File 3047/1909 'Railways: Asiatic Turkey; railway construction in Asia Minor' [‎164r] (332/368)

Inclosure 4 in No. 1.
Agreement between Sir C. Campbell, British Admiral, and Messrs. Emile d’Erlanger
and Co., London, on the one part, and Messrs. Mustapha Ezzedine and Co., Tripoli,
Syria, on the other part.
SIR CHARLES CAMPBELL to be the British Representative and Agent, with
power to act for, the group.
2. Baron Emile d’Erlanger and Company, British Bankers and Financiers, of
20, Bishopsgate Street (Within), City of London, to he the Bankers and Financiers.
3. Messrs. Pauling and Company to be the head Contractors for the line.
4. Mr. Mustapha Ezzedine and Company to be the local Sub-Contractor, and to
act locally jointly with the British Contractor and Agents.
5. The moment the preliminaries can be arranged an Anglo-Syrian Company, to
be formed with a capital of from 350,000/. to 400,000/. The proportions in Syria and
Great Britain to be mutually agreed upon.
6. The name of the Company to be “ The Anglo-Syrian Tripoli-Homs Railway
and Tripoli Harbour Improvement Company.”
7. Messrs. d’Erlanger and Company to send out an engineer and accountant to
survey the line and conclude arrangements and Agreement with Messrs. Ezzedine
and Company on the spot, if Messrs. Ezzedine agrees to the general terms of this
Agreement. Sir Charles Campbell to obtain the Concession from the Turkish
Government, assisted by Messrs. Ezzedine as much as possible.
(Signed) C. CAMPBELL.
EMILE D’ERLANGER and Co.
London, November 1908.
(Signed)
Tripoli, Syria,
Inclosure 5 in No. 1.
Vice-Admiral Sir C. Campbell to Sir Edward Grey.
8, Foulis Terrace, Onslow Gardens, South Kensington,
London. November 27, 1908.
I HAVE the honour to bring to your notice the details of an undertaking
which has for its object the improvement of the harbour of Tripoli, and the
construction of an Anglo-Syrian Railway from Tripoli to Homs, a distance of some
50 miles.
2. The present owners of the Tripoli-Homs road for waggons, carriages, &c., are
Messrs. Ezzedine, who would sell the road to the Tripoli-Homs Railway Company
when formed.
3. Bankers, Financers, &c.
I have approached Messrs. d’Erlanger and Company, British Bankers and
Financiers, of 20, Bishopsgate Street (Within), and they have consented to investigate
the scheme in detail, and to send out an engineer and accountant to make a survey and
estimate with a view of forming a Company if the report is satisfactory.
4. This Company would be a British Company under British management, and its
head-quarters will be in London.
The estimated capital required is from 350.000/. to 400,000/.
5. The chief Contractors would be English (Messrs. Pauling and Company).
6. Local labour would be employed to the fullest extent possible, and
Messrs. Ezzedine and Company, who besides owning the present road have property
along the line, would be the local Contractors.
7. Some French capitalists have expressed a desire to co-operate, and if
satisfactory arrangements can be made their assistance might be accepted, but on no
account will any German assistance be sought or interference permitted.
8. I he present Constitution is solely and purely Anglo-Syrian, and I am most
anxious with as little delay as possible to obtain a Concession from the Turkish
Government for the laying of the rails on the present road, and making the necessary
alterations in curves, gradients, &c.