Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
CANAL

might connect with an easy pass over IN.
Andes.
Salaverry is not unlike Pac:.slnayo The
houses are all of one story. built OF sfuc.o
and painted all the colors of the rainhou.
The roofs are fat Their ar, but few
windows facing The street. and thus.
which so foce aye covered with IRON
grating or hars-
Callao. the chief port of Perm il The
only live, up-.o-.;ate town along tho coast
1t has population Of about 5000 an.r
1t is so close 10 Lima, with its 10 oN) or
10000, that the tNo may be prsctIcsliy
considered as one. There Is an elerrri,-
street car line connecting the two cities.
and one can 40 from one to the Other &,
fifteen minutes, ct a cost OF IL ceats
The harbor OF Caliso consists OF a great
bay so guarded by rocky islands that a
basin the shape Of a half moon Is en-
closed. II Is now planned 10 Join tho
Islands with the mainland SO "a 10 add
more land to .he port. \ part Of IN.
harbor is further protected by stone
mole. and there Is n large dock at whicit
steamers and sailing vessels can lie al
anchor discherging their cargoes
The port of cal!ao is one OF the busiest
of the western Pacific. Over / 900 vessel.
cleared there last year and the traffic viii
greatly increase from now on. The pc.
ruvian government has plans for the I'M
provement Of the haroor and II will ado
70 the docks. which are now 800 feet long
When the islands have been Joined to-
running out to them and vessels OF any
size can tie up at the wharves, After
the canal IS completed the character OF
the vessels Will change. They VIII be
larger and better and many will fly the
American flag. At present the most o,
the craft at Cailao are composed OF sail-
ing ships and tramp steamers. / counted
forty sailing vessels loaded with lumber.
grain. rice and other heavy cargo Tn.
lumber had come down from the Puget
sound region. There were also many
passenger steamers. some Peruvian some
Chilean and some British. ] saw German
ships bound for San Francisco and
British liner OF 1900 tons was jus;
steaming out for Europe via the strait
OF Magellan. Among the curious Graf.
We're three little war vessels of the PERU
Wan navy and two submarines, as Well as
a Japanese steamer. In the latter Il
seemed to me- 1 was looking at the fore
runner OF the Asiatic merchant marine OF
the western Pacific Of the near future.
We anchored out in the harbor and |
bargained with a Cholo or half-breed In
dian to take my eight pieces Of baggae.
to Lima. The price agreed upon was S..
Peruvian or $3.50 in gold por this H.
carried the trunks in his boat to til.
shore and waited until / passed them
through the customs. After that they
were loaded upon mule cart and trans
ferred to the tramway by which they
were carried to the capital. and thence
by cart to the hotel 1t seemed cheap
enough.
l rode to Lima by trolley We first
passed through one of the wide streets
OF Callao. 1t was lined on both sides
with trees back of which stood low,
fat-roofed, one-storied buildings. built in
blocks and painted in various colors
After leaving the city We entered a
country of sugar cane. grain fields and
gardens. surrounded by mud walls as
high as your waist. The fields were irri-
gated by the Rimac river with water
from the top of the Andes and their
green was refreshing in contrast with
the desert mountains which looked
down from above. Much of the way we
passed between rows of willow tree
stumps from which branches are cut Off
from year to year to make the wicker
of which baskets are woven. We saw
feuit trees and vineyards, and all too
soon came to the end of the line at one
Of the smaller plazas of Lima. Here we
hired carriage ct a cost of 30 cents
gold to take US to the Hotel Maury I'm
which I am writing this letter ! am in
the very heart Of the capital right under
the shadow of the great cathedral built
by PiZarro and within a stones throw
of the government palace. where Presi-
dent Billingshurst has his Offices.
FRANK G. CARPENTER