Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-02-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The STORAGE OF PErRoLEUM--Th frightful ca
laity in the southern section of this city has star
tied the people and their rulers to such extent
that both houses of the Legislature have at once
passed bill prohibiting the storage of petroleum
anywhere in the city between Mifhin street and Al
| legheny avenue-the Twenty forth ward being
cepted This bill was passed last winter by the
House, but failed to pass the Senate. Action also
took place on the subject IN Councils-a bill being
matured and passed forbidding the storage of pc
| troeum anywhere in Philadelphia except in the
| rural districts The legislative bill provides that
petroleum shall not be stored within one thousand
| feet of any building. Severe as these enactments
SEEM they are not a bit too much so, and It would
\ have been well if they had been made before the
occurrence of the awful calamity in the lower part
| of the CITY The inaammable character of the oil
renders it even more dangerous than gunpoWder.
Indeed no perilous agent for the spreading OF
fires than this is known 1t is plain, from the
experiences we have just been subjected to, that
half of the city may easily be fired by the running
streams of petroleum traversing the cutters and
railway tracks before help can be rendered to ar
| rest the progress of destruction. Fh1tddeLph1a
| North american.
| hUsK PAPER.--A few days since we noticed the
fact that the agents for the Associated Press were
about to test the experiment of manufacturing pa
per from corn husks. Mr.. Snowden, of this city,
/ secured few tons of corn husks, and forwarded
them to the Steubenyille Paper Mills, where the
experiment is being made, and we are gratihed to
| learn that thus far, everything looks favorable
The Steubenyille Herald of Friday in referring to
| the matter, says
Up to yesterday morning the experiment was sue
ceeding finely. The clerk sent US specimen sheet
of the pulp, which is as white the 'sdriyeu snow,
equal we should Judge in appearance, in every way,
| to the pulp made of the cleanest cotton or linen
| rags. We expect, by tomorrow TO be able to an
nounce the full and satisfactory result Of the ex-
| pertinent; which will have Important bearing
upon the prices of paper, and 90 far relieve the
| press from the present exorbitant high price at
which paper is selng-that must unless there is
speedy relief drive one half of the newspapers in
the country out of existence, and compel those
able to survive the high price, to still further in
crease the rates of subscription twill be seen there
FORE that the public as well as the publishers, have
a deep interest in the success Of the experiment.
| FStsbaTg Gazette
The Boston Transcript says that the high price
| obtained for some land sold in State street, on
| Monday, irduced g. bank officer to see how many
silver dollars would cover a square foot. He found
that sixty-fve American silver dollars could be put
into the spoce The land in question was sold for
S92 30 per square foot.
GREATEST YEr-In the debate in the House on
the Naval Bill Mr.. Blow stated that there are now
in the Department plans of a steamer that it is
claimed can run to the city of London and back
again without coaling, and destroy within the time
$500, 600 of English property the way and in
that city, resisting all the engines of war vet devised
by the English skill and English gold. These plans
have been submitted by one whose enterprises have
ever been successful, and whose genius has been
acknowledged by the highest naval authorities OF
our country.
The WAY IT WoRKs.-Since the passage of the
Canadian alien bill, applications daily made by
rebels living in Canada to the authorities in Detroit
for permission to take the oath of allegiance, and
| return to their homes. Canada's shores have lost
their hospitality, and the Rebels are in distress
The Chicago Tribune puts this question which, it
is presumed, will be fully discussed and decided by
the Board of Trade: s'Shall the gamblers rule the
city, the city rule the gamblers?'' 1t is deemed
as an open question until both sides are heard.