and engineering journal . thern Africa, nut only as a means of con nication with the greai mineral district of Katanga, Imi also as a portion of atranscontinental railway ol which the centre is already connected by radiating lines with all parts of Smith AfricaIts importance was not overlooked bj Germany, whoseefforts to obtain financial control were successfully met bjthe concessionaire. On the line are: Lengue, -51 mile- 361 feet, a1 the footol a picturesque gorge, up which a rack railway is laid tos. Padro (-S4 miles 820 feet). The line now passes through cultivation carried on al
and engineering journal . thern Africa, nut only as a means of con nication with the greai mineral district of Katanga, Imi also as a portion of atranscontinental railway ol which the centre is already connected by radiating lines with all parts of Smith AfricaIts importance was not overlooked bj Germany, whoseefforts to obtain financial control were successfully met bjthe concessionaire. On the line are: Lengue, -51 mile- 361 feet, a1 the footol a picturesque gorge, up which a rack railway is laid tos. Padro (-S4 miles 820 feet). The line now passes through cultivation carried on almost entirely by Batives, continues as far as tie- line has been constructed. At I. 214 miles l 6i the ascent Lepi Mo? u,t tins c immences and at 24] miles the Inan altitudi thi bighi -t 30 far included ii survey. The line, which follows the old Boer road aciindiflal ing c luntrj . | to H iambi . 266 n feet), which has grown up since the advent of the railwayand is now .in important administrative, trading and rail-h ;i\ ci nt re. In the Wonderful Harbour of Lobito Bay. barren, waterless scrub, known as the Thirsty Country,which, prior to the construction of the railway, was aserious interruption to trade and intercourse with the in-terior. At 59 miles (2,950 feet) it crosses the first watershed,and at 84 miles (2,585 feet) a second, from both of whichthere are fine views of mountainous, inhospitable the coast and Sapa River, 100 miles (2,930 feet),there are no less than 38 bridges and viaducts. After Cubal, 123 miles (2,976 feet) there is more moistureand native cultivation commences. At 158 miles (4,100 feet)the upper waters of the GatumrJella Kiver are crossed, here, is quite a large body of water. Cuma, 198 miles(4,708 feet), is a considerable trading centre, beyond which Chingura, 324 miles (5,930 feet), lying well within theBihe Plateau, is the terminus (1,921), but be^n completed for another 60 miles to Belmont,whence to the Congo Bo
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