The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

and laid it on the table before us This was of papier mache. It was, I judge. about four inches high, ten inches wide and two feet long. It accurately repre- scented all the chief features of the country, including it's cities, railways and roads. Baron Goto pointed to the places as he talked so that it was real ly like taking trip through Formosa. Said he:
 We call the island Taiwan. You see it is not far from the Philippines, and we are A close neighbor of yours. The island is about 300 miles long and 1t has an area a little larger than Den mark This half, facing the east, Is very mountainous. Many of the ranges are very steep and some of the mountains are higher than any in Japan. Mt Nil takayama. which you see here, is higher than BuJi. It is about equal to Pike s peak, and there are other peaks of 12,00O feet and more.
 These mountainous regions are the homes of the savage aborigines. It is here that the people known as the head hunters live. The western part of the island, composing a little more than one third of it, consists of low alluVial plains These are inhabited by the descendants of people who came over from China. They constitute the great bulk of the pop ulation. It is among them that the most of our work is being done. We have to protect these people from the savages and We have line of police guarding the mountain slopes from one end of the island to the other They are aided by wire fences, beyond which the savages are not allowed to go. There are guard houses every half mile or SO and several thousand guards are always on duty. They have rifles, and they patrol the line between the guardhouses, challenging all savages who come anywhere near. If they do not stop they are shot"
 A Big Electric Railway Scheme.
 Pointing to the model, Baron Goto spoke of big electric proposition which may be carried out in the future. Said he:
 You will see that we have built a rail- road clear through the western part of the island running north and south from one end of it to the other That was completed last year. With its branches it has about 2S0 miles of track. and it goes right through the most thickly populated
 part of the country. It is now run by steam. but the water supply is such that l believe we shall be able at some time to move all the cars by electricity. made a study of that problem while I was civil governor of Formosa, and I find that we can put dams here and there in the
 mountains and make reservoirs which will give us a constant fall all the year~round sufficient to generate electricity for the road, and at the same time not affect the irrigation of the country below''
 "Tell me something about the railroads | your excellency."
 When we took possession of the is 1 land we found little road 62 miles | long running from KelunR to Shinchik,, I It was in bad condition and the route | selected was so inconvenient that wt | planned out this line running iron | one end of the island to the other w. | began work at both ends and pushed for | ward night and day in order to complete | it at the earliest possible time. In place. | we employed light railways temporarily | using Chinese coolies to push the cars | Some parts of the road were very difficul | to construct. We. had to carry the track | across valleys on bridges, and to make | some very long tunnels, but we kept at | 1t and the road is now complete. It was our original intention to take ten years