Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03
Copyright, 1907, by Frank G. carpcn-
tor)

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A I,EXANDRIA.--I am again In
~ the great seaport Of the valley
4 Of the Nile. My first visit to
It was Is years ago. just before
Arabi Pasha started the rebellion which
threw Egypt into the hands OF the Eng
lish saw it again seven years later
on my way around the world, and
find now a new city which has risen
up and swallowed those of the past.
The Alexandria Of today stands upon
the site Of the greatest of the com
morcial conters Of antiquity, but its
present buildings are as young as those
of New York, Chicago or Boston. II
is one OF the boom towns of the old
world, and It has all grown up within
100 years. When George Washington
was president It was little more than
a village. il has now more than 400
GOO people, and II viii soon reach
half million.
Alexandria Is a city with all modern
improvements 1t has wide streets as
well paved as those of Washington. II
has public squares which Will COM
pare favorably with many IN Europe
ana buildings which would he an orua-
is now n clty of streetcars and auto
mobiles, It's citizens walk or ride TO
its thenters hy the light of electricity,
ana It's rich men gamble by reading the
tickcr in its stock exchanges. 1t Ia
a town of big hotels, gay cafes and pail
aces galore. In addition to the 300, 600
Mohammedans, there are more than
100000 Christian Europeans now living
In II. and among them some of the
ma nf n al
ranean sea. The city has become com
mercial. money making and fortune
hunting. The rise and fall OF stocks,
the boom In real estate and the mod
ern methods of getting something for
nothing are it's chief subjects of con-
versation, and the whole population is
after the elusive piastre and the Egyp-
tian pound as earnestly as the Amer
lean is chasing the nickel and the dol
lar,
ALEXANDRIA, NEW HARBoR.
1t is easy to see where Alexandria's
wealth comes from. II is growing fat
from the trade of the Nile valley. II
is the water gate to Egypt and the
Soudan, and every cents worth of
goods that goes in and out has to pay
toll. More than 1000 ships enter this
port every year, and there are now
vessels in the harhor from nearly ev-
ey part of the world. / came to Egypt
from Malta on a ship bound to India
and Australia, and ] can get steam
er any week which within Is days will
take me to New York. The German
lines are making speciality of Egyp-
tian passengers and freight, and they
are gradually capturing the bulk of the
Mediterranean commerce.
Alexandria has one of the best har-
bors on the Mediterranean. The port
has been improved within the past few
years until it's arrangements for load
ing and unloading goods are unsur-
passed. 1t has a breakwater two miles
in length and the biggest ocean steam
ers can come right UP to the quay
There are 1900 acres of water in which
ships can have safe anchorage, and
many vessels come here to coal. The
most of the coal is brought from Eng
land and left until the ships need It
Something like IL. 600 900 tons were thus
handled last year. many of the steam
ers on their way into and out from
the Suez camel stop at Alexandria for
fuel.
do not know how much the harbor
has cost, save that II runs high into the
millions OF dollars. When Mehamet
Ali made Alexandria his capital the
place was only a village with no con-
nection with the Nile. He dug canal
30 miles long to that great waterway,
and there is now q stream of vessels
going up and. down that canal carrying