The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-09

IN uC WitTs VI lut NlN bp hH W iiiSuic
Inc irrigation Of the whole Dot, throughout |
Tho dry senson without the use Of pumps. |
The bnrragc across the HOectia branch IL
] 525 fcut IN length. aud in dudes siNtv-one |
arches with two locks, OF the widths of 40 and |
30 feet. the whole structure presenting the as. |
pct OF railway viadut OF brrkwork with |
stone dressings. The Damietla barra g. IL l.7S7 |
feet long. with arches aud o'Ns OF like dimrn-
SONS large iron sluice gate WIS To have |
bucn nttcd in each arrhwav. which. when low |
cred would dam tho waters Ia - e. a height OF |
fifteen feet nl,uyr low Nile lrvrl. OWING. howcv-
or. to a defect in the foundations. ti"sc gait
have not yet been urn shed to the whole hr'nk- |
water. but temporary means have b"n adopted !
OF closing sunr ui the ar ~. thereby raising |
Che waters Of the river only Nv feet. in lieu of
fifteen. The loss from the non completion OF
these works. ami the consequent costly aud de-
fedivc rrigat on al the Delta s cOmput' at
millions Of DO mrs annually. T ird 81 n.uishcd
English engineer. Mr.. John Fowl g.. has invosti-
gated the expense OF ln.shln. ia. hlfra..c. in
Guiding rr"onstru I on of tn uu lations
and he does not place il higher than .7.5uOOoO
but the Khcdivr has never frt hiU- !. able dur
ing the fifteen years II his reign :, make this
supcrcNcelcri Investment Turun. to the Sucz
canal. with VIII IA the present sovrr IN ssome-
times partly credited. W. nnd that N-y pts share
consists mainly of SAID Pi-hH- 'nue4 .,-iuus. ami
oitne indemnity connected nth them. Atogcth-
er. NJ. de L. sscps's enterprise IL said To have
cost the Egyptian treasury dublin; the fresh
water canal IT, lsmaIlal 1t lrnst $50 600 900. but
only 10 very limited extent can lsnal Khcdivc
be blamed or prnisrd for the eNp"nl turr.
Yet Tho ia u do not bear out tao si ltement Of
late SO rcckl,ssy repeated that for all his null
tlplied millions the khrdv, has nothing to
show but fow hath AMI plaster pala 'os. There
ara now more than 300 miles Of iron road laid
In Egypt AMI the outlay Tor railway construr-
lion and repair during the last tw live years
may DE rcckoned at fifty millions Of dollars.
The new harbpr WORKS mt Alexandria and Surz
are Of grrat utility. AMI prom.s' 10 augment
widely the commerce Of tho country. These
have undoubtedly absorbed from fifteen to
twenty millions more. Again. the irrigating
canals. which to an aggregate length Of hun
dreds Of miles the rcigning prince has made or
improved. must have cxatci n heavy outlay.
. although great deal Of Frnh f,sl and blood
I wont into them without wig's unlrr the corrJe
system. Neither should We omit the light
houses which supplied pressing want on the
coast Of the Mediterranean and Il ii sea. or the
Introduction OF gas and water. and improve
ments In the way of sewerage. paving and en-
bcllishing of the principal cities all which
items cannot be So: down at less than $4,000
90 additional. We must mention further a
feet OF merchant steamers TO ply between
Egypt. Greece and Turkey. which is said to
have demanded SONS eight millions. ard per-
haps we ought to append the expense Of expe-
hftions 10 Central Africa and the Abyssinian.
undertaking.. however. of dubious necessity
and OF no immediate utility which unquestion-
ably swallowed up ten millions more. Now. "a
10 the sums laid out for military objects. the
facts are not easily attiinable. but it IL known
that the army is less numerous than in the
reign OF Abhas or even OF Sal L. and certainly