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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
THE WEST .SHORE. July, 1881. OAKLAND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Tbs greatest oginaring work now being don on this oomI by the Government it tb fffiprorcxect of Oit!ic4 LuUr. V't a.e 4 bort time lino a report of progre oa tb work. Tb method of placing th rook, which wo ihoa doribed, U itill being carried on. Too training walls are fl twoming reepectebl proportion!, Mi it will Dot Dow bo very long before lb whole lid flow of tbo harbor will bo oooflood between tbo wll. Tbo inoor nd of tbo aortb well bat boon faoed Dp, tad both barge ere now being daily anloa-Ud on tbo north welt, Tbo rook mm exceptionally good in oheraoter, though, for tht prion at whkih tbo oootraot I taken. II la dilliuult to eae whre maob money it to bo made dredging ia going on oonttaatlr, and, thoagh tbo drorlgar aooma to bo in obronto itata of braak -down, it doe good work, whan at work. At present tbo material la earned 00 1 on bargoa and dumped la tbo bay. Wo hear, bowerer, that arrange, mant are being made to depoeit aoma of It on tbo adjacent ebora. For thia tbo oontraclor re- oatva a higher prioo. Tbo point where it ia to 00 deposited wui be on the U. r. lb 11. Ife'a land, back of tbo freight ill I Tba Government engineer hare now in pro. pool toother part of the work oa thia barbor improvement, wo ton ia an lmiortaol no, and bid hare bean invited from contractor to do tbo work, Tbo work to be don onnaist in tbo xoavatioa nf tba flat of the Mai baeia lying aaet of fifteenth aveooe, in Brooklyn, between low water tin and tba line of the mereh which forma the ahor line, and in put tint the aioavatod material aeaor. II ere now ia chano lor aoma enterprising parsons. They eaa bav 7ft day, from the daU of award of oootraot, to boild a machine which will dradg and deliver tha material ashore, la red tore of dredging appltaooea oan here bav aa opportunity of proving th apenority of tbeir devloe. A muet of th land near by be lung to tli Oakland Water Kroot ooniiny, it U prubabl they will bav no objection to bav. log th material pat aehara when It will im prove their land, Tbi remain to be teen, bowerer, The part eiotvaUd 1 to be taken oat at laaet to one It. below low wtler, and not deeper Ihta 3 ft below low water. It la inppoeed that tba onatraetor eta mak arrangemenU for depneit wttb partlea wbo with to bav land retted. The data are ahowa by aarvey to attend to a height of 4 or t ft, above low wtUr, aloping fan Ily to the baaia. Ilaring mad show th matorul for the llret 4 or oft, ia depth to b oft mad, wblob at tend ia plaora to maob greater depth, (a other place, the mad below ia firmer, and bet aaad mixed wttb it, Bidder may oh one thair awn ptao for aioavatioa oat. Id of lb lift of mereh, aatijaot to approval and aaler the condition that the area toave tod (ball be raaeoaahly compact In ahapa tad oalliea, baring a width of not lea Ihta Alio ft, and provided it halt be mad to eoaeact wilb tbo esttUng low-water beam by a bannl SUU fV wide, baviag about I fl la depU at low ta bor. Tkl work, it to Mppnaod, will b followed by tor of the eta obaraetor, a ppreprtelions binom available, Tbamoant to b applied adar tbl ooatract will be what remain of faad now avaUaldo a lor atitUag ono tract ball h falfllled. It will probably not bo U Ihta JiO.OOU, aad may be a maob at 1100,000. No perMonler motbod of loaraUoa i repaired U tb peotnoalMasa, and th iateaUoa I togiv lb amteaetor tb falleat laUtad ia bi opera, ban, It tbl ehall retail It oboapeaiag tba onst 4 tb work, Tb tnoaMrwateat of malarial wij bo to ptao a it bow bra. Tb drpuett oa abor will be talijact to tack rwgnlaUoa la tba way of borax or lere u ball, ia tb jadgmaat of tb ongtaeara, ba af. 6rlnt to prevent tba irntrrial being retaroed to lb baa! a, Tba plao of drpoetl ma I, bow erer, be approved. Th point of mtrih land that make oat from th two ihore below Six teenth arena are not admissible at pi too of depoeit. Th rato of excavation required I not Uee than 80. OIK) 00 bio vard par month. It may b a mooh in eioeea a tb contractor may ohooee to xeavate. Bond to tha extent of $30,000 will be re quired at th ligning of th contract from two sureties, etoh qualifying in thia amount. Th work will be supervised by an inspector, whoa dncieion on any controverted point, wbrn oonfirmed by th engineer, (hall be final, and binding on ell parti, l'ayment will be mail monthly by check on Auiatant Treaiarer United Hutes to th amount of 00 of th work dona, 1 0 being retained until th com pletion and aoorptano of th work. When thia work it completed it will leave a large tidtl baain at th upper and of the barbor, wher many veeeelt can lie aecoraly in th win tor month. It i not aaf for them to lit in th open bay, and Mission bay, ono a favorite plaoa, it now thut off by th bridge, th piling and th filling in. Coaatort bar, therefor, to go to Aotiocb or Oakland. Th new basin will doubtless ba a very uaeful one. Self ntifie Vrm. TA8TK AND OI)OU OF MINKIIAIA In their action nnnn tha aenaM a fnw minep. all poeaeoa Uutt and other under nm circum tonoea giv off oor. 1'aela belong only to aoluhle minertla. Tha ilifl. adoptod for refereno are ti follow! 1. Amrmijrni; th taat ol vitriol. 2. Suvttith aMlrinijrnl; taat of alum. S. RaUnt; tait of oommon at It. 4. Alialint; Uato of and. 8. Cooling; taat of taltpeter. 0. llairr; tatta of epeom atlt. 7. Sour; taat of lulphurio acid. KlOtllltioff a few DUMIIl tnrl anllllila minertlt in tha dr nnrhtnuiul mtmtm An Jl giv off odor. Ily fiictioo, moiatening with tb breath, aod the elimination of torn volatil ingredient by heat of acid, odor are aometime obtained which are thai deaignated. I. Atlncniu, th odor of gtrlic Friction of araenioal iron alicit thia odor; it may alto b obtainxl from araenioal eompound, by meant of beat 2. Harm raiiitk or. the wlnr nf bnne-radith. 1'hia odor it atronulv when the or of telenium are heated. S. Hultikurtmi. fruitinn V;. v.ln. . v.wi 1 1 vui pynU aad beat from many tulphide. v. Hmmoaa, in odor ol bitumen. A. Friul. the oAnr nf ButtiliMM. i i. .1 or rottea eirn. Il U alinit- !. (.t:- I om vanebe of quartt and limmton. . ryuummu, in odor ol moittooed olay. It ia obtained from terpeotin aad aome allied mineral, altar tnoktnin tk. ;.k il. braatbt other, at pyrargillita, afford it whan Thtl tml U A nkarml aarliUk U 11- of noma imporUaoet It I (aid to ba tiaoofA leepuuiMi, grrtuy (laio). anrM or mmgrr, etc 8om miowtlt, ia ooottqaeoc of their hvgra oopw character, iArr tKt Umom, when brought ia contact with it kl ILL Rrraa. .. R4ii- a i k. -I r . w a,,, o, vin. araaa animvetfl JtMM&r 90 I au.i . : .( - j ... . , 7 aauuei -an ao to amend aaction S.S24 and 8,T5 of th lUviMd Hlalate of tb United Htotoa ooooem ing miaoral land" doe not apply to mill ite tooated aeparataly or ia eonnectioa with lode claim. No annnal axpenditaret are required to aiaiataia piawwy titla. ThU .Utement la m4a la . , l V I . . , i7i t T' " - . "-'a reaaer Of u Rait Ik TrUm,," and tb reply la a gireo Utnd Oflio to tba oormpoadaat of that joo A rmUHlKLIIIA BU hn Kaa I.J . V.J -1 romarkablv Una nla kla i abarba, U andactded wbthar to lUrt a brick. e -.J . t at wr a rrwaoa oaaay anon. INDUSTRIAL. Then ba been no time tinoe tb axactiont of th lata war when good workmen were in tnoh iluOiaiiil t!iruU6hout tbo COUbiry U hi pieeeut, and th butinou outlook in almost every branch of induitry it moat encouraging. Tha large protect demand for (hop outfit furnithet good evidence of the general prosperity of our manu facturing interest. Order in that Una daring th put year bav been received from almost very quarter of tha glob. Mexico, Russia, and even England bav reoognizod tha fact that our mechanic excel in machine tool work by sending orders for tha tame. Wood wokkino machinkby is in special de mand, and tome of th manufacturer of that olats of machinery are "crowded and over, whelmed with order." Tin Fairbanks Scalh Works of 8t Johns bury, Vu, are said to be melting 30 ton of iron per day, and are (till far behind their ordort. Siuo 1880 oame in they hare averaged over on railroad track scale for each working aay. Copper Products. The olote of the year 1880 showed that the oopper mine of Lake Superior, tinoe their commencement, bare pro duoed 300,000 tons of ingot copper, valued at over $140,000,000. Exports. During tbe past five yean tb x. at nf Avnortt in tha ITnilaH Nfcataa n.a, jmnn-f. hat aggregated ,$900,000,000. Our import from fnreiun oonntriea htva fallan In fltra vaara f-nm l.4.'i(l 000 000 to tl M (100 f1 whfl. port to Great Britain inoreaaed from $340,000,. rw Lfl .1 .... . mi tin in 'f nnA 1 . wuu ue jreart ago w CiOJ,wU,Uw !( year. Till MlHHIHHIPPI RtVID T.IIII Tha Mo. graphical poiition of New Orleans it beginning to assert itself. It it now the second port oil export in the oountry. Som idea of th growth of th grain movement from St. Louis to th seaboard at New Oilcan in barges, may be gained from the fact that from January 1st to Octoher 10th, of last year, the shipment were 13,014,000 bushels, a against 6,164,838 buibel fur th oorre.ponding period of the previous year. For April the total export of New Or lean exceeded $11,000,000, the xport of Bos ton for that month being about $0,000,000. The Ntihvill American thinks that th entire Mitaiasippi valley will eventually pour it im mense trad into New Orlean. ENULIHH ANn AlilBtnlw n.Mv.v n.ua Rnaliah iuium mm lumHai.. . L .. "rally in favor of the American ayttem of rail- 1 L ' i i : , .... ' . n-au ear uuuuiog, ana wen tney may) 10 say nnthinff of lh annarlnriw nl h-hI f, - nHnn.ij V. ... U . B. rangement of our oars, it i well known that, a a ffenaral thinir tha IVnK.li Mil., a. riacra whati I.mmm fUM .M "Tl-? --' iivm u a raua, uats- Ily goea all to pieoes, photograph of "" wiov enowiag soat soey oommomy oontist of a oonfuasd pile of panels and door, nil lL I -I... . i -.. uivaau irunwora ana snanerea iraaung. A good American oar, honestly built, oan be thfoarn aitainaft a anll .lulMia. .4 . J t m kih, v-mmwumwh mm m Baau 25 mile an hour without breaking opi and if it war not that th passengers are thrown about aod brought in contact with seat backs and tba hanging work on the ooiliag and aide, an aooi dent of tbi kind would rarely be attended with xccptionally aeriou oocseqnenoe, what ever the epeed. English oompanio are alto adopting th American method of (upporting 1-aapjjTr car oa "oogi true it. A Htnmn T?BWVnV wnm RltniM Tm aaaaa - rrm vlii.HVi ,N V I of confirmed beldo th new remedy proposed i to remove the acalp, bit by bit, and ubti. "D7' graiung, piot of hrallby scalp, token from th bead of young persona. Tha OOCt at which baa hitherto aHandail itraratinBa of tbia nttur in oavea of aoalp woonda, giv a v.uiuui vbuoob ior uu new mods 01 eanng baldnaas: and nerhtna iha ! (a not fa niatajit Mhn ki tnlmn$ P nrabla fatbere -wn wiia so Dowing nou ot yoow.