Ellsworth American., 1924-12-17
BUENOS AIRES.
Former Hancock County Man Writes
Interest .R9 Letter.

ne SAYS and in = letter accomnanv,
inc. dassrirytion of Ruenos Airee of
fo-day he writes.
Buenos Aires Argentine,
on Board s. S. "vandvcl1
November 10 1924
TO Editor of The Americans:
am engaged in writing several
stories t6at have to do with the Argen-
tine and Brazil / was born at Han
cock Point, ana the idea suddenly
struck ~, to write you a letter
After anish what am doing in the
1ae Of writing down this way. will
20 back To- HOLLYWOOD cal. where ]
work in the motion pictures.
Wfshi5e Won an a very merry Christ
mas and a Flappv New Year dhis in
aludcs your readers5. ann,
Sincerely.
LEW HACKETT.
A5dr.ss < < evandvcl,
Pier IA. uoboken. New York.
Mr. Haeketrs story of Buenos
Aires follows
BIrFNOS AIRES
With the thought in mind that
some nj vour readers might be inter
ested ia the present DEVELOPMENT of
Buenos Aires, / am sending you a
brief account of the water front as
compared to forty years ago. To
fully cover this interesting city
would take UP TOO much Of your valu-
able time so | viii simply coniine
myself TO he harbor which has been
the vital factor in the growth of the
At the entrance TO the North Basin
to-day stand a group OF imposing
structures. They are the Immigra-
tiou Hotel, the custom house and
The Retro housing the Argentine
Central Cordoba and Pacific Rail
ways 1t is at this point the stranger
catches his first glimpse OF Buenos
Aires.
At the 1Embarcadero" (or land
ing place. you might take tram
car some IIiie iiioI nuns ma 10 -
the spiflt oil exploration IS SlIons
enough to lure you on 'he peateh
traah-and 1t would nave on lVS
lf2nt d sign ealllns your "t.ehVlon
te the iaet lhat lhe noca anu
.'arfacas is ,.l lts aeSsln@tl9" ,a,ngd9 tho oon
After you nave handeu the CON
onctoI an Argentine dime and re-
celVed your change consisting of two
copper centaVos' and a one-cent
hostage stamp, you settle back in
Y our seat ana panorama untolds
its ell 10 your vision that spells
rro SpeFlly III large capital letters, Tor
as ar as you can see on your left.
coyel lnS both sides OF the basins.
stretch es an almost unending line OF
steamer : ana over their sterns, hut
tering il zily IN the lght mornIhS
breeze, fiS the mass OIL nearly every
nation. FL ON thelr liaS's a network
of derricks pIoJec'' ana the mum OF
the winches iliS the ar as the SiilSS
of cargo come pursuing uP out Oh the
holds. to hang LOT moment SuS-
pended in mid-a. W, unul grasped by
the hook of the o. 4-shore Wnlp' they
go flashing over !. ne slde INTO the
lighters bei0. W.
On the docks III, &c 'rdNel!hS
cranes, the last word In lapor-SaVlhS
perform the sa, ne service
for both loading and disc uarglnS'
Rows of waTsbouras. and ara VI ere
VI - RS substantially built ~ oon
,r,+a a,d tr,n cae} their shaA> 1Ws
o,a, Iona line Of freight ears pail. q
l', ane ~ fba lateet tvnes of locomo.
~ ,i.a '' M creons slowly along he i,
Ian ,,s' tren, and me ships. Out i'll !
,Eo t.sin .sturdv tow hoats puff this I.
,,.,,, .. a,'5 +hat ana In their wake move D
hI.,o NY '',,s nresn liners. lighters. and sand |
loLoonars From early morning un-
III late at MONT they keep up con
yrhistlina. and if noise is an |
iadiootion of work they are doing |
f,,li i,etica IA If
Nro,,, ,,,,, continue along the South !