Sight-seeing in South America . - hurried us over the irreg-ular plateau towards Sao l^aulo. AAe stopped at a largerailway station in some hamlet long enough for all toget out anfl try a cup of Sao Paulo cotTee. It was servedin little cups, in the bottoms of which was much was poured in boiling hot and was drunk strong andwithout cream. It Vvas as sweet, but not as thick andmolasses-like as Turkisli coflcc. It i^ u-uall\- ser\-cd inthis way in Brazil, and the regular price is three centsa cu]). .Mr. X. (). Winter, in his \er\- readable book onIJrazil, states that there is a Brazilian
Sight-seeing in South America . - hurried us over the irreg-ular plateau towards Sao l^aulo. AAe stopped at a largerailway station in some hamlet long enough for all toget out anfl try a cup of Sao Paulo cotTee. It was servedin little cups, in the bottoms of which was much was poured in boiling hot and was drunk strong andwithout cream. It Vvas as sweet, but not as thick andmolasses-like as Turkisli coflcc. It i^ u-uall\- ser\-cd inthis way in Brazil, and the regular price is three centsa cu]). .Mr. X. (). Winter, in his \er\- readable book onIJrazil, states that there is a Brazilian ])r()\-erl) wliieh savs 54 Sightsceing in South America rhat good coffee must be as strong as Satan, as black asink, as hot as Hades, and as sweet as love. As we rode over this railroad all were attracted by itssuperb physical condition. The road-bed is smooth and. Santos, Sao Paulo Railway Station solid, the gutters and waterways are cemented, the sta-tions in the smallest hamlets are excessively large andfine, and the rolling stock is excellent. In Sao Paulo Soo Paulo 55 the largest and finest station in South America has beenerected. The reason for the model condition of the road is thatits charter provides that the excess of the profits afterpaying twelve per cent, dividends to the stockholders,shall go to the State. As the income is very large, moneyis lavished upon betterments to prevent payments to theState. Many years ago, when the State was anxious tosecure the building of this railroad from its capital tothe sea, which was a difficult engineering feat, it guar-anteed to the builders seven per cent, upon their invest-ment, and gave to the company a railroad monopoly fortwenty-five miles on either side of their track. Sincethen has come the cofifee development and the wonderfulgrowth of Sao Paulo. High rates have been
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