Deseret Evening News | 1899-12-23 | Page 23 | South African Stations

STATIONS The traveler on the Cape Colon Colony rail railroad railroad road wonders when ho he comes to a eta sta lion that there Is no sign ot of the tho town or village tram from which the tho station takes Its name An old timer in the country will tell him that the village Is from five to seven miles from the railroad station This Is the case In of at places and the lie railroad engineers when for the he road rond oven even went out ot of the way Va to locate the depot miles away from an any town It Is a common assertIon In Cape Colony that this was done through the Influence of the thc con contraCtor traCtor who are said to have hac made a lar large e pile by the tho action ot of the engineers ere Whether this Is true tru or not the writer