The Washington herald., 1908-02-23


quiries which are constantly coming 10
the bureau about countries visited by the
feet. the director Of the International
Bureau Of the American Republics. MIR.
John Barrett. has prepared the following
data about Callao. the port: Lima. the
capital city, and Peru in general.
Callao, the fourth stopping place OF the
American battle ship feet in its cruise
around South America. is one OF the most
important ports on the Pacific side, and
IS the great depot for the commerce OF
Peru. Il is second only 10 VALPARAISO.
Chile, L59G miles 70 the south Approx
mateiy one-half OF the foreign trade OF
Peru. which amounted last year 10 more
than $00o0000. passes in and OUT OF Cal
lao, making IL a busy. active. and indus-
trious city. Fully 1.009 vessels put into
/ the harbO- every year, and twenty
steamers together with forty sailing
craft, 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 Peruvian
government Is showing great energy not
only 10 make il modern. convenient and
secure, but also TO equip the city itself
with every necessity for comfortable and
hygienic living There are massive
Wharyes ar the waters edge. protected
by pier 800 feet long; this pier Is con-
nected with the shore By a bridge, bult
on iron piles. $500 feet long
In the bay is n floating dock, which
VIII admit vessels Of tWenty-One feet
draught and 500 tons weight Steamers
lie alongside the wharves, and freight IS
( transhipped Immediately into cars on
g-ffh
The resemblance to a modern port Ike
l davre or Hook Of Holland IS remarkably
striking The machinery about these
docks Is chiefly electro, the power being
drawn from streams only a small dis
tance back in the mountains
Protected from storms.
! natural protection Of the bay IS the
+ Island Of San Lorenzo. which shelters
the city from southwest storms. Adjacent
10 san Lorenzo IS the PaIominos GROUP.
on which is a powerful lighthouse. the
I light from which is visible for eighteen
miles. Just recently erected is q tower
( ioT wireless telegraphy, and cOmmunic2-
ton by this means VIII soon be in opera
/ ton all along the coast
! Callao, as a Town, Is very old. its foun-
/ dation dating back 10 the year 15s7 The
original site was destroyed by an earth
/ quake in I74S and swallowed up-Sy the
sea The present city yet retains some
traces Of its earlier history in the mar
row and Irregular streets. but to-day IL
I has grown away from such conditions.
and IS modern IN every sense OF the word.
! The population numbers 32.e16 although
/ in the daytime il would seem much larg-
er, because many men come here during
/ business hours but return in the after
noon 10 their homes in Lima
/ Lima. the capital OF Peru. is only nine
miles from CallaO. and lies 500 feet hfgf,-
er, close against the foothills OF the
Andes One electric trolley and two
steam lines connect the capital with the.
port, and there is besides a fine avenus
/ for carriages, so that the traveller can
I easily and quickly 90 from one city 10
4 the other az any tine. This Is one OF the
most romantic spots or Spanish America.
I vying with the CITY OF Mexico in the
( interests which show the influences OF
Europe upon the newly discovered Amer
lea, but Lima is far more than q city
Z OF churches piazaS, monasteries, ard
\ houses OF grandees Of Spain.
Once Great Seat of Government.
Nevertheless, the impress OF P;zsrro
and the viceroys should not be trgos
ten, for Lima was at one time the center
Of government for all South America.
and her authority extended from Panama
/ TO BuenOs Ayres- It is one of the most
\ beautiful cities Of the Western world.
! and enjoys a climate which. without ex-
/ aggeration, can be called perpetual
spring.
Lima also has new avenue, Columbus
/ 2venida, nearly half a mile long. at the
end of which Is the statue OF Columbus.
] ran f7rrrar. fr, ~r...
/ the de Lesseps house at Colon. on the
/ Isthmus. Of Panama This is the fashion,
able drive and promenade Of society.
Other new streets testify 70 the rapid ad-
vance the city is making Electric lights.
I trolley cars, abundant water. and such
public utilities are making this city OF
$4,000 Inhabitants fully abreast OF the
I times. Lima is the seat Of the oldest uni
versity in America. founded here in 1851
( rot Sc very FAR from Lima. as distances
go in South America. are the battlehelds
/ Of JuniR 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
! transconunental country. having coast
line on the Pacific of 1850 miles from
which the whole world can be reached.
I Yet one OF the great commercial centars
I Of Peru is IGuitos an inland city on the
Atlantic watershed. From Iquitos ocean
steamers pass 1000 miles down the Ana
zon, through the Brazilian port OF Ma
/ maps and proceed 10 New York or Eu-
rope. Just as If they had come from a
coast town on salt water. This is an ad-
vantage possessed by no other country
| except Colombia. which has ports on both
the Caribbean (Atlanuc) and the Pacific.
Natural Wealth Great.
The variety Of natural products within
Peru's confines adds greatly to her prom
ise for future growth. Her wealth does
not by any means depend upon minerals
alone. She is a large sugar producer: her
cotton is famous for certain good Quail
/ ties; she exports hides. coffee. and rice;
/ from the deposits in TIE soil come copper.
silver. petroleum. and salt. guanO is dug
from its beds and the native rubber
tracts under cultivation are yielding riches
70 their pOssessors.
The government is to-day wide awake
and ambitious Ii encourages railroads.
/ IL invites foreign capital To invest money
in well-Secured enterprises. and has al
ready entered upon a career OF suhStan-
tiai industrial prosperity. Peru is a little
I less than fifteen times the size OF New
York State. Her climate embraces every
/ kind. from the tropics 70 perpetual Snow.
There is 10. known plant or animal that
| will not grow here.
The most famous engineering structure
IN the world, the Oroya Railway. built by
Henry Meiggs. the American. runs from
/ the Pacific Ocean across the Andes. The
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