File 2976/1916 Pt 2 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph & road Bushire-Shiraz road' [‎144r] (285/294)

, The route of "New Road A" I take to be that from
Bunder Abbas by Tarum and Saidabad (Sirjan) to German, see
Viceroy^ telegram of 21st ^ebruarv. (stma 'X'
Viceroy^ telegram of 21st i^'ebruary^ (gree
I submit that authority may be accorded to me to
construct a telephone line from Tang-i-ZagJi to Kerman by the
the construction of a telephone line from Bunder Abbas to
Tang-i-Eagh.
the purpose and because the ultimate expense will thereby be
reduced I may receive authority to erect a wire for telegraphic
purposes in addition to the wire for telephonic purposes. It
will obviously be lees costly to put up the two ftires simulta
neously than to go over the sane ground twice putting up a wire
at the- time. A telegraph office is, I understand, much wanted
at Tarum to connect the South Persia Rifles post there with the
general telegraph system and its connection with Bunder Abbas
and Saidabad telephonically will only effect this imperfectly.
As soon as the telegraph wire reaches Saidabad from the south
the Saidabad-Baft connexion can be dismantled and the wire used
again between Saidabad and Kerman, moreover the Baft office
will no longer be required and the staff will be available for
While work is in progress in the south I propose to
eonstruct a new line from Kaleh Mashiz to Keman and a temporary
line 26 miles long from Kaleh Mashiz to meet the existing line
at a point five miles north of Kaleh-i-Qazi so as to render the
56 miles of line between the same point and Kerman available for
use between Kaleh Ma,shiz and Saidabad, by this the supply
equivalent quantity of fresh material will be saved. The
temporary connection will run along the valley of the A
above route in extension of the authority already accorded to
I also submit that since stores are now available for
transfer elsewhere.
Lalehzar where the country is easy.
The attached skeleton
map