Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-04

pe1iAsoAoone VI tuc 4l1o Saving SERVICE, IN d
annual report shows that at the close of th
last fiscal year the establish ment embrace
1T9 stations, Of which 139 were on the Al
Isntic, 81 on the lakes and on. the Psoifc
The record of The service surpasses any ye
made. While the weather of the year wa
generally milder than usual, It was markeS
by numerous storms of exceptional severity
resulting in much larger number of casual
ties within the sphere of station opsrationl
than in any previous year, and the total loss
OF q greater member of vessels. The highes
former number of disasters was that of year
preceding, having been 219. This
year the number aggregates 800. The
highest number of vessels totally lost ia an
preceding year was ffty-feur. The numbe,
last year was sixty-seyen; the number OF
persons on board 500. The vessels involved
numbered 1889, of whom 1880 wer saved,
and only nine lost. There were scccored at
stations 449 shipwrecked persons, 1902
days relief being afforded them. The num-
Der of persons brought ashore from wrecked
vessels by the life saving appliances of the
stations was 706 Iu sdd ition, the life saw
ing crews assisted off when stranded, get ont
OF dangerous positions and piloted to places
OF safety, 12S vessels, someti mes working in
conjunction with other wrecking agencies,
but generally by themselves and
ships companies alone. In
many of these instances but for their aid
vessels and crews would have been lost.
Besides, quite number Of vessels in danger
ous positions were warned and saved from
stranding By burning danger signals In the
hands of patrolmen at night. 1t is estimat-
ed the whole value of vessels involved was
S2,616,340, and of their cargoes 81, ,195, 368,
making the total value of property IN peril
3,Sl1, 708, being nearly one million more
than the year preceding. Of this amount
80, ,619, ,S07 was saved, and 81, ,191 ,901 lost,
the loss being S250.S99 less and saved
$1,174, 721 greater than in the previous
year.
The service upon the lakes, which the re-
port shows. has reached the highest state of
efficiency, has recently come in alarming
danger Of sudden paralysis on account of
inadequate compensation, tho surfmen be-
ing rapidly withdrawn from stations by
higher wages offered by private enterprises
In one of the lake districts the regular crews
Of which consist of ffty-tWo men, fifty six
changes have already taken place this season
on this account, and the vacancies have to be
filled by unframed men and such as can be
picked up for the pay. The same danger Is
also beginning to develop itself upon the At
lantic coast. To avert this calamity the su-
psrintendent asks that the restriction upon
the pay of surfmen to $40 per month, which
has been imposed in making appropriations,
be omitted, and that the regulation of wages
be left to the discretion of the general super
intondent within the limits of the appropri-
alton contemplated by act of June. 1873.
THE MINT.
The annual report of the director of the
mint shows that the work of the year per-
formed at the institutions under charge OF
the mint bureau has been unusually heavy.
The deposits of gold bullion at mints and
assay Offices have been both in number and
value greater than in any previous year, ag-
gregating S98, 1856 096, and exceeding by
nearly S30,000,000 the highest previous de-
posit Of 1861. This gain was not the result
of increased deposits of domestic production,
of whioh $35,92l. 705 were received as
against over $3S, 500,0 900 the previous year.
The deposits of plate, jewelry and worn coin
were about S250,000 greater than in 1879,
amounting to 81, ,485,844, and the receipts of
foreign coin aud bullion in
creased nearly S6O,00O,OOO, being
$6l,627 ,046 out OF total import of S62,-
$50 837. The deposits of silver and deliver
les of purchases were only exceeded during
the coinage of fractional silver and trade
dollars in 1877 and 1873. The receipts of
domestic silver bullion were $32, 2,132, :56;
foreign coin and bullion 50. .2I9;105; plate,
iewelry and American coin 1886. .660.01; q
total of S34 S4o.522 10. OF these
deposits $36, 1896 in gold and
S2,574,235 in silver were transferred
or Withdrawn from assay offices or mints
and again deposited, making the total
amount received and operated upon of both
gold and silver S172, ,191 ,221. The coinage
of gold, although heavier than In any previ.
GUS year, could not keep pace with the de-
posits, $38,468.874 gold bullion remained
uncoined at the New York assay Office and
Philadelphia mint ut the close of the fisca
year. The mints, however, augmented the
circulation $s4,370, IA, adding $56,157,57s
gold, S27,972,437 silver, and $269,971 ir
minor coins. The total pur
caases of silver bullion during
the year amounted to 24,262,57l
standard ounces at cost of 24,972, ,16l
being an average purchase of S2.o8l ,O1;
worth of silver bullion per month. TIL,
average treasury department price of silver
bullion of British standard during the yea
was 90 7-10d. The total Coinage OF STANDARD
silver dollars has been $72,847,75O. Th
amount on July 1, 1879, was S7,653, 749, ant
on July 1, 1880, 9,3O9, 9,435, an increase il
circulation during the year of S11 ,655, 1856
The circulation was further increased t
November 1, 1880, by the issue of $6,453
656, making the total in circulation at tha
date, $35, ,763 931. The remainder of tn
coinage. $48.084, 459, was in the treasury
$19.7S0,241 being held for the redemption
of silver certificates, and $2S.S04.218 for dis
tribution. Of the latter $12,198,505 wa
still in the mints.
The production of gold and silver in th
United States during the fiscal year is est
mated at S36, ,000.0 900 gold and $37,000,00
silver. 1t is estimated that probably $35
100000 gold and $4,000, 900 eilver of domes
tic production, together with S25 5OOO. 90
gold and $6,00000o silver United State
coin we're used in manufactures and art!
besides the melting up of plate jewelry, fol-
eign coin and bullion suff
eient to make total consumptio
in the United States of SIO,OOO,OOO gol
and 100000 silver. The most interestip
portion of the report of the director of th
mint relates to coin circulation. The est
mates, starting with Sl35,00o, ,OGo gold an
100000 silver coin in 1873, have been cor
tinued to November, 1880. BY adding th
yearly coinage less reeoinage, and coin i'm
ports less exports, show AZ increase in col
circulation for the whola perior Of So40 So9