'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [‎90r] (184/300)

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propose thatX c^t ,| P con ^}^ ^ report on the route which I
have stil o deal wir^nL ^n Tele S ra P h «■}« should follow, and although I
are so treaVin comoari on ' I examined - ‘he disadvantages of which
them under the category of- unsnhaWe :" e ® m “ e “ de . d f. s to ^ to place
Zajrkand, 6 957 feet, and^he 0^8 so'lu
and easy as to be fit for wheeled traffic „ r l D l > o>i,ou tett—are, so open
such drv torrent hnl . tralhc. Not a single river is met with, while
masts ' For M,e b d f ?■ eae ? a , utered c » n be spanned without resorting to
val ev whichtTt J V ° rtl0 " ° ^ distanCe ’ th « liaa would run along a
taine'd waf.cLvel a a 0P T’,. Where a u r fo ™% of spans would he main-
finn fine "ravellv sd " | ll .‘ J l t‘ lt ' m g gi'ouud, consisting for the most part of a
1 o ra y ell y soil which would be easily worked. Rock and rnarshv
fo iro U n d ’irfa a ^ded a whd rittS ’t Sal R- V etH other ^Lui 'Z'Z
are Drocurald« t ^ U ? t0 Regan VlUa S es ’ supplies and sweet' water
aie procurable, are passed at comparatively short intervals.
Lookl Rp at the map of Persia, and remembering what has been written on
aver^ 1P i '^]l h ° U ' a ? k f f t f 0 '- 1 ^ in of the eouutry
Weat Disht i f t T t l> ; fcthe | n,tUral he of th9 recommended, with
the great Dasht-i-Lut stretching down its northern flank, and with a high
mountain chain, with an arid plain beyond, along the southern side, sm^ts
l Tif CrJ* c J )ritlail(,us strip of country which can lav any claim to
fertility and habitation has been selected I would therefore beg leave to re-
nr P^T t v U i* 1 Cen , t f l1 Persia Tel -g^ph line should start from Kashan and
proceed co Yezd along the main Caravan and Chappar road md Abu Zddahad,
Ralaiabad, Moghar, Ardistan, Zaferkaod, Naye^enak, Xain. Noli Gombaz and
Akda, from which punt the Chapnir road would he left and a slight detour
made via l a Gomieh, Ardakao, Kalaut .r and Kareemabad. From Yezd to
iverman, the Chappar road would be again followed for the first sta^e to Sir-i-
lezd, wh nee the line should run via Gird Kuli and Mehdiabad, and again join
tlie mam Post road near Shems and follow it through Anar and Baiyaz. Near
TOiiia )ad, a slight detour would again have to he made via Difeh to Bahram-
ahad, and leaving K;iboo au Khau to the right the li >e would piss through
Itobat and Baghm, whicii are on the main road. Beyond Kerman, the new
route won id be lollowed via Malum, Zain-ul-abad, Neybeed, Kban Khatun,
Abarek and Bag-i-Cnemak to Bam. The usual Caravan road would be again
token up between Bim and Regan via Vakeelabad and Bourj Agha Muham-
mad. From Regan, a new route would also b • followed tud Onab Mild, Nook-
ab;i(l, Ramkan, Chah Gez, Henjareh, and skirting Pansara, with a loop-line to
village, the line would run close to Parrek and Kaskin to Pahra.
Bazman
I made careful enquiries regarding th« country between Pahra and Kuhak
through Magas, and from what i could gather and from the description given
-d it by Capiain Sykes and other travellers, it appears to lie in every way the
most, suitab’e line to follow. Politically, too, the advantages would be great.
I would therefore venture to suggest that Karachi be decided on as the
objective, and that beyond Pahra the line should continue along the valley
between the flomand and Lashari range to Magas, thence along the left bank
O! rhe Mashkeel river to Kuhak on the Perso-Kelat frontier, through Bela to
Byari, where vve should strike our owu line which runs to Karachi.