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In the early seventies were built the
4 Baturite, in the northern state Of
ICeara; the Condo d,Eu, in Parahiba;
1.-The Natal and Nova Cruz, in Rio
lGrande do Norte;; the Great Western.
Fin Pernambuco; the Central of Bahia
land the Nazareth in Bahia. What is
now the Leopoldlna system In Rio and
Minas was begun: the Paulista, a
broad gauge extension Of the Sac Pau
10 under a separate company, was
built; and the Mogyana and Soracaba-
ma systems, in the same state, were be-
gun. At this time the Dom Pedro III.
was extended into the Parahiba vail
Hey, on its way to the interior of Minas
land Sac Paulo.
A The late seventies and early eighties
(were the years of the greatest activity
4 lin railroad building in Brazil. The
4 country had recovered from the effects
Elof the expensive and tedious Para
A guayan war. the culture of$coffee and
rubber had been greatly developed and
y were profitable, the country enjoyed an
Ientfre freedom from revolutions and Sc
z |rious political disturbances, and the
Icredit of the government was excellent.
The Braganca line in Para was built;
{ the Baturite was extended, the Sobral,
4 also in Ceara, was begun; the Pernam-
buco Southern, the Pernambuco Cen
4 trail, the Paulo Alfonso. the Ribeirao
:, Bonito and the Alagoas Central We're
built in the states of Pernambuco and
!. lAlagoas. nearly competing the systems
states. The San Francisco, in Bahia,
lswas begun, the Central of Bahia ex-
J TENDED. and the Caravelas Philadelphia
4 line. in the same state. built. The Leo
. aoldina system was increased to over
! 1000 kilo,neters I.243 milesl, covering
the state of Rio and parts of AIinas and
Espiritu santo. The Dom Pedro II.
) was extended to the city of Sac Paulo
), land north into the center of Minas to
!. the productive coffee and mining Te-
! gions. Extensive branches and cons
: meeting lines for the Dom Pedro III.
were built. among them the oeste dc
!, EMinas, the Muzambinho. the Minas and
: Rio and the Sapueahy, all in the state
. Iof Minas The Rio Ciaro, the narrow
!, gauge extension Of the Paulista. tbs
. IBragantina, alsoin Sac Paulo. the Dona
!, Thersza Christina, in the state of SAN
= TIA Catharina, the Paranagua- Curitybs
Illine in Parana: the Uruguayanao, tbs
"a Southern brazilian ana the Grea
Southern-all in Rio Girande do Sui
S were constructed: and the Paulista
: Mogyana and Soracabana IN Sac PAUL.
/. We're greatly extended.
In 1ss9. just before the republic wa!
" proclaimed. there We're $3.50 kiloneter
. l5524 mliles) of railroad in operation. "A
the end of 1887, tht. lastsyear of the en-
i. lpire for which complete statistics ar
q available there swere S,4s6 kiloneter
,973 miles) In operation, of which POI
e kilometers l25l milss) belonged To tn
SE imperial government. ninety-tive kiio
Is meters (tifty-rine miles, to the govern
. fnlsnts or provinces. and 6,3IS kllometsr
5l3,963 miles) to companies. OF the kilo
J. rl,eterage owned by companies. 25S
kiometers tl,606 milcs) We're guaran
n teed by the empire, I552 kilometers csc
is ismiles) We're guaranteed by the prov
s tinces and 2.2il kiometers q 1893 miles
i. had no guaranty. One thousand tire
% hundred and sixty-six kildmetsrs ts4
JrniIeso were broad gauge and ,l2ps xii
ii, meters (4424 miiss) We're marrow
ali gauge
al, In the ten Years since the establish
,nent Of the republic 5.6,2 kilometsr
Sd l3526 fnilss) have been built and put !
Operation. all narrow-gua &c except IN
8 Humiliation If portions of the Sac Pau
land the Central. These double, track
10 lare. however. not counted IN tbs. toti
re above given The principal ntsw 9lins
te are the Marantao in Rio Graide an
70 the F,spiritu santo Southern. Th
n s,rea ter part If the added mileage ia
= 4 been extensions of existing lines I.ars
10 additions have been madeto the Moe
tyaua. the S6racabana, the Central, tt
Parana. the Baturite, the san Franc:
60. the E'ruguayaiia ard the Pernambl
~ leo Southern. The larger proportion
Z this building toek place before lsa
e. Since that date it has been largely di:
~ Icontinued ewing to the financial en-
OF bal.rass ,nesnts OF the government ar
ne 1.-The. economic crisis. In 1885 the Coy
e I.ernlner Mt was engaged in building or e,
b itending the following lines: Tho Bat,
Y rite the Snlrai. the Eernambueo9 Gel
" trail. the Safs Francisco, the Central
l'e X Brazil and tile@U rNguayana; but in tn
:. wear work MAS stopped on all Of tl2es
~ Besides tie private roads alreae
-, mantinnsd wGrk was then going on
u the Muzambanho. the Oeste de Nina
!, Il .ha Parana. the Sapucahy and the Pa
lly lista. Ths aullains now sos.s Y & :
~ tmost entire!y in the states Of Sac Pau
- Rio C;rarae do sui. Parana aud IN r
on the Leppaidina.
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