Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-01
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x,tRoBI British East Afric-'
n Ian. 5.-Huvc you ever heard
Of Nairoba9 1t is the metropo-
! lie OF this PARKWAY colony, and
,.oo which the English think is TO
me pa Of the greatest cities of Africa
ne ,,e already speaking of 1t as u
IN embryo and are prophecy
Chcaet N VIII have n vast white
ing ,,lor. The town Is not half n
ronoN years old. Three years ago IL
dolG1, erIk house. Today streets
had ,sen laid out over an area about
have, I'M circumference; hundreds OF
" nnHngs of tin, wood and stone have
hW @rccted and the place has al
ng n do0 inhabitants.
lno. .,bj lies I'm the very heart of Brit
NIeos Africa. 1t is little more than
S9 ~av inland from the coast on the
h'n IN Lake Victoria, and. as ths
l''I Al ltout 100 miles from Noun,
tIvi N Kisses the clouds Mt an
Ignf az 5000 or 10000 feet off to tho
dlu,svura. can see Mount kCnit
Y here on Il bright day, ard some
'ivy,'rrc down the railroad. when thu
LEI lust right, one can get a glimpse
VIVA Two peaks Of Kilimanjaro, which
,n, The southeast. in the German
sesions distance OF 100 miles or
w NaiTobi itself is just about as
,iss MS Denver and like 1t, is situated
"a. ihc western ond OF great plains
,,bro rise to an altitude of 5000 cr
o,s feet above the sea. They are 50
XXX that the equatorial sun is con-
,,,,srsd by the altitude, and white men
Gsn live and work upon them tho year
,opgl. The country is in fact,
White mans country. and with care
,s,ule Of our race can thrive upon
Thousands of square miles Of it,
struck these plains after 20-hours'
tide nom tho Indian ocean bv rail-
m,d. They make me think Of our ives.
MS Il was so years ago, ana / doubt
not N time they will he settl ov
ancheIs and farmers just rs Is the
western part OF the United States to-
,.ay. This country is an empire In its
undovtiope possibilities. and the Eng
lli do right IN putting high value
upon it. But ! shall write more OF
that in the future.
a CITY BUILT OF TIN.
This letter is to be devoted to the
tin town Of Nairobi ] should say gall
,aniZed iron for that is the chief
building material. There are no saw
mills or planning mills here worthy OF
the forests have not been
Exploited and about the only lumber
AVAILABLE is that which is brought from
lul country and Norway and landed
j Nnmbasa. The ocean freight rates
DC heavy. and in addition there Is the
tst Of bringing the lumber here by
jilr0ad. As a result the most OF the
Buildings are of galvanized iron, which
'omes here in sheets from England
md Belgium. Almost all the buildings
Ire of iron, which is put up Just as 1t
pmes from the factory. giving the
lhole town silver gray color. The
lostolfice is of iron, the depot has an
non roof, and the same Is true of the
pvernOrs offices. Many OF the houses
ave IRON ceilings and iron walls. and
he cldcf retail business section is a
election OF one-story iron booths
pen at the front, in which Hindoos
tand or sit surrounded by their goods.
Ny hotel is half iron. The govern
vent treasury nearby, consisting of n
ned not more than Is feet square. Is
{ tin and has tin roof. l could chop
: TO pieces with a butcher knife; and
be only sign of safety about it is the
fgro policeman who. gun in hand
lands outside guarding the door. The |