Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-18
WHAT THE FRENCH ARE DOING TO OPEN UP
THE GREATEST DESERT ON EARTH

,,,a ,,,,,,,. 80 49,. -
can, tn c,,,,o,, "'e inaccessible OK.
,rkA g,ois,i,t 40 49,.
rondn 80, - aa+os wv uesert Is chiefly
snn,o ,i,ho u,', 80 eta'h ana AHA grass.
~ .,i SHp rotIVl are raised In
70 rn,.,,, s,t,y,,, "a, a. pu- not enough
neinog ,,hio, 80 Wein' ana the salt
cs,,n,.a,, INA, 1Ipply part " the
traStc ''' "'"'" NOT make q great
THE soUDAN.
The Soudnn. nt the so,t,i, oe,.
hara, is far different n bss s"N Se-
nous population OF nntjvo nor
No one knows how inanv IA W"uNs
but the probability ig thnt no. ne
Der between 10000 900 ana Ia I NM
600 souls There arc sn,nct,t,,,' VIZ
20 900. 900 I'm nigeria aionc lke
French ana German provinr'a 'n1
tain many millions moro MI. >"U-
big towns there, such as l5mi,a' are
kano. which are now caravan re,. ,uu.u
and others. such as Timh,,iSt,, V,.SSyls'
We're cities once. and wbicb , wu,yR
be great again II q railroad COLI VTlo
built to them. 'u 10
AT present the caravan trado d. s.,,
ing off. Tho trains OF 0Oo ~, .'t.l'
camcls, guarded bv soldiers ,,up!e
used to start across the Sahar, ,, ,t.n
perhaps $500, 600 worth of yood, VIZ"
sistine OF ivory. gold dust on1 ~, ''u-
have dwindled to trains confainir,r ,os,
camels or less, and the caravan -,
dlmlnishas every yoar n stiit "aue
ries some Etiropean mercha,,,itl
across from Trinoi TunisIa ana A.
geria to the Soudan. but most ~ ~
goods for that section 20 To tha ,,,,.,.
OF west Africa nv stea,n.r a,F Wv ~
taken by railroad and rivers TO tho
head waters OF the Niger.
THE ROUTE TO TIMRI,E,rr.
t,deaa ON. o,n -. -
r-nitnd States by stsa,,, " So rom rom me
coi Nj ti.,,o' 30 s.V 80 'Nese5 20 Sene-
to Timhuutm irh,, IL, "'au s'taIuer
f,on tbo Nira. a,d ,s ~ 80, Hut iar
~ ,,.,,,a,, 49,, 80 20 ,ie teIIhinNs ut
rocco mi al,o,tn r. IT, t'apoil Mo-
almost SirncfI,, so,,tb I've s'VVU Inues
TN sVutH ot 'olomb
RIO 81 III ~ , W. 'Sse Mcs'eIh Age
French have s,,r,,,,,oJ INV 'ne
~ this &c co,,,'iotod :, Iii - ~ H.
vast N,o.o,. systIs,,1 H., WI slEe tNr
ncction witb thn NiaStta.,.a,, oau 0o"-
,rba Me-. IL, ,'a,,ia,N ~, ''''e'Il'
large ma r ~ ~ its cn oTrieapit over
no ibn Nrtssiss;r1,,i ,Or,aS, - ~ Inhs
Gin 10 o,,,'-tb;,.d - ~ NS "a
Ifnited Statne 7Sho -, S're Mnoie
inc sAve,ai otta,. ,'os.1s ~, dtE pul'a-
he 49, NIT a,,,',, "a, auult'un 10
T,,,,, hrl,+,, Ne' rpi' In, - 9eHesaI WIN
nj tbaSe ia tl,rnngl,
anotbe. ,n,.s -, 49, ~ eit 49, .Iu'lea;
q I'LL 800 tt. i Dahoney' and
ccast ,1t"r9o.,,,,. ~, - o IN, me ivory
AtIan,io liz, ~ Ny NJ WiL Ii'ltS the
coIonoh uant,ar sr rs W, hi .s II tne
al ,ri,ab,i,t,, ueIuiu roS'u Is eNtelid-
az ~ Sa',da may pe0oiic me chicago
az ''ou''an'
hOADS 10 kuhA AND kANO.
Another railroad center will be at
Kuka That city lies on Lake Chad
perhaps 1000 miles farther eastward
surveys have been made to extend the
Biskra road TO that point, but SO far
less than 200 miles have been built
and almost 1000 remain to be con-
structed, This road would go through
a number OF GASES. and would largely
follow the lines of the present cara
van routes.
Another trans Sahara road Is plan
red 10 start at Blidah. in Algeria ana
terminate at one of the bends Of the
Niger in Bornu or Hausaland. Tho
distance in this case would be less
than LOO miles and the road would
parallel th.e Biskra line until 1t reach
ed the center of the desert.
/ do not mean to saw that any ~
these roads will soon be completed.
lHey are all dependent on water,