The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26
BY BANDS OF STEEL.
British Possessions in Africa Con-
nected by RAILWAYS.


CWm. E. Curtis, in Washington Starr
There are now more than 5000 miles
of railway in South Africa. running
northward from Cape Town through the
Transvaal into Rhodesia, as the British
possessions in Central Africa have been
called, in honor of the late Cecil Rhodes.
The northern termin at present are Sal
isbury. the capital of South Rhodesia. and
Kalamo. the capital of Northwest Rho
desia. 1t Is now possible to go from Lon
don to either of those places in twenty
one to twenty-five days. An express train
meets the steamer at Cape Town and car
ries passengers TO Kimberley (647 milesl
in thirty-one hours, Johannesburg 80.
miles, in forty-seven hours, Pretoria Q,OO2
miles, in fifty hours. Buawayo Q.So2
miles, in seventy hours. Victoria Falls IN
ninety-two hours. and Salisbury q.6SS
miles, in ninety-two hours and Kalamo
q. 74S miles, in hundred hours
Railway From Mombasa.
There is also a railroad from Mombasa
into the interior of British East Africa
as far as Fort Florence a new town on
Lake Victoria NyanZa, covering distance
of 5S4 miles. and the journey is made in
about thirtysix hours with sleeping and
dining cars said TO be quite comfortable.
Lake Victoria Nyanza is the greatest
body of water in Africa and is about the
size of Lake Huron 1t is the real source
of the Nile. just as Lake Tanganyika Is
the source of the Congo.
Mombasa is becoming quite an impor-
tant commercial city and it is visited by
four lines of steamers-British. German,
Austrian and French--from Bombay and
Rangoon, and through steamers come
from Marseilles and. Trieste. 1t is said 10
be very comfortable passage down the
east coast of Africa, with much of interest
for tourists and the East African COM
pany has provided a hotel at Lake Vic
toria NyanZa that is quite attractive.
There is also club there for the benefit
of Englishmen and others who go IN TO
shoot big game.
The province of Uganda is now recog-
nized as an independent kingdom under a
British protectorate, with native NIief
called 'kabaka. The present kap saor
| his highness Daudi Chua. being MINOR,
| is represented by "a regency or three natlVe
| chiefs and European adviser. There Is
| a native assembly which passes laws;
raises revenue and votes a ,nuoget, am IN
native courts having jurisdiction over the
| people There is also court or appears
| which is partly native and partly Britisn
| A good many foreigners are gong III y
develop the wonderful natural reso .1 ees
| found in large quantities, and the rupoei
| trade is developing very rapidly;
| The missionaries. both Cathqilc ams
| Protestant. have been remarkably SUE
cessfuI and in the Uganda protectorate
at present. in a native population OF
| 100000 there are more lhan A'VV
| churches and about 10000 converts
! The tourney from Mombasa to Lake
| Victoria Nyanza shows some very at
tract;ve scenery following the base of
| high range of mountains ana o1Ierlhs
| view of several high peaks, lnciuulnS ~.
| KenIo which is 1880 feet, Mt aberdeen
| 10 600 feet. and Mt. Elgon. 1900 rect
Through the Jungle.
! Adventuresome people, who do not mlile
| roughing it can follow tran nortnwaI 0 /.
! ahont 200 miles to Gondocoro, the nead o.
| Medication on the Nile. and there take
| steamer to Khartum. which is SAID 10 W
a delightful journey. The forests az
/ filled with wild beasts ana soinetlliIe.
| passengers may see lions and tigers IRON
the car windows. A party of friends wh'
| made the trip last fall saw three nom
! standing calmly on hillock Watchlhs
the train with evident curiosity as
passed by. and story rs t9io ot oi,o 70, y
| the station agents who wired TO the mex
town asking that the next train prlng u
his place squad of soldiers with rlIIe
to raise a siege that was being con1uSte'
against him by huge hon, Which Ha'
| occupied the platform for nearly tWelV
| hours The agent had barred ms ooor
and barricaded his windows and mad pee
4 compelled to remain in secluslon Mitnou
food since the previous evening. ne ~. "a
Il no means of communicating with IN
neighboring settlement and as there wa
only one train a day he was compelled L
wait for the relief it brought
1t is also possible to take througl
train at the East African seaport o
Beira, on the Indian ocean. three times
week and go direct to Cape Town,
distance of 2.O57 miles, with sleepers an
dining cars Beira is a Portuguese tow
i'm the state of Lourenco MARQUEE. sout
of the mouths of the Zambesi river IN
!. ! railway is owned partly by the Portuguese
. and partly by the English. The dinin
and sleeping cars are managed by TN
colonial government and the Zambesi ex
press as it is called. looks very niue
like one of the limited trains on our ran
|, roads.
The Zamhesi river is crossed at Vic
toria falls by a bridge $50 feet long an
|, 42O feet high, which was built by a
| American company and opened to traffi
! in September. 1905.
AS usual cholera has broken out anon
the pilgrims who fall easy victims to tn
disease because of insufficient nourisf
/, ment, fatigue and the privations discon
forts and exposure to which they hav