The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-20
EGYPT TO INCREASE
WATER SUPPLY.

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For sometime the question ~ Pro ~.
visibility OF raising the existing gar.
tie dam at Assouan. IN order % -.s
up a larger supply OF water l0r low.
Egypt. has been under consideration p
has now been definitely decided % carr
out the project OF raising TIE dam IN n.
cOrdance with the expert advice % ST.
William WflcOcks. supported by ia
opinion OF Sir William Ga-sti7. nb|
proposed to raise the height o. re Gan
BY 10 feet S inches. which VIII erass
the Irrigation Department Co retain -l.
hind The barrage an additional Ir..
O00. 900 cubic meters Of water. which q
present flows untitled i1.7 ire Net
terranean- 10 IS stated that the auc--'
OF water held back behind tie dam 81
add another 10000 acres 70 TIRE sor n
Egypt which IS cIessed under the head.
ing OF perennially irrigated. The est
OF the work IS computed az about tu'
and n half million dollars. ard o7s1-
lions are to begin next spring The'
operations win extend until 1871 Tas
cost OF the work will be betrayed CD:
OF the public debt surplus.
The raising OF the dim vii stl
further submerge the Ph.ae temples
which have been strengthened with rl1-
be masonary and steel girjers IN oris'
20 stand the periodic su5uersi0n. TIE
engineers are cheerfully optimistic; teT
point out that the hiEh-levei water q
the dam will contain hardly any % ne
Nile mud. which is only brought dow
at a certain time OF the yea. ard 'h-r
even go so far as 20 assert that Pa.1'
will rise refreshed every year -t'
Aphrodite from the sea. apparently reg ~
ing the FIVE months sIh~e17.on as
kind OF gigantic sprins-cl'anias- p
freshed or not. however. there VII % -
one 10 see q rise. since j. Is preclse'
from December to April that Ass'''a1 .
visited By Europeans. and b. the f'sa'
Of the summer when the isian1 ~
partly emerge the climate puts any 81
intention out Of the question
The necessity for the Assor1n on
must be fully admitted. No cc-1'y 1l
be called upon 70 forego progress pr
turn itself into a museum % 7n'1-.'
for the benefit OF the travelling 0'
But at the same time Phiiae r-s -
been preserved. Il has been DESTROYED
all but the actual dismsmberne1, OF '
buIld1rgs-an inevitable sacrifice 10 81
OF the fact that the temples any 81
stand for centuries and successive
eratIons may still come 20 gaze chi =
ghost OF the most beautiful s-els q
Egypt.
In addition 20 this plan To- raising -
AssOuan dam. Sir william NI.,.-o-a' 'i'
also proposed another scheme
would provide an additional reee-F
for Nile water known as the Fl5i-
the now dry site OF Lake M-s-s or
which the EaIleys OF the Egyr-.1-s 81
to sail IN the days % Egyptian na-f
greatness. In the early dy-as'-s
lake served as reservoir TOR DIED
water. which at low Nile c0--
ont into the river when tie r...--.
o. the stream was low. In t-'
DAYS great river fights seem
taken place round the EXTRA
reservoir between the PEGS
and lower Egypt. The control p.
reservoir BY an antnEol SD.
force meant a period OF i-l-- e..
regions lower down the river. az
stories OF these fights am gre
1Uent famines are very sl.A
the periods Of TAT and lean $ t-'-
ed IN the story OF Joseph. ... .-.
The six remaining pi.lar7 lt
.hOn peristyle at Baal6ek. n 2.
Syria. form only a fragnent li
which once gracet h- r.
HeliopoIls- the City o. iEs s-1
Paul Rohrbach. who has Wri--.l 49,.
account o. the r--.A
rave been cornpleteiy cleared CO 1-.
~ order OF the German E1reil.
hat Banlbek must have been -.
lite OF Baai worship. by tlt- --.-
ng ruins which are % - seq F..
mt date from the second Ger s.-r
present era The ruins f1rr lA. bel
empie structures. one l1rEFF 49,. 10
,ther. In one OF these ter 30
o be seen three great o..-A- 49,. --s
tone let into the west va .~F
attributed 20 very u1cn ei
han the Roman period. .-. .----f
The ARRANGEMENT OF The fN' go
3 not at all regular. Tire .lfa va
tanding on a high. hliit--i s-
he smaller on a separa'r .... %
.ear II. The smaller tPuf o. go. r..
4ohrback thinks one can ----
ca sonabIe safety a. ire san
he sun. IL fairly well rrrs 40
orth side OF the inner r
ecOrated with pillars r-- I'D
anged at regular intarvl.f t.- u
nth an extremely rich er .-'. -.a
be pillars surrounding or. m.
ow remain standing III ...r--
OF the temples b -f
hip OF the sun u e. ilter----.- -.-r
hat the richest part Or '.- ..--arr
diepIayed on the rntrflf $500
n the east side facing ~. .t
ne larger building g. k7lN- 80.
Trftifbo- srewpIe Tire v.- 90
ard o. the temple Is now ~-ir'l 60
he interior OF the Ou-er -al
Nv OF partly rectangul1r. ..f
rooms. AZ l- rrr
Ourtyard one mounts 20 . ---
eristyle il Is open % OF .rf
lese long lines % pillars ...-
iner covered room, or 'r Of. ,--- -
lllad. for there are scarc--- en-
/, be seen % the walls or
uilding. II is thought s--. f.-.sf
rat the giant pillars dll go. .-s
nv celia IN any real sense. l.- r---
1ilding was an open sun tr.-. .--.-
70 a roof: in fact 4 large
re free 70 the light cf t1- --a. -
mflar manner 20 StOnenen+r- 49,
-eat pillars are very much pr -. q
speedy fail. owing % me t-- -
ltfves 70 obtain the great . -
hich bind the sections % ne L.-.s q
ether. Even IN its ruin ire --.--
nv striking. In the days 10 7..-E
mr. the erect % the many ~ .--
.Iunans must have been ING a
essive to the wOrshipers CT A--
the sun God. IL