The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-16

COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Etc.

OVAAASOAAA ma 1L0N, ETC.
Gallatin Tenn Examiner saws: ssOur farm
ers and correspondents bring us most encour
aging reports of the prospects for the tobacc
crop Inc acreage is largely above an aver
age"
A Fulton county, N. Y, farmer, named
Alexander Stewart. during the present season
raised 6l5 bushels of oats on q ten-acre lo
ttrom "a bushels of seed. This, for tina
county, is particularly remarkable agricul
tural accomplishment.
the Philadelphia Commercial List says, are SC
low that but few of the vessels engaged in the
trade are meeting expenses; and what is
worse, there is nothing in the near future cal.
culated to inspire owners with the hope of q
return Of more desirable state of affairs,
Not q few of them are being laid M at the
Eastward in consequence.
1t is we'll for patentees to know that there
is railroad association both in the East an d
the West whose members are representatives
OF all the roads in the United States, and to
which the improvements in all railroad mai
ters are delegated by the roads. Each of
these associations require patentee to file q
certified copy Of his patent and model with
the Secretary OF the association, who will
submit 1t to the consideration of q committee
OF the association. If recommended by them,
Q working model will be asked for, and if it ia
successful the association will recommend its
use and fix royalty for the same.
Iron shipbuilding at Wilmington, Del.
The Wilmington (DeL) Herald. comment
ing on statement, says that the Getty Of
Peking and her consort the City of Toxic,
are going to pieces as the result of imperfect
workmanship" contends that these vessels
are not fair samples of the work done in this
a cd so e. -
known to all persons interested in shipping
matters that the building of iron ships has
been successfully conducted on the banks of
the Christiana tor more than twenty-five
years. During that time more than two hun
dred ships have been constructed, which are
now running and doing good service.
Some of them have encountered the most
trying perils, but have in all cases come out
as strong and staunch as ever, and no com.
plant has ever been made Of weakness or
sighted work. The Harlan and Holling-
building iron ships in 1848, and up to this
time have constructed about 100, many of
them being large seagoing steamers. Pusey,
Jones u Co. commenced the business a.
later date, and have built about sixty ships
Messrs Cramp & Son, of Philadelphia, have
oh1ilt large number of ocean steamers for
the American Line to Liverpool and Clyde's
new YORK and Havana Line.
The Mississippi Jetties.
IN Y. Bulletin.l
The Board Of Engineers, which has been
in session for the past week at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel considering Capt Esds's plans for
improving the Mississippi River, concluded
their labors yesterday morning and adjourned
to meet in New Orleans on the 10Th of No.
vember. After considerable discussion and |
an exhaustive investigation of the subject, the |
board unanimously agreed upon the follow |
ing report:
l. With regard to the priority of construc-
ton of different parts of the work, the board |
that the seats Of both ietties /
and OF the spor joining the west jetty with
the right bank be protected with mattresses
throughout this entire length-that is, that
first of all the foundation of the east jetty be
secured out to depth of 80 feet and of the
west jetty to 20 feet They further reco n
mend that the east jetty be carried up the
water line before raising the mattress wall of
the west jstty to the same level, and that the
construction details of the pier.heads be left
till the commission can meet at the jetties
This fall.
2, After attentive examination of the plan of
consisting of combination
of willow mattresses and stone, now in execu-
lion by Mr.. Eads, the board find it to be q
modification OF methods long in use in Hol-
land and elsewhere. 1t is essentially the same
IS that applied to the jetties of the mouth of
The Oder, and also the jetties at the new
mouth of the Mas, SO satisfactory as to draw
from the legislative body of Holland the ex-
preston that their complete success has re-
moved all doubts as to the possibility of
making piers at sea on our coast" It is,
essentially the same as that adopted
~ the recent commission (1874) for these
works.
8. The board advise that Bayou Grande
10 left open for the present
The secretary was instructed to send an
,Mcial copy to Captain Eads
Before adjourning the board considered :
briefly the work needed at the head Of South
Pass, which place they will visit in Novem.
Der.
Dispatches received here yesterday morn
ng state that the piling Of the east jetty is out
Il, 200 feet, and that mattresses have been
aid $500 feet.
Simultaneous with the report of the Board
II Engineers comes the news of the assign
nent Of contract by the Austrian govern
nent to American engineers for clearing the
,hannel of the Danube from obstructingI
.ocks, among which are the famous Iron
Gates, long the terror of. navigators on that
liver.
The Rise in Gold.
IN. Y. Bulletin, 1ith.l
The advance Of gold yesterday to III is the
natural result of the recent operations of the =,
The Treasury has withheld
lis, OOO, OO9 of silver from export, in pursu-
nee of the silver resumption policy and
hat amount Of gold coin has had to be ex-
orted in its place. Twenty millions of fve-
venties held in Europe were called in for
ayment, during the FIRST half OF the year, N
nder Secretary Bristow's Interpretation of
ae Sinking Fund law. And, under these
perations, We have had to export some $685.
10. 600 more gold, within few months, than
9 otherwise should. Ii
To compensate for this enormous loss of
sid. we have drained San Francisco of its
lin until its banks have been driven into
lspension; and, now that that city is en-
,ayoripR to get some of its coin back to re-
lme business, we find ourselves with but
,me $4,000, 600 of specie in the banhs and
holly at the mercy Of the gold spectators
or Il this all Mr.. Brstow has made
rther call for SIS. OO0, 900 of ive-twenties for
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