Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — Auto Needed In Peru. [ARTICLE]

Auto Needed In Peru.

The Peruvians take eagerly to the automobile, wherever Its use Is possible. Outside of the sections served by railroads—and there are only about 1,700 miles of railway in Peru’s 700.000 square miles of land —transportation has hitherto depended on pack mules or burros. 4* trails or bridle paths are being converted into highways, motorears and trucks are bringing new life to formerly Isolated । centers of mining and agricultural production. । 1