National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-02
Construction of Railroads
IN BRAZIL.

BY order of the Brazilian Legation at Washington
the following notice is published:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - DIREc
TORY OF PUBLIC WORKS-RAILROADS FROM
BAGE TO CACEQUY, AND FROM CACEQUY
TO URUGUAYANA, IN THE PROVINCE OFs
PEDRO do RIO GRANDE do Sui
By the present it is made public that the Imperial
Government will receive proposals until the ,h n
JULY 1851, for the construction of the railroads from
Bage to Cacequy and from Cacequy to Uruguayaua in
the Province of $ Pedro do Rio Grande do sui under
the following conditions:
/ The proposals must be presented sealed ar tho r5
rectOry of Public Works of the Department OF 35ri
culture, or at the Brazilian Legation in Washington
II The railroads will have the following lengths.
First-FrOm Bage- present terminus of the railroad
already contracted from Rio Grande to that civ a.
far rs Cacequy, 20 Kilometres and 800 metres
Secona-tronl C2cequy' place Where the railroad Of
Porto Allegro. at present IN construction meets tbs
Bage Railroad, as far as the city OF Cruguayua 0g
III. The surveys already made and approved byi5,
Government tor the said railroads will form the basis
of the contract.
". These surveys, as well as all the docrnaD-sr
ferring to said railroads. can be examined by the nm
PoSers or their representatives at the Directory Of
V. The Government grants guarantee of : per
cent. interest the capital which, after the rpviSa5
of the surveys. will be fixed definitely between tbs
Government and the contractor.
Before beginning the works the contractor mu7t
pay to the Government the expenses already incurred
for these surveys
W. The concession for these railroads will be made
IN accordance with decree No $50 of 18th DeCember
1880, III all that relates to the technical part of tie
construction, and with DEGREES No. 695 of lGth Au-
gust 1878, and No 1850 OF 18th December, l5si Is 70
the manner of regulating the guarantee OfnereI on
the capital
The Government reserves the right to grant tbpcnp
structiOn of both railroads to one single ent erpr Or
TO make two distinct allOttmentS.
VII. The time to be consumed in the work and tbs
capabilities OF the competing parties will be the
points 10 be considered
The companies that have already built railroads Or
organized for the construction Of these railroads %
persons that from their position and antecedenIs win
offer all the guarantees for the prompt completion q
the works contracted Will be preferred for the
tracts now contemplated.
VIII. The prOpOsers will make deposit Of 11u8
mres, or fl.OO, Only on presentation of receipt OF
certificate of this deposit wilfthe proposal be received
The deposit must be made in the National Treasury
in the above referred legations in the Deleacy 0
the Treasury in London.
As soon as a proposal is accepted the coutractor
must increase his deposit to 5000 miIreis or 5000 az
guarantee of the execution of the CONTRACT.
The deposits Will be in money or bonds of the public
debt of the Empire and will be forfeited the Treas
ury the hrSt one II the contractor, after the accept
of the proposal refuses TO sign the contract the
second, if the said contract Is not fulfilled.
TX. The Government viii impose clause which
is not contained in the DEGREES above referred 90.
" 1t is understood that only after the revision o.
the surveys and the amount of the guaranteed capital
being fixed definitely will the contract agreed upon H
considered made and perfect
The expenses of the revision of the surveys must be
paid by the contractor.
IT, however the contractor will not come 10 an
agreement with the Government, the said expenses
with the revision Will be paid by the parties that will
assume the new contract, under the Responsibility u
the Government, who will indemnify them for an
such expenses If the railroad contracted is directly
built by the State.
The revision viii be made-under the Immediate
perVISlOn OF an engineer OF the Government.
DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC WORKS, 3D. February. ISL
ANTONIO ALVARES DOS SANTOS SOUZA.
Chief pro temp
Further particulars can be had by application to the
brazilian Consulate eneral, No. IL Broadway, Room
No. g. New York City.
NEW YORK, April p. 1881