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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1881)
March, 1881. . --T-T-Ti iTifYV AND STEEL IS RUSSIA. rouu exi'iiUiuTiuK. Tha tliU whaling Wk. Afar ami Jltltm, raoaully arbMl by tt OorrnMtit lor (I0,, bM Ua Uka to Um lalaod. to b rnlto4 (or lb Mwrck xpdilioo aftor Dm iniaa tag . llMwbaliagetiUltistoUtoh ot of bar, Ul balag laolu dad is tb parch. Ily Ui Um lb vat! It rafittol at tb Navy yard, ah will bav out! Um (iorrnmot good mad ram. IIm actoal valu " prhit 110,000 to I ,'", wllhoat taking Into aooouat U. oualinmirjr 0 profit lor th Mt but, uf oMirw, lib all (l'inml parch, lo ytn bad to b pM. N M Ui vmmI U ut good on Is br wy, M b U m, Uoag Bad wll built, ll U probable, bowvr, it will b lauuJ that th U inaob loo larg tor Hi pur baM intended. Hpd I ol llllt b)it wher umiiinM thy do Bot mh mil year I bill iu u ry InipwUiil laouir wner ui mi M 0 b worked In umw leeda, and ofteB "If kJ" of buU( along by tl mm. A rat. Ml la ti ul 111 t'snna, which BMit Ui but year, would b macb nor ootivwiMNit lit saUwtitin uf elflwr and iiimi lur tliii . .Iilin III b mad lu Vt MhingU, d II it SHwnlly believed thai tUut A. (1. Ilrry, U. , Navy, will oontmeod th pdllio, W ( Mil kw what Mr. rwrry's eiperW Buy bar Imm, but Uilnk lbt vry careful aeleetiu abiwld b int.1 of emu ilh i Miu l Anrtt wator. t Hooper, at l (Wiria, who ot op lt y, iil.l hev Imm m loUMtl ahalM, M bit NMin mil pwaMWuldhvhBlnvalualit. II it lot tot, I pt. Kwilb, oa lJtn voyage, w ImImv, woald la br be VUM . uul. Tb muUoo ul mm ol lh prt. awed whaling napUint would ls b ol great aervw. lt. W. II. I'ell, of lb Hatllhauoiaa iMlilKltna, who h pl m wwy yw la wiwt Mtrvy work la Aks oa bi rbor, rlHL WMilil b aauwi lb btal nwa U1 onula U luttiid ll b Wiwld b Willi! to go. Hk imI rwni kaowlwltf. ruAo llily. tnprwtww Wllh lb MiiwU, tc, ot Um o.itl. BtU bim MMMtly nttod to euromuid to ipxliuua. 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Bgiaotring .kill of t apt Jam. H. KU ll.woaow.dMcnbtit! hour mutiv. p,Mo(granil.r.ach down to a nn.;k lounda Uoo, mo. than l(l ft brlow th. turfac of th. ' ...1 wi ft luiv th wtU-r. Int.. tliiptodoat pirt iu.rt thre inmrnM arohe.. m. h um Mi ft. loiiK. 1 h. an not ar. ooni... of chroma .tori ttih unild by a t network ol iruo brtoe Th bruin Hm two divmont, lh apptr portion btinu utl for carriageway, borafl'car traik. and ironi-n l. t Through the ..r .livi.inn rum a 1 oulilt line ol tiram ran- ar Iraika. on which KM daily traint go IhuaiUrmg lck and forth. I.ravmg '.h. bring lb traim plung into a tunnel m oaia ,l uulii 1 mil. in lrnuih. i.auiug un- .U oiiv tit lh. it mat I'iiioii dip it. At truna nixt at thi. limit central tlation, and twio a ilay, it it probably the hutiett pla( to b found in lh country, NKirunw tod even ing 00 oan no In than a uo-n iraini tUndmg thr rea.lv to depart to all wiuU of lb 0O0liaM. M. bOUU llf'i Th. damn Ctutt or CiimA. Thia canal it liktly to ahar th fat ol th great wall. 1 hit waWr-war in onnttruotml by Kublti-Khtn aad hit MooMton of th. Yuen race, and u til 10 atiU IB length. There ar 1(1, (XW rial bottomed IkibU oa thi. oanal, and theM are need in th. traatportalioa ol grain. Th. AVAo tUtet tint thi graat watorway i. an .normout "whit leplianl," a ll outta aa tuormout amount .very jraar lur reuurt, ui appmimauona intra, m tlMwhtre, not being entirely devoted to the purpoM lur which they ar meant Junkt am delayed every Bxnth whllt ohannrlt art cut (or Uitir paaaag. Thu year, for the lint time tiao tb oooitractina ol th canal, th grain (men Nanking, with th oontrnt ol the govern merit hu bvo lorwanled hy era, and thi. fact hu imp.il! th I rkiug lullionlie. to coiuider um tpeliBcy ol alwailoning th. oanal at a euaimtreial highway. Hut chitect and mechanical 1 (rota YVaablagioa tbat two aolar OtpxtiUaot ar to b Hiked t Bad aatil aiYib wly la Um tmiag Wat, ator Um dinw lata al iMaaral Hat, 1 W HmmI Ofbnr, rnt aaaraly aeaealan Mrtma. Ua, to I4.lt V raakba' bay. It to be aadar lb iwainl al ljataMBl IimWt. taw al Mm BMt Ira (tad pMw-ai Um Kugwal tarpai ta iaar will aad Ki anaiiiaaiia or Hunt ICivkhm. The tilralol tb tni-nuA'hinenta ol riven like Iht UiMiMimn aad SdiiMun uimb their bank, can only be aaiiaml with what it taking plane in Km in natiera thorn ol (int llritain by lb. actio, ol mar to currmta. Indeed, ow tag to Ui diret-t manner in which American nrw imeg apoa thnr bankt io oerlain parte, Um dmtraclir a.(u it, in thu cam. till wmr raptal. !ral uirivmg towna on tht baaka el Ui lo riven tpecified btv within tb law lew year, beea .wept away by III. tro tuB oi vovir oaaai. The London ronnionoer of January 29 hew th. following: I'The protectioniBt tendenoieg of'b. nrw Uu.aian llini.Ur oirinanco.M. Abaza have caused a flutter among the iron m"e;. ..Id coal mine proprietor, of BU. Confident eipocltttionB are eipressed that the new inctiil tariff which came into effeot on the l:lth inHtimt will ho ouly a temporary measure, and that ere long frenb dutiea will be prouiul gtcd. having for their ohjeot the eomplote ex K . t....i;i. .l and iron from the imimon 01 liuijiinu . --- ---- - ltuaaiiin market. In the artiole of pig iron the abolition of the exemption praotioe is a great gain (or the native iron-maKters, and one would have thought that it would have ttimu ated them to iucrcaaed activity. Not only, how evr, i UuHaiu badly supplied by the native Iron-maaters to-day, ouianouovau -iHiiideut upon foreign support this January than the wus the oorreHponding period of lost year, the demand for iron having inoreased in the interval, while the output of the oountry has ilimiuithed. Tuo activity 01 nmenuaua and othem, of which bo much was said in the Buinnier, appears to have completely died away. "For the moment M. Abaza is busy reorgan izing his department. When he has got the treutury in order he may be expected to take in hand the tariff, and afterwards pass on tn (he numerous projectB for developing the rail ways ol Kuwiia. Any development of these must bo of iuU roNt to England, as it means poteiblo orders for aleel rails and rolling stock. For 1HX1 several linyare projected. "Krupp is now BUyiug at Bt. Petersburg, -to arrange for a contract for throe niilion roubles (i'2,0U0,(Kl0) for the construction of cannon for Ituaaia. Ou this point there has been a furious ditcuaxiou iu the papers, many affirming that the order ought to be given to native Arms. To ealublish the Abouchoff Hteel Works at Bt. l'l ti rhbiiru. a million was sunk some years ago, aud order for guut have been repeatedly given lo the ooucern since. Uul tile guns oost twice or thrice the amount paid .to Krupp, and are very considerably inferior to his. Uenoe Uua ala, in spile of her desires, must continue to giva her coutructs to Krupp for the presnt. Krupp's vinit to Bt. Petersburg has been token advautago of by several Finnish railways to give him large urders for steel mils, "The Mimsttr ol MUte Domains nas just re ported that lu the 10 leading provinces of Rus sia there are 203 works for manufacturing agricultural implements. These employ 0,612 workmeu, aud turn out machines to the value uf 4..ruO,U(H) roublos ($3,000,000) a year. In In"5 th import ol foreign agricultural ma chinery was valued at 3,157,000 roubles. In IhM) tt bad fallen to l,u2o,000 roubles. WattTSnimtxrtvu lit iMus'a lUv ij IWll, wb bM lately relanwd fna England, ui gaUMnag wlonaaUt in behalf ol th liorarn. MBl to datomuM tb leMiUlity ol opening a " roagn iiaana nay, lur lb truup rlt taoaaf rata'xHBUMNiitlhwMt llitrlaimid w grata M w IM down la l.iv.rim.,1 .Wprr by ib twd roeu thaa by tb all rail roabr, Um 1'taa.t 1'aati railroad. iiiiaat Hnriir,Tn. r.ia SN0.Tb. ktkkl iiinu give Um aatoaat ol r.,1 J MttinttHMa ta Um I'aitxl buuw tor v avtot Tb. toul biiU,, m Ju. i 1ss, at art dowa at IBLWs fcibja, ' ' NkW THkATMKUT MR Sl'AKLtT FlVKB. A very iutcratting experiment as tried by Dr. Anhliy, medical ollioer of health for Grantham (England), in dealing with an outbreak of scar let fever in that town during the summer of IH7S, by meant of isolating the patients in tontf. II prevailed upon th local authorities to erect a tent hospital on the ontakirts of the town, and induced parents to send their sick there. Th. mult wu mott tuooettful. Parents availed IhetnMlvet of the tents largely (their early prejudio. againtt them being readily overcome), Ui patient did remarkably well, and th spread ol the diaeat wu nmpaMtionably mnoh oar tailed. Altogether the example set was on which dsMrve to be oopied, and shows with what readineaa th spreading diseases of chil dren may b dealt with by the exereiae ol en ergy and forethought. Jaent. l,M.t'uin 1. a N'gw ItoLa. It ii reported tbat celluloid hu ol late been snooeufuliy ap plied in lb form of a veneer in the ornamenta tion ol furniture. It is need in this way in im itation of malachite, or colored marble, for table top, and for panels in imitating tortoise-shell and other costly materials.