Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28
Editorial Correspondence or The sta
THEODORE w. MOVES.

" HE question how to get 70
Iguazu Falls compels in an
swer uneXciting statistics.
One can travel comfortably to
Buenos Aires from New York
by three well equipped steamer lines
on the west coast route and by rail,
with sleeping car and diner, across
and through the Andes; and even
more luxuriously by two lines Of
2arger. inner steamers down the east
coast
From Buenos Aires TO Iguazu Falls
The journey can be made with rea-
sonable degree of comfort as far as
Posadas, In northern Argentina, IN
three different ways: % All rail;
two days travel; sleeping compart-
xnents, diner (2) steaper, one day,
up Uruguay River TO Concordia, Ar
gentina; thence, after an interval, one
dav OF rail, as under Route l. (3)
All steamer; up Parana and Alto Pa
yana rivers, changing from large to
email steamer at Corrientes at the
confluence of the Alto Parana and
Parana; about five days.
Various Ways to Get to Posaaas.
DoSADAs may also be reached from
Rio de Janeiro, less comfortably
and less quickly than from Buenos
Aires: by rail through Sac Paulo,
santa Maria, Uruguayana Crossing
Uruguay River by launch), and
Iibres; or by steamer to Porto Ale
gre, thence by rail and launch to
Santa Maria, Uruguayana and Libres;
or by rail through Sac Paulo to Porto
lGsperanca, by river steamer and rail
Through Corumba and Asuncion TO
I'osadas. But under present Condi-
r:ons Of lack OF connection between
rail and steamer lines and poor equip
Haent one can get from Rio TO Posa-
Oas more comfortably by going first
70 BuenoS Aires than by any OF the
three routes through Brazil.
However one gets to Posadas, he
takes there a small steamer for q
rhree days trip UP the Alto Parapa
10 Puerto Aguirre, whence approxi-
1nately an hour and & half OF motor
ing by automobile or auto-bus brings
linn to the Iguazu Falls Hotel. My
own approach to the Falls was from
Buenos Aires by the second route,
through Concordia TO Posa&as by
steamer and rail-. Returning, I took
about two days by steamer from
Puerto Aguirre to Posadaa over -
hours by rail to Asuncion and about
four days by steamer from Asuncion
to Buenos Aires.
steaming Up the Alfe ParaRa.
Steamer travel on the Uruguay
ana Parana rivers is reasonably
comfortable, but yaonotonous. Tho
rivers are wide, the water is muddy,
the banks, as a rule, are low and fat.
on the Alto Parsna between Posadas
and Puerto Agurre the travel is less
comfortable bat more interesting.
The river naruows and twists. Its
hanks rise in. heavily wooded, pre-
cipitous BLUFFS. 1t holds back our
steamer going upstream by its
strong, swift flow, with treacherous
rross-currents. At intervals 1t spreads
out into a broad, shallow stream, in
Tested by sandbars, which the current
shifts and changes in shape, to the
annoyance of pilots. Whether going
slowly upstream or swiftly down.
stream, the little steamer anchors and
ties up TO the bank at night if there
IS a fog or mist or the absence of
unclouded moonlight, and resumes its
journey at daybreak.
Skill Of Pilot and oarsmen.
The tourist finds unfailing interest
In the skill with which the steamer
and its oar-propelled landing boat are
handled in the quick embarking and
disembarking of passengers and
freight at the earth-bank landing
stations.
Mere fruits and vegetables and here |
hardwood canes are offered for sale. /
The change In the character OF |
vegetation along the banks as we /
rush steadily northward toward the |
equator is noted with interest. Here |
we see alligators and here strange |
birds.
The native life on our second SIS |
passenger deck, and the pigs, the |
cows, the ROSTERS and occasionally /
sn unfamiliar bird, or animal, or fish, |
which are fellow-occupants of the
second-class deck, attract and hold |
attention.
Scenes at River Landings.
Each river landing gives evidence |
1he industry which uses It in market
ing its product. Here a chute from |
high up on the steep. wooded bluff /
20 the rivers edge brings down the |
Serba mate or Paraguayan tea for !
transportation to Buenos Aires; and /
here a more rugged chute transports |
from the plateau to the river landing |
the mighty logs of hard, non-foatable |
wood, cut in the timber camps. which |
sre hauled by mules to the top of the |
chute, shot down to the rivers edge, |
placed on RATS of lighter wood that |
Will float under this burden, and |
RATED down the Parana to Buenos
Aires.
Mr. Ayarragaray, who owns the |
Falls Hotel, the section of Argentina
encompassing the Falls and the vast |
tract of hardwood forest which for |
niles surrounds them. has three of ,
ShAse river ports on the Alto Parana
a,hd swo on the Iguazu, through which
MS precious timber is started on It's
waterway to Buenos Aires. /
Visiting a Typical Timber Camp.
II the Falls visitor can spare the |
time from enjoyment Of the Falls
tnems elves, he can crafty his curl
rsity concerning conditions and life
sn the hardwood timber camps by an
automobile drive by the courtesy OF
afr. Ayarragaray through his timber
land domain. We thus visited the In