Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-08-22
PERU REACHING OUT
FOR PANAMA TRAFFIC


Lima. Perjury carrying the students
end newspaper noen who make up the ex-
cursioH party to the Panam canal. tho
tteaMship Ccayali OF the Peruvian Steam
ship & Drydock company has come under
the notice of South Americans to a con-
siderable extent. Interest centers in two
If her features; first, she was built for
turning oil. with an eye to utilizing the
petroleum found in Peru In fairly largo
quantities; second. she may figure promi-
nently In future naval engagement. being
constructed with that end in view, her
armament being kept ready ashore for
instant use. including torpedo tubes. Her
register tonnage is 1914 and her speed IS
knots.
h Peruvian Steamship & Drydock
company was formed in 1906 with a capt.
tai OF G300.0o0, the Peruvian government
subscribing % per cent OF this amount A
floating dry dock was brought from Eng
land to Callao. The steamers Ucayali and
Huallaga were built also in England. as
sister ships. but the latter was destroyed
and the second Huallaga was built In
France but did not reach Callao without
vicissitudes. To build his second ship
and the Mantaro OF 2,125 tons. the Uru
banda OF 2,230 tons and the Pachitea OF
2.526 tons. all with a speed of Is knots. a
loan was raised in France for eEO,Oo.
49, Wy beS O0OoAAJ VI
10000. which was granted for Is years.
These steamers run between Peruvian
ports and Panama. and an extension OF
the service to Chilean ports 10 anticipated.
While the steamers are not expected ia
go through the canal. the opening Of the
latter is naturally looked forward to az
the event that will give the line the need
I'd amount of traffic. At any rate. the
Peruvian Steamship company IL an Inn
portant factor In the new rapid communf-
cation between points on the west coast
of South America and the Panama canal,
where British and Chilean PASSENGER linea
controlled traffic In the past.
The establishment Of this line forms
part OF the vast scheme laid down by the
Peruvian government for the future PAN
anna canal traffic, which includes the
building OF two railroads across the Andes
and the extension OF two others, as we'll
as the Improvement OF harbors and the
those planned at Matarani, north Of Is
lay. are just now the most conspicuous.
as providing a new terminus for tho
Southern railway. replacing that of Mol
lendo by two lines. one connecting with
the latter and the other with a point on
the line between Mollendo and Arequipa,
shortening the distance between the lat
ter and coast by q miles. The two rail-
roads are the German concession to con-
meet the Pacific at Paita with Baguachica
and thence by a southern line with Yuri-
maguas. the principal port on the Hual-
laga river. and by a northern line with
Limcn. a port on the Maranon; and the
American concession to build from the
terminus of the Cerro de Pasco railroad.
at Gollarisquizga, along the Huallaga val
ley, via Huanuco, to the port OF Pucalpa.
on the Ccayali river. The German con-
cession covers a surveyed route OF AS
miles and its cost is estimated at 5000. coo.
while the American route covers about
81 miles. Both lines, which may EVENT.
ually be Joined in the Huallaga valley.
which they both tap. will establish rail
and river connection between the Pacific
and Atlantic oceans, via the Upper Anna
zon. the American making Lima the capt.
tai and Callao the principal port, the Pa
cifc terminus. and the German bringing
Patta to the fore as terminus Of what Is
expected to become one Of the most Inn
portant feeders Of the Panama canal. A
third connection Is to be made with the
Amazon basin by extending the Southern
railway from q point near Tuapata on the
line between Juliaca and Cuzco to tho
port Of Chiforongo. on the ~navigablo
waters Of the Inambari river, an affuent
Of III Madre de Dios which flows into
the Benz river not far from the junction
Of the latter with the Mamore at the
American built Madeira Mamore railroad.
This route affords a Pacifc-Atlanttc CON.
nection through the very heart OF South
America and an exceedingly rich rubber
and mineral section. What is regarded as
an equally important line. and in a meas
ure more interesting even than the others.
IS the projected connection between the
Central and Southern railways, by filing
In the gap between Hauancayo and Cuzco.
via the historic Ayacucho. and with a
branch to H~uancavelica. This with that
other link now under construction between
Uyuni and Tupiza in Bolivia, will estab-
lish railroad connection between Buenos
Aires and Lima, ~diagonally across South
America. completing more than half the
pan-American section Of South America
and bringing the Argentine within the
scope OF the Panama canal.