The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
Copyright by Underwood = Underwood
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tanned from one planting. the third
year representing the maximum yield.
Irrigation Ia now necessary for AL
crops in western and central Peru.
but this fact often makes II possible
to raise crops nj any time. In Piura
there Ia already a canal twenty-five
miles long.
There are we'll equipped cotton fac
torres IN Lima, Arequipa and lea
As every n knows, the by-products
Of cotton are useful and increase ics
value Al east one-foIrth. Although II
Is being more extensively cultivated
every year. YET 90 far tho demand con
tiruc- TO exceed :he supply. Tobacco.
coffee. wheat, corn, vegetables and
garden stuffs are also raIs-G.
The cultivation 81 coca, from which
cocaine Is obtained. IA carried on ex-
tensively In certain sections, espe-
cisl,y in the Cuzco valley. there being
about twenty-five factories devoted -
this business. The Indian IL very
fond ~ chewing the leaves ~ this
plant for the pleasant stimulation
WHICH It produces. When he mast
cafes II with "A little clay he finds IN
u " FNAIllH' wiz ANFC NAlIn ~
endure fatigue without food for long
periods Perhaps IT Is especially suit
al'c for those who are Obliged to
work At high attitudes.
Tho oroNa RsilNnad. from Lima m.
and then VI, one OF TN" most wonder
ful engineering teats IN tho world
is the work OF an American. and, as
Il traveller has T.. In the marvel
feat Of the adventurous M'igGs. true
son of Uncle Sam. the last word OF
al, eus.neering and It's most daring
expression" He also built the road
from Mo,londo to Arcquips and on.
His fame IS perpctuated by II noun
tain near the Oroya road rcchristencd
Mount Mciegs in hts honor. This
peak r. two thousand feet above the
highest part Of the road. which itself
runs a,ong this Andcan roo NJ ii
height OF 1856 feet. Other railroads
are in process Of construction and
many more are needed IN Peru
Al present the most promising NJ
the Peruvian railway projects are the
extension ~ the line from Chimbote
and the proposed llns from Payta 10
q port on IA" Marathon River. wl:ch
j. designed 70 run from the coast from
Piura by Sullann. Tamho. Salitral,
porculia che highest point Of $500
feet) TO q point near Limon on the
Marathon. The total length of the
railway Will not be much more thar
400 miles and the cost ~ estimated as
about s., 500. 600.
The opportunity OF crossing the
Andes at such an extraordinarily low
Fa,..1 Is aY. shnt A.,vhs RAs 10 ~. FAss
and II is unfortunate that those who
a~ planning II have not yet succeeded
in making a beginning. The protected
terminus OF the line Ia within easy
reach OF iqu!tos on the Amazon.
a less important project is a line
10 CONNECT Oroya, or Cerro de paSco
with Iparia. a port on the Ccayali
This would carry away some Of the
minerals as well as the products Of the
Montana down the Amazon route. Y"'
a third railway il proposed from
CheCcacups on the Arequipa Railway
10 a port on the Madre de pios River
II will he years before all thes,
projected lines are finished. for no
one OF them has yet been begun. EaCf
ono will be a rival to the Panama
Canal. The sugar and cotton OF th'
coast will still be shipped from CallaC
by Panama. but almost a. the othei
merchandise OF Peru will go asst BY
the river routes, But tho more th'
and communications OF PERI
, are developed the greater will he tn
wealth OF Lima and the other civilize,
, districts, which will Always depend 81
the canal.
one OF the crying needs IN Soutl
. America Is good hotels, The peopl,
who travel on that continent com,
back complaining that there are n,
good hotel accommodations. especiall.
> on the west coast. Hence the rail
: ways should build hotels here, as hal
the Santa Fe in the United States,
Peru Acknowledges that she ha
p done about all she can afford TO d