfortable hysienic living. There are
massive wha.Nes at the waters edge.
piel Is connected with the shore by n
bridge. built on iron piles. $500 feet
long. Ia the bay is a floating dock
witch VIII admit vessels OF u feet
drauaht and 5000 tons weight. Steam
ers lie alongside the wharVes, and
lFtl}slli is lltiliSIlll1scu lllllIlcQlhLciS 1i4tu
cars on tracks within Il few undre
feet OF me water. The resemblance tc
Il modern port like HaVre or Hook OF
HOLLAND. is remarkably striking. The
machinery about these docks is chiefly
electric, The power being drawn from
streams only a small distance back ii
the mountains.
Calloa, as Il town, is very old, fits
foundation dating back to the year 1887
The original site vas destroyed by an
earthquake in 1T46 and swallowed W
by the sea. The present city yet re-
tains some traces of Its earlier history
IN the n:trrow and irregular streets, bu,
today it has grown away from such
conditions. and is modern in every
sense OF the word. The population mum.
hers 81, geo, although in the day time
1t would seem much larger, because
many men ON here during business
hours but return in the afternoon TIC
ital OF Peru, is only nine miles from
Enllao, and lies 500 feet higher, close
against the foothills of the Andes.
The government is today wide awake
and ambitious. 1t ncourages rail
roads, il invites foreign capital to in.
vest money in We'll secured enterprises
and has already entered upon a career
Of substantial, industrial prosperity
Peru is a little less thar Is times thu
size of New York state. Her climate
embraces every kind from he tropic:
10 perpetual SHOWS. There is no know
plant or animal that will not grow
here. The most famous engineering
structure in the world. the Oroya rail.
way, built by Henry Meiggs, the Amer
lean, run from the Pacific ocean acros:
the Andes. The highest navigated bod,
of fresh water. Lake Titicaca, and thu
Harvard astronomical observatory
from which the most accurate observa'
Tons are taken from half way vi
Ill Misti near Arequlpa, are institutions
OF which Peru is justly proud.
Peru has a population approximatint
h,000,A 900. The country is therefore no
20 sparsely settled as might be imag.
tned, and the people are industriou
and home loving. The republic come.
within what may be call d the cana
belt, and when this is finished. whel
snil communication is established be
tween the upper waters of the Amazon
and the Pacific, Peru is sure to becom
one of the powerful factors in the lif
OF South America.