Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-24

Hilton Mir. Rice said q azn instructed by my clients to object in toto to the build ing of any underground railroad whatever along Broadway. First, on the ground that an excavation to the depth of tweuty-three feet in Broadway, of proportionats width, would in many localities endanger the safety of the neighboring buildings Many of the
 erections have foundations reaching only to depth of ten or twelve feet below the curb! In many localities quicksand can be found.
 against which it is extremely difficult to
 guard, even by @ system of careful engiHeef-
 ing. Secondly, on the ground that the car
 poration, claiming the right to build such q
 road, cannot give any adequate security to
 property owners for the injury and damage
 which will be caused to property on the line
 by building the same, as am informed that
 none of the capital stock has been paid in.
 and the company, at the present time, has
 no pecuniary responsibility as corporation,
 whatever It seems to me decidedly un-
 derground business" A committee was ap
 pointed to protect the interests of property
 holders, and $500 was subscribed tovard q
 tuAeA tO Poy APoA4SOos
 ss e5~ssss@s-e -s
 According to Consul General Denny, To-
 cated at Shanghai, the Chinamen will take
 great deal of pine lumber from this country if they can get it. In 1877 2,O00, 900 super
 icial feet were imported and S,500,o00 in
 1878, but since then the arrivals have almost ceased, apparently because the mills in Ore
 gon and Washington find the San Francisco market so conveniently near. This may do for the present, but Mir. Denny thinks China should not be entirely neglected, or when a market there is sought it will be found to have been already appropriated. Timber is getting continually scarcer in China, par
 ticularly the softer kinds, because the Chi
 nose, with an improvidence quite like our own have been for centuries cutting away at their forests without much attempt either to preserve or to replenish; hence the timber districts are almost entirely exhausted, except in some of the southern provinces and in the remote west, far inland. Japan has of late years supplied large quantities of soft wood,
 but, after fifteen years of reckless chopplng without replanting, the Japanese authorities have interfered in alarm; moreover,
 the timber is inferior, short, and quite full of knots. Next to the Russian sea provinces and Amoor country, where exporting timber is prohibit ed, Oregon and Washington will be China's nearest and best place of supply for soft lum- ber In 1879 10,346, ,64s superficial feet of soft blanks were imported into Shanghai, worth $524, 900; 43.958 feet of hard blanks, worth $l35, ,000, besides $19o,0oo worth of hard and fancy woods for cabinet makers, and few other items, making total ot S9S9, 900. Cargoes should be divided about equally between plank and timber. Very lit tie thin wood is required, except for flooring, as all the coverings are brought from Japan. rhe Chinese always prefer long lengths. even if they have to cut immediately into short ones. The duty at Shanghai is about $1 per 1 ,OOo superficial feet, and the average price there $36. The worst time for cargoes to arrive is in January and February, the native merchants being always busily occupied then in settling the past years accounts cargoes of from 800, 1000 to 6OO,OOO feet are much more easily managed than larger ones, are always preferred, and bring better prices shingles, lath and fre-wood should always be \ used for small stowage by vessels loading for shanghai, as they always find ready market there.