The evening times., 1900-06-26
AMERICAN ENGINES IN EGYPT.
Consul Long Reports That Many Are
Now in Use.

Now in Use.
John G.. Long, United States Consul at
Cairo, has recently forwarded to the State
, Department an interesting report on the
use in Egypt Of locomotives Of American
manufacture. He says:
Many and impressive evidences OF the
efficiency Of the United States system Of
building up and promoting home indus
| tries are afforded by the recent rapid ex-
Dansion Of our exports Of manufactured
goods il all parts OF the world. and espe-
cially in Egypt While our makers Of ag-
ricultural implements and machinery are
( just beginning to properly appreciate the
I value and Importance Of the new field
In the great valley OF the Nile, it Will be
observed from the following extracts from
the report Of Lord CrOmer, British agent
and COnsul-General in Egypt. on the
finances, administration, and condition OF
Egypt and the Sudan in 1899 that Amer
lean builders Of railway locomotives. whose
foresight aad enterprise carried them into
( successful competition with the English
/ here few years ago. are still holding the
| field. and il may be confidently assumed
/ that they are here ~ stay
Under the head Of railways Lord
/ CrOmer says:
Large additions were made TO the
rolling stock in the course Of last year
AOst OF the new stock added is, however,
to replace old stock which had been con-
demned. ! may mention that four trial
I heavy engines, exceeding il power TIE
largest locOmC tives IL use OF the English
railways were ordered last year, viz,
two from Messrs- Dubs, OF Glasgow. and
tWO from America On the subject Of va
yi0us works now in progress, Captain
Johnstone, the acting president Of the
railway administration. writes 70 me
They form but small part OF what is
required. and J trust that funds may soon
De available for the various urgent ser
vices, more especially in connection with
/ the port OF Alex andria and the Cairo goods
yard, which the administrations have from
I tine 70 time brought before the Govern
ment for approval"
on this point 1 can only repeat what
{ I said last year There can be no doubt
/ that railway progress in Egypt has not
( kept pace with the growing prosperity
Of the country What is now required is
I that a considerable sum-Say, one and a
Lalf miIliOns-shouId be borrowed. in
. order to enable the railways TO be put into
I thoroughly good working order
I am glad 10 say that the only loco
motives recently supplied by an English
f drm-Messrs. Nelson Reid & Co. Of Gias-
gow-have not given the slightest trouble
Those purchased from America IL 1898 have
also done well; but. as they differ in many
respects from our standard types. our men
have taken some time TO learn their pc
culiarities. and We have not been able 10
get the best results out OF them
The action Of the board IL ordering
locomotives and wagons from America has
been criticised. Il is due simply 10 the
fact that American firms. while they are
not IN position 20 tender on more ia
vCranle terms than others on our designs.
almost invariably Cf1er US engines or wag-
Ous built 10 standard designs Of their own
Gt lower prices and IN less time. while
English and other European makers con
tent themselves with rendering on our de-
signs being as rule, not IL the habit
OF manufacturing 10 STANDARD designs Of
their own. We much prefer allerlDg 70
cur own standards but iu cases where time
and cost are Of great importance. such an
CflC- from America cannot be passed by
on the other hand. the Length Of time re-
CuIrel al present by competent English
firms 20 execute such orders Is prOhlbltlye.
and the only order placed fer locomotives
THIS year. besides the trial orders referred
20 elsewhere. went 90 @ Belgian Arm who
offered delivery in thee and q half months
less than any English Arm. ard who have
done good work for use iC previous years
The above observations of Lo-i Gro
nEr refer 20 the year 1898 To-Day. there
arc fOrty-siX American locomotives either
in use or ordered by the Egyptian railway
administration. S7l cars are In use and
orders for 200 more cars have beeen placed
. The superiority OF American engines and
cars. as we'll rs Of all other railway equip
mtLr and supplies Is conceded by railway
officials and experts. and the demands upon
our shops viii continue 10 grow with in
/ creasinE rapifity.
/ The people OF the United States may
+ look with pardorable pride upon our sue
cess in furnishing electrical engines for
Lccton. locomotives for railways in India
and Great Britain. iron bridges for the Su-
dan. and machinery and manufactured J
goods for all countries. Having supplied
our own markets. we now send forth the
machinery that is 20 aid civilization in all
parts Of the globe from the burning
. deserts Of the Sudan 70 the frozen fel1s
! of Siheria"