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at,PO!tsJl._l ^. ~:he '~ffect ,of import's<from .the ext'eri'or would _·be~ the 'same except ~i~ t~e"special'c.as.e of: "countries, 'b6rcierin~. the" Bight of.' Benin.

In. :fa~t, D!0~:t.tonn.i;lges would ,use the' mar-iti me route,' which "is the .chaapest ,for Long- dist?J1ces: - , . ' , "^{j ' . . " , ,}

"

"

: I

Imports· from 'the exter10r'

Despatches fro~ ~ort Harcourt to Daho~ey" Ghan~,

t~~ l-v~ry'99ast; Senegal, Cameroun', . ^{c '.}

Despatchea- f:rs>m-· Togp. to' Port, Harcourt; Ivory' Coast (' and Sen~gal

e, J ~ ) L: ..:...r - .

.Despatch f~om ghana to Port-Harcourt . .

• .'.'De~p'atches from Ivory Coast to Dahomey, Togo, Ghana and Guinea ;.j.:.:,.:•._{~ ~ _~.} __ .; ..:•...:.~._.~:.:...:..::...:.•. _{~_.} __ ':, _ .~e~patc~~~ ~~om qu~n~,a t.o .Iv~ry'_Coa~:t . . ' .

Despatches from Senegal to Sierra Leone, .Liberi~ and : -Ouanea ' ,'. ^{. J . ' ) _ , . . ' .- .. , . - J}

-Total mari time transport,:: . ^{t ,}

" A large .proportion 'of rem~ining'tonnages would .be ':.,,'.,' consumed

in .

the producing S~a~es"

• • '\ • ) , _ ' J _ •t _ .;~

Or would use international railways ..

. . . .' .... _ .. ... f

'~~,:-Nigeria tp Chad-"Md, Niger

. ' _ . ; ' _.. -. . . .~:..:.:.: oM._ _ A _ . _ _ _ ..

Da.ho~.~!~}c: )~~€£e:~ia

Ghana to,~vory Coast and Togo ....^~- ,

Ivory Co~s~ to Mali

Remain~ng to,be distributed

- .. , I

Thus, 862,000"tons

of the

1,000,000,

~pns envisaged pose _{~o ~erious}

• • ~ • •I • ~•

problem with respect to international transport. The cas~ of the ," :.·remaining

140; 300

tons' 'ha's"

to; bEi-

~~a.mined: ' ,'

-" , "~J ^.~ ^.... --'I .v ,

oj .... _ . " ' "

,', .~( .' r

. t n

• t,

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52.

The <l-~st~pation of 80,700 T of, this total would"be uncertain,

,,1?~t,the largest, part of i,t (51,400 T), coming from Ghana', would

probably use t~e maritime route or a Ghana-Nigeria rail link recommended later in the report. The same would probably apply to 'the '30,OOO'T

to

be despatched from Ghana to Togo. The, other tonnages ,woulQ, be added to current transport flows between Nigeria,_{• • : . . I •} Ni'ger,and Chad_{_. • •} or, the Ivory

Coast and Mali • At the momerrt their .sLight' -volume' does: n'o'i;

warrant

a recommendation for- r-oad. improvement, but it does f cr-eshadow 'the time when· rail extensions. on certain axes will be profitable

if

tr~e

. . . . I~^-! t^{J 4} r. :! .',; .., 4 ' ~

development follows the lines suggested by the vreet African mission.

4.- Establishment of an iron and s.teel industry

The establishment, at M~nrovia,

Tema,

Buchanan or Po~t Harcourt, of an iron and ste$l piant with a

c~pacity of

about'

400,060

T/year is contemplated; it would serve all West African countries, i.e. the

13

~oun~ries considered-plus Mauritania, the Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroun and Congo (:BrazzaVille). As' the: raw materials would ,mainly be transported by sea, what'remains to

be

examined is the

distri but i.on of finished products

in' -

^the lis'~~'

countries.

This African, production, which will be replacing production imported from abroad would, in the early stages, have little effect on the volume of trans-, port but might·change existing,·,'flows_

..».

Current consumption of West African countries in 1960 or thereabouts is shown below:

Steel consumption in T in 60 - 61

Chad

3,100 .

Dahomey

7,1.00

-Ghana 72,000

Guinea.

18,000

Ivory Coast

27,000

Liberia

18,500

Mali

5,000

Niger

2

_t800

• •

r .' -~.~ r

i . ^{&t ' . :}

.~.

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... ^:,.,.

•

" ': .l, : . .

Togo • L .'1, .

Upper Volta .

.

^{' ,.' ...;'l~ •~_...;. _}

3.7o;8QO tons

_,. a... ~ ..l. ..

z-cut ea~ .

'f.I.: ~,'.'~^{_: ' •} j

Establi'sh~entl'·6£ a. plant-

at

M9nrov~a' ~or ^Buchanan "li,O~d' ^{lead to}

.

^{. . .}

d.istributio~· of: fi.nished products'.fir~t by sea and; .t~en, .l'1~ ~ho~t great

•_ •~- - 10._ . . ~ .. ~ , _ ~' ~ ' .l . • ~ - ••l :J1 ;"J • ~ l' { ", " I , " " ,_~ ~.I~1 '• • "

difficul

ty

even if consuaptaon doubled ,by.'a~ou~

.,1970',.,

py t.r,aditional '

". • .4,..,1- . _ ~... .. ,.... "_' t.: _- \ y ' ~ i ' . ';

, .. Establiehmen,t. .of . a plant .at ,T~ma wo:uld,p'er~i

t

easy .distribution to

.. " . I . . . I • - J (,.L L • ' ; . . . .L..J . ~~ ^{l. . . .}~ ^•; i .~ ~ J~.. .. ~.;."; ..: ~

the East if the Ghana-Nigeria railway link were buil_{.; ..:~ .J -.' _}t, (and_{~ -;~••}:would

",'f

probably be .cheap~r ~h~ 'by sea for tp'e short distances s~par,ati~g

h .'~': ^{. ( .} ~^{. : } .} ; : - , : '~ ^{:k .} , - , ' / : :f j : . .~.:^{i •} .r ; ,!. .. ,. .. :' - ~ ~ ::..~: ..^I~^,;t:;:!J~~ (';\'J;" ~: ;.~1 .~~...~

>.

~Ghana from Togo, Dahomey and Nigeria). ' . .

..,. . "j , '. " . , " ;\,';--1 ~.' ,').r ,- '.'<' ,-., : ' ,

A plant at Port Harcourt would in-·the-'·first-·pla6·e·~lea:d:"':to'-di·strihu-tion

by'

sea''to

',all

~countries sftiiate'd .to' the

'wes

t i .except -,that. the

river.Niger would be used for certain inland countries"~~,i~d' ._"',:' '.J

,Another iron

and

^{steel pI}a.rit,-,i-~:^..c:on,ie'mpia:t,e_q.,/):u~r~a:ti,; ...put there ,·~~·to~ f~w de,~aiJ.~,:on ~hif3'.:I~;t:oj~c~ ~,?ri~:~,~9 Re.po~E!:i:bl~ ~o ^examine

. ' . '

th!l problem:of., the -supply. of ..raw, material' :and"distributnon.cof finished

. . . . - - . . . . . ~. . J _ ; .• • . . . : . . : . . -' . • , . . . .r.., _ _'" : ' , ; ,J .&. j .. I . -~. . . ' . : : :

proq.1J.cts.· .', .,-, ..'~~. ~1::<'~1':: :\~. ^{<,;.j :...} .:,(;~ ^{::', ;,1.} ~\

f

,. . . '.". ..1_~_. )..-: _~- 'J ' : JA • • •!....

r:

~^{. i t ...\} ~ ~.~ ^{. ' - . >'I ' : ,• •}~'. ^{. : • \ - ._ •}

Traffic increases enVisaged in each of the

four ^'above

^cases could

....~.-..J... .'. ' "~,~: .-: j _ . , J • .t . ~ -,:~.·)~,;i... - \ 0 ' : • . . . . ~ .~^{• •}~^{. .}~ ^{r , '}~

have been added together but the resulting figure'would '~robably be

~ ,~. . '... " .... • ~ ~ ' : J" .. ~ 1. ..:... . ..:.' \ ~ ~.... , ...', " ' f ' . \,J " , " . _ ..' , .1 ;~^{. : .. I} :,.~ j . . . ,

u..tcessive 'because. a proportion of the extra transport anticipated in

..~ ~ , •• ~ 4 I ~':. ' ..- .. .I•j ~ Ji. ~"" j " -1#~'. : r - ~ ^r " . . , • _' •• "" I_ ' )

ca~es

2,- 3. aner ⁴

^{is implici}

tiy"c6nt'ained' ln'

_c~6e

-i

"s' t'r'ansi)ort' growth

''-:~!,~ ···~'~.~'"rl ~ -:~: ~ ^••1,:.:.1.J·" ^t, ~^':".; i..~l'-.._:[·~..._,.~ ,...t:.... . _{~ &~} • . : :i,.~...: ....;, .~~ (.~..{. .~ 'T

rate. '. . . ". . .

,:.:, >,.,

^"I';T~e_ .c~:p~qi~ty,;,o,( P9,:r:"!iS';ha~:.,no~ i)~~~p>tak~n~~nt9a;c~ount .beoa~6e

.

this'>~,s Illainly ~': n~.ii6n.~~:.,p~<?b~~ll!.~'

,·,Jf.'"

·~9~f.~ve!, ,~~as~,~:p'~ionl.~ y'ith res'pect to traffic prove _oor~ect, ce:rtain ports should be

eniarged

and 'states' should 'co-opera~e in making ,joint use of ports on the Bight

01'

of Benin.,

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If the basic assumptions are aocepted, some important points seem to emerge:

• ( a)

".

an improvement of road networks, mainly be~feen Niger and

-'. Ii .::) : . : .

Nigeria, lvory Coast and Ghana, Ivory Coast and Mali and

04an~

and

Upper Volta, is essentia~. "

(b)" -railwaY':extensions be.tween Maiduguxi and Fort-LarD.y' and' probably from the Abidjan-Niger railway in the direction . of Mali:might be profi.t,able. Ln a·.few, years'. t~me•. (.,~.

(:i:i.j'o"

gy:.i ;hdh~:l~kt~~i~h~ ~h;ould'

i"oun-ediately!/b1e'

giv~ri "t'~" a 'Gnaht1.T~g~. ^,.

Dahomey-~igeria ^rail link.~

(d) improvement of navigability of the river Niger by the 'Kainji dam in Nigeria' may substantially::'m'odify ·t·ransport "flows in

'thi s regi on • . . ...

The last two points are discussed in the following Bub-ohapter.

B. !~rastructuremodification

Two important operations Ql~ght substanti.a.~ly:.modifyourrent

transport flows:. " .",.,'

',' .1. .Improvement of the river Niger

'::{a) At preaen; the river Niger is used as far as·Baro··at kilometre 694 from 'J~scravo8 Estuary. Nigeria is starting to build ^a,',;' dam at Kainji (kIn 1,006) which, completed by a double"lock:·

with an intermediate basin, a headrace at Awuru ~~, de-roc~ng

.at ..the Baji bo rap.ids, will make n~:Vigation possi bl,e tihrcughou't

~h,~ ye~

^{up to}

Y~lwa

^{at km}

1~1?0

^wi

t~

^{a ,depth'}

~~

^1.7Om. Aooord-ing to a study made by the Stanford Research Institute, the

• . ' • J •• '\

0Uf~~~t ~yerage cost of. _transpo~t on the navigable stretch is USS0'.012 per T/~. When the Kainji dam is built and various other improvements are made (night navigation, better rotation

. ·br:

bette'r adapted ~ateria.l, ^uae of more ·powerful tUgs~ better '" 'spread of, overheads ) this average cos't

could,

in the opinion

.~,\.

"

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PB8e 55 '. '..,. '

of the Netherlands Engineering Consultants (NEDECO), be

red~ced to" US$ _6'~'b(j7

per T/lcin. " " ", . ' ,:" ",'," .

438 km,

... ~ t 4

315

_.,kIn. ' ._......' Niamey at ap~r9xi~

'.,..:.'....

potonou (Daho~ey) - Par~ou ~ailwa~

.Parakou - Malanvi11e road

-.-and then f10ws into Niger where it reaches mately km

1,624.

,

.

'x.

';." '. (b") ,

Ups~';e~~'

^of

~ei~a

the river Niger

crosse~ ~igerla1

s fr6ntie'r' :"" ai" km

i';'29~, th~n

^serves

a·~:·.fron~ier"b~t~~e~

^Niger

and D·a·~~~.ey

for' some 'hun'dred ki'~ometre~'unti~,

at

kml,330,

it'

is ~rosse~

.~:-:

.. ': -: '. :·'h;r

^the M~1anVil'1'e'-Gayabridge'-which carries Niger^lB grea~

':':',",4-".'!.4_-::~.••:..!~ ·1-":-- •..":.- .'...:a:,. ••• •,•••••_~.•••-•.1 ....&._~aW'_'_"_J' - ' " ' . _ , • _.. •= _,,_ _ __ .... , ..~' ...__ ..' _ •. "':"' ...., ...,. _ ...i!...& . . . "_.J-.~&.... __-_.__ "::_--::'"

supply line: .

Navigation conditions on this stretch have been discussed in

~'4^-!. .~_l., : ...:'. . : . . . • :'-:'! ~ , . . . . . . . " . , . t, '-'t • •••

vari oua.._,~~.~~ies (NEDECO-ITALCONSULT 'and M. CHRISTOFFEL). Aocording

_to"th~s~··~d~~um,entd

^navigation

wotD..d b'e'- PO·B~~bl·e .~i ^th

^{a depth}

6f~ .

•; . , • • { ..., . : • • _ • oJ-1 ' • .. • , _ ' . ' ... ! l •~. ^{: •I• _ _}

"J

1.20 m from 15 September to 15 April, o~,7 months per year

J,. ',. '1.. ' _ '

/ \!:~~~t.;.:'" 0.50

.m ·from

15 August,~o 1'5' May, or,

9

~<?~~~~,'""p~r year ,

prov~ded Mala.nv~lle bri,dge" ,which allows a return of only

.9.

7~

..

~

..

~t

• : ,r - : • • • • •' i J " • r~

high water, is adapted.

..- ~

•~ I ' . J "'; . . . . ... ' •••

It is therefore'poesib~~to contemplate n~:Vigation from' Niamey'"

-.' . . ..^,

to

the

sea for

more

than half

the

year since the rapids

upstream

·.: ·'of·, Yelwa:~iii

be

^Lnundated by, the Kaipji' dam reserv6ir·.- C6fi·t's':w-ould probably not be' as low as on the

Yelw'~~Es"oB.rvoB"Est;iary;s·tretdh·~'a't

^-,':

''-.,'' -Leaat -until-=,~the,".Niamey-:,Yelwa..,B.tretch. had ..been_im:pr-<~:.v::e~•..~..'J,'l1e,...p.Q~.~...

9..t ...

,~

..._. ","" .

US$ 9.0~3 per T/km a't·pres~nt.pr~vailing··on_{lo.. '", • _} the_I~

,lower

_{_ ...} Niger

may ,be , "

_{.. ~• • •}

t'ake"ri

~·aB a49first es·tl.mate. ::-:'^{t., : : ,. • •} .~ ^{.. "}

...-..-.-_.'" ..

_.

^.. •••• '...~-,,~. ,," •• , . - - - " ' : ' - --,.!!.... _. _ • • • _- ,u .

- ..",.~~-... --- ...~,', '''''''-' .: __ '.4.'· ....-.~.-• •...- _"'_ ...,",,," ...<. '.:,.- _ , ...~. . .·~~...l,. - -__ " ...--:. .... "._:~ -_~.~'lIo::

...^'

Wi:th these rates the', cost per ton transported between Malanvi11e .

<" • ·4"' L-- ... ".: ~

or Ni~~~ and the sea wo~~,\be approximately: , . 'Of: ..~..

for

Malanville ~ 1126- x 0.001 + 210 x

c.oi s uSS 10.57

per T '."

,-I.~^{- . "','}.L,;o.:_.~.f.or ,NiameY^-s:4L-,.... ,,·_1120_x,.O.O.Ol-

+.

-504,x,

,o..OlJ.. _=_,.

U5.8.__14._49 ..1>.e"r...,-~ _~

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This may be

compar~~

^{Hith the, cost}

^by th~ "~;~4'~~~;ione:tl

r.oute across Dahomey

by

using ~igures ^given in .th? S~~-NEDECO^report 'f~r ^eventual ext^{e n a t}on of 'the' 'Cotonou-:~a.rakou,rai'Iwa.y up t·o Mal anville or ^{D o sa o,}

~"~e _f~).l~wing ^{are the'} dist~ces ^{in' km ,} ~

Parakou Malanville Dosso Niamey

,.

753

918

The "cos't taken for r-oad

trants:por~

'is 'US$ 0:028 pe;r- T/km.

In' t~,~.

^__

oase' '6f ·ra.:ll transport sever~l ass'umptions'

'are

^posadb.le dep~ndi.!ig

on'-

~

,

. • . J , . J , . -, ,;

the terminus of _t~e railway, Par akou (present' state), Malanville' or Doaso,

and the extent of 'traffic: ) ^{. . . ~ . ...}

Assumption I Assumption

II

Assumption

III

236,000 T/Yf:Jar.'

^{All Niger,} t~,~ftic passes'

.through Cotonou

l • -- • ,

155,000 T/year. - Eas't Nigerf.'s, _~raffic passes throUgh Nigeria

• ~. I '

70,000

T/year. Only West Niger traffio 'passes

through

", .. - Cotonou , " " :,

~

^{r- '.}

/tOCO~ding to ,'t~~

^s'tudy

qu<?~e_~ ^above, ~:'~a~!i ^.. t;a.l}~·por~·~'~.OS

^t,s

wC!~

^d

.~e

th~'f~il~~~~g.i~.US$·c;~·Ol-.;~r T/~:>

", .' .. '''...: , ... :

"-~ ^•~ ^{• . ' •}~.~.^{I . ' . . , .,} ~ ~ ^{- . . 4 • I -} .~ ^{. ; . -, •}t.,: ..,.~.:

1• • ' .

Rail terminus' .:

.^'

..

':,Assumption I .:: '" Assumptdon II:,

236,000 T/year

155,000,T/y~~~_,

.-. ;..,

, ,

I , " : .

Assu.mjrti'on' I I i'

70,000 .

_{. .~:.~/Ye.~}

,;

....

_"',

" ~

",·Be¥ing ~n rmnd th~.dastan ces .to be, cover-ed':by; road,~~: r.ai-l.,:, ~he, ',:", ooat of ~ranspor~iI!g o~e,.ton:.-frC?ffi the "port of _C9t~nou'wou).4-, (under>the' ., various ,~s.~umptions,.be, :in ;Fr~<CFA: ' . .: _{:_~:.}

Coat of tran'BPorting 'one ton' from' Coto:nou"·t6 IhameY'": . in~US$':-pe~'':-T^1',' <.,::.,,!,,:

~ ' , 1 0 . ' 'I', ,-,,:,,~ ',,:,"';l-1:'/

Rail terminus

... .. l ~ ^I . . . •l

, Assumption I

,i ' "236',.000 T!year '~ ,A6s~ptio.n II . Assumption.,III 155,OOb

·T!year'

'·70;00()

T/year

Par-akou . :Mal anvill e

" .... ,".

Dosso

-'

.: 30,.4.7

22.66 i9.68

, J

.J~.4D:".-,

·2q.~8

~3·12,

,---".' -", - . .': 40 •

9'3

^{J ' ':}

.- ..

3~· ~~ ^{l '}

'It . , ';38!41, ,

Cost. of' transportirig "one ton' from Cot~)n~ou

t6

M~ianvilie: ^{'in US$} ~~r

T' ..

' - - l

'Ito.-; " ; . . " ' " , . ,j &

, ~ .!..

'-

..

Rai~r ~~rminus.,'

Par-akou", . Malan·vill e

.Assumption, I . 23'6, 000'

'T/

^Y02.:r

::'- 21e96 · .,.

14'.~'5

Assumption II

155,,?OO

_~/year

24'~'94

1'7.77 .

^l

~saump~ion ',~,II

70,OO~

,r/yeBf

32~.12

"

'29.82

By

river the cost would be: j" ['_••

t , ES~J;a,vos e~tu~;r. ^{j - ,} M,alan.v~lle

tt , ,_ NiaITl~Y

: US$,10.57

~pe~ T

US$

14

~40 pex T,~

..

....

•~ _,'~ ^•I . ' • • ';

AS,tiaffi0 'wi " ,m"'.';t Pro balJiy be be

tI~

^{een 'tsaump'ti.ona}

Ian~ rI,tfl'l,,:;

cost of' conveyance by the river Nige~ will be approximately half the , cost

by

the

D~homan' ~otit'e·wh~tever'~~-~'ens'J.'on·s '~e"

^m'ad'e to the Cotonou- ,',

., ~ .. ' • 4- . :: : '

Parakou 'railway and subject- .to' conrirmati on of' the 'basi c data, particularly the cost of river

tranBP~rt ~d' ~a"~~~~~tion

^possi

bil~~'~,~,~

^{from Yelwa to '}

Niamey.

, .

Even if some figures, 3X~ Opt.iIilis·tiO' the 'difference seems too great for the Niger authorities not to pay the gr9atest attention to this new

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58

eJla.ouation 'route which will lead to great 'economies in 'transport. It is probable, therefore, if the basic assumptions prove' accurate, that .""";, in the future a large proportion of Niger's traffic wi'll be .conveyed '::':';

through Ni~eri~ rather than through Dahomey. This may have .ve.ry '," ,;'.

. _ .

,-.-serious oonsequences for Dahomey which ^{would lose} transit traffic

, rePre"senting' s'evel"al'hundreds' of millions- of Fr.' CFA'revenue per'-yea.r~:'·:'··

_ . _. • -. 1 .1

,.Da,h'oman' ,tJ;8.nsport'srs who,'provide road tiranspor-t beyond Par~kou w'ould '. "

- - -,. • .- ... - I ' " ' . •

.-:'" 'rcfSEf"a:'l"arg'e- part of" 'their' fre"ight, the srtuatiori"'of"the -'OCDN,

railway..;,.;...·

which.' at present only achieves financial balance through ballasting' tr~sport for the port of Cotonou (whi ch ~Till ^be compl eted in

'1'964)

viiIl deteriorate sharply if-it also loses some of the traffic

to

or from

".- "'"Ni-gar, "and'the new" ^por-t of" Cotonou, whi ch in a few' years will" have to face h~avy maintenance and dredging costs, risks running at a deficit,I

..

-

^{~. .. ~ - - -.. -.. -. ...}

-if it loses Niger's traffic. The possibilities of this new route Cassen-. tiaJCassen-."

d"evelopments,

"area' of Lnf'Luence , transport costs

r

which', al,

thoUgh .'-,

;pp~rQnt~y benefrdia~

for

Ni~er ^and Nigeria~might^harm

Dahomey

"should'

~ . . • • .. I •

be..

^studied

in ..

detail·•.. Another project of international· Lmpor-tance- -". the

Ghana7~igeriarailway ~ might, however, offset these drawbacks for'"

Dahom~y,by permitting th~ development of trade between the countries, bordering the Bight of Benin.

•

'~

2. Ghana-Nigeria rail link

,.

This project was ^discussed, partially

at

'least, by the Commission on Railw~y Links between the States of Nigeria, Dahomey and Togo at the Co~onou Tripartite Conference on 23, 24 and ,25 August 1962. It

. .

conai.sts in :joining Ghana's ~d: Nigeria's rail ne tvor'ks b.y building three sections at present missing between Gh~a and Togo (120 ~), Togo'

'and'Dah~~e~ (50~)

^and

D~homey

and Nigeria (30

~).

^{, To}

~hie would _{b~ ~dded}

_{. .} ^the gauge ,

chang~~,

^{from'l m to 1.067 ffi, for 'the}

Togo16s6 and Dahoman networks.

An estimate of the c~st is given below:

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•

..

^{' 1. New} tracks to be built

, ., ,

Between Dahom~! ~d .N~g~r.~~

Between Togo and Dahomey.

Between Ohana~and

Togo

30 km

50

km 120 km

,~/ '

-US.S ,·2,400,000'"

US'S

6-~

boo,

000

oss

9.,.qOO,000

" . ~~_, ~." ^•4

-

^-

-_.

^{.. ..• - ,,"}-..~~

' j .' ,t Total. -. .:.. t".:..US$18 ,000 ,000

Crossing of the Volta in Ghana would

neqess~t~t~.i~pqf~~~.~ngineer-, r ~ I" ':~_.': • . . : . , / 'I .... . . . . . . 'fI oJ 1": ^{- I ' , 1 I ' . <. . •J.', ..•}~A" 4

ing work for which a sum equal to US! 4,000,000 .mayJ~.e. ,~sti.mate.d;!O"

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2. Gaua:~ ch~~e,'in"Togo and. in:, Dahomeyz.\ .. ~.:i.. -,«: ' .. '~'.. :..' . . . ', ...:J.[f . . . '

.. ; ". '.A-,.study' has,-':rece'r{tly:·been·(m'a:d:e in

"Camero~" 'tb 6~~:~cl.·~i~·"i]i~·';~·~~t"

::.-of gauge change: it is estimated at approximately

usa

2 ,BOO

pe~:(: ~-~"

^{,,- ,}

If these fi~es can, be.extended~ ~gt..the.T.ogp. and, Dahomey ·netw6-rk,..:the

•I• ... ' . . . . a~. . . . _ _ , •.I.,~", _. _. ... " .

cost of .the, changeover' 'W;o~d.;be:, " ': •.' ... ' .', . _~:.;.:'I '::1:"

I , . ' _ • _~.'"(~" , . . . : • • " "._ • • - ' . . .

, I '» .:" .' . , r ,

I DaJ;lomey "netw<ll'k· ~.:;"oj.);-c, " :~J1635 km . ", .' . ' . ' US!'f~'

7'78:;000

,Togo network,- .... ' C^{;:.1.' ' .. :,'':}

49f kni'

_,.,~ ^{t.. -'}

US S· i ,

_~74~~8bO

To~a:l . ".US$·-4',000',000

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~..._ I ... • • _p

• • •~^{• • f ' , , - . • • • • \}:~.f~r t ".":"4.~... ~.... ,- ...:., . -.

With'respect to rolling stock, the cost of changing axles is

",_. 6',' • : . ' . ' , i":r .."... .. ' .~_".[\::....:;' ... ' .. - ^{. 1 "}

est~mated·on'average at US$ 80 per axle: i.e. a maximum of 4,000

. "..r~:;. J>I!~ ~ ^{. '-.. .j . •' \ '• •• ...} ~ ^{. . . '.. _ • -:::.. " .I . . •" ' .• -;1 • • _}J .':'

-axles'for approximately 1,000 wagons and locomotives, entailing expendi~ure' of~ :~_ ..:::-~',~ ~ ~ r: ~., " ." ',' .-.".~ ....

:-Adaptat'1on

:~f'

^{t6ilingl l}

sto~k '4~Ooq ~J ~o

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'~

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. .~ ^.•••~,- ^{... j.••} J J. •."r - : ~ ..L '~:,^{_.' " - , _ . • :}.1... . ' '.

AlI'

other"

costs" ' . ., , US$ 527,200

-4r _ ' , •• •J . . ".~: : , •~. ~•

, I ,

•

/. ~

It

Be'e~s

possible, therefore:,' 'to'-

a.chi~ve

^the

:G:b.~a."':Nigeri~

^r'aii

.._ .. "". _..

_~t·."., ;~~r~··::· ..

1 ink fo'r'

an

,o·utl·a-y··, of appr-oxi.matelyUS$' 26,000,000. 'Thi's' figure would

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-probably, have ·to···be','iiicreas:ed ,t·o 'cover other expenses" which cannot at

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present"be:'calculated~t;':;:auch'as- the Lmprovemerrf of some sect ione ,

standardiza-.. :standardiza-..~ ".; f: :~- ~ : ".. (.

tion· of' couplings,::etc'~l" -.' '. ^l..~~. ^'

l . . . . . _ ... .. - - • •:t'r·~' ...::".' . - :_~~ .;

These rair" links" would 'pr9vide iirec,t J.i~ison,,be~.~~Tl" ^{the large}

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towns

and

'industrial 'centres on the Bight of Benin the "rail .distances between which would

"b~"'a~ foilo~s~'

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