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Show RHODES'STET PROJECT. Tho Tclegnph Who Heine; StrunR the Lcnirth of the Continent. The Arrlian overland ti legraph line whiih Is to innnret tho north an I south coasts of the Rreat iiintlneiit has been completed as tnr us I'llJI on the eastern thircntlatke rongait)lka sa)s the Nets loik Sun In uiticr words messsgs ms now he sent from dipt town nbout Vm milis north which Is nearly Hire times tin distance between Now otk and I hit ago It Is probable that Hit tvholo work would hove betn eomplcttH! by this lime ir It hud not been for tlis Jiocr war Lnder the tlreumstances It has made remsrk ible progress 'I lie wire has been strung on Insulated Iron poets sent out fiom I nglsnd fir course the wild nature or tho iniiiiir) his made the we rk dirtleiilt, for It lias been neresssr) to Irnnsport all material bv hu man or animal portage tot hundreds of miles tti enormous amount of work was ntsej neis ssary to prepare thti route for the coiistiucllon parties 1 lit parties me ettangod In tho work the total force iveruglng ten while men and almtit law blacks The advanoe par-tv par-tv conslsllitg of two wliltis and 3xv mt lives has ibllge or sttrve)lng tht roulo and e baring a linth ror It about tlrteen reel lii width rltls Is no i us) matter tor It tntoltes cutting n way through dense grass and Juiii,le often eleven feet high Th- s. on I party follows two or Hire, elnvs after and widens Ihe path to Hxl fert more or less according to tho nnturo of the cnitntr) It Is eus to see whv so wide a path I nocissnr) rhi ro will bo no llm nun every few miles, us lu our esiunlr lo keep the service In rt pair, nn I It will be far more costlt than lu civilized civi-lized lands to nictnt it broken wire or re pair other damages 1 very prellttilnnr) raullni tht rerun must bo lake n No trie must be lert whhh. fulling would break the wire there Tore thottsan Is .if trees man) of litem ot rrett size nre cut down Hun tomes tho third part) which digs the hobs II Is oloscl) rollowcil by the fourth iloteihniint which plants tho posts nnd tlnall) eonto the wire-etrlngers who complete the work None of the Iron posts weighs bss than iwi pounds nnd most or them rise fourteen feet above tho ground iron Is used because wooden losts or nobs would not long withstand the attacks of while ants whlth In large parts of Arrli i play h ivoi among all con-stritttlons con-stritttlons ot wool Illghei and heavier lmsts ore used when It Is neeesstir) to mal.1 spins of unusiiil length Wlten the line bis to cross t,ulleys or stream It Is not unusual for tho spins to attain a length uf MM to To riot lor some time tho work has lieett carried car-ried on In Oertnnn terrltor), as tho line pisses completely through thn western part of (lermnn Past Atrial It was ne-tessarv ne-tessarv or course, to secure tho consent of (lernnii) to build the lino throut,li Its terrltor) und the 'trans African lele-gri lele-gri ll lompanv as It Is called agreed as u part of the bnrt,aln tn build it sep train linn aiross Herman Last Africa from north to south to lo iho property or Hie Herman (lotcrnment and to bn used wbol I) lor the telegraph tratllc or Hie Herman rolott) The tlnvirntnent will connect Its pnrt on the mist with the CJIJI stutlon of tho lino V. Oermin functlomr) ts now on his wu) to lauganvlka to select various vari-ous other stations on Iho lake tn bo con. uectcd both with tho transcontinental lino and with tho wires from the tlirman Mr Ithndcss great enterprise will now be pushed nnrthwaid Into British 1 1st Afrlia nnd down tho Nllo as far as 1'asho-di 1'asho-di which is tonnectcil by wire with Khartoum and Alexandria W lien tho wires aro stretched as rar as I ashndn, therefore, the work will havn been cntn-I cntn-I leteel. and ono of the longest Itlegrttih lines In tho world will stretch from the northern to tho southern coasts of Africa. |
