New-York tribune., 1877-07-09
COMMERCIAL NOTES.

England has been buyer of trade-dOllars at
San Francisco and the present supply about exhausted
II costs a vessel of 600 tons burden, carrying
100000 bushels of grain. and sailing from Detroit
20 Liverpool direct, $3.612 TO make the voyage out
and return With the present uncertainty in regard TO
American wooden vessels receiving return caIg0es,
shps sailing from Detroit direct can afford take grain
81 les than sd per bushel and at this rate 1t is cheaper
10 forward grain by way OF the Lakes and Erie Canal ana
steamers from New York.
The attempt of Mr.. r. b. BOrland of this
city TO run this port and the cities OF
Pernambuco and Bahia III Brazil has been attended with
success The steamer has gone to Brazil on its second
trip las thus far had heavy carg On its present
which were sent W here from Baltimore by water i0i
the purpose The of the venture with one vessel
has been such that companion steamer will he added
10 the line. ana understood DO already on It's way
from England to tins port
The railroad system of the United states
was one Of the objects Of which the engineers of Russia
Germany Austria, Australia and many other govern
ments made particular study last year, during the Ex
hbuon II appears from a report made by Mr. Morris,
the Commissioner for New South Wales that the eng
aeers generally cOncuued in an unqualified admiration
Of American railways and railway materials, the superb
orty OF which many respects they admitted Institute
ing a comparison with England Mr. Morris explains n
part Why this country far ahead as TO RAILWAYS by
savlng: some Improvement or Othcr Is being lhdd'
every dsy America; and when it Is RENE mhered tai
there are IN tue states ana Cdnad more than eVoOo
miles railroad II is not surprising that the engineers
should hc in some Things IN advance OF tncI
English brethren, who have only 1000 miles 90
railroad 90 design for" Mr.. Morris recommends The
general Use engines, switches, etc. in Austria
la and remarks ." would say once Tor al, that III
reCammcndng trials Of American railway plant, am ao
mated solely by desire to the Colony money and
L. proyile. al the tine superior material To tha
hitherto Imported" AD elaborate report also made D'
Douglass Galton TO the -ish Government which dis
plays great interest IN American railway process, li
declare, at paaoecars should be used ON al Ihe grdhu
route, In Europe
Considering that the people of the United
States consume ore sugar in proportion to their num-
be than any Others and tnat the home product of the
article is So small that II is necessary 10 import from
billion 10 a billion aud a half pounds Of 1t annually
sugar production in the United States becomes ever!
year matter Of greater interest No doubt cane sugar
can Dc manufactured here on much larger scale than
at present and viii be, because Louisiana the prnci pa
sugar STATE o. the UuiOn is not yet One-w-neth IN der
cultivation OF any kind and ber sugar product might he
Immensely extended But agriculture IN LOUISIANA j.
liable cataslTOprs, and there J. safer ana quckel
vay OF Getting at increase of the brown supply tah
by deuaucug upon State into when tue Mississippi II
* twice namely by extracting Su-tl
The world now produces more D. ctiOOt tldE
cane slclr: and the United States would profit by in
iatiuc me eNamp thus set. Could we raise what We
co. sumo home, IL would save us over T0OOOOOOO "
wear der the circumstances. II Is interesting 10 Cd
serve That the experimental efforts 10 make bceiIoOt
sugar are succeeding here. In California there are two
f4rolirs ono 10 Sacramento, the other at LUqut Whc
alcr years of effort are now making 4,OOO TONS ahuut
Y. at good profit. third factory VIII open next
IsetOn. Ii is gratifying To- hHd ihN lhdds r.
fult ulturazcd sOil. II can be prosecuted
IL nearly every STATE IN the Union.