September 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



611 



ing through the macadamized streets which radiate from this 

 point. 



The Praca do Commercio is nut far away, and just across the 

 street from the little hotel, famous for the black coffee served, 

 is the building of the Commercial Association of Santos, where 

 a polite attendant furnishes you with printed statistics, reports 

 and all sorts of commercial information. From here it is only 

 a short distance to the histcctoria de Immigracao—or "The In- 

 spection of ImmiKralion"— located in a modern two-story build- 

 ing with laruc well furnished offices, where capable officials and 

 clerks attend to this very important branch of the department 

 of commerce. They look especially after immigrants who land 

 in Santos with the intention of settling in the state of Sao Paplo. 

 They also compile statistics on immigration and emigration fcjr 

 the port of Santos, secure and list information on all conditions 

 of the state in order to give full and accurate reports to in- 

 quirers, and maintain a comprehensive exhibition room provided 

 with maps, samples of products, statistical tables, etc. 



would be second to none in the world. How well they have 

 succeeded can only be fully realized by walking along the wide 

 ganite-paved quays teeming with activity. Fussy little en- 

 gines are puffing up and down the tracks, switching empty 

 freight cars in place or hauling loaded ones out of the way. 

 The strident, incessant toot of the whistle is most effective in 

 keeping the tracks clear. I^owcrful steel cranes operated by 

 electricity move slowly alongside the steamer and quietly un- 

 load cargo on flat cars, or swinging with full radius drop the 

 burden within the shelter of the warehouse. I'reight from all 

 parts of the world lies about in apparent confusion. There are 

 great tubs of fish from Norway, bundles of tools from Ger- 

 many, canned goods from Spain and Italy, boilers from Scot- 

 land and barbed wire from the United States. Sao Paulo cargo 

 is loaded directly on the cars and hauled out every night, reach- 

 ing Its destination the next morning. Mixed freight and broken 

 lots are delivered by the cranes to the doors of modern, steel- 

 construction, absolutely fire-proof warehouses. These are 



DtKKS .\T Santos. 



Each steamer on arrival is visited by an immigration official 

 who makes a formal offer of free board and lodging to all thir<l- 

 class passengers for Santos who pass satisfactory inspection, 

 also free transportation and board at the Hotel of Immigrants 

 in Sao Paulo, where the hotne-sceker awaits the department's 

 instructions. Later the immigrants are "placed" in accordance 

 with their previous experience or trade. In 1910 the monthly 

 average of immigrants landed in Santos was 3,140 or about 104 

 a day. 



When the docks of Santos were building, the most experi- 

 enced engineers were employed to evolve a modern system that 



built on the unit system and extend along the quays, parallel 

 to the docks, with fenced spaces between the warehouses where 

 heavy freight is stored. In these open bays is the inclined belt- 

 conveying machinery used for loading sacks of coffee. Across 

 the street from the docks millions of bags of coffee are stored 

 in great warehouses, which extend as far as one can see,-, oc- 

 cupying the entire area back of the docks. 



When ready for export it is loaded by conveying belts which 

 are permanently in place in the bays between the dock ware- 

 houses. The installation consists of a platform which extends 

 along the sides of the dock warehouses for about a mile. This 



