The Republican journal., 1892-06-30
\ Trip to San Paulo.


,ffRoApING TO THE HEART OF THE
tttE DISTRICT. THE FAMOUS LAW
ronL, ESTABLISHED MORE THAN
-.rE CENTURIES AGO.
...l correspondence of The journal. |
.,N PAuLo, BRAZIL, May 2nd. To
Brazil without coming to this, the
.hrmmost province-the great head
,-,4s of the coffee trade-would be
l.. tae attempt of a travelling foreigner
j, the United States without seeing
o York and Washington, like the
al Hamlet with Hamlet left out
r. arc two routes between Rio de ia
., .ud san Paulo; one by steamer, due
.l -., santos, (the southern terminus
-,lu line from New York, and
over the mountains, forty miles
I or all the way overland, 80
s the Dom Pedro ii, Rio de ia
5l,l san Paulo railways.
r.r tourist who desires to see all he
+. Ilc country in the shortest possible
hest way is to go by one of the
.mmWd routes and return by the
lut if time is no object, the lover
Id the naturalist will lind far
.. lmcnt-dcspite some hardships
miorts. in making most of the
HW1 unfrequented highways and
e, rm the deck of a mule" Hav-
.f,l the three WAYS of transit we
commend the lattcr-to those
age powers of endurance. who
,,rp securely, if need he, with the
taD pillow and the starry sky for
rtelpanc. and who have acquired
lertul Indifference to pu}qaS, poor
G other minor ills. without which
n,a business to be prowling about
tized countries. The sea trip
Hiu to Santos occupies twenty hours,
r0enty dollars, and most of it is
within sight of the shore. To 90
| ar way by rail between the Brazilian
al and san Paulo, takes about four
IN, guing hours and costs $40. 40.
Il Of no little consequence, com
ally speaking, being the only sea-
t ,he rich san Paulo province, and
second in the Republic in the value
aartance of its eXports-Santos is
r,>iyely hot, dirty, damp and lm-
>,me that the quicker one can get
II r. the better. In other parts of
MIld profane seamen are wont to
trlZc the weather as hot as sheol
W these waters they universally
santos in that connection. The
aS a population Of about 20, 600,
/ ot whom. however. reside four miles
i er south, in a healthier suburb called
Bdra, tthe bar.) reached from the
1y tamway. Both lie close at the
some emerald hills that environ
scent shaped BAY OF Saints. -
rWeen them 4 short, deep river
,ta the sea, permitting ocean steam
approach the wharves. At Barra
GHn9 facilities are exceptionally
lI ID has become the Cape May, At
t\ or Manhattan Beach ot Brazil.
g at all times with health seekers.
beautiful cottages and villas have
uill here, mostly by resident for
there is a dilapidated, but pic
lou in the vicinity. incompara-
ages along the beach and in the
and fine views Of the broad
stretching To the horizon on the
i .ad and Il sea OF verdurc on the
Il HIIWay ride from Santos up the
lhe city of san paulo takes two
md costs tive dollars The road is
miles long and was built by English
Aeel> with English capital, and mere
specimen of fine engineering is
coming far to see. Ii climbs the
F tour inclined planes" which in
han tive miles overcome an elevation
~ feet. The wire cables are an inch
Hit in diameter, and powerful en-
iii" located at the top of each IN
tue steepest of which is ten per
ihe train coming up balancing that
down. The road is called the '.San
and has been opened about thirty
Its original cost was very great,
--- d> it does upon the steep t1anks
WeyS and up the Sierra do Mar,
N fange), where "a. extraordinary
INIT 't stone work was required. Ow-
the peculiar topography of the sec
n4mous floods of rain often fall
ls a single storm. In order to draw
fSr dangerous inundations frequent
'N are built beneath the road bed and
\ M'e conduits follow along the sur
II Notwithstanding every preeaution,
Nrjfe landSlides sometimes occur,
i track is constantly patrolled by a
d" Watchers with shovels From
III ANuit OF the Sierra do Mar the seen
Il 'uperb-ot coffee groves emerald
r. palms and pines, dim mountain
sand the restless ocean: but some OF
4 long the 'inclines' as you rush down
II cradles with the speed of the wind,
entity upheld from bottomless abys-
IAS by a single frail cable-is toe