The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-02
The Vast Wealth that Will Ac-
crue to Egypt.
The FUTURE EMPIRE OF KING COTTON.
An Exhaustive View of the Re-
sources of the SOudan.
Traits Of the Native Pop
ulatiOn.
A NEW ROUTE TO INDIA.

Northern Africa to Justify the building q these s7S m,les
there and worked there The cnlurable land millions
upon millions Of the soil oil yrg and ones ra
spring up; peoples remote and unirendy to each
4fSt s genera. sontses asd d;PsTssn
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build the road eoss 9 only
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as The world has forgotten Africa and the name Of the
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yeopea to ,ts fullest extent thSroghy irgated Win
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The viceroy OF Egypt has fulfilled his promise
the long projected railway to the soudan is about
to be undertaken. This magnificent enterprise,
preceded by telegraphc lines which now reach
almsst to the heart Of the African Continent, IS a
project which has few parallels in history. 1t is
but another example OF the lofty purposes Of the
tllustrious Ismail Pacha who has linked the Red Sea
to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal who has
lined the shores Of the Nile with vast sugar plan
tatons and refineries; who has made garden
spot Of 5000 of of desert soil in the Delta
provinces; who has rendered Alexandria a second
Venice in the dynasty OF Eastern cities, and who
NV oh af
Cairo to the dignity and elegance of European
capital.
IL requires little introduction to this vast scheme
in order to impress upon the reader that succeed
ing Sir Samuel Bakers expedition to the Equator,
It is the first practical attempt to develop the
isolated but productive regions OF the African
tropics. In our day there is no use of discussing
the opening and civilization of new and barbarous
countries without laying down the desfderatd-
telcgraphs and railroads. Caravan progress has
long been the bane OF the East, but the present
yceroy has been the first to put his foot down and
say,
81 MUST HAVE, WILL HAVE RAILROADS.
Physical obstacles alone nave long prevented him
from laying the rail to the accepted sources OF the
Nile and these obstacles have been OF nature
and an extent that few can appreciate who are
not familiar with the Valley OF the Nile from the
sea to Khartoum, the capital OF the Soudan. The
general character OF Africas surface renders any
scheme of engineering not only very expensive
but also diificult to accomplish.
IMpEDIMESTs.
Speaking at large, the continuous dow OF water
in the river Is impeded by rocks and cataracts.
and the immediate country surrounding these oh.
structons VIII not always permit the construction
OF ship canals; the deserts are vast and mountain
Ous the arabic land is higher than the level OF the
Nile; fuel IL scarce for steam engines and river
navigation skilled labor can only be obtained by
importation; there are no native instruments or
engineers; and every EFFORT made with the popua-
zion Is one addressed to people who care as little
for progress as they do for missionaries. Hence
every attempt made by the far.seeng vicerOy to
push his dominion farther int Central Africa has
: been accompanied by all the evil results which
these numerous drawbacks necessarily engsnder.
II his purpose had been railroad to the city Of
Mexico or to the Pacific as from New York, to him
It would be as easy o problem as for ourselves
But his subjects differ from Americans In that
tney are hampered by religion opposed to
general commingng OF the peoples, and teaching
q leisure and an Incidence sadly at variance with
our ideas OF industry and thrift.
With us an idea has ruled and that idea-pro-
sress With Egypt man has ruled aud that man