Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
N EW O A P I T A LIS
AUSTRALIA AND BRAZIL ORDER
FEDERAL CITIES.

From Pearsen's Weekly.
Ever heard Of Dalgety? No: Well. you
will soon. In year or two's time the nama
of this city that II to be will be as familiar
as Is London, or Paris, or New York. For
Dalgety has just been selected as the fed
eral capital Of the new Australian common
wealth. Today 1t Is but a tiny township,
800 miles south OF Sydney. on the Snowy
river. with population all told of less
than 800 souls. Tomorrow It. will take
rank as one of the worlds great cities the
social, legislative and business center Of a
country as big as the United States. and
only about one-fifth smaller than all Eu-
rope.
Brazil also is about to build for itself a
brand-new capital, and this. too. must of
necessity become one of the cities the world
will presently be talking about. Just now,
of course, BraZirs capital is Rio de Janeiro.
constitution DEGREES that another shall be
built IN the lofty central plateau. 1t is
to be called Gorgaz, after the name of the
state in which 1t will be situated, and al
though almost directly under the equator,
1T will enjoy, owing to it's altitude, a de-
lightfully cool and healthy climate.
! Britons. In particular, are likely to hear
a good deal in the not far distant futuSe of
Murghab, the great fortress-city which Rus
sia is about to build on the northern from
tier of Afghanistan, and which will form
the southern terminus of the Merry Murg
hab railway, now practically completed.
Murghab will be within easy striking dis
lance Of -Herat. the traditional Key Of
India and there can be only one reason
for building such a city and constructing
such a railway
now Victoria Falls station, on the Cape
to Cairo railway, there will arise in due
course the Chicago of South Africa" That
Is to say, the site is designed by Nature,
neifa ,t,I,( Hiaorr ct do
for great commercial distributing center,
via rail, road, river and lake. But this is
not all. The mighty waterfall, twice as
broad as Niagara and more than twice as
high, is able to furnish energy equal to
30,0O0.O0O horsepower. 1t follows. there
fore, that the banks of the Zambesi here
abouts are bound to be lined sooner or
later, with factories and workshops. In
other words, the coming metropolis of South
Africa will not only be a Chicago, but a
Pittsburg, a Manchester and a Sheffield
into the bargain.
Further south. in Mashonaland. there is
already rising, from the midst of a wilder
ness of prehistoric ruins, another African
city of which the world will soon be talk
ing. Its name is doubtful. At present 1t is
known as Havilah But Ophir has been
suggested, and Sheba. The natives call 1t
Zimbabwe.
Three thousand years ago there was
city there which must have rivaled in ex-
tent and magnificence the glories of Baby
Ion and Nineveh. And-fOr there is much
gold there-the twentieth century is setting
itself, with a stout heart the task of resus-
citating these ancient glories.
To Canadians first, and afterward to edu-
Gated people the world over, the name of
the little village of Monckton, in New
Brunswick will shortly be familiar as is
that of Quebec or Montreal. For it has been
selected to be the Atlantic terminus of the
great trans-continental railway, which the
Canadian government Is building from On
tario. through Manitoba and the northwest
territories, to British Columbia and the far
away Pacific. Also, on the shores of the
last-named ocean. there will arise in due
course an as yet unnamed city, which, as
the western terminus of the new line, will
presently be rival to Vancouver, and as
we'll known.