The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-11
RUENOS r in 1915
X-Ray Photographs Of the Giant Capital OF
Argentina
Argentina

Croxd;no Philadelphia and Will
Soon TramD the Heels of
Its Wonderful Subways-TwO Hun
drcd Millions for New street I'M
nroyemcnt-City Prizes for Good
Architecture u Eighth Port OF
the World and Its New Docks
How the City Is Governed. Taxes
and Licenses.
Uopyrigh. 1915, by Frank G. Car
iBUENos AIRES.
Let me give you some H-ray views
of the giant capital of Argentina.
Buenos Aires is growing faster than
any city Of the world. When l visit
ed il fifteen years ago its population
was 500, 900. 1t has now double that
II it is increasing at the rate OF
100, 900 a year. The A~rgentines be-
half millions by 1925. 1t is already
neck and neck with Philadelphia. 1t
will eventually surpass Chicago and
it will be second only to New York
among the great cities OF the new
world.
II is wonderful how the town is in
creasing it's area. At the time of my
last visit the surrounding estates had
been plotted out into lots. These lots
are now covered with buildings, and
the area of the city haS grown to be
twice the size Of Paris and three
times that of Berlin. The houses are
low nj they cover much ground. AL
together, an area Of $4,000 acres is
devoted to buildings. the density Of
population being bou the same as
that of New York. The city is ff-
teen miles wide and twenty-five miles
long. A motor car ride about it eats
up just about as much gasoline as the
trip from Washington to Baltimore.
SaV motor car Tn the first cta pnC
of the city's existence every one went
about upon horseback. Even the beg
CARS had horses and each was re-
CURED to carry a placard tied to his
saddle giving his number. One trav-
eler records that he counted eight.
five such beggars in one walk through
the streets. When / was here in 1895
h town swarmed with carriages,
Now it swarms with automobiles, anl
the chug, chug, chug of the motor
cycle is heard day and night. The
motor cars have doubled in numbel
within the past two years. and Their,
are now something like 1000 motto
taxicabs. which charge abou half tn
rates of New York or Chicago. Yo,
can hire a taxi for a dollar an hou
n ride four-fifths Of a mile for 2
cents. The taxis are of Frenc1
makes They go like the wind an,
seem to have no speed limit. The
al tuIH u the leIl inSCGdO OF Tn
right and fly around the corners with
out regard to traffic.
BuenOS Aires has a good street ca
system. 1t carried several hundre
million passengers last year. It's SUI
face tracks joined end to end woul
reach as far as from Washington t
New York, and its subways are til
finest every constructed. Take. fC
instance. the tube railway under tn
Avenida de Mayo from the Gree
Western depot to the capitol bull
ing. 1t makes the underground ROAD
OF old London look life dungeon tn,
New York. They are walled on eas
SIDE with plate glass and are artist
cally lighted. The stations have wa
OF ules like those of a millionaire
bathroom, with a different color
tiles for each station. The advertis
Ments are so framed that they gi
no offense to the eye. The rates a
1-2 cents of our money a trip.
The subways belong to the BIRTHS
Ihey were built by e~xcavating t
streets from above, shutting off t
tranic for two blocks at a time VIII
me concrete construction was put
The first subway cost $50. 900. 90
Since then others have been In
ana they are now making freight Sr
ways by which the cargoes will
right under the town below the CHI
business sections and be landed at t
docks.
And now let us take "a ooh at
streets Of Buenos Aires. The civ
being repaved. IT put down ffty-f
miles of new roadway in 1912 and
was then estimated that it would ta
S2oo,o0O, 900 to finish the plans
new paving, and street construct
The city is laying u avenues Wi
out regard to the buildings alre:
erected. 1t makes streets as Al
ander, the Car of the Russians. m:
the trunk railway from Moscow
Petrograd. His civil engineers
out a snake track taking in all
towns. Alexander laid a ruler on
map and drew a straight line fl
one city to the other. There is
route for my road" said he. II
lust 50 that the naM Pnono A