INTERIOR OF A DINING SALOON ON THE RHODESIA RAILWAYS.
THE CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY.
BY HOWARD HENSMAN,
Author of
“A HISTORY OF RHODESIA” 11 CECIL RHODES: A STUDY OF A CAREER” Etc.
MY railway would be the. backbone
and spinal cord to direct, con-
solidate, and give life to the nu-
merous systems of side railways which will
connect the vast central road with the seas
on either hand.” These were the memorable
words used by the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes
when he first outlined his daring project for
a railway that should bring Egypt and the
Nile into direct communication with the
flourishing States in the southern portion of
the African Continent. No better definition
of the object of the “ Cape to Cairo ” railway-
line, or of the purpose that Mr. Rhodes had
in his mind when first work was begun on
this line, is required. Further, this is a defi-
nition that has never been lost sight of by
those into whose hands the carrying forward
of the scheme has fallen.
The glamour and the grandeur of this line