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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1910. 



\ 1: ,1 sa" Transpotring Rubber. 



"Batelao" Approaching Rapids ok the Madeira. 



constantly employed. The ex- 

 periment of having female 

 nurses was tried, but they 

 wen- married and carried away 

 so constantly that it was voted 

 a failure. 



The camp was under mili- 

 tary discipline, and liquor was 

 taboo. In spite of this the 

 native laborers smuggled in 

 more or less "cachaca." The 

 ■ diseases were 

 eri, blackwater fever, and 

 dysentery. Quinine, of course, 

 was the remedy generally used 

 and most potent. It was 

 it by the ton, and three 

 lab iratory men were kept busy 

 from morning until night mak- 

 ing it up into pills. 



The town was noted as pub- 

 lishing the only English paper 

 ii the Amazon, called The 

 Porto Velho Times. The first 

 appeared on typewritten 

 sheets. Then the company 

 sent in a font of type and a 

 printing press, and the paper 

 ared with more or less 

 regularity. It was a remark- 

 able looking sheet, typograph- 

 ically. There were no "w's" 

 in the font, and two "v's" 

 placed close together were the 

 alternative. 



The paper was full of camp 

 and genuine fun, and 

 everybody subscribed. I 



al announcements of 

 the paper's scope and policy 

 appeared the subscription 

 price, which was — 



Six months, nothing. 



Three months, half price. 



I lie railroad workers were 

 only in this camp at stated sea- 

 sons. Some of them were far 

 ahead with the preliminary 

 party of engineers, who were 



Sketch Map 



Ol THE 



Madeira-Mamore Ry. 



Nov 1909 



POPTO VELHO 



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Raifroad Constructed (\meire gauge) 

 Construction >n Progress 

 Location Surveys in Progress 

 Probable Poufe of Location 

 Fails of the Madeira Piver 



KEr MAP 



THE NEW OUTLET FOR BOLIVIAN RUBBER. 



