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Show New Nev , Zambesi Bridge Bridgeto to Be Single SpanJohannesburg Span SpanJohannesburg Johannesburg , South AfncaSky AfricaSky Africa Afnca -Sky- Sky - Skyscrapers Skyscrapers Sky Skyscrapers - scrapers towering towermg out of the vllldest wildest vllldestRhodesIan wildestRhodesian v/ildestRhodesian v ildestRhodesian / RhodesIan bush will be the land land- landmarks landmarks landmarks - marks by which WhlCh travelers m In two twoyears twoyears twoyears years ' ' time hme will Vtlll recognize recogmze the most mostspectacular mostspectacular mostspectacular spectacular structure of its kind In Insouthern insouthern insouthern southern Africa Afrlca , the new bridgeacross brIdge brIdgeacrOiS bridgeacross acrOiS across the Zambesi Zambcsi river . I First Farst definite defimte particulars can now nowbe nowbe nowbe be given about the huge proJect projectwhich , , whIch is being be10g financed by the Belt Beit BeltRailway BeitRailway BeitRailway ' Railway trust founded by Alfred AlfredBelt AlfredBelt AlfredBeit Belt Beit , , partner of ot Cecil John Rhodes RhodesIt It is to link lmk Salisbury , capital of ofSouthern ofSouthern ofSouthern Southern Rhodesia , with Lusaka Lusakacapital , capltal capital of Northern Rhodesia . Unl Unlike te the famous Victoria Victorla ralls falls rallsarch fallsarch Fallsarch arch , erected In 1904 1004 , the one which whichwill whichwill whichwill I will be flung across the Chlrundu Chirundu Chlrundugorge Chirundugorge Chirundugorge I gorge further upstream will be a asuspensIOn asuspension asuspension suspensIOn bridge , carried by cablessuspended cables cablessuspended cablessuspended suspended from towers 120 feet In Inheight inheight inheight height . One single span , a fifth of a mile milelong milelong milelong long , , 1,050 1050 1,0)0 100 , ' ) feet ftet fcct to be exact , , wIll wIllcarry willcarry willcarry carry the roadway over the abyss abyss.Together abyssTogether . Together with its approach spans spansof , ot of which there are to be four on ont ontthe on1the ' the Southern Rhode Rhodesian lan side , , the thebrIdge thebridge thebridge brIdge will measure nearly a quar quar- quarter quar- quar quarter quarter - - ter of a mile from end to end . , mak mak- making making making - ing it lt twice as long as the Victoria VictoriaFalls I Falls structure I being on an earth , " says the NationalGeographic National NationalGeographic GeographIc society . ' Coffee is : an m immigrant Immlgrant from an- an ancIent ancient an ancient - cient Ethiopia that made good In Inthe inthe mthe the New world On the hIghlands highlandsof of the old African kingdom kmgdom recently recentlyconquered recentlyconquered recentlyconquered conquered by Italy , coffee trees treesave treesave treesave ave grown wild since smce early times hmes times"Legend hmes"Legend times"Legend "Legend Legend " says the stImulatmg stimulating stImulatmgpropertIes stimulatingproperties stimulatingproperties propertIes of coffee corree v . were ere discovered discoveredby discoveredby discoveredby by a priest prlCst who noticed that goats goatsrefused goatsrefused goatsrefused refused to take their thclr ordinary ordmary rest restafter restafter restafter after eating eatmg coffee berries From FromEthIopia FromEthiopia FromEthiopia EthIopia coffee crossed the Red sea seato seato seato to Arabia , then traveled to Java Javaand , , and finally came as a 'vegetable vegetable .vegetable ' . un- un im- im immigrant unmigrant im immigrant - - migrant ' ' to the Amcncas AmerIcas . Coffee's Coffees ' Success Story . "There There " began coffee's coffees ' real suc- suc success suc sue success - . cess story . Like many human un- un im- im unmIgrants immigrants im immigrants - - migrants , coffee made good m In the theNew theNew theNew New world to an extent far beyondanything beyond beyondanyth10g beyondanything anyth10g anything ever dreamed of ot in m the the'old the'old the'old theold 'old old ' country ' SouthAmenca SouthAmerIca became becameits becameits becameits its greatest producer , and North NorthAmerIccl NorthAmerica NorthAmerica AmerIccl America its greatest consumer . . In Inthe Inthe Inthe the 1936 37 crop year , Braz Brazil alone alonegrew alonegrew alonegrew grew approximately 63 68 per cent of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world's worlds ' ' coffee production , and andthe andthe andthe the United States used half of all the thecoffee thecoffee thecoffee coffee consumed in m the world I I "But But " the world In recent years yearsI yearshas yearshas yearshas has consumed far less coffee than thanI thanit thanit it has produced , and coffee's coffees ' success suc- suc success suc success - cess story has changed lately to a atale atale atale tale of woe With Brazil's Brazils ' ' own pro production pro- pro production - . duction increasing , and other coun coun- countries coun- coun countries countries - - tries planting coffee trees to com corn compete cornPete cornpete pete with her , coffee prices have havedropped havedropped havedropped dropped . "Hoping Hoping "Hopmg Hopmg " to improve the sItuation situationBrazil , , Brazil began destroying destroymg part of her hercrop hercrop hercrop crop . Long before the United Umted States Statesbegan Statesbegan Statesbegan began 'plowing plowing 'plowmg plowmg ' under ' cotton and andklll1ng andkilling andkilling klll1ng killing off pigs to boost prices pnces , Bra Bra- Braz11 Brazil - . zil z11 was burning surplus coffee by the theton theton theton ton Since Srnce 1931 nearly 52 52000000bags 000 000 000bags 000bags bags , or 3,432000 3432000 3,432 3432 , 000 tons have been beendestroyed beendestroyed beendestroyed destroyed Some of the ash was |