Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-09-12

A. African Rhalr0ad WA0co TrAvelers
Have 20 Work ThGie PA6sAse. ...a
s The first rHilroad built III The in
terror Of tropical Africa was the little
line ninety miles long which connects
the towns of Hayes and Bafoulabe on
the Senegal river in Seneganbia.
Steamers run up. the Senegal from the.
ocean to Hayes where the river be-
comes unnavigable; and the railroad
, line to Bafoulabe is the first section of
the extension of steam facilities to the
Niger river, which in time will give
uninterrupted steam communications
between the sea and the upper Niger:
Awhile ago. according to the New.
York Sun, q gentleman who travelled
over this railroad said that it was in q
very shabby condition. At one part Of
the line q force of one hundred ma
tivea, supplied with long ropes, was
employed to give q helpful tow to
trains. : 's. No. ". .-- p; sAtn-.'- 49,.
Lieut.. Jaime, of the French navy,
who made n name by his trip to Tim
bulftu in a gunboat, confirms the re-
port That the natives are used for
drGughG purposes to exc out the insult
Gcient power of the locomotives.
a picture i'll the book just published
by Lieut.. jaime shows the train
that took his party over the road
lie says that several times dur
ing the journey the locomotive or one
OF the caxs WAS. uerailed, and houra
were lost in boosting them upon the
track again. Once in awhile every
body Oh the cars would jump off, in,
oraer To take l. pull at the tow line or
apply THEN CholdCers to the train.
Ihc roauDti has not been kept in
Goou conGltlon. The locomotives are
mere ca less out Cf repair, und for a
Giatancc OF Dix miles lnoSr of the motive
force was supplied ny the natives with
their ioGG rLpe. The picture shows a,
place WhcrI only the members of
Lieut.: JaIi;le's party were eA:ing out
the motive power. Some Of I4len are
seen il IrOnG Of the engine, hauling on
the rope, and Others are at TIC sizes of
inc CAL, applying all THEN strength.
toward l. iGrVy4rd movement.
though Ll4c co-tItion OF this little:
railroad is so1aGTli.Eg to excite hilar-.
10y there - 10 CiouDT LI1G i6 Is the be-
ginning OF nn Important railrond en-
tcrprise. The line mas BEEN surveyed
all the way To Tile Niger river, and,
without ItoppIAg 10 rcpitIr The sccGion.
OF tao roni now III CperaLlol, engineers
and wOrliElen have Gcgun to grade the
line beyond DaIoulaDe, and in the
course Ci IL. year or SO it will be ad-,
vanced thirty or forty miles further
beyond the Niger river. 1t will be an
important event when this railroad is
completed, for then Timbuiltu can be,
reached IRON every center of civlliZa-
ton by steam; and by the time the rail-
road reaches the niger there is little
doubt That white men will be admitted
freely into the famous and fanatical
city which SO long has excluded for
eign intercourse. The last white man
to enter Timbuktu was DIR. LEM twelve
years ago. ..... .a
The news comes that Col. Archinard
has completely established the SOW
creigntyof France in the great country
of. Macina, south of Timbul1tu, md
has placed on the throne one of the
royal heirs who can be wholly con-
trolled by French influences. The
most important result of this great
success is that Archinard has thus
opened o way by the Niger to Tim
bulEtu, for this city is dependent, COM
mercially speaking, upon. Ma2ina.
The French expect to induce the chief
of Timbuktu to accept a protectorate,
and as they now control the region
that gives to Timbuktu oil the com
merce and wealth it possesscs, there is
no doubt that Timbuktu will he forced
to come to terms and open it's, gates to
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