New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-30
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
RUSSIA AND THE BLACK SEA.
A NEW FORT ON THE BLACK SEA - AN IMPORT
ANT DISCOVERY.
LFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORREsPoNDENrl


IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Sr PETFRsBURG Dee. st would appear that
long time past entertained the idoh Oh
repudatng the Treaty OF 1856 rs soon 0s op
portuny offered for learn from trusty source 'hat ~
substitute for Sevasopo which OF course cond no, DC
restored arsenal and port for ships OF war; aolher
locality has been selected and the works carried on there
so silently and secretly since the year 1868 tat
nothing has ranspred on the subject and even here IN
the northern metropolis OF the empire, the people nave
been kept in happy ignorance Of preparations already
made I'm the extreme south The site chosen for TINS
new and important place is tie town OF f0t NJ Tue
month Of the river Ron on the eastern coast OF the
Black Sea- and only some few miles distant rum 'n
Turkish frontier which separates Crcassia rom 'he
Russian Province Of Georgia IL Ia close 10 the ahe
known TO ancient geographers the PalGostoma ana
from its close proximity to Crcassa must always De
standing menace TO Turkey. railway has already been
commenced connecting POti with THIS ana the 'hcas
sian Sea- down the valley Of the River Kur Though the
town and the railway terminus both on the left bank
Of the southern arm Of the Rion, the docks ana
other works of the new port are being con
structed on the northern side, "a offering greater
facilities for the object in view, and the sum ex
pended on them till the end Of last year amounted 10
llG7 silver roubles AS however, neither the wooden
piers that built out into the sea nor the dredging
opcraton, that have hitherto been carried on without
neImsson are able TO keep the harbor free from the
Rion and deposited at ts mouth alteration in the plan
Of operations has become necessary and piers faced with
solid stone masonry and filed up with concrete are now
being pushed out the to great distance so as 10
allow ships Of war drawing 30 feet of water TO enter ana
leave t all times while the width of the basin so formed
Is 10 be 500 feet, thus afOrdiDg safety and good
accommodation for large number OF vessels.
It is further proposed to build a heavy dam
across the Rion which is navgable for some distance
into the interior In order 10 prevent the sand from sitting
ND the port in future but IN that case-as the IlVer
navigation is much made Of by the small craft OF the
nhahitantst would be ncedfl TO make lock or basin
with flood gates admit the passage of the vessels On
the other hand il is proposed 10y the engineers to utlze
the Lake PalROstOna, which forms natural basin; ana
il would not be difficult to cut channel OF communication
through the neck Of land that separates from the
Euxiuc though the cost in either case Is estimated at
3OO0.OOO rOubles.
Al Carlow. in the reighborhoOd Of Pnezow, IN the
Province of Kecc rich and incXhausblc bed of pure
sulphur has hccn discovered and measures are being
taken by The Government TO work it in scientific man
ner. This discovery becomes the more valuable ana
Important ms 1t is, believe the only sulphur bed III
Russia and will render the Empire independent OF sup
plies of the article from other countries for the manuae
ture of npowdcr for during the period Of the Crmean
war very large quantities of sulphur were purchased at
Hamburg and Bremen and sent to st. Petersburg ana
Moscow by railway conveyance through Germany.