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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1960
Europe's Greatest Waterway Getting Competition From Steel Oil Pipeline
By JOHN CALLCOT
Bonn, Germany - IUPD - Old
Father Rhine, lor centuries
Europe's greatest waterway,
has new competition.
The river, flowing 820 miles
from the Swiss Alps to the
North Sea, has a rival - a
shining steel oil pipeline.
Only three years ago, the
Rhine betwee: Bonn and Co-,
logne passed through green
fields. Today, it Is flanked
by a complex of silver-grey
oil piping, storage tanks, and
flaming smoke stacks.
More and more oil is being
used in Germany, both by in
dustry and domestically. The
refineries swallow up crude
oil as fast as it is delivered.
Cargo Figures Drop
Despite the fact the refiner
ies are for the most part lo
cated along the Rhine, oil
cargo figures are dropping in
stead of rising.
This is because of the pipe
lines. The first, running from
the North Sea port of Wil
helmshavcn to Wesseling be
tween Bonn and Cologne, has
been in operation for one year,
The second, from Rotterdam
to Cologne, will go into serv
ice this year, and farthei up
stream a pipeline from Mar
seilles to Strasbourg is cched
uled to start functioning in
1963.'
All this means the volume
of oil carried by Rhine barges
- 10 million tons in 1957 -will
drop heavily.
This does not mean the
Rhine is facing a crisis. There
may be strong competition,
but the Rhine has been in
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business too long for its end
as a means of transport to be
foreseen. 1
Cargo volume on the river
Increases steadily. Before the
war some 70 million tons were
carried annually. Last year
this total was doubled.
Volume Increase Seen
Coal, iron ore and gravel
have always accounted for
more tonnage than oil, and
the signs are the volume of
all three will Increase.
Twenty million tons of coal,
18 million tons of iron ore,
and 14 million tons of gravel
were carried by Rhine barges
last year.
The European coal and steel
community, moreover, esti
mates that 200 million tons
of coal will be mined in 1970,
and that half of it will be
moved, from the Ruhr, by
barge.
Meanwhile, the steel indus
try continues to grow, requir
ing more and more ore which,
on its last stages, is shipped
on the Rhine from Sweden,
Spain and Venezuela, via Rot
terdam. Expansion of other waler-
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Dresses Highlight
'Glitter, Glamor'
Dresses for occasions, after
noon to evening, succumb to
the Influence of glitter and
glamor. Gleaming sequins, bu
gle beads, crystals lavishly
embroider satins, brocades,
velvets. Metallic fabrics shine
on their own.
A prime example is the
sleek, long evening sheath
sparkling with all-over bugle
bead embroidery. .Ball gowns
appear In floor-sweeping bro
cades, or ethereal tulle-and-sequin
combinations.
The two-piece-look evening
dress Is an Important entrant,
uniting a glittering "sweater"
top with rippling chiffon
skirt. 1
Short formals come with
flounced hemlines and length
ened bodices, or with fitted
bodice's and wide, stiffened
skirts.
Evening coat and dress en
sembles compete for attention.
'Long Torso Look'
Leads Silhouettes
Styles are diversified, lines
are fluid in fall dress silhou
ettes. Long torso looks, prin
cess lines, two piece dresses
lead the news.
Enhancing easy lines are
rich colors, elegant fabrics
and trims - satin bands, knit
trimmings, borders of braid
and tassels, and most Impor
tant of all, touches - or heaps
- of fur.
Ways to the long torso ef
fect range from styles with
waists elongated an inch be
low the normal waistline, to
the longer tunic. Two piece
expression of this look pairs
a long over-blouse with a slim
skirt.
Blousy bodices over slim
skirts are another distinguish
ing attribute of fall dresses;
however, movement Is gener
ally in the direction of more
skirt case and fullness. Bias
cuts, pleats, deep gathers,
dirndls and out-and-out bouf
fants add to the look of flu
idity. Curved seams highlight the
princess silhouette. Usually,
such dresses define the bodice,
then flare gently.
To carry out the easy-going
theme, necklines often de
velop Into graceful cowls,
white soft draping shapes
many collars and midriffs.
Simple, collarless necklines
are In great favor, and there
are tie collars of all sorts.
Loosely sashed, as opposed
to tightly cinched, is the pre
dominant trend for waistlines,
whether normal or lowered.
HIp-clrcling belts share low
torso attention.
ways in Germany is also forg
ing ahead. The canalization
of the Mosel river is to be
completed by 1963, allowing
1,500-ton barges to sail be
tween the Rhine and the giant
Lorraine steel centers.
Main River Widened
The Main river, flowing
into the Rhine at Mainz, and
the Neckar, joining at Mann
heim, both are being widened
and deepened.
But it could be that Old
Father Rhine will have the
last laugh over the pipelines.
Though the 'crude oil may be
shipped in by pipeline, there
seems every reason to believe
that Rhine barges will be
needed to take away the fin
ished products.
Rhine traffic Is heaviest at
Emmerich, on the Dutch-German
border. There, 70 mil
lions tons of cargo pass by
yearly. At Dusseldorf, traffic
amounts to SO million tons; at
Mannheim, 35 million; at
Strasbourg, 12 million; and at
Basel, on the Swiss border,
six million.
Dulsburg, Europe's largest
inland port, handles more
Rhine traffic a year than the
sea ports of Hamburg and
Bremen together.
Rhine barges come from
five nations - Belgium, Ger
many, France, The Nether
lands, and Switzerland. They
belong to 30 shipping com
panies and over 8,000 indi
vidual owners.
FORECASTING FUR
"Fur and fur-ier" is major
prediction for fall fashion,1 A
great variety of furs gets wida
use as lining and trims, and -there
are also unusual fur
styles in ponchos, dresses, ,
vests - and even slacks. 1 ,
ACCENTING COSTUMES
Headbands, flower shapes,
collars are just a few of tha
ways fur and fake fur are
used to accent fall costumes.
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