Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-20

GAY AND FESTIVE CALLAO,
The Peruvian port, Where Uncle SANS
Pacific Fleet Makes It's Next stop.


due to arrive at Callao. Peru, on the
West coast C South America. In res
ponse to public interest and inquiries
which are constantly coming to the bu-
reau about countries visited by the fleet,
the director II the iternatonal bureau
of the American republics, Mr.. John
Barrett, has prepared the following data
about Callao the port, Lima the capital
city and Peru in general
Callao where the American battlcship
fleet Is now making it's fourth stop in
its cruise round South America, is one of
the most important ports on the Pacific
side and is the great depo' for the com
merce Of Peru. IT is second only to Val
paradise. Chile. 1.5N miles to the south.
approximately one half Of the foreign
trade of Peru, which amounted last year
to more than $4,000, NO. passes In and out
of Callao, making 1t a busy, active and
industrious city. Fully loo vessels put
into the harbor every year. and 20 steam
ers together with 40 sailing craft may
any day be seen lying at anchor in the
bay
Callao is one of tho finest and safest
harbors on the Pacific. and the Peruvian
government is showing great energy not
| secure, but also to equip the city itself
with every necessity for comfortable
and hyEicnc living. There are massive
wharvcs at the waters edge, protected
by a pier 500 feet long; this pier is con-
nected with the shore by bridge. built
on iron piles. ESQ feet long In the BAY
is a noatng dock which will admit ves-
sells of p feet draught and 300 tons
| a a
wharvcs, and freight is transhippcd inn
mcdiatcy into G. 8 on tracks within
| few feet OF the water. The resemblance
to 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 d small distance back in
the mountains.
A natural protection Of the bay is the
Island Of san Lorenzo. which shelters
the city from Southwest storms. Ada
cent to san Lorenzo is the Palominos
/ group, on which is powerful light
/ house. tho light from which is visible
| for eighteen miles Just recently erected
is a tower for wireless biography, and
communication by this means will soon
be in operation all along the coast
! Gala, as town, is very old, its
foundation dating back to the year 1857.
| The original site was destroyed by an
earthquake in 1916 and swallowed up ~
the sea. The present city yet retains
some traces Of its earlier history, in the
! narrow and irregular streets, but today
| it has grown away from such conditions,
| and is modero in every sense Of the
word The population numbers 900 al
| though in the day time it would seem
much larger. because many men come
4 here during business hours but return
in the afternoon to their homes in Lima.
Lima, the capital Of Peru, is only nine
miles from Callao, and lies 500 feet high
or close against the foot hills Of the
| Andes Two steam and one electric troll
lev lines connect the capital with the
vort. and there is besides fine avenue
| for carriages, so that the traveller can
easily and quickly so from one city to the
other at y time. This is one of the
most romantic spots of Spanish Ameri-
lea. lying with the city of Mexico in the
interest which show the Influences Of
Europe upon the newly discovered Amer
lea. but Lima is far more than a city
| # churches, pazas, monastaries and
| houses of grandces Of Spain Neverthe-
| less. tho impress of Pizarro and the
viccroys should not be forgotten, for
| Lima was at one time the center of
covert nlent for all South America, and
her authority extended from Panama to
Buonos Aires II is one of the most
beautiful cities OF the Western world
and enjoys climate which, without eX-
aggeration, can be called perpetual
spring
Lima also has a new avenue, Colun-
bus Avenida, nearly half a mile long
Mt the end OF which is the statue of
Columbus, reproduced in the statue at
he front Of the dc Losseps house al
Colon, on the Isthmus Of Panama. This
is the fashionable drive and promenade
of ;ociety. Other new streets testify tc
the rapid advance the city is making
Electric lights trolley cars. abundant
water and such public utilities. are max
ing this city of 10000 inhabitants fully
abreast of the times. Lima is the seat
of the oldest university of America
founded here in 1851. Not so very far
America, are the battle fields of Junr
and Ayacucho. where in 1924 was fought
the final struggle by which Spain lost
forever her hold on this part OF tht
world
Peru has great advantage over Other
republics Of South America. she is q
trans-continental country, having Il Goa 81
line on the Pacific OF l,6oo miles from
which the whole world can be reached