The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-17
,iee doctors and a plaza for recrea-

when Don Cousino died his widow
mS SAID 10 be the richest woman in
ue "orld and he1 income was over
s1,oeo.ooO a year. She had NOT ONLY
the coal mines. but silver ,;,a~ -
copper mines, bonds and stocks ga
iore. she had also a large hacienda
near santiago and a fine home ~
ma CITY she gave to the public the
oousino Park. which is the CHIEF
pressure ground Of the Chilean can
lIai, ana she made herself famous
also Tor her palace and park at I.ota
not Tar from her mines. have visit
co both places. They are wonders of
idhuScape gardening, that OF I.ora hay-
ing many picturesque effects OF both
land and sea.
III canal should also give an ONT
let TO the lumber of our hern
states INTO all the Pacific Coast c0un-
tries. nile has d large forest re-
Sion. but the woods do not omnare
Win ours and the country is now
importing about so, 0Oe, 600 feet of
lumber per annum he most of
thiS comes from California, Oregon
and Washington, and ii has To 60 .
long way farther to each the canal
than would the lumber of our gulf
states Indeed. the increased dis
lance would probably more than off
set the tolls charged n Gulf State
iuInper for passing through the ca
nal.
Moreover, the outlook is that there
VIII pc an increased demand for lum-
her IN Ecudor, Peru and Chile. All
OF the ports and the most of the
cities will grow and they will need
building materials. This will be es-
peclally so in Chile. where the gov
is undertaking public build
ing operations which are to run
trough a period of ten years and cost
many millions Of dollars. The build
lngs TO DE put up include administra-
tlon oItlces at the State capitals. a
number Of p~enitentiaries and customs
houses, and many public school build
lngs. A new Presidents palace is also
to be erected at Santiago and the gov
will remodel the repair shops
on the State railways and spend some
millions on the harbor at Valparaiso.
Indeed, the opportunities for the in
production of all kinds of American
goods are now at their height. Oar
trade has been steadily gaining over
that of England and Germany before
the war in Europe occurred. In 1918
the increase in American trade was
more than $4,000, 900, while during
that year the decrease in tn German
trade was $500, 900. and that Of
England $4,000, 600. 1t present the
lmportations from Fralce and Ger
many are practically stopped, and
those Of England are clogged BIZ the
war. In addition are the better trans
portation facilities that will come
from the lines Of shipping under the
American flag, the great advantages
from the Panama canal, and also the
fact that American capital to the
mount of $4,000, 900 or more has
recently been invested here. Outside
this our capitalists have take options
on other mining properties, including
gold, copper and iron, and the invasion
Of such capital seems to be only at its
beginning.
| L tOOk an American street car and
rode across to Talcahuano to see the
port and naval station. The road is
an electric trolley built by our firm Of
Grace & Co., and the cars run from
one place to the other in thirty-fve
minutes. The distance is about eight
miles. We passed the race tract, and
cricket and polo grounds, and rode for
some distance on the edge Of the sea.
Entering Talcahuano we found our
selves in the heart of a rapidly grow
ing city Of 10000 people. The stores
are good and there are large whole
sale establishments.
II A1dNoA oldl1oii ID CdIc1ul1S
guarded and l had to get a permit
from the admiral to go over it. l
rode to it on a construction train.
seated on a dirt car. The main build
ings are -four or five miles away, at
the entrance to the harbor or bay.
which is we'll protected from the sea.
The bay is large enough to float all
the navies Of the world, and it has
deep water right up to the wharves.
Preparations are now making to i'm
prove the docking facilities, and it
will eventually be a great commercial
port.
The ava arrangements are excel
lent. Great storehouses of reinforced
concrete have been put up and some
thing like fifty acres have been COW
cred with buildings and machine
shops for repairs. In some of the
basins l saw them putting eight-inch
guns on the older war vessels, and in
the dry-dock n Of the cruisers. the
Esmeralda, was being cleaned and
repaired. Another dry dock, large
enough to hold @dreadnought. is now
building, the construction going on