The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-26
COMMERCIAL MATTERS. Etc,

COMMERCIAL MATTERS, Etc.
The San Francisco Journal Of Comm cree es-
Inmates the wheat crop OF California at value
of S26, DOC, 900, and, what will surprise many
people, the gold and silver crop at million
less.
A resolution has lately been offered in the
United States Senate proposing to make the
United States dollar one-ffth Of the English
pound sterling.
1t is estimated that the California wool clip
of next year will be So 900, 600 pounds, and
that with good seasons in two years it will
amount to 60,000,000 pounds annually, and
in five years to 75,O00,00O.
The trial Of the moving and reaping ma
chimes at the Centennial will require fifty
acres of grass and standing grain, and the
Agricultural Bureau of the Commission has
put the land in the best possible condition,
Although the mills at Grand Rapids, Men,
have saving capacity of over $4,000, 900 per
season, but little over $4,000, 600 was Gu. by
them in 1875. The amount of lumber on
hand exceeds "a 600, 600 feet, not including
small stocks in private yards not connected
with mills at this place.
Benz amin L. B4bbitt, the millionaire soap
manufacturer, who says he was recently
robbed by one of his clerks of 100000, was
defendant in a case in the Circuit Court,
where Nathaniel Burns sued to recover $3.50
for damage sustained to wagon by being run
into by truck belonging to the defendant.
MIR. B4bbltt, il is said, wears $4,000 soil
taire diamond pin, and sleeve buttons worth
$4,000 each.
No ice as yet to supply the demand for next
summer. Not q single pound has been cut
on the Hudson The companies think there
is no reason TO be apprehensive as yet, as
week Of continuous frost, with two weeks
more of sufficiently cold weather to prevent
the ice.thus formed from melting, will enable
them to procure sufficient supply toans.er
every demand at reasonable rates. New York.
and Brooklyn consume annually about 2O0,-
OOO tons, and the aggregate capital of the ice
companies amounts to 81, 0O0 0o0.-N Y.
american Grocer, 22d inst.
The p. opposed Widening Of the Sucz Cana,
1t is said that the object of the British Gov
eminent in sending Col. Stokes, the eminent
military engineer, to survey the Suez Canal,
is that they may have authentic information
as to the probable cost Of widening the canal,
in order that ships may conveniently pass
each other in transit, and thus do away with
the frequent and long delays which are I'M
avoidable under the present conditions Of con-
voyipg opposite lines Of ships through mar
row waterway. Even if sidings were more
frequent the difficulty would only be abated
for time, as the traffic seems likely to in
crease rapidly. Another consideration at
tributed to the Government is that if the
canal is to be political advantage in connec-
ton with India it is a material condition that
the largest fighting ships should be capable OF
passing safely and quickly from the Mediter-
ranean to the Indian Ocean, and soon at
great economy of time, to the British Colo
MES in the Southern seas.
Packages Lost Between Steamer and Ware
house.
The Committee Of Ways and Means Of the
United States House of Representatives have
had before it a peculiar case in regard to a
package of goods lost from the cart between
the steamer and the public store. The facts
of the case as represented are, that the pack
age was imported properly invoiced anu the
duty finally paid. It never reached the pub
lie store, but must have been stolen from the
cart, and the importer claimed the value of
the package and the duty. The officers of
the government shield themselves by law and
precedent, and refused to make good the
amount.
They said the only remedy was with the
cartman. When the importer sought reme-
dy with the cartman it was found that he was
out of the carriage business and out of the
country. Then he came to Congress. The
Committee on Ways and Means refused the
claim on the evidence. It may as well be
stated that the refusal to pay this claim is not
all. The committee refused it simply because
it would open up a new field for the payment
of claims Dy the government. Upon this
ground solely they asked to be discharged
from further consideration Of it.
American Beef i'm London.
New York Bulletin, goth inst.l
The steamships Nevada Dakota and Wyo-
ming, of the Williams x Guion Line, have
4 III 1f~.< nk1~rr fn, %iAz
press purpose of carrying American dressed
beef. mutton, oysters and other provisions to
the English market, and the experiments thus
far have proven highly satisfactory. The re-
frigerators are built between decks, and are |
so constructed that a uniform temperature is |
maintained in the apartment from the time OF
starting until the arrival of the vessel on the |
other side. In the center Of the apartment is |
q large ice chest, around which the quarters |
of beet or carcasses of sheep, covered with |
coarse cloth, are suspended from hooks.
The space beneath is Sled with baskets of |
oysters and other articles desired to be |
shipped. Over the ice chest is "blower,"
which is worked by crank, connecting with |
the engine, and by this means a current of |
cool air is continually distributed about the
apartment. The Nevada on her last voyage
took out several hundred quarters of beef,
which sold in the London market for IL cents
q pound cents less than the price of En-
glish or Irish beef.
On the arrival Of the steamers in Liverpool,
the refrigerator is opened, the beef or mutton
packed In canvas and sent at once to Leaden-
hall or harrington markets, London. The
on the ships of this line will con-
tain between 400 to 600 beeves, besides other
provisions.
The Texas Cattle Supply.
Kansas City dealer, recently returned
from four months business tour in Texas,
informs the Kansas City Price Current that cat
tie in Texas are scarcer than he ever saw them
before, and remarks as follows: "There are
but very few, except in the pastures, until you
get as far down as Live Oak and McMullen
counties. Morgan, the steamship man, is
running line Of steamers between Rockport
hos bod co1atrac Of with |