The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-21

to freight in the eucalyptus. which il
1ar away from the railway, but not
over 200 miles from the smelter.
Another living example of the bene-
nus OF american manufacturers is the
Cerro de PascO Railroad. This runs
on the Amazon slope of the Andes
from Oroya, which has an altitude
or l2,0OO feet, to Cerro de Pasco. "a |
miles away and 1000 feet higher. |
The road is made OF American steel
and the ties are Of Oregon pine. The
track is as smooth as that Of the New |
York Central from Buffalo to Albany
and it has comfortable cars Of Ameri-
can make. The bridges come from |
the American Bridge Company at
Pittsburgh, and it's locomotives are
Baldwins and Rogers. The engineers
and conductors on the road are Amer
tives under American superintendent
n n fremen and all the common
employees are Cholos and Indians I
am told that the road paid for itself
within the first two years after build
ing, and that it's traffic steadily grows.
Nearly all the leading railways OF
Peru were planned by Americans.
The famous Central road back Of
Lima, which [ have described. was
the creation of Henry G.. Me:ggs, Of
California, and this is SO of the
Southern Railway of Peru and IF
nearly every line in the country. Since
MeIses' death there have been many
extensions. Most Ct the roads use
American rolling stock, and are run
after American methods. With the
exception Of the Cerro de Pasco lines,
they are undef the Peruvian corpo-
ration, a financial institution with its
headquarters in London, but the sub
ordinate officers are largely FROM tn,
United States. The superintendent
and general manager Of the Central
is Mr.. J. T. Feehan, an American,
who was for a long time n Of the
chief officials Of the Mexican Central
and the Southern railway is under
the superintendent Of Mr.. L. S.
connected with railroads in Mexico.
Peru has now a number Of rail
ways in projection in which Ameri-
cans are interested. 1t has planned
several extensions from the tops Of
J the mountains to h Amazon valley.
and what is known as the McCune
! scheme requires only the signature
: Of the president to bring it into exist
ence. This road is to extend from
the Cerro de Pasco line to the Uca.
. yali river, a distance Of a little more
! than 200 miles. I am told that i
, will cost something like clever mil
. lion dollars to build. and that ar
q AAAA6@AASANS A@NS SSSA CIV ~
American capital to undertake tn
work as soon as the concessions hay
. been completed. There is, however
z a hitch between the president al
Mr.. McCune, and just now the presi
o dent has refused to sign the papers
although they nave already bee
= sanctioned by congress.
e understand the President O
1 ~ AL~A 1~ ~sry0 4
q the American cOnceSsiOnarieS are to
liberal and that Peru is now too poo
to carry them out. According t
these terms, Mr.. McCune is to hav
l. 1900 acres Of forest for each kilo
meter Of rack and also a grant G
5000 acres for each vessel Of 50
~ tons that he places on the Amaze
and it's tributaries.
e Another provision is that the sui
20 sidy bonds to be issued are to b
Is guaranteed by the receipts from th
= tobacco monopoly, and that this is t
v be in the hands Of Americans. III
8. government manufactures and sci
t therefrom is something like $1,000
l. 600 per year. AS to the value Of tn
ut railroad, no one doubts but that
eS would be Of enormous good to Per
~ but at present there is no Indicate
n. that the president will let it e
as through.
le
b.
I find American goods for sale hel
in all the stores. The merchants a
mostly English and Germans. WI
81 some Peruvians and quite a numb
Of Chinese and Italians. The har
81 ware stores carry American axe
hatchets and other tool OF all kIn
Much Of the cotton prints come fro
our country, and there are mar
u American canned goods. There q
also American meats sold in cans. al
- q great deal of American machlneI
w You can buy u shoes at nlgn price
and American hats are sold IN cor
petition with the English al
&c French.
AS to wooden goods, the PeruFia
Oh have mills not far from Cuzco wac
they are turning out blanket a
~ underwear. but the most OF the otli