The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25

new railroad which is now being ex- tended across Paraguay, this time will be cut down to little more than a week. The cost Of the trip at present is something like 200 Argentine dol lars.
 The Falls of Iguazu are among the wonders of the world. There are those who say they are greater than the Falls of Niagara or the mighty Falls of Victoria, on the Zambesi, in Africa It is difficult to make comparison The falls of the Zambesi and those of the Parana at lguazu are affected by the seasons. They have times or low water. when the volume that flows over the rocks is less than that of Niagara. and also times of high water, when 1t Is very much greater. It is now 10 years since I stood on the narrow rocks in the very center of the wide falls of the Zambcsi and saw the mighty floods on both sides of me, eS- tending a half mile or more to each shore, drop down into the terrible canyon or pit, 400 feet deep. The mist of the falling water was so thick that l seemed to be in the heart of a storm. and the rain made by this mist fell down in a steady pour, soaking my note book to pulp and filling the pockets of my rubber waterproof coat.
 l was told that the Zambes at the time of the floods had a force equal to 55,oOo,000 horses all pulling at once and that it was about five times as much as the electric force of Niagara l learned later that the force was re duced to an enormous extent at tine time of low water. It is the same with the falls of Iguazu.
 The volume has not been carefully measured and the engineers tell me to flow every second. These will prob- CT value can be placed upon their electrical possibilities.
 The capitalists of Argentina have plans for the industrial development of the falls, and at some time in the future a great electric plant will be constructed to utilize them A little further up the River Parana are the seven falls of La Guayra. over which 13,00o,000 cubic feet of water are said to flo wevery second These will prob aboly be used by tho railway that is now building to cross Paraguay the track both in Para quay and Brazil being electrified for the purpose. This road is under construction.
 Another line is to be built from Posadas across Argentina to Iguazu, and the government is planning to purchase the land about the falls and create a great national park A hotel will be built nearby and town found l. ed there. There will be q military post where the Iguazu and the Parana join and also experimental farms and forest reserves. These with the new railroads will make Iguazu as great a tourist center as Niagara is now.
 But let me give you some figures to illustrate the comparative sizes of the falls of the Zambesi the Niagara. and the Parana. The Iguazu cataract be- longs to the Parana for the falls are right where the Iguazu river flows into that mighty stream. The Zambesi river is one of the great streams of the world. It has 4000 miles of navl- gable waterways, and in Africa 1t ranks next to the Nile, the Niger and the Kongo. It rises in the high lands of the central part of the con tinent and drops 2000. feet be- fore it reaches the falls. At that point 1t drops 1000 feet within 20 miles. and