Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-02-19
CAPITALS MADE TO ORDER
New Cities to BE Built in Remote In
terror of Australia and Brazil.

New Cities to BE Built in Remote In
terror of Australia and Brazil.
Ever heard Of Dalgety? No? Well,
you Will soon. In year or two the
name Of this city that Is to be will be
as familiar as is London or Paris Or
New York. For Dalgety has just been
selected as the federal capital Of the
new Australian commonwealth. To-day
it Is but Il tiny township, 300 miles
south of Sydney. on the Snowy River.
with a population all told of less than
300 souls. Tomorrow it will take rank
as one Of the worlds great cities, the
| social, legislative and business centers
Of country as big as the United
States and only about One-fifth smaller
than all Europe.
Brazil 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, Brazil's
capital Is Rio lie Janeiro. But an article
recently incorporated in the constitu-
| ton DEGREES that another shall be built
on the lofty central plateau. 1t Is to be
called Gorgaz, after the name Of the
state in which it will be situated, and,
almost directly under the equator, 1t
will enjoy. owing to its altitude, a de
lightfully cool and wholesome climate
Brltons, in particular, are likely to
hear good deal in the not 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 ter
minus Of the MervMurghab railway,
now practically completed. Murghah
will be within easy striking distance
Of Herat, the traditional key Of In.
dla," and there can be only one reason
for bnilding such city and construct
| ing such 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
| Chicago stands, 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
100000 horse power. 1t follows. there
fore, that the banks Of the Zambes
hereabouts are bound to be lined soon
err or later with factories and work.
shops. In other words. the coming
metropolis of South Africa will not
only be a Chicago, but Pittsburg. q
Manchester and a Sheffield into the
bargain.
| Farther south. in Mashonaland
there is already rising from the midst
Of wilderness Of prehistoric ruins
another African city of which the
world will soon be talking. Its name
Is doubtful. At present it Is known as
Havilah. But Ophir has been suggest
ed, and Sheba. The natives call II
Zimbahwe.
| Three thousand years ago there was
a city there which must have rivaled
in extent and magnificence the glories
of Babylon and Nineveh. And-fol
there is much gold there-the twenti
eth century Is setting ITSELF with .
stout heart. the task Of resuscitating
these ancient glories.
TO Canadians first, and afterward tc
educated people the world over, the
name of the little village Of Monck ton
IN New Brunswick, will shortly be a.
familiar as is that Of Quebec or Mont
real For 1t has been selected to bt
the Atlantic terminus of the grea
trancontinental railway which the Ca
madam government Is building from
Ontario, through Manitoba and thu
Northwest Territories, to British Co
lumbia and the far-away Pacific. Also
on the shores OF the last named ocean
there will arise In due course an a.
yet unnamed city, which, as tin
western terminus Of the new line, viii
presently be rival to Vancouver. ant
as we'll acknowledgements Weekly.