THE PAULISTA RAILWAY 
line in Brazil constructed entirely with Brazilian capital. 
The line was begun in 1870, but since that date several 
extensions have been successfully laid out. Up to 1909 
the lines owned and worked by the Paulista Railway were 
the 1.60-metre-gauge trunk line from Jundiahy to 
Descalvado (north of Sao Paulo), and the two branch 
lines of the same gauge from Cordeiro to Rio Claro; 
Laranja Azeda to S. Yeridiana; the two branch lines of 
0.60 metre-gauge from Descalvado to Aurora and from 
Porto Ferreira to S. Rita do Passo Quatro. Then they 
possessed the one-metre trunk line from Rio Claro to 
Araraquara, with the following branch and extension 
lines: Visconde de Rio Claro to Jahu; Araraquara to 
Jaboticabal; Bebedouro to Barretos; Mogy Guasso 
Rincao to Pontal; S. Carlos to S. Euxodia and Rib. 
Bonita; Agudos to Dois Corregos and Piratininga; and 
the loop line through Brotas. Of the total charters for 
1,114 kilometres, 261 have been granted by the Federal 
Government and are under their supervision, whereas 583 
kilometres are under charter granted by the State of Sao 
Paulo. 
The following statistics taken from the last Brazilian 
Year Book show the wonderful development of the 
passenger and goods traffic on the Paulista Railway: 
Line open. 
Kilometers. 
Passengers 
carried. 
Goods carried, 
including 
Coffee. 
Transport of 
Animals. 
Baggage and 
Parcels. 
1872. 
38 
33,531 
Tons. 
26,150 
4,919 
Tons. 
1890 . 
250 
348,150 
300,857 
5,768 
2,613 
1908 . 
1,154 
1,084,081 
959,742 
36,072 
12,558 
At Jundiahy the Paulista Company has extensive 
repair shops for engines. Formerly they had there also 
shops for building carriages, but these are now constructed 
at the Rio Claro Station, partly from material which 
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