. India rubber world. ts tributaries into connection with the navigablerivers of Bolivia, is opening an enormous extent of rich andfertile territory, as well as the mineral wealth of the Easternslope of the Andes. In addition to these great enterprises, the CompanhiaXavegagao do Amazonas was formed, and a lleet of twelvel,0(X)-ton twin-screw boats built, whicli connect the city ofPara with the rivers Madeira, Purus and Jurua, where naviga-tion is possible at all times of the year. From these points a fleet of 14 light-draught stern-wheclerscarry merchandise and passengers to the smaller trilni
. India rubber world. ts tributaries into connection with the navigablerivers of Bolivia, is opening an enormous extent of rich andfertile territory, as well as the mineral wealth of the Easternslope of the Andes. In addition to these great enterprises, the CompanhiaXavegagao do Amazonas was formed, and a lleet of twelvel,0(X)-ton twin-screw boats built, whicli connect the city ofPara with the rivers Madeira, Purus and Jurua, where naviga-tion is possible at all times of the year. From these points a fleet of 14 light-draught stern-wheclerscarry merchandise and passengers to the smaller trilnitariesof the upper reaches of the .\mazon. The company had insight a large amount of tratTic for the port and planned tOmaterially lower rates of transportation, thereby largely de-veloping the trade with the upper regions of the .Amazonvalley. That such enterprises, installed in the face of incredibledifticulty and at the cost of millions of dollars and the loss ofmany lives, should have even a temporary setback is a. Construction Tkain, .MAiitikA-MA.\i<jKE calamity. But the works, practically completed and readyto serve Northern Brazil and the world, are only partiallyin use. The great warehouses are nearly empty, manysteamers loading in mid-stream to save port charges. Thefine new steamers are anchored off Val-de-Caes, and verylittle is being done anywhere. The ship yard is doing somework on the companys boats, and the .dry dock holds aPeruvian vessel, but everywhere is economy and contractionwhen there should be bustle and expansion. So, too, on theMadeira-Mamore Railway. One train a week has been run-ning, so it was recently said, and the working force hasbeen cut down as far as consistent with safety. Indeed, itwas said that native labor had become so clamorous for em-ployment at any price that the batclaos had been repairedand filled with rubber to run the cataracts as in the oldentime, tho the railroad was built for the express purpose of avoid-ing this slo
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