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INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
In a.n extract from tho Consnbr Reports of
l
S'J there is a report by Consular
Agent Comsett, iu which he refers to intemationalliues of road.*
The principal Brazilian rai1ways are the fotlO\\ing:
Alagoas Railwcty,
from Macoio to Imperatrix,
55
miles, along tbe valley of tbeMun–
dahn River in tlJe provinco
of
Ala.goas. Gauge, 1 met-er. Tbis company was organ–
ized
tn
18tH
to buil1l the line undor tho concession granteü
to
Domingos Mortinbo and
.Jacqnimlla Sil-va Leao. Road was openo<l Decemuer
3, 18 '4.
'l'be Government guar–
auties
7
per ceut. por anunm on maxim1m1 capital
1::512,:H2,
and reserves rights of
p11rchase. In
1
5
a conce sion was obtaineü from the Provincial Government for tho
cc.ustruction of a brauclJ from the maiu lino to tbe town of .Assemuloa, about
40
miles,
ancl surveys bave recently boen cotnpleted. A diviuend of
Gt
per cent. was paid from
tbe Govermnent guaranty.
Bahta and Mina8 Railway,
from Carvellas to Aymore,
88
miles, and extension,
9.3
miles. This railwrty is now nndercoustrnction to Philadelphia,
155.6
miles; gange,
1
meter.
It
was built uncler
a
coucession granted to
M.
F . Argolla, tbo con tructiou
baving begun
Jauna.ry25, 18d1 ;
the road was opened to Aymore, November
9, 1882,
and the exteusion in
1 '":J.
Bahia and Sa.n Francisco Railway,
from Bahía to Alagoinhas,
76.3
miles. Timbo
branch, Ala.goiubas to Ti rubo,
51A
milos. Gangc,
5
feet
3
inches. Tbis IJranch was
opened for traffic March
30, 1 1:37,
aml is a sepamtc uudertaking, tbe estimatecl cost
was
"1,490,000,
on which tbe re
is
a governmeut guaranty of
6
per cent.; the guar–
auty on the maiu liue is
7
por ceut. This is an English corporation.
_Bahia mzd San Frano-i8oo Railway Extension.-Line
of roau, Alagoinbas
to
Villa.
. Novaua. Rn.inha,
Hl9.6
miles. Gauge, 1meter. This liue is owned by the provineial
,·:goverumont of Babia and fonnl:l au extension. of the Bahía antl San Francisco Raíl–
. •· way, uortbwest from its terminus at Alagoinhas. In
1881,
it
wa8 in operation from
Alagoinhas to Santa Lucia,
112.2
miles. A continuatiou of this l.ine is now under
con trnctiou to Jon.zeiro on the Sa,n Francisco River.
Bananal, Río de Janeit·o Railway,
from tbe Saudade station on tbe DomPedro
ll.
line to Bananal,
19.2
miles; opeued F ebrnary
l.
1889.
B1·azil Great Sozttluwn .Railway,
from
C
uarim Ri ver, the dividiug Iine between
Uru–
guay and Bra.zil, to the town Q.[__Itague, ou
th~
Uruguay River,
110
miles, all in tbe
province of the Rio Graucle
l10
Snl; line was opcneu for tratfic December
31,
J
'88.
It
has a government gnamnty
uf 6
per cent. on a capital of
1::675,000,
with reservation
of nght to pnrcha<;e after ninety ycars.
It
is ownecl by
a
British corporatiou.
Central Bahia Railwc.t!J,
province of .Babia, main lino Sao Felix to Qneimadinbas,
170
mile , brancb, Cachoeira to Feim de Santa Auna,
li'l
miles. Gauge,
3
feet
6
incbes.
The coustruction was !Jegun in
1
80,
aud tbe liue completad in sections;
i~
wa opened
to Queimadinhas
in
December,
1 85;
there is
a.
governlJlent guarauty of
7
per cent.
ou the capital,
7,130,000,
for thirty years. Tbe liue is projected to the San Francisco
River, aud stock has been is8ued for tbe construction of
a.
branch hne to Olhos and
Agua. Thi line is owned
by
a British corporatiou.
Carnpo8 and Ca1'angola Railway,
f.rom Campos to Porto Alegre, 101 miles, PJI.trocinio
branch,
24.2
miles ; Itn.bopoano brancb,
13
miles; total completed,
117.2
mile . The
maiu line is projected to Santo dos Tombos on the bouudary line of the province of
Mina
Gemes. Gauge,
1
meter. Con truction was begun in
ld76,
and the first ec–
tionofthemainlineopeneüDecember, l 7; second0ctober,1 ,,2. Thislineha agov–
ernment guaranty of
7
per cent. ou
$3,:!75,000
capital for a period of thirty years.
ter–
minating March
20, 190-.J,
and is owne
l
by
a Brazilian company chartered in
1872.
Companhia Bragantina,
Campo Lempo station on theS.
B.
Railway to Braganza,
32.2
milos. Gauge,
1
meter. Construction aud equipment'to Dl3cember
31,
¡ ·
36,
a.mounteu
to.
:35
000
pel' mile.
" See page 161 tor this report.