Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-14
CALLAO, LIMA AND PERU.
information About the Country Wis.,
tied by the Battleship Fleet.

to the bureau about countries visited
by the fleet, the director Of the inter-
national bureau Of the American Re-
pub'ics, John Barrett, has prepared
the following data about Callao, the
porr Lima, the capital city, and Peru
in general:
Callao, where the American battle
fleet is now making it's fourth stop In
Its cruise around South America, Is
one Of the most important ports on
the Pacific side, and is the great de-
pot for tho commerce of Peru. 1t Is
second only To Valparaiso, Chill. l.5OO
miles to the south. Approximately
one half of the foreign trade Of Peru
which amounted last year to more
than s5O,O0O,O0O, passes in and out of
Caliao, making it a busy, active and
industrious city Fully 1000 vessels
put into the harbor every year, and
twenty steamships, together with for
ty sailing crafts, may any day be seen
lying at anchor in the bay.
Callao is one Of the finest and safest
harbors on the Pacific, and the Peru
Wan government Is showing great
energy not only to make 1t modern,
coRvenient and secure, but also to
equip the city itself with every neces-
sitS for comfortable and hygienic liv-
| ing! There are massive wharves at
the waters edge, protected by pier
500 feet long: this pier is connected
with the shore by a bridge, built on
iron piles, $500 feet long. In the bay
| Is a floating dock which will admit
vessels Of twentyone feet draught
and 5000 tons weight. Steamships lie
alongside the wharves and freight is
transhipped Immediately into cars on
tracks within a few feet Of the water.
The resemblance to modern port like
ably striking. The machinery about
| these docks is chiefly electric, the pow
er being drawn from streams only a
small distance back in the mountains.
A natural protection Of the bay is
the Island Of San Lorenzo, which shell
ters the city from southwest storms.
| Adjacent to San Lorenzo is the Palo-
minos group, on which is a nowerful
| lighthouse. the light from which is
visible for eighteen miles. Just re-
Gently erected is a 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, its
foundation dating back to the year
1897. The original site was destroy
ed bv an earthquake in 1746 and swal-
lowed up by the sea. The present city
vet retains some traces Of its earlier
history. in the narrow and irregular
streets, but today it has grown away
from such conditions, and Is modern
in every sense of the word. The pop
ulaton numbers $4,000, although IN the
daytime it would seem much larger,
because many men come here during
business hours but return in the af-
| tef7loon to their homes in Lima.
Lima, the capital Of Peru, is only
nine miles from Callao, and lies 500
feet higher. close against the foothills
of the Andes. Two steam and one
electric trolley lines connect the cap
ital with the port, and there Is be-
sides a fine avenue for carriages, so
that the traveller can easily and quick
ly so from one city to the other at
any time. This is one of the most ro-
mantle spots of Spanish America, Wy
ing with the City Of Mexico in the in
terests which show the influence of
Europe upon the newly discovered
America. but Lima is far more than
citv of churches. plaZas. monasteries
and houses Of grandees Of Spain.
Nevertheless, the impress Of Pizarro
and the viceroys should not be for
centre Of government for all South
America. and her authority extended
from Panama to Buenos Ayres. Tt is
one of the most beautiful cities Of the
western world. and enjoys a climate
which. without exaggeration, can be
called perpetual spring.
Lima also has a new avenue, CO.
lumbus avendia. nearly half a mile
tue of Columbus. reproduced in the
statue at the front Of the De Lesseps
house at Colon, on the Isthumus of
Panama. This is the fashionable
4 r;,,a opd propoapoda of cociatu OH
er new streets testify to the rapid ad-
vance the city is making. Electric
lights, trolley cars. abundant water
and such public utilities are making
this city of 100000 inhabitants fully
abreast Of the times. Lima is the
seat Of the oldest university in Amer
lea. founded here in 1851. Not so
very far from Lima as distances go in
South America. are the battlefields 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 9TH
er Republics of South America. She
is a transcontinental country. having
coast line on the Pacific of 1000
miles. from which the whole world
can be reached. yet one Of the great
commercial centres Of Peru is Iquitos,
an inland city on the Atlantic water
shed. From Iquitos ocean steamers
pass 1000 miles down the Amazon
through the Brazilian port of Manaos
and proceed to New York or Europe.
just as If they had come from a coast
town on salt water. This is an advan-
tage possessed by no other country
except Columbia. which has ports on
both the Caribbean (Atlantic) and
the Pacific.
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; silver, petrol.
cum and salt; guano is dug from its
hadc apd the native rubber tracts un-