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Show INAUGURATED FIRST BRAZIL1ANCAR LINE Cambridge, Mass., April 29 Humphrey Hum-phrey Hathaway Swift, who inaugurated inaugu-rated and financed the flist horse car line In Brazil and who was, for many years, a leading merchant in that country, is dead in his homo here, aged 92 years At tho time ho established the horse car lines in Brazil, small change being scarce, the tram car tickets were freely circulated as currency. At one tlmo nearly $70,000 worth oi these tickets wero outstanding Mr. Swift rando in all 30 sea voyages to Brazil, China, Africa and other parts of the world. He was born in New Bedford. nn- |