The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-19

need Tor them. for Palestine boasied
only one automobile.
Instead ot rough tracks and
stony mountain paths. network OF
| modern roads now covers the coun-
Try from Syria to the Egyptian from
Z tier. from the Mediterranean 10 the
River Jordan. aud beyond into the
T gRun, s,eppes of Trans-Jorsiau- pes-
ert routes 20 both the sinai penin-
rula and 10 naghdad are practicable
I for motor transport
Among some 1000 motor vehicles
/ registered. the ubiquitous bus. Built
I onto a truck chassis. has ousted the
I horsc,iruwn native cart and Is seen
/ ererywhcr crowded with diverse
+ passengers. from eastern prelaies
4 10 Office clerks. from inquIrng tray-
F clers 10 vc.lcd Moslem ladies. piled
around with suiitases and farm
f produce
Railways and pianea
Twenty years ago q French ine
I from JaTa 20 Jerusalem and mar
row gauge ilnc from iialfa going
/ eastward across the River Jordan
/ 10 Join the pilgrim railway from
E Damascus TO the Holy city % Ne
dina. In the HeJaE. were palcstlne's
only railways War operations ne.
f. ccxsiiated line from the Suez
canal across Sinai. along the Mari
Z time plain. by way % The ancient
towns of Cara and Is dda. the home
of 81. George. 70 Haifa Passen.
gers tnay now travel Ia comfortable
sleeping and restaurant cars across
F the desert which Moses took 80
years to traverse and cross the
width a. sinai and the Holy Land
between breakfast and tna
Recently fishermen on the Sea -
{ Gsl.lee. plyinE their aseold craft.
+ were startled hy the appearance ~
F a flying boat. which. dropping from
F the skies. clcaye1 the waters % this
I sacred inland fresh water lake
Z which nes;lcs below sea level iu
cup 'of the northern hills Gaiilee
had become the meeting place Of
land and sen planes ou the alrway
between Europe and eastern Asia.
In 1914 the only means OF long
distance communication was by
shepherd boy 70 herdsman shouting
across mountain crng 80 hilltop
from highland 20 valley.
Today not only DO networks of
telegraph and telephone wires en-
E brace the country. making il literal
f ~ possible 20 speak from Dan %
I Beersheba. from Jordan valley 20
I Mediterranean coast. but by land
wire and wireless people may talk
from Jerusalem or Jericho 10 Eu-
I rope or America
Palestine. birthplace OF religious
associations. but hitherto solely an
agricultural country. Is beginning
TO stir with Industrial lie. 80 FAR.
neither coal nor oil has been found
in commercial Quantities so. for
/ the creation OF power. the waters
81 the Jordan and Yarmuk have
been harnessed.
Electric Light.
An old sheik will tell YOU that the
end OF the war found the towns and
villages OF Palestine places OF dark
ness. without a single street light.
Most OF Us were asleep soon
after sunset as the flickering light
from an olive-oll lamp was OF little
| use"
The country is now being sur
rounded by a network OF pylons
conveying electrical energy general
ed by the waters OF Jordan.
South OF the Sea OF Galllee were
erected regulating sluices and dams
across both the Jordan river aud It's
tributary. the Yarmuk. These two
sources are connected with a mile
long canal. and the flowing waters
are diverted into turbines generat-
Ing $500 horsepower each. The en-
ergy Is transmitted across Palestine
/ ~ NpsNNFN NbaAH atA Aca4tul Is sup
piled with light from Diesel engines
operated by another company.
A striking change In Palestine Is
the modern method OF building.
New types have largely superseded
the picturesque vaulted and allowed
homes OF the Arabs. whose domed
rooms necessltate walls a yard
thick. with immensely solid corners
TO withstand the weight OF stone on
the roof The cost is now prohibl-
tive and iron girders, formerly un-
available. are cheaper supports for
/ fat roofs.
With the main towns doubling
their population in ten years and
| the all-Jewish town OF Tel Aviv.
which has sprung up beside old
JafTa to 4 flourishlng city Of GOOO0
people, town planners have been
| active.
Owing to the cosmopolitan origin
OF their builders. every form OF
architecture is portrayed in the
new homes. types OF central and
eastern Europe predOmlnatlDE