The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-08-03
EGYPT TO INCREASE
WATER SUPPLY.

For sometime the qresti1n o. fss -.
visibility OF raising the existing -
lite dam at AssOuan. IN orter q, h,rt
up a larger supply OF water f7- LOVE-,
Egypt. has been under c0nsher7r,, p
has now been definitely decided 10 carr,
out the project OF raising the dam q, 7-.
cordance with the expert advice OF ST.
william Willcocks. supported By TIA
opinion Of Sir william Garstir. T. "a
proposed to raise the height Of TIE DIN
by 10 feet inches. which win emilia
the Irrigation Department 70 retain b..
hind the barrage an additional iVr.
100000 cubic meters OF water. which a,
present flows unutilized into the Net-
terranean. It Is stated that the amount
Of water held back behind the dam vi
add another 10000 acres 10 the sol g
/ Egypt which IS classed under the bad.
/ ing Of perennially irrigated. TIE us,
/ OF the work is computed at about tEO
/ and a half million dollars. and OPEN
/ lions are TO begin next spring. Thss
| operations will extend until 1901 II
/ cost Of the work will be betrayed oG
| Of the public debt surplus
The raising Of the dam viii 81
further submerge the Philae tempes
which have been strengthened with rl'.
bic masonary and steel Orders IN oriaf
10 stand the periodic submersion- Tls
engineers are cheerful1y optimistic: t1
point out that the hlgh-level water Z
the dam will contain hardly any Of 20
Nile mud, which Is only brought c1El
at a certain time Of the year. and t'3
even go so far as to assert that PM
will rise refreshed every year -a
Aphrodfte from the sea. apparently regl'c-
ing the Eve months submersion as
kind Of gigantic spring-cleanins -
freshed or not, however, there VIII Dc %
one to see II rise, since II Is preciseJ
from December to April that Assouan
visited by Europeans. and IN the heisii
Of the summer when the island vi
partly emerge the climate puts any sl3
intention out OF the question.
The necessity for the Assoran t1l
must be fully admitted. No county en-
be called upon to forego progress ail
turn itself into a museum OF antiql'u.s
for the benefit Of the travelling E9n-
But at the same time Philae has h''
been preserved. IL has been destroyed y
all but the actual dismemberment Of 20
buIldtngs-an inevitable sacrifice IN s?is
OF the fact that the temples nay 81
stand for centuries and successive g.
erations may stiu come to gaze on Us
ghost OF the most beautiful scels q
Egypt
In addition to this plan FOR ralsirg 80
Assouan dam. Sir William Millcocks Is
also proposed another scheme E'en
would provide an additional reservoir
for Nile water known as the Flyo1n'
the now dry site OF Lake MOer.s. over
which the galleys OF the Egyptians cssI
to sail in the days OF Egyptian na--'s
greatness. In the early dy1lsies -
lake served as a reservoir for h.sl HAs
water, which at low Nile could 1e -
out into the river when the rl,4l-. ~,
OF the stream was low. In l4e L" 49,.
DAYS great river fights seen % -
taken place round the entrances u ~.
reservoir between the people gl 49,
and lower Egypt. The cgnllol l. ~
reservoir by an antagonist Ill.,.
force meant a period OF famine y -
regions lower down the river. az
stories OF these fights and ne 80
quent farnines are very sugg-7
ed In the story OF Joseph. -.-~.
The six remaining pillars OF -.
thon peristyle at Baalbek. - 49,
Syria, form only a fragment OF - 4.
Heliopolis. the city OF the S1n. -
Paul ROhrbach. who has written .-.i-l.
interesting account OF the TUES. t.is,l
have been completely cleared OF -
By order OF the German Er2eIo-....- 81
that Baalbek must have been W 100.
site OF Baal worship. but that ne -. -.
ing ruins which are 20 oe seq p = ~
ent date from the second ceItlll y .~1
present era The ruins form ga.ss ~
temple structures. one LARGE ,.-.rs are
TO be seen three great blocks go, 2. = .-s
stone let into the west waL ~ f--eB
attributed 20 very much e-I----
than the Roman period - ..--~Fs
The arrangement OF the tW1 ..--s
Is not at all regular. the l1rf ,s---.
standing on a high. bullt-uI .4.r.11
the smaller on a separate l-E Dr
near IT. The smaller tempe. - "a
ROhrback thinks one can des.E----- b
safety as the s1a.. 70
the sun. Is fairly well preserved -
north side OF the inner room : In.
decorated with pillars and pi.3---,--sf
ranged at regular intervals am ~ Of
With an extremely rich entGplt -
The pillars surrounding the 80 ~
now remain standing IN VIC" -.
connection OF the temples win ~ 20
ship OF the sun e Is interestins .--r'-a
that the richest part OF the d---.-r1y
3 displayed on the entrance s----sss.
On the east side facing the -
The larger building IS know MT
'TrilithOn Temple" The vas- ,7ug
rard OF the temple Is now ruir.Ll 20
he interior OF the outer vas ...--sd.
'ow OF partly rectangular, party - 30
'emicircular rooms. At the en- .-fs-1
courtyard one mounts 20 TIE -rs,7sf
1eristyle. II IS open to douot ~ az
hese long lines OF pillars ln'..7 -
nner covered room. or celia. ,-,-ss
allied. for there are scarcely any -.-.I
o be seen OF the walls or a-5 -.lIs
II is thought very E---,.-
hat the giant pillars did n2l -, 30. re
ny celia In any real sense. 5ut ',r.1-
'uilding was an open sun temp LIS
ut a roof In fact. a large open A
ire free TO the light OF the 81 -
imilar manner TO StOnehenge- - n
.reat pillars are very much n l.l-7 81
speedy fail, owing TO the enorL--s Is
atives 10 obtain the greet iiy 49, 10
which bind the sections OF the PM =
ether. Even IN its ruin the NC
cry striking. In the days Of - 100,
eur the effect OF the many - -
Al s.frr