Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-13

! ION the other hand, the company should
| be required TO complete the main line
within a reasonable period of time, and
your MajeSty's Government should have
prior use of the road for its business i'll
preference TO that of private individuals
! but upon the same terms as charged for
| the same or similar service to private lndl-
| viduals. In default of the company COM
pleting the main line in the time specified,
your Majesty's Government should have
the right TO complete it. The construction
of the road ought to commence at both
ends, ahd if, as | suppose is the case, the
! line of road from AleXandretto TO Aleppo
is of easy construction. it would be wise TO
| build that line of road so as 10 make
| Aleppo, or some point near there, one OF
the bases for constructing the line east ana
west from that point. In constructing a
! long line of road there is great economy III
pushing the work to rapid completion, that
| the portion first completed may be utilized at
as carly period as possible for its income
producing capacity. From such knowledge
as | have been able 10 CLEAN of the topogra-
| ply of the country and the difficulties of
construction, with Aleppo, or point near
| there. as one of the bases of construction, |
think the road ought to be completed in
| from three to five years. A railroad built
| ny u private ui4dlNStl ny
! Governments, is, from the necessity of the
case as thoroughly identified with the in
terestS and prosperity of the country
through which it runs as any other proper
! " in that country can be-and as much so
as though constructed and owned by citi-
ZenS of that country. Asa military agency
it would always be at the service of the ma
| ton, and would be as efficient in that re-
spect as though it were owned and directly
controlled by your Majcstys Government.
THE SECURITY OF THE EMPIRE.
This railroad when completed, will be-
come the great line for passenger travel,
and largely for valuable freight traffic be-
tween Europe and Asia, and the great
! business and social interests making use
of this means of intercourse will strive to
preserve the road from the interference of
outside political influences, and maintain
its prosperity and the prosperity of the
country through which 1t will run One
of the strongest safeguards your Majesty 5
| Empire holds against foreign cncrodch-
ment, is its great commercial importance;
for all the nations of Europe must look
with jealousy on the possibility of any one
of them obtaining control of this natural
highway for commercial. social and politi-
cal intercourse between the people of
Europe and Asia. Therefore the more i'm
portant the position becomes to these
| interests, the greater is the security
Of your Maestys territory against
the rival and contending ambition
of other powers. To illustrate the
| advantages that this line of railroad, with
It's connecting system, would offer toward
the development Of the natural resources
and the commercial and manufacturing
interests of Turkey, through atfording IA
cilities for the transport and interchange of
commodities, l beg leave to refer your
Majesty to the prosperity OF my own
Countrywide United States of America.
The prosperity of that country is not so
much due to its extent of territory as to It's
great facilities for intercourse and trans
portation, its intelligent direction and ap-
plication Of labor in the use of machinery,
and It's consequent multiplication of pro-
ductioEs. The general rule adopted in
America of carrying freight at such a low
rate as permits its movement, though said
rate may not pay direct profit to the car
ricr, enables the coarse and manufactured
products to he taken to market from the
| extreme portions of the country.