Show tin nth EVER NORTHWARD IS THE PROGRESS OF AFRICAN LINE fo w Jar CAPETOCAIRO RAILROAD IS NOW c NO LONGER A DREAM ProgrUI In the Construction of the 10 Iron Roadway Through the ler Heart of Africa Is Being Steadily Made tab As the years roll by and the con ration of the Rhodes railroad though Africa creeps north mile by ape tho dream of the Capo to Cairo ani railroad comes nearer and nearer of 40 to lug eN ght nIl nk r a ° t lee t lied tt Q r t Fa i n t igb lag r 155 d rn I 9 a rpr 1st ugh a rR Or Mt of r i of I S er tn Or Y ra ee is Luxurl lururuant an t fy Road Country Through Which oad P Passes at ses After Crossing Vic trla Falls bog a ie Jon r reality In fact now It Is no Ie I Ited Considered by tho tt lrenm bllt ll Is ° that most conservative It Is 11 years i ° one a question of a few When 16 train at n 1 ono will ho able to take It 4e heart Cairo and bo Willed through cart Ig five ati lasttuttc Dark Contlnont flirt n aer oe f many i lIt1cl r n long > lonB jpur any o It t Is das at Capo 1 Town esi of Interestlllg this to Wow tho prog he Present mnihuhlo road Up to a tuilt ton lmo tl10 llnolms I been 11 lclIJ r a a Point a74 miles north of tho odtl Jalls Is 011 tho 51 nme ° KrunbeBl river rne 9 2014 Id OU mllHH north of ape Town The scheme was started In I 1880 at a tlmo when tho terminus of the Capo Colonial railroad was at Klmberloy 647 miles from Cape Town In tho construction of the road beyond be-yond this point many difficulties have boon encountered not ordinarily met with In railroad construction Tho ravages of white ants had to bo taken Into account for ono thing Wooden ties could not ho used and steel cross I tics had to bo used These says tho Scientific American are of tho India statQ pattern weighing C8U pounds each and numbering 1910 to tho mile These ties have been found to answer very well and when well packed with ballast afford an excellent road which can be easily maintained The greatest difficulty that has been encountered In tho course of tho constructional con-structional work has been tho obtaining obtain-ing of adequate supplies of water As far as possible water supplies have been established at Intervals of 40 miles As tho railway was laid theso water supplies wore pumped Into huge wooden reservoirs but as tho traffic develops the wooden receptacles aro replaced by castIron overhead tanks ranging from 20000 to 30000 gallons capacity while concrete walls and dams arc being constructed across tho of conserv waterways for tho purpose the season ing tho water during dry Novem Tho wet season extends from during which period the ber to April rainfall averages 21 Inches constructed Tho line is being throughout by unskilled native labor plentiful supply Is available of which a thisidellahinto divided Into small able They are cache of which Is directed by a gangs and their duties comprise white man slco Platolaying excavating coaling por i work tasks tho liner such turing and or ng out by white labor Tim carried being ng I natives aro paid abut uniform rate of found have boon CO cents per day and adapted to the work I i to ho eminently I engaged The ratio for which they aro of whlto to native employes averages I ono to four |