Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-29
LIFE SAVINGS SERVICE.

q. lUf, OF WON S.U7S were saved ana 90 lOsG.
There were sucoored at stations 81 ship
wrecked persons, lO74 days relief being
afforded them in the aggregate. The num-
Der Of persons brought ashore from wrecked
vessels by life saving appliances st stations
was 412. In addition life saving crews assisted
off when stranded, got out of dangerous posi-
tons and piloted to places Of safety eighty
nine vessels.
The estimated value of thu whole number of
saved vessels involved was al,es3,2 76, and of
their cargoes 1865, $40, making total valus Of
property in peril S2Ss7 1885, OF this amount
81, AS ,O66 was saved and $l.442. 800 lost. The
number of disasters involving total loss of
vessels was ffty-four. The number Of disas-
terra to vessels 2l7, is greater than that of aay
previous year, the highest former number hav.
ing been III.
The report closed with exhibits of efficacy of
the life saving stations, special instance
given, having reference to the lakes. It is
shown that on these waters the loss of life in
1876, when there were no life saving stations.
was one out of ffty-fosr person on board Of
vessels suffering disasters, or one out of every
Ave casualties In 1877 eleven stations were in
operation, q portion of the year, to which
sixteen were added in the latter part. As result
only one out Of every sixty persons inperilled
was lost, or one out of every six casualties. In
1878 the number Of stations was further in
creased. and the loss of life was red lced to ono
out of every 102 persons imperilled, or one out
of every eleven casualties. All
this time the stations were
for the proper maintenance of crews, this
being remedied by the act of June 18th, 1878
In 1879 the loss of life sank to one out IF
every ZIG persons imperiIled or one out Of
every twenty-one casualties.
It is further shown THAI since the commence
meat of the present fiscal year up to the date
Of the report, including an unusually calami-
tous autumn in that region, sixty-oue disasters
have occurred within the field of life-savng
operations on the lakes, there being on board
the vessels involved 1855 persons, of whom
only one was lost.
AUDITOR OF RAILROAD ACCOUNTS.
The annual report of the government auditor
6f railroad accounts shows that the amount
due by the government on December 3lst, 1879,
and withheld from tho Union and Kansas
Pacific railroad companies on account of
transportation, will more than offet the 90, 49,
516 payable by them on account of the five per
cent. of their net earnings. The auditor rec
ommends that the Pacific railroad accounts be
amended so that any of these
companies which may abandon
any portion of the subsidized
railways, or which may divert their business
from su osidized or uusubsidized railroad, be
required to transfer the lien and conditions at
tached to the subsidized road, to the new and
uLsubsidized line in order that the interests
and rights of the United States may be pro-
tected, or if that is not done that ali through
! traffic be required to be done only on Sc bsi-
died lines. The question involved is a new
| one and seriously affects the rights of the
United States.
He also recommends settlements and paw.
ments for the sinking fund be required to
be made semi.annually instead of
annually. He further recommends that the
investment cf the sinking fund be authorized
m 81 In
| respective companies or in such Uaited States
bonds as the secretary of the treasury may
! select. Sinking funds are also recommended
by him to be established for the Kansas Pacific,
Central branch of the Union Pacific and the
Sioux City i Pacific railroad companies.
As to railroad construction it is stated that
for ten months ending October 81. 1879, there
| were built in the United States 1900 miles of
new railroads, of which over 1900 miles were
west of the Mississippi, while the average new
| construction for FIVE years previous taking of
| course only the first ten months of each,
amounted to only l,6OO miles. 1t
| ia remarkable, however, that notwith-
| standing the large increase of population in
the West, the facilities offered fr travel reduo-
! ton in rates and general increase ia railway
business, the passenger traffic has decreased,
indicating, as the auditor believes, either that
companies have not yet solved the problem OF
| passenger transportation.
sHERMAN's REPORT.
| The National Republican tomorrow will pub
lish what purports to outline some of the fea-
| lures contained in Secretary Sherman's forth
coming report. The report was offered for sale
on the street tonight and it will be printed to.
morrow in Nes York, Cincinnati and Chicago.
The fact was brought to the secretary's atten.
ton. but he declined to give out the document
for general pu blication. saying that he would
| not be party Ito any irregularlty by which,
the report was published prior to It's presenta-
ton to Congress. Toe Republican will say:
| Theferthcoming annual report Of the secretary
| of the treasury was made public, in arestricted
and surreptitious manner, yesterday. It is
! said the recommendations contained therein,
while they are acknowledged to be of great i'm
| portanc are conservative az to avoid anv
| direct shock in financial centers or disturbance
i in commercial affairs. It is Understood the
| secretary does not go 80 far in his recommends
| tions regarding national currency "a the Presi-
| dent does in his message, for he does not sug-
| gest the actual retirement of greenbacks.
| He maintaius that tho national banking
! system shall be retained and encouraged
! as y legitimate aid to the government in sup-
| plying currency for the general pa bile and also
as a legitimate line of personal or private bust.
ness enterprise, but he recognizes the necessity
| and advisabili.y of an interchangeable curren-
l
does not advise any interruption in the issue
| of government notes.
The repeal Of the legal tender act is dis
cussed at length and suggested or recon.
mended. The effect of the adoption of this
suggestion explained to the National Re-
publican by prominent banker who read the
report yesterday. would be to counsel in the
future an explicit understanding in regard to
commercial contracts whether they should be
( paid in paper or coin. The argument is ad-
vanced that a. greenbacks are now at
par and will remain SO for an indefinite period,
this compulsory understanding would not in
| convenience anyone, for the reason that the in.
| terchangeability of several kinds of currency
| will naturally be strictly preserved.
Much of the report is devoted to details and
1ecieals of operations of the treasury and it,
several divisions and bureaus, all of which has
been printed from time to time as matter Of
routine occurrence.
PRESIDENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
The same paper in to-mcrrow's issue, re
curing to its alleged synopsis of the Presi
dents message, which was published yester