. The Street railway journal . mway line in South America,and was built by an American company,which owned and managed it until 1882,when it passed into local control. The Sao Christovao lines, which areoperated by animal traction, communi-cate with several of the common suburbsto the north and west, and also serve sev-eral cemeteries. The Villa Isabel line, which is also op-erated by animal power, connects with asuburb of Villa Isabel to the west andwith the intermediate points, and to alarge extent serves the same territory as do the lines of theSao Christovao Company, prospectively the Tiju
. The Street railway journal . mway line in South America,and was built by an American company,which owned and managed it until 1882,when it passed into local control. The Sao Christovao lines, which areoperated by animal traction, communi-cate with several of the common suburbsto the north and west, and also serve sev-eral cemeteries. The Villa Isabel line, which is also op-erated by animal power, connects with asuburb of Villa Isabel to the west andwith the intermediate points, and to alarge extent serves the same territory as do the lines of theSao Christovao Company, prospectively the Tijuca Elec-tric Railway and the Central Railway of Brazil. The latteris a large steam railroad system, already mentioned, be-longing to the government. The Carioco line, which has been equipped with electric intervals to accommodate the increased traffic. The in-clined plane cars were formerly drawn up the hillside bymeans of a stationary engine and a J-in. wire cable, passingaround a horizontal drum, and attached to a descending.
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