"By 1905, the nation's railways should reach a total mileage of 150,000 kilometers. In urban rail transit, two new Dar es Salaam city subway and intercity railway lines should be built, linking First Town, Rhine City, and Soga City; Rhine City's subway network should be expanded; cement and asphalt roads should surpass two million kilometers; and twelve new canals should be constructed, linking the inland waterway networks between Mozambique and the central region."
After the capital relocation, First Town's political status declined. This meant that First Town lost the political industries it had originally relied upon. If First Town was not to be abandoned, it could only continue developing by merging with Dar es Salaam city, because the loss of the capital had made its own resources insufficient to sustain further growth.
Svit enlarged a map of Coastal Province, formerly Central Province, and circled Dar es Salaam city, Bagamoyo city, First Town, and Soga City in red pen.
"Gentlemen, please look at these four cities in the eastern part of the map. I believe none of you are unfamiliar with them, since most of us previously worked in First Town."
"The reason First Town had been able to develop in the past was because it enjoyed political resources of the highest priority. Hospitals, schools, transportation, industry, and everything else had been built around serving politics."
"However, with the completion of the capital relocation, First Town's original urban ecosystem could no longer be maintained. Most of its medical, educational, and industrial resources had been dismantled and transferred to Rhine City for reorganization. Even First Town's population had fallen to fewer than fifty thousand people."
Ernst added at this point, "Although First Town lost its former status after the capital relocation, it remains Coastal Province's political center and one of its transportation