Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-03

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Brazil has a coast line nearly 400 miles
I0uy and the country is 200 miles broad
On a line eight degrees south Of the equa-
tor. Back Of the two mountain chains
which run near the coast is an enormous
plateau 900 feet above the sea and offer
ing magnificent pastoral advantages.
sugar. cotton. hides and coffee are the
chief exports and grains Of all kinds can
De grown. The population Of this i'm
mense country j. only 100000. It IS
the land Of the immediate future. waiting
Tor railroads. II has some railroads. The
Dom Pedro >igUndO line has 425 miles
IN operation. owned and operated by the
4 government. Il pays : per cent. on cap
ital u $4,000 per mile. There are also
three other government roads aggregatIng
about % miles These trunk lines have
been in operation since ls52. Then there
are nearly Loo miles Of branch lines in
the provinces. some Of which have been
assisted by government guarantees. The
same roads have J23 miles more under
construction. In 1873 a law was passed
authorizing a third group Of twelve roads
| in the provinces. the government guaTan-
/ teeiug per cent. on about 10000, 900 cap
| ital in all. The total projected mileage
Of these twelve roads is l,4S3 miles,
and it is expected that private enter
prise VIII supply necessary branches.
Nearly all Of the third group have been
undertaken by English capital. Brazil
has in all about 2.JO0 miles Of railway in
operation and 1909 miles IN course Of
construction. Brazil has been a most re-
muneratIve field for English'capital, and
most Of her railway stocks are quoted at
a premium in the London market. 1t is
50 grateful 10 an English investor to actU-
ally realize a dividend out Of a foreign
railroad investment that Brazil can have
all the money she wants for this purpose,
and the next twenty years viii bring Won
derful development in that country.
Judge Barr, Of the United states Circuit
Court, has recently rendered a decision
which compels the city Of Owensboro,
Ky, to appropriate five-thirteenths Of the
public school fund TO the maintenance Of
schools for cOlOred children. In 1874, il
appears that tho Legislature Of Kentucky
passed a law providing for the education
Of cOlOrcd children by a tax upon persons
Of that color, including also a poll tax,
which has been in operation throughout
the state. Last year the cOlOrcd people
Of Paducah refused 10 pay the tax, and
their wages were garnisheed by the County
Court. Judge Baxter, Of the United
states Court. declared the law uncOnsti-
tutiOnal, and the Legislature passed a
general law 10 meet the case. Louisville
and Paducah, however, it appears, We're
the only two cities in the State which at
tempted 10 put the new law into effect.
The OwensborO case, recently decided by
Judge Barr is said 10 be the first instance
where a municipality, as the creature Of
the state, has been brought under the pro-
visions Of the fourteenth amendment to
the National Constitution.
Newfoundland has a great future before
her. i'm the opinion Of an English traveller.
Contrary TO the general opinion, the eli
mate is salubrious. Its fisheries yield
$i.j00,OOO "a year, and its mines produce
5000 tons Of copper annually. Includ-
ing the inhabitants Of the coast OF Labra-
dor, its present population is 10000, Of
which 5000 are engaged in the fisheries.
In the interior of the island are large
tracts Of farming lands, to the extent of
,. 5000 acres, which can be purchased
10y settlers at thirty cents an acre. It's
distance from Valencia, in ireland, is
only l,G40 miles, aud he believes it will
before many years become thickly popu-
lated BY settlers from the British Isles.
The Southern railways will not prob
ably delay much longer the change of
their gauge so as to correspond with that
Of the Northern roads. II is understood
that rolling stock and equipment on
most Of the lines have been 50 constructed
for some time past that it can be very
easily adjusted TO the new order of things,
and as the shifting Of the track is but the
work Of a few hours, there would be no
serious interruption to business by the
change. such course, whenever it is
adopted, will 20 far to facilitate through
shipments Of freight between North and
South.