The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-10
Copyright. 1907. by Frank q. Car.

HALTAYA.
- AM In tho soudon, Mt tho end of the
northern section OF the Cape to
Cairo Railroad This part OF the
j route Ia now completed from tho
Mediterranean Sea to where the
13lue and White Niles Join to form the
mighty stream which has built UP the
land OF Egypt. have gone on the
railroad through the rich regions Of
the lower Nile valley. and am now In
the upper end Of Nubla, at the railroad
station Of Halfaya, which lies juyt OPP
posite Khartoum. My distance from
the Mediterranean Is equal to straight
borders OF Colorado. and am Just
about as far soutb OF Alexandria Us
New Orleans Is south Of the booming
city OF Winnipeg. From here can
get steamers which Will take met up
the White Nile for more than thou-
sand miles, and there are something
like 800 miles OF available waterways
between that point and the other end
OF the road. which has been constructed
from Cape Town northward to far
beyond the Zambesi River.
Ky steam From Cairo to the Cape.
In thinking OF the Cape to Cairo
rou.e most people consider It as q con-
tinuous railway system or OF one Iron
track running north and south through
Africa from one end to the other. This
IL will never be. We shall go by
almost one-third of the way will be
over navigable rivers and lakes. This
was the idea OF Cecil Rhodes. and 1t
Is the idea OF every practical engineer
who has examined the country and It's
traffic possibilities. There will be one
railroad line running from Cape Town
az far north as Lake Tanganyika. and
another practically continuous rail-, sys-
tenn from hero to Alexandria. The rest
OF the route will be made up OF rail
aud water. The White Nile above
Khartoum may be paralleled here and
there by iron tracks, but for genera
tion or 80. at least. the traffic will be
by steamers as far as the Belgian
Congo. at Gondokoro. q distance OF over
LOO miles.
At that point there will be a rail-
road strip OF 100 miles or so to Rufile.
and then the Nile Will again be used
and steamers will go up 1t to Lake
Albert and across that lake to Its
southern shores Between Lakes AL
bert and Tanganyika will be little
more than 900 miles OF railroad, with
sixty-mile ferryage across Lake
Kivu. which lies between. Then will
come the long stretch OF Lake Tan
ganyika. consisting OF deep wafer
way 400 miles long, and then the
Southern section OF the road, going
almost straight south to Cape Town.
So far more than 1000 miles Of iron
track have been laid on the northern
and southern ends of the system. The
southern section Is now about 1000
miles long. It has been extended from
Cape Town northward a distance of
almost 400 miles above the Zambesi
River. and there remain only $50 miles
TO construct before the trains can
connect with the little steamers now
on Lake Tanganyika- This section will
probably be completed In the near flu
ture. az the late Mr.. Belt, one of Cecil
Rhodes's partners. set aside in !, his
VIII at least 100000 fol that bur-
pose. I have before me diagram re-
Gently issued by the African World,
which shows the line OF the route. and
the extent OF water and rail 1t will
contain when completed. According To
this the total distance will be about
800 miles, of which about 1000 miles
VIII be railway and the balance taken