1000062609_037

INTER~ATIONAL

AMERICAN CONPERENCE.

161

Sa11 Paztlo Brazilian Railway,

from Santos to

Jundiah~r,

6.:~

miles; gauge, 5 feet 3

iuches. The constmctiou of this line wa beguu in 1 '60, ancl the liue opened Febru–

ary,

'67.

The total cost was abont

··lO,OOO,OOO.

Tbe company has a Government

guaranty of

per cent. per anuum on capital stock of $13,250,000, witb option of pur–

chase.

San Paulo and Rio Janeí1·o Railway,

from San Paulo to Cacboeira ancl junction with

the Doru Pedro

H.ailway, 143.8 miles; gange, 1 meter. The road was opened

througbont Jnly

1877. The provincial goverument of an Paulo guaranties 7 per

cent. per

ttnn

un on 6,000,000, with rigbt to pnrchase. Tlle due payment of this in–

tereat for thirty years is guarantied by the Braziliau Government.

Scmlo .dnwro Rrtilway,

from city of Santo Amaro to Jacn, 22.3 miles; gange, 1111cter.

Owncd by

the provincial government of Babia.

Santo ..lntonio de Patlua Railway

(province of Rio ele Janeiro), from Lucca to Mira.–

cema, 57.6 miles.

, old to the C. E .

Macahe and Campos. Gauge, 2 feet lltinches.

Siío Ca1'los de Pinhal Railway :

47.7 miles werc opened May

1883, and there is under

construction 2;).5 miles. Branch lines to Brotos and .Jahu are under coustruction, and

the Dane Corregas sectiou of the latter brauch was opened September 7, 1 6. There

is now completed iu all163. 7 miles.

Sobral Railtray

(province of Ceara), froru Camocim to

'obral, 80 miles. An exten–

sion of 61.2 rni1c:; to Ipu is projected. This road was bnilt by the Government and

was

operatetl in 1

at a lo s.

Sorocabana Railway,

from an Panlo to Tieté, llH miles; gauge, 1 meter. An exten–

ion to Botucatu is in progress, and the Cerquiho Laranja.i section ofsame

,,..as

opeued

ulay

24, 1

6. The road was opened to Tieté iu 1 5. This line is owned by a Bra–

zilian corpora.tion. Completecl

137.6

miles.

Sou.thern Erazilian R-io Grande do S1tl Railwa.y,

frorn Rio Grande to Bagé, 173.6

miles; gauge, 1 meter. Line opened December, 18

By tbo terms of the concession

the GoV'ernment guaranties for thirty years 7 per cent. per annum on a capital of

·7,605,000, with no contpeting line within '.20 kilometers to be sanctioned for niuety

ye:us without the comp:1ny's _consent, but reserves the option ofpurchase afterthirty

ycars.

Taqua1·y and Urugnayana Railway,

projected to rnn from Taquary near Porto

Alegre, due 'Yest to Uruguayana. From Taquary to Santa Maria 162.40 mile is

already completed, l>etween Santa Maria to Cacoquay 71.5 miles more nnder con–

struction, leaving

164.5

miles yet to be constructed. Gauge, 1 meter. This line was

operated in

at a loss.

Unaio Val1:mciana Railway,

Desengano to Río Preto, 39 miles; gauge,

1.1

meter.

Weste1·11

Rail1ca.IJ

of cut Paulo

(Companhia Pauli

de Estrada de Ferro de Oel:lte),

frorn Juntliahy ( junction 'au Panlo Railway)

via

Campinas to Belem do Descalva–

tlo::;,

125

miles, with bra.nch from Coudeiras vía Río Claro to the Mogy Gas u river at

Pinha.l,

miles; total, 151 miles. Gauge,

feet 3 inches. This road was huilt by a

Brazilia.u corporation without the ai d of foreign capital and its total cost was about

:32,500 per mile.

There are a number of ot.her lines a.ggregating f>26.6 miles, tbe mo t important

being the

Oeste de .Jiinas,

125.2 milfts in length. The others are given in tbe table.

PROJC:CTED RAILROADS IN SOUTH BRAZIL.

Ha.vin_g been handed a pamphlet

pon the projected lines of railroad for the outh–

ern portwn of Brazil,

have made copies thereof, one of whwh

inclose, thinking

orue

onr railroad men might like to know what was going on in this part ofSouth

mertca.

A_The line fr?m

S~n ~,rancisco,

just north of _this port passing here, thenee to Porto

ieg~e,

beheve, 1s

1;he hands of an Enghsh company, and they expeet the final

orhth1rd pas .age through the present hou e of tlepnties to take place in a

few days,

work ts to be eommenccd. The

chart

will

otherwise

e:xpla.initbelf,

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