The sun., 1893-07-16
BIZ RAIL TO VICTORIA NYANzA.
The Road Has Been Surveyed and the ON
cials Say 1t Is Practicable.

The Road Has Been Surveyed and the ON.
cials Say 1t IL Practicable.
The railroad between the Indian Ocean and
Victoria EyanZa which was surveyed at the
expense Of the British Government Is likely
to be built. The report Of the surveyors has
been published. and the friends OF the enter
prise are gratifed to hear that there are no
serious difficulties in the way
Nearly every enterprise In Africa which In
wolves surveying usually brings to light some
striking errors in the maps. The surveyors Of
the Victoria Nyanza railroad have discovered
an important error in the position assigned to
the eastern shore Of the lake. 1t has been
made on our maps to extend too far east The
result is that the railroad will be about hun
dred miles longer than was supposed from the
estimates made in 1891. The most direct
route possible to the northeast shore OF the
lake has been followed and 1t is found that
the road will be 657 miles long.
The estimated cost OF the projected railroad
Is Sll.2OO.OOO. or an average Of S17.245 a
mile. Tho gauge proposed is three feet six
inches. No tunnels will be necessary. and
none OF the bridges would be considered In
other countries even second class In point OF
size. Steel rails. weighing fifty pounds to the
yard and from thirty to thirty-six feet in
length. are recommended. and also steel
transverse sleepers. each Weighing seventy
pounds. 1t will not be economical and
hardly hardly. prInetieable to use. use wood for
will be 'Aq practcay &c Ss siR,EsS indsstruS g!
Within reach Of the natiyes; Il Is also letter
to use steel. because the custom OF tlring the
grass and the tenn mptation to use wooden sleep
ers for fuel or for building huts would expose
hardly withstand their assaults:
only local tratnc IL expected at the outset.
down
e pr that the sta
such points as the ,trafflc demands The ter
nina minsl stations s rs will be at Mombssa on the
toria. During the construction Of the railroad
2 telegraph line will be necessary, and the
constant movement along the line vii Will rel rendsr dor
the TELEGRAPH line free from any danger of de-
sspas By ths tSs Ihs
tirely do away with The Nasal raids upon the
the bulk Of the labor on the raj Ilroad wiiI have
necessary to maintain special railroad police
force. The route passes through some OF the
Fshess m dSFes and mos pGpn
on Lake Victoria communication by steam
boats py|iGng on on the lake VII! eSnnset the rail
saEy E for tho development OF these countries.
mated ut twelve miles an hour including stop
pages on sections with easy grad ents. and
these include the greater part OF the line;
sible When the line is first opened trains Will
be run only by daylight. This gives running
each day OF about 100 miles.
The otnciais take favorable view OF the earn
ing capacity ofthe road They say that. In their
opinion. the actual working expenses OF the
r9sd r9ssd ior & the hrst few years would not exceed
the outset would be nearly able. from the
freight and passenger trafflc. to pay the work
ing expenses. This does not include the in
would be deficit on the required amount OF
gross earnings to pay all expenses OF about
that this deficit would be for many years u tax
upon The enterprise,
Great Britain has now assumed the control
OF Uganda and as the building OF this railroad
;s vtally NECESSARY TO the DEVELOPMENT Of the
Yietoris Syansa rsr1ad 1 VIII hS1Rt S rnat e
terDrise OF tho sort to be carried out In Africa