Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1914 — SHORTENS TRAVEL BY WEEKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHORTENS TRAVEL BY WEEKS

Railroad Through German East Africa of Immense Importance to the Territory Traversed. The completion of the Tanganyika-Dar-es-Salaam railroad in German East Africa is an event of considerable importance. The line has been under construction for some years. It has now been completed to Tanganyika and it is expected Will be open for traffic in a very short’ time. The railroad is about eight hundred miles long, and the journey from end to end, which formerly took several weeks, can be made in 36 hours. The railroad is an important connection through the mountains of German East Africa and opens up traffic from Lake Tanganyika to the Indian ocean. The route lies through Mrogoro at a distance of 130 miles .from the coast to Killmatindi,

240 miles from the coast The line then passes on to Tabora, which has a population of 500,000 against the 195,500 of Dar-es-Salaam. The illustration shows an inspection, car on the line.