ÁLBUM do Amazonas 1901 - 1902. Manáos: Photographias de F.A Fidanza, 1901. 213 p.

Uma companhia de a,lvarengas « Companhia Manaoense ii presta, tambem, ao commercio e ao publico, os seus serviç:os, quanto a, descar– gas, etc . As projecta,da,s obras do porto , elas quaes faz parte o estabelecimento e constrncção ele aucoraeloiros, elockas, grm1<les armazens para deposito de generos, etc., mo<lifi car[L, decerto, o actual syst ema de dcscmba,rqne, simplifi– can<lo-o como convem ao movimento, cres– cente de anno para anuo, do porto <lc ~fanaos - movimento a que a, j(t por vezes citada, Men– sagem <lo Governador do Estado, de dez ele j nlho corrente, allndc nos seguintes elucidati– vos termos : « Não querendo apresentar aqui com toda, a ii minnclencia, a,s observas;ões snggericlas por >i longas cnuncias;ões de algarismos, contento– )> me com dizer-vos que o numero ele emba,r– i> caç-õcs brasilcira,s entradas em nosso porto, n cm 1897, sendo apenas de 452, em 1900 >i elevou-se a, 1,035; e o elas extrangeiras que n fora ele 43, subiu a 14:2. Em relac_;ão ao movi– n mento de passageiros observa-se outro n augmento não menos consicleravel, por– n quanto sendo cm 1897 o numero ele entradas >> 20,905, em 1900 estas ascenderam a 48,931, >> isto é, mais do duplo. ii Emquanto [L impren sa, jornalística, exis– tem, na, capital, quatro folha,s diarfas, a saber: O Amazonas, orgfo do partido republicano federal, com 37 anuos de existencia; o Com– mercio do Amazonas, independente, com D'autre pa;·t, la « Companhia, Manaoen se Ji se charge également du déchargement des marchandiscs, ponr le compte clu comrnerce ~t <ln public. Un projct de mo<lification eles tra.va ,nx cln port, dont une partic est cléjà effectuée et qui comprencl la construction de qua,is d'arrimuge, de elocks, ele grands entrepôts pour lc dépôt eles marchanclises, etc., moelifiera, ccrta,ine– ment le sys temc actuel ele déba.rquement et lo simplifier[l, commc l'exige du reste lc mouvc– ment toujonrs croissant dn port de Manaos . Faisant a,llusion à, cc mouvement, lc message du gouverneur, que nous avons cléjà, cité, s'exprime três explicitement dans les termes suiva,nts : cc Sans vouloir m'appesantir dans les petits n déta.ils, sm· lcs obseryations que suggêrent i> ele longues énnrnéra,tions de chiffres, je me i> bornerai à vous dire que le nombre des vais– ii scaux brésiliens entrés da,ns notre port, qui n s'élevait à 452 en 1897, est rnonté à 1,035 i , en 1900; t.mdisquelc mouvementdesent rées ii de uavircs étrangers, qui était de 43, s'est »élcv6 jt,sqn'n, 142, pencfant cettc rnêrne i> pél'iotle. Quant au mou vement des pass[l gers , » on obsen·c une augmentation non rnoins » cousid érable, car le nombre d'cntrées , qui » était de 20,905 en 1897, est de 48,931 cu 1900, ii c'cst-,\~dirc plns que lc double. >> La prcss c quotidiennc est r eprésentéc dans la capitalc par quatro journaux, savoir : O Amazonas, organc dn parti répnblicain fédéral, qui n. trente-sept années d'existence; 'l'hc " Companhia Manaoense" also under– fakes the unloading of vessels on behalf of commerce and the public. A project of modification in the v.-ork now going 011 in the port, a la.rge part of "hich is alreudy clone, a,nd which comprises the con– struction of storehouses, docks, large entre– pots for the depot of merchandise, etc., will certainly modify, as well as simplify the present systern of dischargement now in ope– ra,tion, anel which moreover the ever incre[l,– sing business of the port denrnnds. Referring to this great movernent the mes– sage of the Governor, which we have already quoted, contains the following pertinent re– mm·ks: « Not wishing to enlarge unduly upon all the ii small details of the observa,tions suggested i> by a, long enumera,tion of figures, I will just >> briefly state, that the nurnber of Brazilian >i vessels \Yhich entered our port in 1897, \Yas n 452, this number " ·as in 1900 increased to ii 1,035 ; while the ent.ries of foreign ships » having been 43, rose to 142 during tlle sarne n period. As to the nurnber of passengers, ii i t is noted tha,t thc augmentation is not less ii considerable, for the nurnber of entries i> which in 1897 was 20,905, reached in 1900, n 48,931, more than double. n 'fhe daily press iu the capital is represen– tcd by fonr newspapers, viz : O .:lmazonas, orga,n of the republican fédéral party, which has existed 37 years; Commercio do Amazonas, iuclependent, foun-