The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-26
yeur readers with complete knowledge OF those
advantages, separately and In order.
ADVANTAGES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SCHEME or A RAILWAY.

Bussorah. av IVY ~
Bunder Abbas $50 I5h
h kgrrschee s sos via Hydfa'ad' 20 20,
Totals. ............... 5,o22 2MN
Thus you have 5O22 miles to be traversed In
eleven days. But Of tnat distance there Is 1,
miles TO be run By steamer, In III hours, or ive
days; the remainder OF the distance, except the
twenty-five miles across the British channel viii he
| by RAJ, occupying SIX days. Five thousand and
twenty-five miles seems an immense distance; but
i;5,o miles thus:-Fron London to Paris, S2a
| thence 10 Marseilles, 535; Kurrachee TO Hydrabad
100 miles; Abnedabad TO Bombay $50 miles, are
| already completed and running, so that there are
but SAT- niles Of railway TO be constructed.
| n AMERICAN INTELLECT AND ENIEErhisk.
The English accuse Americans OF loving 'lmmen
sitT.n That love of Immensely is the secret OF our
success. we accustom ourselves 70 ieoK with I'M
nlnchinC eyes ut any ana every project, however
vast so lhar when we are called to perform 1t we
BEGIN reckon up, matnematically, the distance
| and cost. ana then set To work lnstnnceS-the
crushing OF the rebellion with 100000 soldiers the
construction Of the Union Paclnc, $500 miles In
.ength; Chicago tunnel under the lake;
tie Hoosac TunneI The removal or the great hotels
| from their foundations, &c Now, II we had to con-
sruct these remaining 3,477 miles Of the nds-Euro-
| pean Railway would naturally inquire first,
What Is the physical nature OF the countries through
| which they viii nave TO rum Secondly the cost.
We would then find that between Suedia and Bred.
Jh there are two ranges OF mountains, one OF which
IS The kurdish range-but then the distance in an
that the country between Brcdjik and Bussorah is
an anduating expanse OF sandciay, similar IN con-
tour 70 our plans between omaha ana Laramie.
aud TINS IN length is T60 miles; that between Busso-
rah ana Btisnlre, across the Kerun river, through
ana the chalky cliffs OF Djebel KalaaL is also very
level, aud this for distance OF $50 miles; that be-
tween Bushre and Kurrachee. which crosses South
eastern Persia and the southern OF Beloschis-
tan, is one immense stretch Of sand, crossed by
which might easily be pierced by tunnels or great
length and some Of them, a. at Guadour and Lin
gah ana Bunder Asbas, might easily be circum-
that between Hydrabad and Aiemedabad the dis
lance Is almost evenly divided among mils aud
Scnde mats for length OF 3l2 miles.
NATURAL DIFFICULTIES.
However, to be literally accurate, We VIII say Thar
out OF the 3477 miles, Ar mlles VIII consist oi
mountainous country, The remaining 5000 low
ana gently unduaiing eXpanses OF sand and CON-
COST OF THE WORK.
Now let US glance AT the cost OF such q railway.
On the Great indian Peninsular Railway, there is
portion OF II called the Ghui Gnat lnclinen (which
Is ten miles long the railway climbs upwards OF
1000 feet in that SNORT distance, passes ihrongh
thirteen tunnels, 25o2 yards long, and 74l yards
OF vladucts, one vi which is 200 feet high)
which cost 100000 or s25o.0o per mile 1t IS
need he no such expenditure this on any part OF
the isdo European line via the Euphraes The ave
rage cost OF railway lines through India may be said
to be fl2 900 per mile equal TO $50 900 OF money
But those who have been IN India are well aware how
the Indian officials squander The revenues. and how
nigga priced everything has become ia consequence
VI this example OF the government. Except the gov
eminent OF the Abbaslde khaIiphate al Bagdad,
guilty OF such riotous waste OF pub
lie moneys as the military government or India.
Therefore, the COST per mile must not be reckoned
able limits II we calculate the constructien If ono
miles Of the IndoEuropean single line al f5, 500 per
mile, and AT miles at floooo and the aggregate
cost OF The line NJ Ell 000 or Si0G 800 000 equal
10 the COST ol the Suez Canal
WOULD II PAYt
This is the next question. Would the earnings OF
the passenger and freight traffic this line be equal
to the interest that could DC derived from such capl
three Der cent interest DER annn@. r e' tns
sum OF f2I.3oo.0oo was funded govern
ment security Inc annual intcrcs, on 1t al
three per cent would be 1853 600. Money is easy in
London at f1ve five and half and six per cent nte-
rest AT The latter rate the aggregate interest would
be a127s 600. 1t Is an Immense sum, is it noty But
do you think 1t cannot be coveredf Let make
comparisons with some English lines already con-
structed:-
TIE PENINsuLAI RAILWAY IN INDIA.
In 1927 the Great Peninsular Railway OF India, on
length OF l,23l miles, reported receipts for
one year OF e. OH, $780, which ia equivalent u 1855
per mile. On the Indo- European, 3,4T7 miles In
length-that Is, from London TO Bombay-were the
receipts per mile 81 1885, the total gross would
amount to 1864, sea In one year. In the same year
on the Madras Railway, length of 6i5 miles, the
ter sum would not pay al all for the Indo European
Railway. The British government subsidies the
Peniusular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
to the extent or $4,000 per annum. over $4,000
passengers, outward and homeward bound travel
every year between England an, ana ~, naa c Wno pay
gers who average G40 each, or altogether e. 00000
Then from Alexandretta to Bombay, after deducting
the fares between England ana AleXandretta, so
much business at the same ratio as obtains on tue
steamer service would stand thus:
British government carriage oil mails G3pO 600
Fifteen thousand first class passengers
;,,y tansa az Second inrd and fcnr,a
class passengers uhreughl at ESQ. 1900, 900
British troops, $4,000, at E10........... 100000
Total. Observation-Disclosures 700 900
These llgures only include, Tor through passengers
| aud government subsidy, taking for our criterion
| the hummer OF passengers who travel between Eng
| land and India per Peninsuiar and Oriental line.
At what sum shall we state the proceeds derived
steamers, The Bombay and Bengal line, the Messa-
gerias Imperales, Marc Fraiseret. pere ct MS, aud
sengers bound to Australia. China Ceyion, Point de
Gale Kangoon ASyan and SIN, SINGAPORE who Q would
fz, 100000 more, which VIII give US "a 100000
| TRADE DEVELOPMENT,
| What shall we rate the by-traiic to be from the
| great cities ana towns through which the lLdo-
| European must run. from Ktrrachee, Gwadur, Bun.
der AbDas, Muscat, Luigah, Bushire Slivraz. Ispa.
han, Bender Dilenr, Hiudiau las, Mohammeran,
Bussorah Baghdad, Anah, DEN, sRakha. Orfa, Bred
lik. Aleppo ana Aiexandrettas WHAT shall we value
SILK the spices the tobacco. wool, mohair tai.
low, fruits. honey, gals orpment, WAX, gums,
maize, wheat am barley, the products OF
| What shall say, OF all the imports and exports 10
and from England and India. which weud be sent
by rail? But deslSt Just here to describe Ia brief
Mr.. Latham's scheme.
THE SECOND SCHEME.
This differs but little rem that or General ChesneY
Mr.. Latham proposes 20 run the line from
Alexandretra instead OF Suedia to Antioch, Aleppo,
Bireuik across the Eupbrates 10 ora Mardn, Jezl-
ren Mesul; thence down south along the Tlgris nn.
| stead OF the Euphrates) to Bagdad and SO 30 The
Persian Gulf or KuTachee, as the company would
| decide. His project involves an extension of $50
| miles more than Chesney's. and instead Of going
| direct from the Mediterranean seapoard to india
by the shortest and most feasible route, takes "A
detosr eastward in order to draw the trade from the
great centres OF Asia Minor. AS commercial under
! taking Mr. Latham's scheme Is mucn TO be com
| mended over General Chesney's, while the delay ia
| the direct transit would be but half = day.
| THE THIRD SCHEME,
! that OF Sir Macdonald Stephenson, Is by far the
best plan for all countries concerned in t--for Eng
land, France, Prussia Austria, Turkey and India
commercially and politically. All nations regarding
the diffusion OF civilization and the growth Of com.
with favorable eyes must feel convinced that
this scheme offers double advantages over any
| other. AS have travelled ever the major part OF
this route snail he able 10 describe 1t more inie
, gently. Stephenson proposes to run O line from,
| London to the Bosphorus thence across Asia Minor
to the Persian Gulf, anu India II necessary
\ St0ttofts. Distances. Time.