The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
KHARTOUM Is RISING AGAIN.
A NEW CITY on TIE Ruins LEFT
~, KITCHENER.
-tfsipiso,nei buildings Whsus There We're
:. emily Heaps Of Ruins Fivo- Years Ago
Sses.lsS1 v0uvssts welcomed In the Former
Mahtiisa stronghold Prospects,

Amarvellous change he g been wrought at
Khartoum. The city is rising again above
the ruins of the old town at the junction
of the two navigable bra inches Of the Nile.
Henry NJ. Cadell hrs just published in the
Scottish Geogra phicdi Magazine fine plan
of the new city, showing the wonders that
have been done since the Mahdsts We're
overthrow.
The streets, of course, are not nearly
completed. and some of them are as yet
only outlined They are laid out on n
geometric system, but monotony is pre-
vented by the irregular introduction here
and there of squares and public gardens.
The Blue Me, which forms the northern
boundary of the city, is overlooked by the
River Esplanade, a fine street on which the
principal public buildings are erected.
Foremost among them is the Sirdar's palace,
whose simple, but noble front with its white
walls commands the river, while behind it
is n wide eXpq nse Of blooming gardens. 1t
is built over the spot where Gordon fell.
West of the pal, ce ere the Government
buildings q large block of red brick, most
sibs,antial in appearance and Of tasteful
,osgn overlooking to the south n large
mlblc garden now in course of develop
ment.
Among other prominent edifices are
handsome post office end the Moham-
rnet;an mosque for the Moslem inha itants
IN the centre of the Abhas square. about
lalf a mile back from the river. At the ex
,r,me west end of the River Esp!anade ere
the hands one Municipal G1rdens, with
may species of tropical trees and shrubs
aud lowering plants kept fresh by constant
irrigation.
Near these gardens, in the midst of n grove
O. palms, is the new hotel built and main
tained bv the Soudan Development Com
psny IT has accommodations for sixty
guests. i, Is said 10 be very comfort able and
~ell naged. and its prices are moderate
in comparison with other hotels in more
civi lied parts of the Nile Valley.
hhGrtoum ha two ba nks, the National and
the Bank OF Egypt. They stand exactly
opposite one another OH the same street,
30 that each cashier may conveniently
study his competitors customers and the
amount of daily business transacted.
We hear frequently of bears in the Stock
Exchange, hut lions in be INKS are probably
not quite so common. One OF the banks
keeps Young lion on the premises as
pet Its effect in attracting new customers
has not vet been mentioned.
Opposite the paiace gardens stands the
new Gordon statue and an eolfice thrt Is a
far gre, ter monument to the hero OF MAR
and bare in he midst of a treeless, sandy
enclosure several acres in extent. 1t was
built by subscriptions raised in England,
the sum of s7OO. 900 being quickly collected
In the days of national enthusiasm after
kitchener's decisive victory over the
Dervishes, in 1898.
or this money, the sum of 500 900 has
been spent in the erection Of the present
college building A. yet the students ere
few in number and the success OF the col
ram M 10 he psSllrpI
Of course, Khsrtoum hrs club with its
rewspa pers, tennis courts, and boundless
Hospitality to visitors Of importance. The
building of the Soudan Club Is a most toste.
iul end cominodous structure standing
in shady garden.
All the streets are brosd and straight.
The finest among them is Khedive avenue.
$50 feet wide and two miles long. with double
rows Of lebbek trees on either side and foot
paths 80 feet broad; and Victoria avenue.
broad and straight, which runs southwark
To the Gordon statue, dividing the city into
two equa' parts.
The public buildings and private official
residences are built In the choice part of
the city. between the river and khedive
avenue. The second zone parallel TO this
is bounded on the south by Sirdar avenue
and is intended for good two-story build
ipgs, In the third section, further south still,