El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-19

The whole of the city along the edge
OF the sea was laid low; and never
theless IL is that part OF the town that
Is now covered with the business
blocks Wide avenues have been laid
cut through it. and the city is larger
and more handsome than ever. As il
is, great part OF Valparaiso has been
reclaimed from the sea by filling in
earth and rock from the highlands.
This was before the earthquake oc-
CURED, and il is made more so by the
recent improvements. Many OF the new
streets are now so high that one has
. so down steps 10 get into the older
buildings stiu standing.
HarbOr Not a safe One.
The harbor Of Valparaiso, as It IS
now. is not safe in certain weather It
needs breakwaters and other i'm
proFements. The large ships anchor
some distance out from the shore, and
goods and passengers are landed in
boats. The scene coming into the
hcrbor is beautiful The city is built
about bay, Of the shape OF a half
moon The big warehouses and most
important blocks are on the edge If
this bay. and back OF II. rising almost
straight up from the water, is an am
phitheater Of hills. covered with
houses These hills are so steep that
the houses are built on terraces and
the people 90 from level TO level on
cog railroads.
These roads are much like elevators,
save that they go up on the slant, in
stead OF perpendicularly. There is one
o. them at every few blocks, and you
can pick them out with your ewes rs
YOU come in on the steamer. At night
the view from the ship is especially
reauutuL The houses on the hills and
on the walls OF the amphitheater are
ablaZe with lights, and in addition are
electric lights on the streets. making
the whole look like a maze Of great
IlreIlles moving about over the black
walls Of the hills.
The moment we came into the port to-
day our ship was boarded by Heteros or
hoatmen, who demanded 10 take ourselves
ana trunks 20 the shore had already
oeen posted as to the prices and arranged
w. one az cost OF S-5 In Chilean money
70 take me through the customhouse and
70 ne hotel This just about equals IS
American
Two Story Street Cars.
The thing that most interested me at first
alshl was the street cars These are OF
Two stories. with a second tier Of seats on
ne rooI- There IS an iron stairway at the !
JACK END OF the car thai leads 20 the J
second story, and one can ride through the {
. 5yNn es though on an elevated railway. !
4 mere rs no roof to this story, and It forms ]
-Hs oe-l place for view Of the city. Be
s - .S the fares are cheaper on top than I
! paid only ] cent Of our money per ]
= " ne rates below are only cents. and I
~ Us anding this I an told that the 4
- pay us dividends The line here and 4
~ AZ santiago over the mountains about /
ne oI -FOUR hours of by train. belong TO I
= German company. which has a monopoly 4
p ne transit They operate the Santiago I
ears BY hydro-eIectric power. and that SO .
-neap4y that their profits from that line
5ione are about $500. 900 a month The
y ! ~ w PsI-lso line Is said TO clear about
'I'ooo'ooV a year.
Have Women for Conductors.
=. Is u l tnere is one attractive feature about
nc ar me that failed 20 mention. This
, tHe conductors. They are women and a I
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