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Show K m WEEKLY I PANORAMA NILE ENGINEER TO DE PEER. Sir John Alrd, Who Built Assouan Dam, Complimented by Klnrj. King Udwanl hns publicly complimented compli-mented Sir John Alrd, the boml or tho great engineering firm walch hns com-plotcd com-plotcd tho dnm on the Nile nt Assouan, and It Is understood that ho may bo raised to tho pcerugo In tho noxt list of birthday honors. It Is rugnrflcd ns lnigely duo to Sir John's unnngglug Industry In-dustry that tho lmmenso woiks havo been completed. It Is o3tinuitctt that tho valuo ot this Improvement to Kgypt In the way of Increased nren of cultivation, of checking check-ing of lluotls and of prodding water 111 tho OM'nt of n low Nile will bo not less than Jfi.OOO.OOO n year. Hy mentis of this dnm und tho corresponding correspond-ing works nt Asslout nearly all the land of Egypt which It Is posslblo to cultlvnto will bo irrigated, the belt of Irrigation only ending abruptly wiiora tho sand of tho desert hns not been SBBBisgaraHK.msjaMjuwiamiJi'ai smsm s'-ianv I SR JOHN ,IRL MJ? fertilized by tho nlluvinl deposits of tho great and most famous of ancient rlvors. |