The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-26

total distance from London to BOMBAY. Out OF tn
European portion. ,8S2 miles, or from London u
| Vidin, IN koumela, may be said to be completed
nay, since they actually ut work between Temes
not say that the entire European line is ready
| Then we have 2,157 miles or the line accounted for
Of ne Ao se miles, sq Seng m com
I ming order, Sl2 miles contracted. There thus re
mains 8, o35 miles -tnat is tho distance between tn
| Bosphorus and Kurrachec--to be constructed.
CASH ESTIMATES.
The cost OF the line fairy calculated would amour
Miles. Cost per Mae. Cost.
Broussa. 10 SO ao goo $4,000, oo
H A%a's,' ..'...... CAS- 1900 1900 90,
Kurrachee 80. 2.2lo $500 l9,l550O
Totals. ....... 3035 s24,55 900
TO INDIA IN NINE DAYS.
II ever the English desire to be able TO run to India
within nine days they musr acquaint their minds
with the fact that the oEuropean Will be costly
Affair." They must not regard the distance TO be ira
versed by the line but the outlay and the remuner
tive dividends TO be derived from the capital ex.
pended. They must also become familiar With
regarded as progressive AaAlon. riley have VASE
empire In he East, which they have conquered and
rule, which may be Ia great dancer some day, but
which at present pays them ESQ 900 revenue per
annum and to which they export something Ike
$4,000. 900 Of manuiaclurel goods every year.
Of railway, compared TO the gigantic outlays made
on British INES, such as the short metropolitan line
under London or the Great Western Railway, or the
London and Northwestern What Is such sum to
the British government and British CAPITALISTS
England spent $40, 100000 IN the Crlmean war to
Can she not cxpend 100000 to insure the safety
OF her Indian empire, to prevent another recurrence
able products OF India within nine DAYS, of her
shores7 Is not the British government and every
Engilshnan interested IN the consummatlon OF TINS
railway pr0jectf
DESCRIPTION or THE ROUTE.
have followed Sir Macdonald Stephenson In his
outline OF the route to India. Perhaps few more
details concerning IL will NOT he When
this eminent man first projected the scheme the
FIRST section OF THIS line had not been preached bur
ms large ind had conceived 1T not only possible
but necessary and as thing iaevitaple. That be
was nigh rive perceive by the TACT that an Austrian
work TO connect Vienna With Uonstantinople via
TeMesvar and Adrlanople. In this issue we have
cept 10 hope that ITS construction win be speedy
Let us devote little space towards description OF
the route 10 India.
From Constantinople we cross the Bospborus--a
narrow neck OF sea water which connects The MedI-
terranean with the Euxnc--te tiueDaze, a town on
the shore OF the Marmora, thence q bare coun-
Try studded with very high hills. TO lsIndt q
twelve hours journey by horse or fiity miles nom
Constaniinople. From Ismidt we travel over . ilne
PAIN close 10 Lake Saband q and sklrng tue Guek
group sf mountains, arrive NJ isniS, the ancient
Nicea TOT Nic1a creed celebrity aud rounding The
southeastern extremity, travel over an undulatlng
country and then a level plain TO Brenssa capital
OF ancient Bithynia. and now chief town Of pacna-
lie.
Broussa boasts and with reason, OF possessing
the most beautiful PLAN IN tine world In all my
travels never saw prettier scenery. richer soil and
such wealth of rural charms as IN the Vicinity OF
Broussa. From this city, now refer to my notes
made OF o journey undertook IN this country four
years ago-the railroad must start east crossing the
northeastern prolongation OF Mount olympus, which
rises TO Il height or 400 Iest above Broussa PLAN IL
then skirts the northern face OF Mount olympus
kechlech Dagh. IL passes the sweet deli OF Aksu,
aud through deflle IN the mountains caused by the
Guek river. Passing Ahsen we come 10 DInegol and
Surm0unI pateau-llke country, which Ii very bare
and rugged ana has an altitude or 500 icet above
The sea. Excepting a few valleys or no great depth
the country Is generally level until we reach Kuta
hia--auclent CO,yceuni--a large town commanding
a very large trade. situated OH the slope vf n hill
by strong old Turkish castle, With
plain stretching IN front OF II.
From Ku ahia 10 Alum 4 ara Hissar the road In
some places Is very bad, Dat, happily. shor,, ana
this is only when crossing the ieresr-c adj heights
OF Inc Biourad mountains. There IL very strange
ana wild scenery about here. Then ascend 10 .
waving plateau in which there are plenty of oppcr-
Lunites 10 make railway work easy. The forests OF
Mourad mountains viii supply ties enough OF pine
ash ana OAK for The whole length Of the line from
OF the Oiymplan heights de alton. Alum
Kara Hissar, Or the BLACK Castle OF Opium will
be first class junction., Tor the railway froln smyrna
to Cassaba. konla ana AusciaK wal meet here vi In
the Indo-European.
The railway already runs to Kassaba, having cost
upwards OF $4,000 per mile, the country being very
hilly From Ahum-kara- Hissar, along y lengthy
PLAIN we come TO Bolawaiun or Bnlayadeen then
leaving EniIr Dagh to left we cross the n,afsl
lands Of Lake Ebergeul 10 AK. chebr, very large
town or commercial Importance situated at the
fost OF the northern face OF the sultan Dagh There
several ruins of antiquity IN and about the town,
Out the turks are SAD despoiiers OF architectural
relics OF the classical age.
Leaving Akchebr we have stif bit OF ground II
1ollow the high way; put BY skrting Sultan Dagh
norther.y little. we have smooth ground untll we
treinity OF the Lake lighun Thence il proceeds 10
Knatgun Khan and Yorgan Ladick, and ancient Lao
dicea: thence over T1dge or TWO Of hills fnst sis
inch TO Konla. ancient MOUNTAINEERING popua
ZION OF 40o0n-mOstly engaged III the Manufacture
Of carpets and leather, and The cultivation Of opnm,
fruit trees and corn.
from Aniegol we have followed sontlieas course
rs far as Kona, IN eroer 10 draw inc valuable trade
OF the large towns oD tnaJ route From Konia we
strike northeast course 10 kascrle over u great
PLAN TO Akserdl-"1hite castle paacet-slLu;-
TED IN q rich valley thence u rather rugged
country TO Ney-chehr then following the winnings
OF curvant and picturesque ravine past Urgont.
ando an intervening uiy spine 81 basalt To Kali
saria-ancient Ciesara. This town. peopled by
10000 Turks, 1000 Greeks ana 10000 AinenIans, ~
situate at the base Of Erdi,as Dagh, formerly known
as Mount Argens, which has an altitude of 1850
feet above sea Level. 1t Is one OF The most I'M
portant cities or Asla Mnor ans is The capital OF
pachallc
From Kaisarla 10 Maraca the road viii, take a
soutBeasterly course, and 70 little distance beyond
Tomardzl there are no great distractions for the
navies; then we come 10 the River zunlantia. along
whose course the work VIII be easy enough until we
strike The road which leads over the kozan noun
taIS into UadJeen and kermes, boLn very Opusnt
and populons villages From HadIeen TO kermes
ZeitoOn and Marach, lies an extremely Wild, PIC
turesque and mountainous country. On this p0r
ton OF the line we cross three ranges OF mountains
the k0zaI, Baradeen and Akhur bur on air line
fortunately this section Is not eighty miles in
length. Though the engineers wonll be much assisted
BY the numerous ravines ana gcrges especially by
che lengthy gap made in the mountains by the river
Dlkan, or JaiKan lanclenty Pyramusl, 10 within q
few ialcs ol Marach, the construction or this part
Of the railway must necessarily be very expensive,
say ELS 600 per mile. The country IS succession OF
wonderfully formed MOUNTAINS, deep gorges plea
SAINT aells. water courses whca have cleft their
way through mountain barriers 81 limestone.
basalt, trap aud slalc. There is abundance
OF wood, ash, juniper, mr. pine. OAK, elm
myrtle. chestnut, arDutns ana wild fruit Trees and
the whole face OF this Wild natural scenery seems
forever clad in verdure. These mountains are but
raml1cauons and divergent groups from the great
Taurus range, WHICH stretches diagonaiiy across
Asia Minor towards ErzeFoum IRON karanana.
The Inhabitants are kurd mount alneers, ferocioIs
and bgoted.
ANCIENT GERM AMIGA. ss
From Matach, which has u population OF 10, 60,
souls formerly known as Communicative strike
along rich PLAIN thirty miles long, across q com
parativey level country 10 Aintab, town OF some
1000 people. THIS latter town Is situated IN very
lovely plain, woody and teeming Win vegetation
1t has very line castle, aud the hills which enclose
the plain are very picturesque Antab Is one OF the
great ceuIres OF the American missionary enter