El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13

X 40 PAULO, Brazil, Nov 13.-Come
with ne and take a look at the
- city Of sac Paulo. We are in the
metropolis OF Brazil, the capital OF one
Of the richest states Of the South amer
lean continent The state OF sac Faulo
has population as great as tIlal o.
California 1t is almost as large as
California. and Sac PaulO approximate
san Francisco in size It IS the second
CITY Of Brazil and it ranks next TO Rio
de Janeiro and BuenOs Aires among the
great cities OF the South American con-
rinent. 1t is one Of the Oldest cltles OF
South America 1t was founded more
than fifty years before capt John
town, and II was so years old before
Boston began 10 be. Nevertheless, the
city looks as though # had been built
within the last generation
Is City Of Fine buildings.
Sac Paulo is a city OF fine buildings.
The capital of the state Of Sac Paulo,
its government offices buildings com
pare with those Of the great depart
ments at Rio The state has more
money than Rio de Janeiro. 1t gets a
large part Of the coffee export taxes
and IL spends millions in governing II
self The buildings OF the department
OF agriculture cover almost square.
Those OF the department Of commerce
are equally large, while the palace OF
the governor is finer than that Of many
a president Of the South American re-
DAD4AEE-
New Theater Is Fine One.
Among other large buildings are the
city hall and the municipal theaIer, re-
Gently finished The theater is situated
in a fine park overlooking the valley
that runs through the city It is built
Of stone and the interior is finished IN
marble and bronze 1t has seven Iloors,
one OF which is underground ana an
other Of which is the gallery under the
central tower. There are five floors
for boxes and stalls and the seats alto
gether number almost 1000. II cost
more than 100000
Has 100 Public Schools.
Another fine building is the Cathe-
dral, another the postOffice, and a third
the library. which is second to none IN
8raziI The city has also fine build
ings for its museum and schools There
are public schools everywhere, and
those devoted TO primary education
alone number 100 The city has several
colleges, a gymnasium, and II has
schools OF pharmacy and commerce, as
well as q conservatory Of music which
is subsidized by the state tt is an in
tellectusl city and scientific one
This is city Of coffee mllllOnalres,
of land barons and sof other men who
have made more or less money in in
dustries Of one sort or other. some OF
them live in palaces, each OF which IS
worth a small fortune, and not rev
have cost over 100000 in gold There
are also many beautiful homes Of one
or two stories surrounded by gardens
The climate is such that palm trees
viii grow here and YOU have the vege-
tation Of both the tropical and temper
ate zones. The gardens are beautiful
the rose trees vying with the palms in
their spIendor. The city has over so
parks and three public gardens
Sac PaulO is growing faster than any
city of this continent Just before the
war in Europe made times tight they
were constructing new houses at the
rate Of 1000 a year, and companies were
being formed TO develop the suburbs
To Build Roads for Motor Cars.
Tt has now been decided to build
50 600. 900 cathedral and there IS a no
tel company that expects to build two
hotels at a cost Of more than $1,000, 00O-
At the same time the town is improving
the roads. A system of highways is to
be constructed going from here to dif-