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'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [134v] (273/300)
The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in 1899. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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sonally come arid collect, the revenue, the Peshin Deputy let him understand
that he would hnd a deserted village on his arrival, and that if any damage
were done to the crops open strife would ensue.
Again, we must remember that it would be necessary to establish a Tele
graph Office somewhere between Pahra and Gwadur, and llask has been referred
to as the best division of the distance, but when we mte that the temperature
of this village was 96° in the shade at 1 p. m., on the 6th of March, we may con
clude that the summer heat would prove fatal to Europeans.
Add to the above the fact that between Peshin and Gwadur, a distance of
86 miles, the line would run along the Perso-Kelat frontier—a sort of no-man’s
land—and I cannot but think that it will be admitted how very inadvisable it
would be to run a line through such an unsettled and difficult country. I
might add that Haji Mullah Dad Khan, the Chief of Rask, who insisted on
accompanying me to Peshin and in seeing me, as it were, safely off the
premises, strongly advised me to send back the Governor of Bampur’s camels,
which had been placed at my disposal, by the Bahu Kelat route, as he thought
the road I proposed to follow too risky for the camelman to return along alone.
If it be desired to connect Pahra with the coast, there would appear to be
a better chance of doing so by running down to Chahbar. Prom all local
Baloochee accounts—which unfortunately cannot be relied on—, the country
appears to be more open. However, from what Captain Sykes says in the
Third Journey Report, it is but little better than the route under discussion.
In conclusion, I would most respectfully venture to suggest that the pre
liminary survey be made of the country through Magas, Kuhak and Bela, with
the view to keeping the Central Persia Telegraph line through this country in
its south-easterly course to Karachi, as I feel confident that the result of the
examination will prove satisfactory, and will obviate the necessity of running the
international line along the sea-coast.
W. KING WOOD,
Assistant Superintendent,
Indo-European Telegraph Department,
On Special Duty.
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Report by William King Wood, Assistant Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department. Printed at the Commissioner's Press, Karachi, 1899. The report is an investigation of proposed routes for the Central Persia Telegraph Line and is based on a journey undertaken by the author from Shiraz to Gwadur [Gwadar] between September 1898 and March 1899.
The report is divided into sections, as follows: Kashan to Yezd; Yezd to Kerman; Kerman to Bam; Bam to Regan; Regan to Pahra. Each section includes a description of the track followed, gazetteer, notes on sites for telegraphic offices, and a general summary. Additional descriptions are given for a number of alternative routes and routes investigated but considered unsuitable. At the rear of the volume are six appendices giving information on distances, costs, trade, water quality, and a glossary.
Folio 5 is a map of the route taken and the proposed telegraph line.
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- 1 volume (146 folios)
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At the front of the volume (folio 4) is a table of contents that refers to the original pagination.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 148; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line'
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