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BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
THE financial arrangements for har
nessing the Niagara of the Zam
besi have been completed. Within
the past few months a London syndicate
has been formed with a paid-up capital
of J15.POO.000. and surveys are now mak
ing for the Installation of one of the
greatest electrical plants of the world.
The various power companies of the
Rand have been purchased, and the
new syndicate practically controls the
power possibilities of South Africa. The
works which It has In operation about
'Johannesburg and in the gold mines will
pay something like 1400,000 a year above
their operating expenses, and It Is
planned to transmit the enormous force
of Victoria Falls by wire, not only to
the Transvaal, but everywhere within a
radius of 600 miles from this point.
Five Times as Great as Niagara.
I have already written of the beauty
.nd grandeur of Victoria Falls. They
Vurpass Niagara In their scenic effects.
ttnd the engineers claim that they sur
pass It also In the mighty force with
which these millions of tons of water
Irop down upon the rocks. They fall
with a thunder like that of artillery. The
noise can be heard ten miles away, and
the spray on a bright day goes up to
tieight of 1200 feet In clouds or pillars
of mist which are visible for fifty miles
feround.
As to the exact force of the falls, this
(s a matter of scientific calculation. Tke
enrlneers claim that they have a possi
bility of thirty-five million horsepower.
The possibilities at Niagara are put at
seven millions: and if these figures are
orrect the Victoria Falls as a working
Sorce are five times as great as our own.
Is'ot only the falls themselves, but the
Tlscent of the river through forty
xniles of gorges may . possibly be
Sitlllied. At any rate, there Is no doubt
that they have here a force greater than
mil the demands that can be created for
tnany years to come, and that it may be
lused for the building up of an Industrial
mpire which will afreet the whole of
this part of the continent.
Thirty-five Million Horsepower.
Have you any conception as to what
85,0110. 00 horsepower means? If the
total fall of Niagara could be used It
jwould equal the latent power of J'O.OOO
tons of coal every day. This power
iere, at the same rate,- would daily
qual the force of 1,000,000 tons of
coal, so that, figuratively speaking, a
nllllon tons of black diamonds are
dropping down Into this gorge every
24 hoars. In other words, the Victoria
(alls every two weeks supply an energy
equal to that of the yearly coal output
of the State of Alabama; and In one
year. If their volume were the same
from season to season, they would al
most equal the force contained In all
the coal mined in the United States In
that year. Our total product of coal
Is now 375,000,000 tons per annum.
Whether these enormous figures are
correct or not is of little matter. The
possibilities are beyond any demand.
The horsepower now In use In the Trans
vaal is less than 300.000 and all that we
have developed at Niagara is not quite
two-thirds as large. This present syndi
cate plans to start out with 60.000 horse
power, and it will have a quarter of a
million horsepower within not many
years.
How Falls Will Be Used.
During my stay here I have gone with
the officials of the British South Africa
Company to the proposed power station
and to the northern bank of the river
above the falls, where the canal will be
dug which will take the water and drop
It into the turbines. At some distance
above the falls the Zambesi Is two miles
wide. It narrows to a mile before it
reaches the great gorge into which it
goes in one mighty drop of 400 feet. The
falls are as wide as from the Treasury
to the Capitol in Washington, and the
water Jumps straight down for a dis
tance of 400 feet. By means of the canal
, now projected the drop will be only 350
feet; and the water will pour Into ten
great turbines, each of which will gen
erate five thousand horsepower, making
fifty thousand horsepower at the first In
stallation. The machinery used is to be
just the same as is now employed at
Niagara, and one of the chief engineers
connected with the construction Is a
man who has put up works at Niagara.
This is Mr. Ralph D. Mershon. of New
Tork. a well-known authority on the
transmission of electricity at high ten
sion. Mr. Mershon has said that there Is
no doubt that this power can be carried
for a distance of 600 miles and he speaks
of the scheme as practical and profitable.
Among the other European authorities
who have investigated It are Prof. Blon
del, of Paris; Dr. Tlssot. of Basle, and
Prof. Kllngenberg, of Berlin. I am told j
that Lord Kelvin made a careful lnves- 1
ligation of it and that the chief German
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electrical works are interested, and that
they will supply some of the machinery.
Carrying Electricity 600 Miles.
The scheme involves the carrying of the
juice, or electrical current, for a distance
of 600 miles, and It Is proposed to con
struct a line that long from here to the
gold mines of the Transvaal for the first
Installation. This Is much farther than
power has yet been carried In our or any
other country. "We are working plants
more than half that far In California.
There are tramways in Oakland which
get their electricity from water powers
ISO miles away, and there are certain
stations served hy the California Gas
and Electric Company at a distance of
860 miles. If this plant succeeds It will
result In the power of Niagara Falls be
ing carried to far beyond Chicago, and
to Its utilisation In New Tork, Boston,
Washington, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and
throughout the mighty industrial beehive
which is Inclosed within a 600-mlle radius
of Buffalo.
Alurpinum Wires and Steel Towers.
As is now planned, the power will be
carried through aluminum cables as big
around as a man's wrist, and these will
be supported by great steel towers 60
feet high. Each tower will weigh In the
neighborhood of 8000 pounds. It will be
bedded in a cement foundation and will
be made about six times as strong as the
weight of the cables and insulators seems
to demand. An experimental tower was
recently made in Scotland and tested.
This- tower Is much like some which are
now used in the United States. It looks
like those used for windmills, and is 60
feet high. Each tower will prooaoiy
carry several cables. The insulators will
be of porcelain and will weigh from
60 to 76 pounds each. The cables will be
made of aluminum wire with a large
number of strands to each cable. The
towera will be erected 1000 feet apart.
and it will take In the neighborhood of
3000 of them to reach from .here to the
Transvaal.
It U Drobable that (here will be a much
less loss of power on account of the wires
being so high 'in the air, and the scien
tists claim that the percentage of waste
during the transmission will be exceed
ingly small. xney say mat tney ,can
probably send the electricity at a pres
sure, of. 150.000 volts, which is much
greater, as I understand It, than has yet
been attained by any working plant in the
TTnlted States. The current of some of
the Niagara companies is sent at a volt
age of 60.000, and this is two and one
half times that.
In the Zambesi Gorge.
One of the remarkable features of
the falls here is the mighty gorge into
which the floods pour. This gorge Is
over 40 miles long, and the water with
in it falls so rapidly that an enormous
power can be developed outside the
falls themselves. Within fifteen miles
there Is a fall of 700 feet: and a thousand-foot
fall could be made within
about twenty miles. Indeed, it is said
that a canal, which would cost com
paratively little to construct, could be
so made that it would develop one mil
lion horsepower. This Is almost four
time as much as the total horsepower
now used in the Transvaal.
Where the Tower W III Go.
As to the utilisation of the power to
be developed by Victoria Falls, it will
comprise the greater part of South
central Africa. Victoria Falls is juBt
about 600 miles from Belra on the In
dian Ocean. It Is a little more than
600 miles from Johannesburg, and a
like distance away from the great cop
per mountains of the Congo Free State.
Within that radius would come more
than 1000 miles of the Cape to Cairo
railroad, all of the 2000 miles of the
railroads of Rhodesia, and a large portion
of the mines of the Transvaal. It would
comprise .hundreds of small gold
mines in Rhodesia and the great
deposits of iron which lie between the
Zambesi' and the Congo Free State. If
the experiments for smelting by elec
tricity which are now under way in this
country and Europe are successiui, me
ore from these mines may be turned
into pig Iron by the power from the
falls. They will also be especially
valuable to the great copper syndicate
which has been recently organized to
develop the vase deposits Just over the
boundary from the Congo Free State.
As it is now, the Transvaal is said
to be paying something like 115,000,000
annually for power, and a large rev
enue should come to the company from
the gold mines alone. The Initial plant.
which Is to produce 60.000 horsepower.
will be all used by the Rand, and other
plants will speedily follow. The suc
cess of the whole undertaking will de
pend on whether the power can be suc
cessfully and profitably carried to a
distance of 600 miles, or about as far
I from New Tork to Cleveland.
Reserve Stations.
One very serious matter In connection
with the project is the possible breakage
of the wires, but this will be avoided tag
a reserve turbine steam station of 20,
000 horsepower capacity. This will fur
nish power to-supply a temporary break
ing down of the main plant, and there
are other projects under way which will
furnish additional power In such cases.
As to the aggregate possibilities of the
falls, I quote the figures that are given
here. There is no doubt but that the
force Is greater than South Africa can
use for a century to come. As for my
self, I doubt the statement that It bo
far surpasses Niagara, for the reason
that there are times of the year when
the Zambesi Is low, and a waterfall of
this kind can only be guaged by its
minimum flow. The Zambesi can cer
tainly furnish several million horse
power year in and year out.
One of the great questions In connec
tion with Niagara is whether the taking
away of the water for electricity will
eventually destroy the falls. It is claim
ed that the volume of water llowing
over the American falls is already much
less and that the total diversion, when
all the works now operating or under
construction are carried out, will be
equal to about 40 per cent of the mini
mum discharge of the Niagara River. At
present the plants are said to have a ca
pacity of about fifty thousand cubic feet
of water per second, whereas the normal
discharge of Lake Erie over the falls Is
only a little more than two hundred thou
sand cubic feet per second. At this rate
It will not be many years before the
beauty of our falls as a great natural
wonder will pass away.
The same fear has been expressed as
to the Zambesi Falls, but the British
South Africa Company has been careful
In granting concessions which will pre
vent anything of this kind. The differ
ence in the fall of the Zambesi Is very
great at different times of the year, and
the views when the river is high cannot
be impaired. The canals to be construct
ed are to be so arranged that neither the
electrical works nor their course will be
visible from the falls themselves, and
every effort will be made to preserve this
as one of the wonders of the world. No
factories will be allowed near by, and the
enormous parks which have been laid
out as a perpetuity will be kept Intact.
These falls will supply power for
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Wo menO
TIE beneficent touch of woman's
hands Is to be given in an organ
ized and practical way to the bet
terment of the conditions of the work
ers of the country. There was recently
formed in Washington, under the chair
manship of Mrs. Joseph Medlll McCor
mick. of Chicago, a woman's branch of
the Welfare Department of the Nation
al Civic Federation. This branch la to
cover every section of the country, and
its purpose will be Identical with that
of the parent body "to organize the
best brains of the Nation in an educa
tional movement toward the solution of
some of the great problems related to
social and Industrial progress; to pro
vide for the study and discussion of
questions of National Import; to aid
thus In the crystallization of the most
enlightened publlo opinion, when de
sirable to promote legislation in ac
cordance therewith."
There is to be no mawkish sentimen
tality about the woman's feature of
this Important movement. Sensational
exploitation of conditions in. industries
will be avoided. The aim of the women
connected with the Welfare Depart
ment is primarily a better understand
ing between employers and employes.
and realization by the former that be
sides the first essentials , to existence
for the labor they employ steady
work, equitable wages and" reasonable
hours consideration ought to be given
to the physical well-being of the work
ers in the establishments in which they
are required to spend such a large part
of their lives. The women who are to
engage in this work will not be those
who are inspired by a butterfly inter
est in the uplifting of the human race.
They will be the wives and daughters
or other near relatives of employers,
and it will be their duty to ascertain
for themselves the conditions under
which the employes of their husbands
labor and to ameliorate them - when
they need amelioration. It will be
their duty also to interest the wives
and daughters of other employers to
the same end. It Is a work which con
tains such vast responsibilities of bene
fit that it has found encouragement in
the ranks of both capital and labor.
An Odd Personal Experience.
The inspiration for this National
movement was found in an experience
which Mrs. McCormick had during an
investigation she made last Winter in
to the settlements of the stockyards in
Chicago. Mrs. McCormick is a daugh
ter of the late Senator Hanna. himself
a large employer, and a man who went
far in providing sanitary and com- I
fortable conditions of employment for j
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the navigation of the Zambesi and its
tributaries. The Zambesi itself has
about 4000 miles of navigable water
ways. It is one of the great rivers of
the world and it ranks fourth on this
continent. The biggest of the African
rivers is the Congo, after which come
the Nile and the Niger. The Zambesi
rises in Portuguese West Africa in a
great plateau which is about a mile
above the sea. Its springs are not far
from those of the Kassal. which flows
into the Congo. The upper course of
the river is over a grassy plain, which
it annually Inundates. As the stream
reaches the boundary of Rhodesia the
rga n i ze t o
his men. The Senator became Inter
ested in the National Civic Federation,
and it was his sympathy, encourage
ment and practical suggestions that
gave to the federation the solid foun
dation upon which it has since built
Mrs. McCormick became interested in
welfare work through her father's de
votion to it, and both in Cleveland, her
old home, and In Chicago, she has been
Identified with movements Intended to
Improve the standard of living and
mortality among the working classes.
It became evident to her, however, that
the methods which were being pursued
could be improved; that they failed to
accomplish as much as they might. She
concluded, if any permanent good were
to be achieved, a different and more
practical plan would have to be adopt
ed. In search of such a plan Mrs. Mc
Cormick went to the stockyards settle
ments. One night she gave a talk to
about fifty girls employed in the Ogden
packing-houses, uttering, as she states
herself, a great many platitudes. When
she finished a girl in the corner re
marked: "Now, Mrs. McCormick, we have been
very much interested in what you have
said, and we agree that what you say is
very true. But what practical good do
you think you can do for us?"
Mrs. McCormick replied she could not
accomplish anything, because she did not
know what they wanted, and the prime
object of her visit to the stockyards was
to ascertain from them exactly what they
needed.
"Wen, if that Is the case," replied the
girl, "let Mrs. Ogden Armour come down
here and work for us. Tour coming down
here does not do us a particle of good."
Mrs. McCormick was so struck with the
philosophy of this view that she imme
diately packed her bags and went home.
"I was convinced by what that girl
stCId," observed Mrs. McCormick to me,
"that we had begun at the wrong end of
the line; that settlement workers Were
trying to Improve at the bottom, when
they should go to the employers and
get them Interested In their employes to
the extent of doing some welfare work.
In this way I believed it would soon
be possible to solve the problem of so
cial unrest as I see it. I had intended to
invite a number of the wives of em
ployers to a meeting for the purpose of
telling them the objects of the National
Civic Federation and then to ask a few
conservative labor leaders to speak to
them and explain the conditions exist
ing in their respective trades. But com
ing to Washington I met Ralph M. Eas
ley, chairman of the executive council,
and Miss Gertrude Beeks, Secretary of
the welfare department of the National
Civic Federation, and they suggested the
place to begin was New Tork. I saw
Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and Miss Ann
Morgan, and they organized a committee
In their city and started In to work.
This was the only local committee or
ganized prior to the formation of the
National branch of the welfare depart
ment." The chief object of the organization Is
the education of tue wives and other
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valley narrows and the course is brok
en here and there by falls and rapids.
The river has dropped 2000 feet before
it arrives at this point, and It then
falls about 1000 feet within 20 miles.
It is slow and sluggish just above here
and it looks somewhat like a great
pond several mlies west of where it
makes its great jump of 400 feet into
this mighty cavern walled with precip
itous rocks. It falls rapidly in the
gorge, but after 40 or B0 miles or so
the water again becomes quiet and It
runs onward comparatively smooth,
with the exception of a few places, for
a distance of 800 miles to the Kebra-
- Help Workers Ac',Tac"
near relatives of employers. Mrs. Mc
Cormick and her associates want them
to know exactly the conditions existing
In their own Industrial. In Chicago and
other cities hundreds of thousands of
dollars are given away annually, un
der the vague Impression that in some
way the money is to be used to promote
the welfare of the working classes. But
as to conditions that exist In their hus
bands' workshops, these contributors
know little or nothing. Mrs. McCormick
believes the first thing to do is to edu
cate these women, to induce them to
discuss the situation with their own hus
bands and fathers, o have them go into
mills and factories and see '' whether
proper facilities are provided for tfie
health and comfort of the workmen and
workwomen. She does not expect a
single practical result within the next
three years, nor will she be disappoint
ed if nothing be accomplished within the
next five years. But if- the committees
to be organized do the right things In
the right way she is satisfied Interest and
a public sentiment will be aroused, and
in a comparatively short time the de
partment will be of the greatest possible
service not only to employers and em
ployes but to the country as a whole.
Who Are Eligible.
After the committees have been formed
It la proposed to start out with an or
ganization that will cover the entire
United States.' Only those women will
be eligible for membership in the de
partment who hold stock or an interest
In an industry, or who are the wives
or daughters or near relatives of a stock
holder. This condition Is imposed be
cause it is desired to keep the department
clear of sentimentalists. There will be
no co-operation with settlement work
ers, because too many of them, It Is
claimed, axe propaganding Socialism. It
is emphatically stated the department
will have nothing to do with Socialists.
The National Committee is composed of
a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and
treasurer. There is also an executive
council, which includes these officers and
the chairmen of three standing commit
tees. These standing committees will be
required to collect information in regard
to the condition of wage-earners. Then
there is an executive committee consisting
of not lees than 15 members, who will be
appointed from and represent the differ
ent sections of the country. Sectional
committees will be created which will in
clude several states in their Jurisdiction,
the states to be grouped in accordance,
with the industrial conditions they present-
Finally there will be state commit
tees, organized under the, sectional com
mittees. Thus the department will be able
to ascertain, first hand, the conditions
that exist in a state, and at the same time
can apply direct pressure to bring about
the enactment of legislation which the
interests of the working people require.
Mrs. McCormick does not believe em
ployers will display antagonism to the
work. Certainly every effort will be
made to avoid anything of the kind. In
deed, the effort will be to develop, har
basa rapids In Portugueee East Africa
and thence on 400 miles further into
the sea. The last 400 miles are always
open to navigation, but the delta Is
low and sandy and some of the chan
nels are frequently clogged.
Business on the. Zambesi.
I stopped at one of the chief mouths
of the Zambesi on my way down the
coast. The river divides as it nears
the ocean and until recently the chief
entrance to It was at Quillmane, a
town on the Kwa-kwa river, 14 miles
from the sea. This is now separated
from the Indian Ocean by a bar and
the easiest approach is by the Chinde
mouth. There is a bar there also, but
small steamers so over it and bring the
goods from th ocean vessels which
anchor outside. During our stay the
water was so rough that passengers
had to be taken on and off in a basket.
From Chinde one can go up the Zam
besi and its tributaries by boat. There
are three transportation companies,
and the vessels start inland shortly
after the arrival of every ocean
steamer. Some of them go Into the
Shire River and on into Nyasaland.
Acting on Curious Experience, Mrs. McCormick
National
mony rather than friction. The keynote
of the work Is Identical with that of the
National Civic Federation. It Is based
on the solid foundation of friendly con
ferences and conciliatory methods. Es
tablishments will be visited by commit
tees, not as agents of a hostile investi
gating organization, but as invited
guests. It ts not proposed to seek official
aid, to go to the State Factory Inspectors,
or the Commissioner of Health, or the
Commissioners of Labor. It Is desired
rather to assume the part of interested
friends.
It Is proposed to be conservative In ev
ery possible way. In order not to intro
duce sentiment into the work, the educa
tion of members will be proceeded with
slowly. Thus, it Is not intended to have
women, without knowledge of labor con
ditions, go into an establishment which
known to present objectionable features.
Trained experts for Instruction will take
the beginners to the very best factory, in
order that they may become familiar with
what can be and Is done for the welfare
of employes In other words, to get a
standard. After they have seen a model
establishment they can be taken to one In
which conditions are less satisfactory, and
so on, until they are thoroughly acquaint
ed with the great problem they have en
listed to solve. The women enlisted for
the work will be conservative and intel
ligent, so that employers will feel inclined
to send for them and ask advice.
Should they do this an expert will be
sent to their establishment to make an
investigation and a report upon what is
required. This expert will say what Im
provements can be made for $o000. what
improvements can be made for J10.000, or
what improvements can be made for any
sum the employer desires to expend. Very
frequently the changing of employes from
one room to another would result in ben
efit without the expenditure of a single
cent. Due regard will bo given to the
economic feature of an establishment, in
order that an employer may not be put to
unnecessary expense. Besides private es
tablishments it is the intention to make
every effort to ameliorate conditions In
public institutions. As the women en
gaged in the work are taxpayers and help
to support such institutions, they feel they
have the right to criticise any practices
or conditions which do not make for the
welfare of the people employed therein.
In all the Government navy yards and
military- reservations, in the various
Treasury, Postal, and other offices, in
Federal and state prisons, hospitals and
charitable establishments, in public
schools, police stations, fire departments,
and other municipal offices they have a
direct interest and propose to display it;
but they do not intend to antagonize the
officials in charge of these institutions.
Before making recommendations effort
will be made to secure the indorsement
of the officials, and in this way unite with
them to secure reforms.
Aim of the Department.
It is the physical well-being of the
worker in which the department is partic
ularly Interested. There is no man in the
world who can do welfare work as well as
a woman, for the reason that it partakes
Chinde Is, In fact, the gate to that
British colony, and all goods and pas
sengeis for it are landed there. The
trip inland is slow and affected some
what by the condition of the river, and
there Is now talk of building a rail
road which shall go to BlantyTS, the
capital of Nyasaland. Blantyre la an
enterprising town, with two banks, a
chamber of commerce and social and
athletic clubs. It is only one of sev
eral promising stations In the colony.
Zomba, for Instance, which Is much
farther Inland, has electric lights. It
gets its power from the Zomba moun
tain, down which a river flows with a
(all of 1800 feet. Turbines are used,
and the dynamos are started at sun
set to light the town, the power being
used during the day for sawing lum
ber and other work. The development
of these falls may furnish the power
for the railroads of the coast. Indeed,
a railway 100 miles long, connecting
Blantyre with the Shire, was completed
last April, and this is soon to be ex
tended to Zomba, where, thta el ec trio
power Mr.
Victoria Falls. Africa, Julr J8.
Weltare JJepartment.
of the nature of housekeeping. This
work, it Is hoped, will lead, first to the
betterment of the condition of the work
ing classes generally. Then it is proposed
to go into the business of providing sani
tary houses and sell them on the install
ment plan to the wage-earnera, so that
In five years they will have their own
homes.
Amusement clubs win be organized and
through them a higher standard of social
life will be developed. Various other plans
are under consideration, but experiments
will be made at first In- order that before
putting them into effect generally those
which do not promise satisfactory returns
may be weeded out. It is believed by Mrs.
McCormick and those associated with her
that, properly executed, the system they
have inaugurated will render the greatest
possible service to the country.
An Awful Case.
As Mr. Tippet came In and started to
remove his overcoat his wife came up
eagerly. There was a look of anxiety
In her eyes as she kissed him.
"Did you think, dear," she asked,
timidly, "to get that ribbon?".
"What ribbon?"
"Why, don't you know, I gave you a
sample to match this morning?"
"So you did. By Jove, it slipped my
mind!"
"And did you step in at the milliner's
to ask about my hat?"
"Dear me, I I it quite escaped me."
"Did you send the telegram te
mother?"
"Great heavens, no! Tou see, I was
so busy "
"And see the landlord about the leak
in the roof?"
"No. I "
His wife looked at him helplessly.
- "Did you," she asked sadly, "do any
thing I asked you to do this morning? If
you didn't, you are certainly the most
forgetful man that I can conceive of."
Her husband met her smile with one of
the deepest humiliation, as he drew from
his overcoat pocket a small rectangular
package.
"I am, my dear," he exclaimed. . "I am.
Indeed! I admit it! I am getting more for
getful every day. Why, do you know"
and he 'flourished the package in front of
her tear-stained eyes "I'm getting so for
getful that I came within an ace of not
getting these cigars? And I didn't have
one left in the house!" Life.
lt Vb "Play Pretend."
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Let us "play pretend" that our hair 1s gold.
And our brow is smooth, and our heart is
bold.
Let us "play pretend" we are blithe and say.
As we were (ah, me!) on yeeterday.
Let us "play pretend;" let us "play pretend."
We have found ths sold at the rainbow's
end.
Let us "play pretend" 'they are with us
here.
The olden friends that were. oh. so dearl
Let us "play pretend" that we have not
stood
By a grave and questioned if God it good.
Let ua "play pretend" that we look ahead
To meet with them that the world calls
dead. VJS1B it. BEST,