Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-09

they ore not examined acain untll they
are token up no che gates at thc depot
ua wo go out
we have some trouble with our bag
gage. for like the ordinary American,
we are loaded with trunks only nifty
five pounds can bc checked without
extra charge. and my trunks often cost
me worc than my Fare We notice
that The English and Egyptian passen-
gers put the most Of their belongings
Into bundles ana bags, which they are
allowed to bring into the cars with
them Many @ single passenger Is car
rying four or five valiscs each holding
as much as 81 small steamer trunk.
and Che compartments are half filled
with such luggage Every irst-class
chr has a guard or porter who helps
us on and on, ana there are always
feuohs re tho depot ready 70 carry
our stun for five cents per piece.
HOW THE MAILS ARE GUARDED
Most OF the Egyptian trains have a
mail car next 20 the engine, an expires
car back or that and also cars for
animals. our train carries one, IN
which are two blankoted horses. with
syrian grooms 60 take care Of them
They probably belong to some rich
n1bCb of cairo. and ere going south
lr express.
The poatal cars are carefully watched
The hays 81 mail arc carried 20 them
on red trucks made for the purpose
Tire trucks are pushed by the Arabs
and mali IS handled by them; but a
d0rH-faced soldier. with rifle and sword,
marches along with the mail and
watches the bags taken in and out
when n truck ls loaded the soldier
gees with &c TO the postofice wagons
There is always a guard on such Nile
steamers as carry mail, and the lei
tiers are never left without some armed
official 20 watch over them.
GOVERNMENT RAILROADS WHICH
PAY
Before we 70 on with our trip. let
me tel you how the railroads are man
aged. Both those OF Egypt and the
both systems pay Those OF Egypt, ac-
cording 10 Lori Cromer's last report,ar
now earning about per cent on thet
capital stock and their working eN.
ponses are only about so Per cent OF
the gross receipts. The business j.
rapidly increaeiug. They VIII carry
25OO.0 more passengers this year than
last. and more than 100000 tons more
freight Egypt now has something like
1860 miles OF railroads which belong
To the government, and In addition 600
or-.O0 miles OF agricultural roads man
aged by priva.e parties. the earnings
Of the latter are Increasing. and they
carry more freight and passengers
from year 90 year.
The main lines are managed by Egyp-
tfah and European officials Tho sup
erlnteEdents OF departments, who re-
ceive $1,000 and upward year each,
are mainly Europeans. and the inspee-
tors and subiuEpect0rs, who get from
$50 to $40 a month. are en- the main
foreigners. Under the men are tha
native guards. track workers and me-
chanics of various kinds. who receive
less wages. They are almost all Egyp.
t1ns. there being something like 2,400
OF them 20 about $50 Europeans.
AS to the Sudan roads, they go
through a thinly populated country.
but the receipts are considerably more
than their working expenses and they
are rapidly Increasing. In 1906 they
were double what they were IN 1903,
the chief increase being from the
fourth class passengers, who are ma
lives.
SCENES ON TIE CAPE TO CAIRO
ROAD.
This division az the cape 20 Cairo
road milhs one Of the richest countries
on earth. ] mean the delta OF Egypt,
which IS more thickly populated than
any other part of the globe. The land
is as black as your hat and It raises
two or three crops a year. IL Is worth
from $500 10 $1,000 an acre, and fur
nishes "a heavy traffic OF cotton and
grain. The distance from Alexandria
20 Cairo rs l3J miles, and all the way
is through luxudant farms. There Is
no deseI iu sight until you reach Cairo.
Cotton is piled up at every depot there
are boat loads OF 10 on the canals
which the track crosses. and at tho
stations cars OF cotton bales M the
side tracks. Tho freight OF this region
alone would probably pay the expenses
az the road, and in addition there Is
The big passenger travel from Cairo 10
Alexandria ana from all parts OF the
delta.
Tho next division above Cairo goes
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