The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-19
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This difficulty IS being overcome I'M
some of the countries by supplying a
third rail. SO that some or the roads
now have two gauges
a a large part of the rolling stock in
Latin America IS OF English make
and the English coach In which the
passengers sleep crosswise is muchl
in use. "A great many Of the loco
motives. on the other hand ARE Of
American make. but they do not
seem to develop American speed, for
an average rate OF twenty miles an
hour is considered very fast in Latini
America. 5i
Dining car facilities vary from ex-f
tremely badtfare on some Of the short
interior lines to the most luxurioust
and costly service, with music thrown!
in. on the best Argentine and Bra
lillian roads.
The average cost OF railroad trav-l
el in l-ANtn America is about iiveE
cents mile, and no uoubt Is Sasi
more to do with the ignorance Of the5
general traveller about the interior}
than anything else. The 4principali
tation is the tremendous expense of
building many of the roads Fort
example, there is a road in Venozue1a
from La Guairia to Caracas wnicni
traversest a distance of eight miles
as the crow flies, but is twenty-threeE
miles long and cost million doll
lars a mile to build The price of
over this line is about
eleven cents a mile, counting thel
actual distance traversed, not the
air line. !
Another typical bit OF south
American railroad is that from Quay
70 s,o1, 1ta,I
long and cost S17,000.0O0 to build. |
than one. for it runs along the equal
than one, for it runs along the ekua-
tor and yet clin1ps the Andes noun
tains to within sight of perpetual
snow. Probably no other railroad int
the world traverses such astonishinEi
variety OF scenery. varying all the
way from tropical jungle to the cold
upper slopes of the mountains.
Quito itself. 1000 feet above sea!
level, is happily between the two ex-I
tremes and literally enjoys perpet-I
ual spring time, for the climate
of New England4in May. and violetsl
bloom in the park while the sur
rounding peaks, lifting to an e1eya-t
ton of $4,000 feet above sea level,
are covered with snow
The traveller will find in Latinl
America some of the best. and also
some Of the most expensive, hotel
service in the world Buenns Aires
Rio de Janeiro and all of the other
capitals contain hotels that are equal
to the best in Paris and London lnl
every detail Of service, and are a
little ahead OF them in the incredib1et
altitude of their prices. The general
average is about one-third higheri
than in this country. Even modest
room in the best hotels cost Sc a day.
Very acceptable quarters in less
fashionable blishments may be !
obtained for So, however.
+ As he goes inland !. the traveller viii
find accommodations rapidly becom-
ing more picturesque and less com-
Portable In such interior towns asI
Arequipa. Peru, the traveller. will find
the old Spanish customs OF entertain
ment still in force. Heswill be served
with a breakfast of fruit and choco-I
late in bed and will not get anything
else to eat until some time betweenl
IL and o'clock, when he will bel
given another breakfast. Very latei
in the evening, usually about
O'Clock. he will be served with din-l
ner and will be regarded with amaze
ment ifEhe goes to bed much before
although there is very lit-|
tie in the way of amusement to keep
him up.