The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-04-29

have for some time been yair influencing the Japanese
70 exclude them. This coal OF excellent qualify, and
sne russians get II u the mere cost OF MINING Inc
Russian american Comnany have FOR some wears past
used Tho coal from Kodac Island in their workshops and
Goa sdistncy traced through California from and
within thirty miles VI san francisco snpnn~ard 10
from which lucrative business maintained with San
Francisco; ihence porthward equally large c4a neids
ernst near the Umpqua river aud z further north At
| Nottingham Bay In Washington Terrtofy ehg most
valuable coal mines the Pacac coast have been sue
cessfulIy for fifteen years Those Of Van
BRUSH naval ana n Ssrcy a Veil
whole coal consumption in British Columbia Al Is con-
nO'Sls soa mines on
ecy accessible and easy worked are also found There
stheleiore NO lack Of natural resources IN tue newly
ditrerains with ourselves % turn them to profitable
CLIMATE AND WEATHER STATISTICS or THE NORTHWEST
Tho so-calIed rfgor o. the Russian American climate
q s o
liable information about that region, and general
vaguede obtained from old schooleooks and encyco.
podias that il scene OF frghtfu desolntion and
eteTnal ice. An impartial examination Of the facts
obtained from those who have passed much OF their
lives there might suffice to lsy tns ice-ghosG 1t 10
truly observed that Russian America notespecaly An
agricultural country. Compared with the rich lands or
Oregon and California IL certainly is not 10 81
Roche the French traveller who penetrated the in
terror or Russian America fteen years ago. never
thelsss gives Gathering account OF the fertility Of some
SCENTS the inland country being wen watersd with
lakes and rivers; abounding, even 70 the. ARCTIC
an astqpishing .svgor Of vegetation. owing V
the humidity OF the atmosphere. He states that
We hndoon BAY COMPANY VINO nave 'ocs.ea upon me
coeas nearly far north 80 degrees but that this
faAaot " done on tho coast LANDS, and thai corn,
nthe country. These facts formed portion Of paper
read before the Literary and Historical Society Of Que
Tho aure Of the coast lands agriculturay is not due
70 severity Of Climate but rather 70 the SOIL which, as
has pesa already remarked Is generally poor along the
coxpAfroN BETWEEN rHR PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC CLIMATES
6itkA is situated about the meridian OF Ednburg
scand is msan only four
lower than that of London but the isothermsl line
gives that q pnysca s SSp ,'a Is,
climate rather approaching that Of New England and
the facts fully bear this estimate The difference IN
empeaure in favor Of the Pacific side OF the continent
Ia we'll known Take for example, San Francisco, which
lies in about the latitude Of Delaware Bay the entrance 70
rarely seen IN midwincr snow never fails MOWERS bloom
IN air the year around and winter Is only 70
ns from summer oy spe Dracng =, ocean ss
YER For those WHO have steamed or sailed up Delaware
Bay in winter no description will be required.
~ This great mildness ON the Pacific side S not less
marked to the nor,hward. The writer has travelled
along thecoast lands OF Oregon IN Inidwner without
no s ay
porfencewas had in British Colombo, at Vancouvers
.and and among the mountains Of Fraser river and the
Lllocet country There the climate Is more rigorous,
winter throughout our Middle and Northern States
Russian America, along It's entire Pacific coast,
from Che latitude of "a degrees 40 minutes around
TO the Aeuan Islands, has probably never experienced
% cold winter g shas have aas undergone on the
with which IL supplies al tho American Pacific coast,
and win before long send 70 the ports Of China and
a million psops mad shat climate quite eAdnrabie.
WsGss q Sssns 2 %a,sn hs Sc
would endesvor "a dsipa,e the gronssus idsAs whch
seem 70 have obtained concerning It. !, $3.50 ~.
II certain that rye and barley grow we even With
sse abs ics - SSs has BEEN raised il some q the
protected inland Valleys but thin SUBJECT 70 grave
dQubta Potatoes and ali the esculents thrive there
wherever the soil is good has been enriched, Is
sftsn done with manure maa0of hsh, ana there seems
70 be no good reason why grains nc vegetables should
not do well there as in Nova Scotia and Newfound
FUR raADNG AND rsHso noSoroiIEs OPPOSED 10 AGRt
But the policy OF the Russian American Company has
been steadily opposed 70 directing the attention Of it
this reason agricultnse has been discouraged They
have Invariably kept years. food on hand In their
vos AGAINST ,hs nossSty Of scarcy or re oss Of the
annual ship loaded with supplies
Uat1 atsy not kitchen gafdsa Ms cultivated
any OF these settlements bat atterly the peo-
pie are beginning raise vegetables and rye and barley
have been successfully attempted From this total meg
ness ssss ne soil sn b made prodacsiss ~ sss
although these lands By means fertile = the
tables were. imported preserved in cans and Prince
Makscuto the present. Governor OF StkA having sent
supply Of milk for sick child il was found necessary
to bring hay to keep tho anma-the only COW In Rus
sian America-from starving But the company a. ast
timing the industry 70 branch This, however,
just At the expiration Of their monopoly which has
ments are almost as unknown as they were In California
days OF the Spanards In fact the country Is IN
completely primitive state ana cuiuvaiion ave N
like scarcely exists in name. The soil OF tue new
territory therefore, must, in its present condition. be
called unproducve but II is not because Is utterly
barren, or the climate too for agricultural pur
suits In the hands OF Americans Russian America can
| be made sefsustalning.
rur WEATHER AT sIrKA AND on THE WHALING GROUNDS.
the statements concerning the climate south Of
Behring Straits are simply absurd 70 those who know
been exhumcd from the exaggerated accounts OF the
early voyagers whose befogged and cumbrous volumes
are consulted when dozens OF wide awake adveniurers
are living among who know the country thoroughly
and ready 20 impsr Information concerning H. The
whole Pacific coast, from California 70 the Arctic, a.
times enveoped logs lasting sometimes several
weeks long and chilling rains, as well ~ snow
storms Ia winter, are frequent In tho summer the
most extraordinary contrast occurs, and the heat
Il at times unbcaraby oppressive, not only
at Sitka, but across the Alaskan peninsula
1 in the sea Of Kamtschatka whaling ship
master who has passed several seasons the far NORTH
asserts that he has seldom suffered moro with the heat
the Atlantic states than he has on the coast OF Rus
Islands stretching the nearly on the my
second parallel about in the latitude Of the south Of
England or Germany. The Trading Company's stations
two OF which located on the principal Aleutan
islands ars in Q humid but not cold climate, which
generally miIder than that Of Atlantic scaboard
between the Capss Of Delaware and New York. These
facts after all that has been said opposition TO the
climate Of the now territory, may seem incredible uness
supported BY reason and proof which 10 will be here in
| place ~ adduce.
sTrAsAnox or me MODERATE crrArs ON me soRrn.
wEsr coAsr-THE Japan CURRENT
oy TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THESE WARN AsArIo
cuRRxxrs EMINENT NAvfGAToRa
The cause or tho higher temperature OF the Pacific
coast, over the parallels OF latitude on tho
Atlantic side Is precisely the same cause which mod
crates The climate Of England and France-the warm
OF tho gulf stream There exists In the Pacific
gulf stream acting under nearly similar conditions
with Of the Atlantic sde Maury, In his Sailing
Directions, satisfactorily explains the moderate tenn
peraturs Of the North Pacific by this immense warm
current lowing from the coasts Of india and
China towards Behring's Strata his stream, he says
escapes from the Straits OF MAacca and being joined
by others from the Java and China passss out into
the Pacific like another gulf stream between the