Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-26
CAPITALS MADE TO ORDER.
New Cities to Be Built in Remote Into
rior Of Australia and Brazil.

IkOI OI AuStIdlla anu OAoA
From Pearson's Weekly.
Ever heard of Dalgety? No? Well, you
will soon In a year or two the name Of
this city that is to be will be as familiar
is London or Paris or New York. For
Dals:ety has just been selected as the fed
erai capital of the new Australian COM
monwealth. Today It is but a tiny town
ship. 300 miles south of Sydney. on the
Snowy river. with a 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
country as big as the United States and
only about one-fifth smaller than all Eu-
rope.
Brazil Is about to build for itself brand
new capital. and this. too. must OF neces-
sity become one of the cities the world will
presently be talking about. Just now. OF
course. Braxifs capital Is Rio Janeiro. Rut
an article recently Incorporated In the con-
stitution DEGREES that another shall be built
on tho lofty central plateau. 1t Is - be
called Gorgaz, after the name of the sta te
In which 1t will be situated. and almost
directly under the equator, II will enjoy
owing to its altitude. a delightfully."- cool
and wholesome climate
Britons. In particular, are likely to hear
good deal in the not far distant future
Of Murghab. the great fortress city which
Russia Is about to build on the northern
frontier of Afghanistan and which will
form the southern terminus of the Merv-
Murghab railway, now practically COM
pleted. Murghab will be within easy
striking distance of Herat. the tradi-
tional key of India" and there can be
only one reason for building such a city
and constructing such d railway
1t Is agreed on all hands that where Is
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. as was the site upon which Chi
tributing 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 fur
power. 1t follows, therefore. that the
banks of the Zambesi hereabouts are
bound to be lined sooner later with
factories and workshops. In other words.
the coming metropolis of south Africa
will not only be a Chicago, but Pittsburg.
Manchester and a Sheffield into the
bargain.
Farther south In Mashonaland there is al
ready rising from the midst of a wilderness
of prehistoric ruins another African city OF
which the world will soon be talking. It's
name is doubtful. At present 1t is known
as Havilah. But Ophir has been suggested,
and Sheba. The natives call 1t Zimbahwe
Three thousand years ago there was a
city there which must have rivaled In ex-
tent ana maSn11Cence the SloT1eS VI bdby-
lon and Nineveh. And-for there Is much
gold there-the twentieth century is setting
itself. with a stout heart, the task OF
resuscitating 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 as familiar as is
that of Quebec or Montreal. For 1t has
been selected to be the Atlantic terminus
of the great transcontinental railway which
the Canadian government is building from
Ontario, through Manitoba and the north
west 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 whlcn,
as the western trminus of the new line.
will presently be a rival to Vancouver and
as well known.