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Show oo A NEW AFRICAN HARBOR. j At Lobito Is a natural harbor equal to any and superior to mo3t in Africa ; On tho Inside of the remarkable sand Lj spit there the sand shehes very rap- g Idly at a slope of about 2 to 1 and en- I ables steamers of the largest size to jn move close alongside. I understand :i that Major Roma Machada. tho Port- -i uguose government fiscal engineer, has ij elaborated a completo scheme for tho 3 development of the sand pit, and thero A Is not much doubt but that In the neai ;j future Lobito will become the most H Important town In that part of Afrl- H en. Already a great deal bus beon B dono not only ln the development of ' Lobito Itself, but also of Bcnguclla and Catumbella. and all three towns, 3 I am Informed, will shortly be In po3- J; session of cheap electric power and tf light. Vast quantities of material of j all sorts arc dally berag Imported. In 9 to the country, and as tho lino ad- I vantages existing towns will bo devol- jj oped and others will spring up, and 1 so a vast region now given ovor to h barbarism will bo opened up to com- M mcrco and agriculture At tho Bel- glan Congo end of the railway lln-s 1 copper smelting has been nlrcadj sue- Fj cessfully started and Robert Williams -i lately officially reported that ho had N seen sufficient ore developed ln tho n locality to produce G00.000 tons of copper The railway" soctlon from j Ellzabethvllle to Kambove which Is fl also being constructed by Messrs 1 Pauling, who thus have tho distinction J of building the Benguella lino at el- 3 ther end is expocted to bo complet- 3 ed within a ear. J. Hartley Knight, H in Engineering Magazine. U |