Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-23

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mothesA Write for Il to-day.
about twenty more died OF snake
bites. AZ present the cost to the
Kashmir government Of maintaining
this road amounts TO the very large
sum Of about $500 per mile per year.
chiefly spent In repairing slips and
some bridges which are washed away.
Sometimes after heavy rainfall as
rainfall as many az 800 slips viii oc-
cur within "a hours.
In traversing this road inio the
Kashmir Valley ! was much impress
cd with the powerful arguments why
the Kashmir government has not seen
It's way clear 20 constructing a rail-
way along this route. After reach
| ing a halfway station IN the even
ing. a sudden storm arose and heavy
rain fell during the night The next
day on proceeding toward SrlnaRar
aa many as three or four slips Of 4
serious nature were encountered.
while over twenty big powders had
fallen onto the road during the night.
ON my return journey the following
week. a disabled motor car was found
on the road which had been struck
by two falling powders. few
months ago very serious tragedy
occurred. bowlder falling In front
~ team 81 horses, causing them TO
shy ana the occupants OF The vehicle
to be hurled over the prccipice and
killed. The great advantage Of tho
aerial galloway win be that all dang
erous parts Of the road can he lodged
and the cars moved from hin to hill
and over gorgcs instead OF al the
side 81 them. the towers being based
at places where there can he no
! daugc~ G. slips
initial Enterprise Limited to Freight
Il viii not bc The intention at first
/ To- use tho aerial galloway for trans
port OF passengers. but only for
| freight. However Il the galloway
Is found To work with perfect safety
ana no accidents occur. Il rs likely
that Within year or two q viii be
equipped with cars suitable for trans
port of such passengers as may be
willing To try this mode Of travelling.
which should furnish sensations not
unlike that Of aeropianlng
| Al present nearly an freight going
Ia and out of Kushmlr IL transported
on bullock carts. which can not get
over the distance between Rawalpin-
! III ana Sriuagar in less than Is days
even with me- rain and under the most
| favorable conditions The cost 81
transporting goods between these two
cities amounts To- as much as SIS per
ton and win raise the cost uf the
goods az their destination 10 two or
three tlmos their original cost IN
fact the cost Of transportation is pro-
| hihitivo in the ease OF a large class
OF articles which might otherwise ne
exported or imported over the noun
tains. 3y the aerial ropeway Il r.
estimated that goods win travel five
or six miles per hour and. by short
cuts from the present road, be over
the ropeway within Is hours while
being propelled by cheap water pow
cr the cost Of transport would DC an
INSIGNIFICANT charge against the cost
of tho goods transported,
At present the Kashmlr valley ana
surrounding territory comprised with
! in the state of Knshmir has great re-
sources as regards agricultural de-
vclopmcnt, fruit growing, goat. sheep
ana cattle raising. and In its maRnlfi-
cent forests, many of them containing
silver fir and pulp woods suitable for
! paper manufacture, but possibly the
greatest asset of an ~ water power
! Lieut.. Col de Lotbinlerc estimates
that probably one million horsepower
could Dee developed from falling wat
ar within tho state The main river
of the state the Jhclum. within 100
miles has AN average fan of fifty feet
nor mile, with a minimum flow OF
| 5000 cubic feet per minute but
until the transport difficulty is solved
ID IN useless 90 develop more water
power than neutralizc the advantages
of cheap production through water
power. AZ present about the only
goods II paws we'll to export from the
state are silks and various classes oi
art goods which have high value
In proportion 10 bulk.
The state of I<ashmlr has already
an lmportunt water.powcr develop
ment near the town 90 Rampore. NJ
already mentioned, which was com.
pleted "a few years ago under the gen.
eral direction OF Lieut. Col de Lot.
hlnierc, with construction operations
under charge of Mr. A. G. Jewett. Q
citizen Of California ana former
employe az the General Electric Go.
OF Schenectady. and now acting ri
IChiCf engineer for the Amir az Az
gnanistan In a water power prolec
near NRhul There ~ a very larg'
power house here. the power beinl
obtained from the Jheum river
which ~ diverted about eight mile
higher up into the canal runnini
partly ON The surface but mostly Il
a wooden tube or flume, eight Zee
square, which runs along Tho hillside