The history of Iron River Grande-Bage road - began in 1873, when the decree n ° 2397 of 10 September, originated the line design Rio Grande-Bage-Alegrete.

        The contract for exploration and studies of this line was signed on 15 April 1874 in accordance with Decree No. 5565 of 14 March of the same year.

        It was this road concessionaire citizens Higino Correia duration, which had given up the rights from the concession that had been made by the Provincial Government in 1871.

        The contract in question, more or less obeyed, contract templates for the aexploração and studies of Porto Alegre railroad to Uruguaiana, with the difference in the division snippets, which was as follows.:

1ª – Uma parte de Rio Grande a Bagé, constando de cinco secções sendo a primeira de Rio Grande a Pelotas, a Segunda de Pelotas a margem do Rio Piratini, a terceira do Rio Piratini a Pedras Altas, a Quarta de Pedras Altas a Candiota e a Quinta de Cnadiota a Bagé.

 

      

        1st - A part of the Rio Grande Bage, consisting of five sections being the first from Rio Grande to Pelotas, Pelotas to the second bank of the Rio Piratini, the third of Rio Piratini the Pedras Altas, the Fourth of Pedras Altas and the Candiota Quinta de Cnadiota to Bage.

 

       2nd - A part of the Alegrete Bage, consisting of three sections, Bage first of being Don Pedrito, the Second of Don Pedrito Santa Maria and the third from Rosario to Alegrete.

 

       The government had the right to make the appropriate amendments in this plan, leaving the entrepreneur with the obligation to make all the necessary technical studies and present the final draft of the first part within six months and the second part in fifteen months.

      

       The August 22, 1874, Eduardo Jose de Moraes Engineer received government instructions to also inspect the line studies Rio Grande aAlegrete.

       The contract with Higino Durão was extended, but the dealer could not bring to completion.

       In December of that year the '' Compagnie Impériale du Chenin de Fer '', by decree No. 8346, managed to get privilege to build, use and enjoyment of a Rio Grande Railroad to Bage in 1883. Months later were merged the 'Compagnie Impériale du Chenin de Fer' 'with' 'Southern Brasilian Rio Grande do Sul Company' '.

       The July 7, 1883, this new company was authorized to operate in the Empire.

 

 

Bulletin of the Society of RGS Engineering

 

 On November 15, 1881, the City Council hired the distinguished Dr. Angelo Pio da Silva gentlemen, Lieutenant Colonel José Joaquim de Godoy and porphyry Alves da Silva, residing in Rio Grande, to join a representative committee, at the inauguration of the work of Railroad Southen Brasilian.

       This building was built and opened in December 2, 1884, at the inauguration of Bage Line - Rio Grande.

       The opening ceremony took place in the middle of the greatest enthusiasm, and Rio Grande Party to Bage three special trains, the first leading committees of the Rio Grande square, the second with commissions and guests of Pelotas and the third taking a luxury car, counselor Gaspar Silveira Martins, its official Office Aurelio Bittencourt, the engineers Duprat, Bonafons and other personalities.

       In Bage, they celebrated the big event on December 3, with Te-Deum at Thanksgiving, a procession to the effigy of the Emperor, at City Hall and a big Ball.

Source - Fortunato Pimentel

 

"The entire length of 280,273 meters was inaugurated today. In 1896 was the traffic until the S. Sebastião station, the extension of the Cacequi Bage. Between Rio Grande and Bage ran two daily trains (1 and 2), one in each direction, except Sundays. There were two daily trains (3:04) between Rio Grande and Pelotas. Besides these trains, there were six cargo, two from Rio Grande to Bage, two Bagé Rio Grande, a Cerro Chato (between High and Piratini Stones) to Bagé and other Bage Cerro Chato. In two paragraphs, 4 ° to 5 ° s ran a train from Bage to San Sebastian.

 

       Between Rio Grande and Bage, there were 17 stations.

       College, Lyric companies, esquestres, dramatic, clubs, bands, etc ... when they travel to 1st Class in number greater than 10 people, will have 50% reduction in the importance of the passages and freight baggage ''.

       The Railroad of the Telegraph Station also worked in this building.

       '' The tava of telegrams on the road of the line is 100 reis per word up to 15 letters. Enters the count of words, everything we write and it counts as a word numbers up to 5 digits. The underlined words are counted as two. The cables with the statement - URGENT - are subject to double rate. Are delivered to the recipient within one kilometer from the station, the telegrams to pay another 500 reis. There will be sujeiros at that rate the intended understood the points on the perimeter of the cities of Rio Grande, Pelotas and Bage ''.

 

Almanak the RGS - 1899

 

       On October 14, 1924, a fire completely destroyed the building. On site, sixty days later, it started the reconstruction of the new train station, which fulfilled its mission to more than half of the 20th century.

       In the 70s, when the tracks came out from the city center, the station became operational in Santa Thereza. In the administration of Carlos Sá Azambuja, through an exchange with the Traffic Railway, the former station building has housed the administrative center of Bage City Hall (1980).

 

Source:

Book: Cultural Inventory Bage: A Walk Through History

Author: Elizabeth Macedo de Fagundes

Publisher: Square Publisher Matrix

Year: 2005