Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-11

already steamers upon botn lakes and q
telegraph line about 10000 kilometers in
length has already been constructed and Ii
in operation.
Menaced by Wild Beasts.
The telegraph people report a great deal
of trouble with monkeys, which swing on
the wires and break them with their
weight. In some places the linemen have
had to substitute bars of copper and heavy
cables instead of the ordinary copper wires.
The tracklayers have also been frequently
interrupted by lions and other wild beasts.
Mr.. Williams says that in several places
buffalo, lions, zebras, giraffes. rhinoceri,
etc. are so bold that they come down to
see the cars go by and the people shoot at
them from the train windows Hlppepo-
tami also abound in the rivers. They upset
boat at Victoria falls last winter
In one of the English papers not long
ago l read the story of a station agent
who was imprisoned In his station by a
couple of innocent and unsophisticated
lions, who took possession of the platform
as cody as II they owned It. They wan
dered up and down all the morning and
they lay down to sleep in front of the sta
ton door. The agent telegraphed the chief
dispatcher. who ordered the next train to
run through without stopping. The king
OF the forest and his companion woke up
and yawned as the locomotive shfieked
defiance at him and rushed by, but did not
appear at all alarmed at the demonstrations
OF the iron horse. The station agent had
no gun and begged the dispatcher over the
wire TO send down professional hunter by
the next train to relieve the blockade, which
was done. Both lions were shot from the
car windows. Since then the trainmen
have gone armed.
Finest Sport in the World.
There is hunting club composed of En-
glishmen and Americans. with a fine hotel
and several cottages, near station on the
Uganda railway named Nairobi about mid
way between Lake Victoria Nyanza and
Mombasa. the coast terminus It stands on
beautiful plateau. 1900 feet above the sea.
surrounded by snow-clad peaks and covered
with dense forests, and the surrounding
country is said to furnish the finest sport In
the world-elephants. lions, tigers. CRATES,
zebras. rhinoceri, buffalo and all kinds of
large and small game. Mr.. w. Nopthup
Macmillan of st. Louis has taken UP his
residence there and Is raising ostrfches
Lord Delamere has large ranch I'm the
same neghborhood, and F. A. Pape, man.
ager of the Afro-American Trading Com
pany. has cottage. President Roosevelt
has been invited to become the guest of the
club for an entire season and do some
shooting. and he probably will accept at the
close of his term. A sportsman must take
out license. which costs $3.50 and is not
allowed to shoot but certain amount OF
game. II he violates the rule his license Is
forfeited and he Is subject to a heavy fine.
Inc limit Tor season is two elephants
males only; two rhinoceri, two hippos two
lions. two buffalo, two zebras. two cheetahs
or leopards, two CRATES. two each of other
species OF large game, and ten each of the
smaller species. such as wild boar, wildcats.
antelope. gazelles and so forth. There is
no limit TO the number of wild animals that
may be taken alive, and they are very valu-
able. rhinoceros Il worth $1,000; a
giraffe. $500; a lion. $500, and other animals
bring corresponding prices. Several rhi-
noceri have been struck by trains and one
Hon, after gorging itself on an antelope,
last winter. foolishly fell asleep on the rails
and Was run over.
The zambesi Bridge.
The zambesi bridge. splendid 8Jo-foot
cantilever OF three spans. which was erected
last year. is one Of the greatest examples
OF engineering on record. 1t II immediate
ly below Victoria Falls. 1880 miles from
Cape Town. and 600 miles from the mouth
OF the Zambesi river which is the largest
In Africa The bridge has q central span
500 feet in length and 80 feet wide, weighing
LOCO tons OF rolled steel weighing 800
pounds TO the cubic foot. The other spans
are 70 feet each. The work was carried on
from both banks, the material being taken
across and delivered In place by means OF
an aerial electric conveyor capable OF carry
Ing . tension load at q speed OF twenty feet
minute. The Victoria Falls at high water
are almost twice a. broad as Niagara ana
nearly twice an high
plan similar to our transcontfnental roads,
and ID financed by the British South African
Company, which raises the money to pay
Tor Il BIZ bonds.