The Raymer enterprise., 1915-05-13

Stusr L. 5 A. In the PanAmerican Union.
tu' Il is impossible do hear you say Just
moment while / quote you a few Il very few.
taCts and figures, The Ornya railway lei Fer
rucarfil Central del Peru is a monument to the
genius uf Henry Metggs, an American. 0r. rather.
I should say, a UnitedStates sof.North-American
FOR In the southern hemisphere the term "Ameri.
rano is not very definite. and we usually find
ourselves iudeKpd under N" to distinguish Us
from the United STATES OF Colombia United Mex.
team States etc Calao, the Pacific terminus Of
The uroya railway. aud one of the principal ports
ot Peru is six days by boat south OF Panama
Lima. the city of Kings" Pcrus capital IS
six min8 from caIlao, and IL located on a broad
tablcItnd about five hundred feet above the sea
The opening Of the Panama canal will nndoubt.
eddy stimulate travel 10 South America and of
all parts of the continent Peru Is wonderfully
rich In natural wonders ant historical back
ground
The oroya railway was begun in 1869 Begin.
ming at Caao II climbs steadily to an elevation
OF l"tbJ feet above level, where the divide
rs crossed through the Galera tunnel at mile
lOb The Morocucha branch rises to elevation
io,hh'-the highest point reached by any railroad
IN the world At 0roya. mile 1873 the road dl.
vides, one branch going north to the famous
Cerrn de Pasco copper mines the other so miles
south 10 Huancayo with projected extension
10 Cuzeo the old Inca capital which has had
rail connection with the sea at Mollendo for sew.
era years Another branch about three hundred
milos long IA under construction down the east.
crn slope OF the Andes to the head of navigation
on the ucayali river. one of the important upper
tributaries Of the Amazon
The oroya road is not onl- the highest in the
word but there is no other which lifts its breath.
less passengers to any -uch altitude in such an
appallingy short distance. To climb as the
Ornya climbs, Hudson river train leaving New
York city would have to ascend half an hour be.
fore IL reached Albany distance 900 feet
greater that that from sea level to the summit
Of Pixies Peak The daily passenger train leaves
Callao Ia the forenoon and reaches Oroya late In
the afternoon. AS there are no night trains on
account Of the great danger or rocks falling down
in the track, the round trip ordinarily requires
two days, Since there is continuous down.
grade from the Galera tunnel to the sea. an op.
portunty Is offered for the most unique hand.
car ride in the world
Through tho courtesy of the general manager
Of the line we were afforded exceptional facilities
for making the trip. His private car was at.
tachcd to the evening trair 70, Chosca fash
ionable resort about thrty.dve miles out of Lima,
at an elevation of about two thousand eight hun
dred feet For an hour or so We wound through
a wide irrigated valley fat and prosperous look.
ing. with plantations OF sugar cane and cottol
fenced in by mud walls the roofs OF hacienda
showing now and then over the green. BEYOND
that the bare brown mountains-high enough 1t
seemed yet really no more than foothills-shnt
in and shouldered upward tier on tier hennd
each other yellow and terra Gotta and tawny
brown, occasionally flashing through slit in
their aanks the snowy shoulders of peaks miles
and miles away, to which we were to climb At
Chosica our car was sidetraeked for the night,
dinner was served aboard. and We turned In to
be ready for an early start the next morning,
About a m. we were awakened by our car
being picked up by the morning freight, whose
schedule had been advanced several hours for
our special benefit The real climb now began.