ملف ١٩٠٤/٢٧٦٤ الجزء ٣ "سكة حديد بغداد: مفاوضات عامة ١٩١٠-١٩١٢." [و‎‎١‎٩‎٧] (٥٤٤/٤٠٤)

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Property of His Britannic
BAGDAD BAIL WAT.
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SECBET.
[September 19.]
Section 1.
[33845]
No. 1.
Sir G. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received September 19.)
(No. 648.)
Sit, Constantinople, September 13, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith a despatch from His Majesty’s vice-consul
at Adana, reporting on the progress of construction of the Bagdad Railway.
I have, &c.
GERARD LOWTHER.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Vice-Consul Rawlins to Consul-General Eyres.
Sir, Adana, September 4, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to report that the construction of the Bagdad Railway is being
pushed slowly on. From Yenidge, where the Bagdad line joins the Mersina-Adana
Railway, there is a continual trail of workmen right up to Adana, and long stretches of
permanent way have already been made.
Near to Adana the rails are already down, and locomotives run hauling trucks, &c.,
towards the spot where the new Adana station is to be built. As I have had the honour
to state [in a previous despatch, the company have been greatly hampered by lack
of and strike among the labourers on the line. Lately 500 workmen have been brought
over from Cyprus, 250 from Rhodes, and 250 from Constantinople. Those from Cyprus
have been brought over by Mr. Christian, whom I have already mentioned as having
taken over a stretch of 10 kilom. of construction work. The house which I am
leaving in Adana has been taken over by the Bagdad Company at a high rental, and I
have heard that the company has rented a new batch of eight houses for its own
purposes, whose total yearly rental comes to £ T. 810.
L have (&c
’ E.’ C. DONALDSON RAWLINS.