ROMANTIC DISCOVERY OF WEST AFRICAN PORT

Evening Star, Issue 15342, 17 November 1913, Page 9

ROMANTIC DISCOVERY OF WEST AFRICAN PORT

By (he dramatic discovery-or a. splendid port amid the swamps of the Xigcrian coast a gateway lias been found to the riches of West Africa. The inlet has been named Port Harcoiut, and is to lie the terminus of the new trunk railway, the construction of which will form one of the most important teaturcs of Sir Frederick Lugard's administration of Federated Nigeria. The chance discovery of port Ha.reotirL was made by lieutenant Hughes, R.X.R., ihe commander of the Government yacht Ivy, and the fact thai the projected railway will cut through the very heart of the mysterious and almost unknown centres of the .stronscst forms of jiiju and fetish worship should provide incidents which, as construction advances, will prove not less exciting than those which attended the building of the Uganda Raihvav. The whole, which will be 550 miles in length, of the standard African sanye, is estimated to cost =£3.000,000. and to occupy four or five years in construction. The swampy nature of the coast has hitherto been a severe check io trade. jJut. recently Lieutenant Hughes found a hitnerto uncharted creek, which, to tha surprise of all, showed a depth of 50ft of water alongside a precipitotts cliff-45ft high, a condition of things unknown iinywhcro between Sierra. Leone and the Congo. On this discovery being reported the Governor, in March last, commissioned the Director of Railways and the Director of Marine to investigate the matter, and as a, result it was established that the nowlydiscovereu creek, ihough not shown on any map. is really the main channel of the Bonny Piver. A remarkable series of cliffs, extending for three-quarters of a mile and averaging 45ft above high water, was discovered among the swamps. Opposite these cliffs soundings showed n depth of 70ft of water. Armed with machetes, the Director of Bailways, the Director of Marine, and the commander of the Ivy landed, and by means of a. rope ascended the cliffs and cut through a. section of almost impenetrable growth "12ft in height. Lieutenant Hughes then ascended a tree to view the country. A few people were met, and it was discovered that no white man had been there before. At Port Harcourt, a town with wharves, residential and trading sites, railway, shops, etc.. will be constructed to meet lite requirements of what will be the coal-distributing centre for the whole of West Africa.

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