Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-23
made - long ana round about a

made e long and round about ~
In the study now being given 70 the
new SUSTAIN. some q the. present
routes look like our1esiuss Of Ong1-
AoeranG construction. One Of tbs fore
most en0neers OF America sid they
cssun TO b. built on the theory that
"a should run along the two sdes
q . F~tght-ensisd triangle. instead Of
to defy the gsomstaoal rule that the
shortest distance between two points
u = straight limo. Some Of them 70
stratght away from their objective
point, and then by . long detour
come around TO 1t. Others actually
loop-the-loop. swinging around like
letter eight.
LINKS Europe Together.
The line from Madrid to Irun, on
the Spanish frontier. and thenoo to
Paris. Is one of the links in the great
system crossing Europe, east ana
west, much like the trans-continental
railway systems in America. But this
vital link In q great chain IN $40 miles
long. winding and looping from Ma
drtd to 1run, instead Of 40 miles yer
an easy straight course In . lsvsl sso-
ton. Why the useless waste Of time
ana distance over go mileA has been
= mysterY TO engineers who recently
have studied the system.
ThSre To the samo defiance Of ole-
mentazy sns1nses1ng principles In en-
ether chief routs. linking Madrid With
loustA and southern Spain. Here. the
road from Madrid runs away from
Cordoba, almost at right angles, and
after getting about 800 miles east Of
the oity, turns abruptly west and I'M
ally rounds up at Cordoba.
There are about $4,000 kaometsrs
lahout 10000 milss) Of railway in
TO every so square kilomstsrs. THIS u
almost tho lowest average in Europe.
Open Ppets 10 Europe.
ono OF tho chief purposes Of those
who are going over the situation here,
Ii to connect N Of the great sea-
ports of Spain by q fast modern rail
way roueD With Madrid and thence to
fer1s ND across h continent Of Eu-
rope. Geographically these seaports
other American ports, than Liverpool,
HAvro aad tho ofd-established ports.
20 that distance and time would be
seveds BY American travel to Europe
via q Spanish port The Spanish eov-
ernment was quick to sec this, and
save It's encourasement to establish
ing . ersst port ct vtgo. This plan.
has not gone ahead, however. a. q
cheering difficulties OF 90 insuf-
mountablo character have been n
oountered. Bat q far moro important
route u now being considered, with
the famous old port Of Oadis a. he
central point cadis b one Of the vsry
reaohinl out toward America. It il
propossd TO make Cadts the entry
port Of trade to ana from North and
South America, and, through tn
Panama canal. to the indies. Thts Il q
largo proposition but the war aud a.
tsr the war II bringing these hrge
propositions.
equal to Liverpool or HAvrs. It IL q
natural supply and distributing port
not only toy Spain but for western
oondnentaa Europe. It Is proposed to
q It With q thoroughly modern
rallroed, on American lines and with
American backing. rupqtng straight
70 tho ereat oentsEs ef p~ontinsnt.i
calculated this viii be . great saving
Of time, over the old northern routes,
noth In thu sea voyage and the Land
tEanst. II b practically over . level
country ana through the wonderland
g We3hin9ton nv1nC's Granada aud
10 AlhambrA. The tide Of tourist
trevel large ~ It ID, 10 merely an in
adent The large purpose is to make
Cadt1 the commercial landing stage
for continental Europe.
War WIN Mako Changes,
It q not escaped attention in this
regard that b war n probably go
Ing. to m9kez many changes in the
German routes ana German lines,
These lines nave always been handi-
capped by having to start from Ham
nurf n Bremen. q removed from
Western Europe. The French gave
them srudsing permission to touch
at . western port Cherboure: and the
English ct Plymouth. But at both
points lighters have to be used for
pas..?neers and freight, making tho
Anaine costly and din4outt.
pro naS Se y span sss10's ss,s ss,d a ys.y
France or nnsiand viii ' VIZ again kaa,
give Germany ovon these scant land-
Ing privileges in wsetern Europe at
TOR the bitterness Of this war; what
tnen y moSs natural, and evan neces-
saty q Mat tho sfsat trade routes
INC lines formerly developed by the
Ing + OF western EUROPE.
- OAd1s 10 DO !Oepter.
u one OF tho lar0Or war phas-
- OF this new impetus a Spanish do
velopment. Along With It Il the idea
tna The sreat trade routes to and
Gom 1no AdedtserRanean and the suez
canal pass By Cadtz, and by proper
ad3nstment can be made tributary to
t4is ~ cop9eroial center tappins
{he haaFt Il tie conAnsnf ~ the
4f.t and most praotaoal consideration
b b railway linking Cabs W11h =
rel HsFu1A and this u Aavfne the
attentton Of sneinsess ana interests
winch have had some a tho iorrsr
proosch OF Amszicaa construction ID
cArEy out and. It can bo added. the
personal aftondon and Umpathetic
encooraSsnsAt Of King Alfonso.