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The Industrial-Normal Exponent VoL. 4 ABERDEEN, S. D., MARCH, 1906 No. 5 Madeira and Mamore Reunion On Saturday evening, February 24th, there took place at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel at Philadelphia, a reunion of the members of the Madeira-Mamore Association, which is composed of the survivors of a party of 600 American citizens, who in 1878 tried to construct a railroad around some rapids in the Madeira River near San Antonio, Brazil. Professor S. C. Hartranft of this city, professor of history and English at the Northern Normal and Industrial School, was a member of the party and he was called upon to attend the banquet and deliver a toast. He found it impossible for him to be present; but he has given to the News an interview, which covers an heretofore unwritten topic in American history. Many attempts had been made to build the railroad before the Americans took up the task, but all had failed, owing to the terrible conditions to be encountered. The Bolivian government first conceived the idea that the road could be built. It failed and was taken up by the English, who in turn failed. When Don Pedro, emperor of Brazil, was attending the Centennial at Philadelphia in 1876 he met Colonel Jamison, a leading capitalist of that day and a noted Philadelphia banker and succeeded in getting him interested in the enterprise. The colonel in turn interested Collins Bros., a firm of well known railroad contractors, in the proposition of building the 135 miles of track around Madeira River rapids and that firm in conjunction with the Reading railroad took up the enterprise in 1878. The Northumberlands Three boat loads left Philadelphia at different times for the scene of activity. Mr. Hartranft, then a mere lad of 18 years, went in the last party, which sailed on February 14, 1878. His party was composed almost entirely of young fellows from Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and were known as the "Northumberlands." They were under the command of a man named Huff. On February 20th the party touched at St. Thomas Isle, one of the West Indies, for coal and supplies, and again at Para, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Here the river is 180 miles wide and is distinguished from the ocean only by the color of the
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Title | The Exponent, 1906-03-01 |
Subject | Northern State University--Periodicals; Northern State University--Students--Newspapers; College Newspapers; Northern State College -- Periodicals |
Description | Periodical, college newspaper |
Publisher | Northern State University |
Date of creation | 1906-03-01 |
Collection | NSU History Collection |
Type | text |
Identifier | exp-1906-03-01 |
Rights | ©Beulah Williams Library Archives and Special Collections |
Date Digital | 2013/03/27 |
Language | english |
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Transcription | The Industrial-Normal Exponent VoL. 4 ABERDEEN, S. D., MARCH, 1906 No. 5 Madeira and Mamore Reunion On Saturday evening, February 24th, there took place at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel at Philadelphia, a reunion of the members of the Madeira-Mamore Association, which is composed of the survivors of a party of 600 American citizens, who in 1878 tried to construct a railroad around some rapids in the Madeira River near San Antonio, Brazil. Professor S. C. Hartranft of this city, professor of history and English at the Northern Normal and Industrial School, was a member of the party and he was called upon to attend the banquet and deliver a toast. He found it impossible for him to be present; but he has given to the News an interview, which covers an heretofore unwritten topic in American history. Many attempts had been made to build the railroad before the Americans took up the task, but all had failed, owing to the terrible conditions to be encountered. The Bolivian government first conceived the idea that the road could be built. It failed and was taken up by the English, who in turn failed. When Don Pedro, emperor of Brazil, was attending the Centennial at Philadelphia in 1876 he met Colonel Jamison, a leading capitalist of that day and a noted Philadelphia banker and succeeded in getting him interested in the enterprise. The colonel in turn interested Collins Bros., a firm of well known railroad contractors, in the proposition of building the 135 miles of track around Madeira River rapids and that firm in conjunction with the Reading railroad took up the enterprise in 1878. The Northumberlands Three boat loads left Philadelphia at different times for the scene of activity. Mr. Hartranft, then a mere lad of 18 years, went in the last party, which sailed on February 14, 1878. His party was composed almost entirely of young fellows from Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and were known as the "Northumberlands." They were under the command of a man named Huff. On February 20th the party touched at St. Thomas Isle, one of the West Indies, for coal and supplies, and again at Para, at the mouth of the Amazon River. Here the river is 180 miles wide and is distinguished from the ocean only by the color of the |
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