Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-06
Buenos Ayres Great City

DO manv Americans realize that
Buenos Ayres is the largest city in the
| world south of the equator? Ihat the
| city has nearly 100000 inhabitants;
| that it has more and better paved
streets, in proportion to its size, than
anv city in the western hemisphere;
that its trolley service carried last year
nearly 100000 people, and is now SO
| crowded that plans for an underground
| railway are prepared; that It's opera
! house can put to shame anylnlhs III
| America, and has entertained all cele-
| brated artists from Patti to Bernnardt;
| that its home for the Jockey cluo is
| famous for art treasures and decora-
tions In marble; that one of It's many
newspapers maintains huge buildlnS
all It's own, in which are library lee
ture room, museum, and even as
pensary for the public, as well as rest
and refreshment rooms for It's EN-
ployes? e.., ..r,,1a-
passenger lines run to Europe, with as
fine steamers as money can BUY, ana
England, France, Germany ana ltaly
are competing keenly for trade Whlch
we in the United States imagine Is
hardly worth a serious struggle. Ihis
is the capital of the republic, put 10
sario. La Plata, Cordoba and Bahia
| pIanca are also progressive, and the
! interior cities vie with those on the
! coast as centers of intellectual ana IN
dustrial activity. -. .,1o
think that this republic is in the same
condition as the Spaniards found II
| 90o Years ago. This is an error OF lg-
norance! Bolivia is pushing into the
| front rank of industrial nations, ana
| has long ago abandoned the isolation
to which tradition unfortunately con
| fined it. Bolivia is the third largest
AY1,n nrin
is 5000 square miles and equals the
size of the two tiers of states next the
| pacific ocean. 1t is mountainous
country, in striking contrast 20 Ar
| gentina. which is essentially land OF
| plain and prairie.
| Bolivia practically leads the World
in production of tin, but the silver ana
| conner play a large part in foreign
! markets. But Bolivia has more than
mineral wealth. There are hundreds OF
| snuare miles of some of the richest ag>
| ricultural lands on earth. On the pla-
! teaus wheat, corn and fruits VIII grow
| Further down there are tllimltable pos
| sibilties for coffee and cotton Whlle
| closer to the great rivers running into
| the Amazon and Paraguay are i'm
mense tracts of rubber trees and SOIL
| suitable for cacao.
To Open Opportunities
| Bolivia mas u6Clueu " ll4iOW DPSi
these opportunities to the world. How
will she do it? By building railroads
| into and across these virgin spots. AL
ready there are two lines running from
ports on the Pacific to La Paz, the
! capital. and a third is under construc-
| ton. This is not enough, however. A
northern, an eastern and southern
outlet are demanded, and Bolivia has
determined to supply them.
Consequently the nation has agreed
with Brazil to help construct from
the north a wonderful road around the
falls of the Madeira river to tap the
heart of the tropics. 1t has agreed
with Argentina to run line to the
south to connect with the railway COM
ing up from Buenos Ayres, so that
within few years the traveller can
tourney in modern style over the old
Inca and Spanish trail all the way to
| La PaZ.
The nation has also plan of its own
to build almost due east toward the
wonderful forest land of the Chaco,
and reach, within its own territory,
the head of navigation on one of the
great tributaries of the Rio de la Plata.