The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17

cleaners from here 70 the great lakes
or central Africa We are now sena-
{ng them az far as GondDkoFo or lns
borders OF the Belgian 1oheo
nave a monthly service 10 mat pAA
and IL IS over eleven hundred mir
from knartum- me UP &,
about TWO weeks. and X Is fna1e i4
comrortabIe steamers We have a4so
Gamer going up the Blue Nile an
are gradually exploring -,
branches of the White Me cd1
stea mers on the main stream OF ga
Wh!te Nile are no" carrsans o. me
and we have boats which leave oh ;.
1srb OF anuary and 18TH OF FEBRUARY
esnecfaUv adapted 10 tourist trafVi
They are fitted throughout VIII 80
rric lights. have not ana Cotu
and some good double berth CABINS
Thev carry a sufficient numDe Oh
stewards and servants 10 supply com
Portable accommodation
Central Africa's Long Ieiss
Route.
The sirdar tells me that teieeFapIhS
munica is being rapidly opened
~ aIorp the sudan part of the Cape
to Cairo steam route. khartum mas al,
rect connection with Egypt Il
through her with all the rest Oh the
world. III wires have oeen SUI
from Khartum almost 70 the beLeian
congo and BY the time this letter -
nuhIisbed this place will probably pc
in direct communication with EnteoDe
on Lake Victoria, near the source y
the Nile. There are now more tnah
900 miles of telegraph working VIZ
in the Sudan: and last year more than
92O OO0 private kilograms were sent
over them There is one line Whlch
goes 10 Tewfkieh at the junction oi
the Sobat with the White Me; anu
there are wires going some distance up
the BLU Nile. Above Te"hklen th9le
is a great swamp through Whlch tele,
rams are carried weekly on SINAI OH
iauncbes 10 another Geographic station
farther south. Moreover. / understand
that South Africa has run us teie-
oranh lines almost to Lake 1angah-
yika. and that it will be only d shoIl
time before those lines Will be con-
nected with the Uganda system
Khartum has telephones and there are
also telephone connections between
| that city and Omdurman.
Port Sudan.
The railroad terminu on the Red
Sea is known as Port SUDAN. Inc
original intention was to end the rail-
waY Of Suakin. but the British sur
yeyors found a much better port a 1T
tie farther north and located the term
mus of the railway there. This Is Port
Sudan. 1t lies about half way down
the west coast of the Red sea anu
lust oapposite Jeddah. about 500 miles
south of Suez. The harbor there is
the mouth of a creek shaped IKE a
leaf. with the point nland. The wa
ter is 200 feet deep in places, ana
there is teep water close to the shore.
Inst outside is a coral reef, which
protects the harbor. The British are
/ now dredging the edge of the harbor,
and they will have it SO that the Dig
:, gest ocean steamers can come right up
to the uuays. They are building a
quay wall Of granite blocks nearly a
| mile long, with electric traction cranes
running upon it. The railroad tracks
will come out upon the wall and the
| freight will be oaded and ~unloaded
by the cranes into the ships and the
cars. The harbor will be lighted by
electricity and the best of coaling ar
arrangements supplied. The government
has already planned an expenditure or
$4,000, 900. and most of the improve
ments are we'll under way.
A city on q grand scale has been sur.
viewed about the harbOr, a park IS be-
ing Tanned and the streets are pegged
out. The post and telegraph buildings
are now going up, schoolhouses ana
government offices are being erected
and a dockyard is building. The gov
eminent own all the land about the
port. and I see that lots are advertised
private buildings have been construct
ed, but the ships are already landing
freight for the Sudan. Six or seven
lines Of steamers now make regular
callings there, and the prospect Is that
Port Sudan will be the chief port of
the Red sea and the principal place
of import and export for lower Nubia,
and a large part of central Africa.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.