Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-21

store only 2.0O0, 0OO. 900 tons. Raising
the surface OF Lake Victoria N little
over yard win store 30 times az much
IN addition to It's present enormous
contents
There IL one obstacle. however. 10
such an undertaking. The rising OF
the lake might flood parts OF German
East Africa, and IT SO, the kaiser would
probably object Dams at the mouth
OF Lake Albert would result en- the
storage OF 5000 10000 tons for every
meter OF height and the two lakes
together would have, FOR each mete,
added 90 them, a storage capacity OF
10000, 600 600 tons-an amount beyond
conception enormous. Within the next
few months I expect 10 make my way
southwark to the great lakes Of cen-
trail Africa, and shall be able 10 dis
cuss this matter from the standpoint
OF the conditions about Lake Victoria.
AS the civil engineers here estimate IL
the regulation OF Victoria and Albert
lakes could be accomplished at cost
OF $4,000, 0O0, which is $4,000 600 less
than was the cost OF building the AS
sOuan dam.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BLUE
NILE.
II these projects for the White Nile
are carried out. Egypt will have all
the summer water she needs and much
Of her desert. not now irrigated, can
be made fertile. The water supply VIII
be constant all the year round and
there win be no objection TO the use
Of the Blue Nile for the irrigation Of
the Sudan. THAT river win still be
allowed to carry It, heavy load OF silt
down to Egypt during the foods, but
i'm the summer. Il may be so regulated
bv dam at lake Tsaua as viii fur
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gion near here. The Blue Nile is Just
about as long as from Philadelphia Co
Chicago. 10 rises in the mountains OF
Ahyssinia az an altitude as great as
that Of the top of Mount washington,
and winds it's way down through Abys-
sinia and the Sudan 10 Shartum. whore
20 joins the White Nile. The river here
Is about as wide as the Potomac at
Washington, and its waters are now
beautifully clear. During the floods
they turn reddish brown being loaded
with a great quantity Of the leaf mold
OF the Abyssinian forests and the
ecourings Of the volcanic rocks Of the
Abyssiniau plateau. The river IS navi-
gable IS far as the Cataracts at Ito-
saires which Is 426 miles from here. and
there are regular steamers plying upon
IT, Beyond that point the stream Is
known as the Abai. IL flows out of
Lake Tsana I'm a series of channels
and light rapids. which soon unite 10
form a stream zoo feet wide. i'm which
shape It flows on, narrowing and wild
ching until II reaches Rosaires.
About five years ago one Of the en-
gineers Of tho Egyptian irrigation SER
vice. Mr. Dupus made an exploration
Of the Blue Nile and went around Lake
Tsana. He estimates that the lake
win store something like 5000 600. 600
tons Of water. and that. with the COM
struction OF proper dams and regula-
tors. 10 600 900 tons per day can be given
out from January untl June. He says
that Lake Tsana can he easily con-
trolled. and that without affecting the
large grazing lands which are found
near its shores Another dam might
he made at the Rossires rapids and the
two would probably furnish sufficient
water 20 irrigate a great part OF the
rich lands living between the White
and Blue Niles.
THE CONTROL OF THE ATBARA.
This same engineer made an investi-
cation of the Atbara river This IS
the Black Nile. which flows into the
main stream about 200 miles north OF
the mouth of the Blue Nile The At
bara is fed by the Abyssnian torrents.
and while I'M flood 10 is OF great size.
although during the summer a large
part OF its bed Is perfectly dry. II Is
called the BLACK Nile on account Of its