El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-18
queer DIdZAndH ANoAWdy DAOk'S OoAS Frank Carpenter
of Coffee From Highlands to the Sea ''" 5. 4!s Fran"
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The grade is so steep and the rainfall
so heavy that the roadway has been
lined with drains and cutters from
bottom 10 ton. The cutters are Of brick.
and they are as beautifully constructed
as those Of "A city park The bricks are
covered With tar to prevent the vege-
tation from spTinging up between them.
The concrete work is equal to that Of
the Panama canal In places the
streams. flowing down the mountains.
are carried under the track in pipes or
in open work Of concrete; and here and
there long terraces of stone uphold the
finished as though they were in the
streets of a city, ana there are abut-
ments and waterspouts that look as
though they were made BY a sculptor.
The terminals of the road are of the
same nature. The station at Sac Paulo
is one OF the finest in South America.
The cars are finished like the Pull
mans Of the United States. and the en-
gines are polished as though they were
jewels
Roadway Lined With Orchids.
The ride over the Sac Paulo railway is
through some Of the most beautiful scenery
Of the tropics. Here and there tall palms
rise above the other growth. and there are
trees loaded with orchids OF many varieties.
The orchids seem 70 choose the dead trees
as their homes They wrap themselves
around the gray limbs and make them green
again The same conditions obtain all the
way up the mountains.
about far as from New York TO Washing
ton. and the trip takes twice as long and
costs twice as much. Leaving Sac Paulo yon
travel all the way through the highlands
You pass through beautiful valleys spotted
with trees. and in places the scenery is not
unlike the rolling parts Of Ohio and Penn
sylvania. IN the distance the trees look
much ike ours but when you come closer
you see palms and bamboos and other trop-
zeal growth.
Farms on the Level Lands.
The more level land is devoted 10 farming
Here there are fenced fields with gates lead
ing into them. The farmhouses are OF
brick covered with stucco. They are mostly
small. those Of the common people being OF
square There are many ant hills At first
you think they are hillocks. made IN the
course OF cultivation. They rise 10 a height
OF two and three feet and are often as regu-
lar as though they were made with the
pillow and the hoe.
That part OF Brazil IS well watered- The
ai- is full OF moisture. and clouds hang low
over the mountains ana nestle in the laps
OF the hills. The scenery is beautiful
Much OF the country is devoted 10 pas
ture and cattle and mules are seen feed
ing in grass that tickles their bellies There
are great fields OF corn. and now and then
one Of grain where the shocks stand up as
in the states at harvest time me Town
houses have gardens surrounding them
There are orchards OF oranges and lemons
as well as Of peaches and pears
Along the track you pass now and then
ciurnps Of bamboo There are often rover
ing trees near the stations. The crowds that
come 10 the trains are typically Brazilian
They are dark-faced and sailow- Some are
negroes and on the whole the crowd Is
not unlike that at any depot In our south