| Show to dam the th nile after a lone long discussion in the eng bell presa press preceded by several cantu ties ot at european a I 1 of f opinion upon the same subject the english I 1 goven government ment lands stands at last definitely committed to the great enterprise ot at I 1 damming the nile at assouad at a total estimated coat cost of 25 sir benjamin barker it ba has been announced noun ced will stert in a few days tor for assoian to take pe zonal supervision ot at the famous work which la Is expected to again make ot of egypt the te fe tile land it waa was in the days at 0 the ato ernlee emles aa As assouad la Is the site ot of the quarries which whick furnished egypt with the stone ton tor for so many ot of its tombs and motu ments there will be no lack of material tor for the immense mass of masonry which will be thrown across the upper nile damming its U waters at times as a tar far back aa as 1 miles at high nil nile when the dam la is completed the island ot of pillae will be submerged and its famous temple will rise from the bosom ot of an immense lake the great dam will be built upon a number of islands island many ot of them solid rock of the bard hard syenite or quarts quartz diorite and the river at this point la Is so wide and italic loir the foundations can be put in dry the dam will be a mile and a quarter long ot of compact granite 70 feet feat high at ita its lowest point and fe tet fet t abey the lowest level ot of the river below ta A cataract along the summit ot of thi this colossal dam will lie ue a carriage road SO 30 to 40 feet wide and th tbt tho o dam itself will be supplied with a series of locks I 1 making it possible po elble to regulate eulate re the now flow i and distribution of the water a great 1 I 1 point in a country where fertility dc do I 1 penda panda absolutely upon the nile |
