The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16
TILE URUGUAY A PROGRESSIVE AND PROSPEROUS REPUBLIC
Many Opportunities
That Await Americans
There if Properly De-
veloped 49, Some Mis-.
takes Of the Past
~ ROGER W.. BARsON.

n caches Montevidco the
- next morning, after a ride OF
,os milo. There ,re ,u,o live,
u very a''rac'Ne S'ea'''ers "ho ,he
farc is low. Montevideo Is almost due
sast from Buenos Ayrcs. and is situa-
A., =, small neninsu,o 9, Tim, in m.
.
Ous'n'ss P"' '" N| "' S'ee''
tegfn me end al the water.
One OF the first things which the
-.,,.or N .rre,tipa AND I.ruru,v %
- 49,, -.
'hci'"e' " : " u" s,''' oo's
Of water. lso niles vide and so evil
d.ntly an arm OF the sea- should not
b. called the Gun oil La rata. The
exact point at nc enc river enters
che Atlantic cannot oe tod put Tor all
practical purposes II is saie TO say
thai tho east side oil Montevideo faces
the Atlantic ocean, whiie the other
nde is washcd ny the waters oil the
nvcr.
The ancient fortress FL Cerro. poses
% the suardlan ol the ana Is
oe 'mounta.n wnich the city
nkes It's name u hghthouse at the
TOP oil ms mn ~ eer'ainly OF more
use as a GUARDIAN its reVolrlnS lght
peing visible LOT miles
After the natness or Buenos
Ayres any cie'atloh Is a reiiei' though
u De not more thah ooV rect. The
catneorsl overs are also conspicuous
rsins 10 a height OF lSs rect o
the city
OF the city Itself an enthusiastic
uaveiier mas said On altogether
dinerent IS ms from anything In our
rev VIII, ,n's nspps' urowsy cap
caI %, ueua! WIN It's niue Winning
sHe-.s var at .he enos' n
n S"n i.s.u.su.u uoeNs. WIN i.s 'oo'.
wv Sat ~. eoieehueu Oh
- 80 "uoie native
=, ~. .os. 49,, e. CITY
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snr al nae. .ns So~s al, anu
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INTO three s~ec,,ons. sn,t,, ~,
Sovn. Nu.va mr. nsw ,ou,n 80 ~,
s,ma NJ r.,v.s, ,our T%.,nra,,. ~.
ed town 4, the comm.rci., .[oc,tnu -.
IN. end n, IN. p~.n,nx,,,o ss,,nn on
sdeonat. and nm % da,. 80, -.
docks. r~epresentin~ an ,nys.,m.n, =,
90, 900. 900 or more along ,be h.v an.
closed BY the peninsula bav two
miles wide, and therefore c~anaciou.
enough 10 accommodate. a ,,,ua -
Der OF ocean steamers at one tim.
Almost all the great IN steam.
ers Of the European lines make Mon.
tevideo direct.
The new part contains. the nr,nc,n,,
public buildings, while the newes, nor.
zion stretches back among the hin,
Streets in the newer sections are wider
than in the old, and there are sxteen
plazas in the city. OF which prabo
Park 10 the finest. This ia one NJ ,he
kAtrest gardens Inns p1nable. with ,ts
lakes, lawns and q great variety of
trees and shrubs. II has a restaurant
and other buildings: also sections
Cited up for all sorts OF outdoor games.
n Is said that about one NTH OF the
Buildings in the CITY are three or four
Uories in height, but most OF the
dwellings arc of only one story and
constructed Of UruRuayan stone.
Many Of these have fronts Of bright
colored stucco. In some parts OF the
city Portuguese tiles are used In the
architecture. and there are buildings
with handsome fronts of granite or
Italian marble.
Most OF the streets are lighted by
electricity. Water is obtained from
the Santa Lucia River. thirty-seyen
miles distant. tho large reseryoir be,ne
100 feet higher than the central square
OF the city. There Is n good sewerage
system, which Is aided by the natural
situation OF the CITY. the land sloping
from the central ridge of the peninsula
20 the waterside. The fact that most
OF these South American cities have
o. many one story buildings makes
me believe that as higher buildings
become pnssIblA there will no .reat
opportuni, es 10 make money in land.
Moutayileo seems IN ne
ir her care Of the moor and diseased,
a. i shown hv the commollous build
In in the midst Of a b.autifu, park
provided as an a~lmshouse for the
c,,y's no,, ava la. ia, ,,,i,us hos-
p.'as A haud.nrre build ng is the
home Of tae league organized to fight
the rayages of tuberculosis The Soils
Theatre covers almost two acres and
Will seat more than 5000 people. The
various Buildings Of the university will
compare favorably with those Of any
city. We were invited here to witness
. moving picture show on the indus
TIE of Uruguay.
Tie Villa Dolorosa is said 10 be the
most unusual place in the world.
Started, as some claim, by a crazy
couple and carried on now by the