The National tribune., 1883-03-29
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60 private individuals Outside the shore line
the States oyster commission have in their
charge some 100000 acres of water territory
suitable for the cultivation OF the bivalve lit
is their business TO map ii out and eesignate TO
applicants the portions surveyed for the pur-
pose of actual cultivation. The price Is Sl.10
per acre. fer which deed of permanent posses
sion is given. Should the purchaser fail in five
years 10 cultivate his farm" il is forfeited to
the State. Mr. I'll. c. Rowe, of Far Haven, now
controls between 10000 and Il.G09 acres of
oyster ground, and has it ali staked of with
bu0ys, so that he can go from one field to
another as a gardener does from patch to patch
Other persons have farms ranging from 1900 to
$500 acres. With the modern appliances for
dredging. n thousand bushels per day can be
obtained from grounds p or even 50 feet be-
meath thc surface. That the idea of Matching
and planting oysters is not an unsound one
there is much evidence TO show. During the
present year says the Scientific Americaa, Lieu
tenant Minsi0w has been able to reduce the
period of Matching from six 10 two or three
days, and has been engaged in Connecticut
waters in experimenting TO devise method OF
raising oysters ariifcially that would be OF
practical value His process is TO cut the parent
oysters up with knives at the breeding season,
and the eggs and fertilizing fluid are mixed in
glass Jars. Each female oyster is estimated to
contain from one 10 ten million eggs, half Of
which, il is hoped, viii by the artificial process
be vitali2e6. Each five gallon planting-c2n
employed by Lieutenant Winslow is thought to
contain about fifty million Young oysters. The
is lowered 10 the spot at which it is desired
that the oysters shall attach themselves, and
there opened. a few months VIII tell whether
his experiments in Matching are TO have practi-
ca results.
The staten ant of the business Of all lines of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east of
Pittsburg and Erie for February, 1888, as COM
pared with the same month In lsS2 shows an
increase in gross earnings Of sos, 49, al in
crease in expenses Of S14S, 1872. an increase in
net earnings Of S557.073. The two months Of
1883, as compared with the same period of 1882,
show an in Tease IN gross earnings of 1861, sol.
an increas in expenses Of $780,, 636, an increase
in net earnings Of S653, $50. Al lines west Of
Pittshurg and Erie for the two months Of 1883
show surplus over all liabilities of $10,205,
being gain, rs compared with the same period
Of 1852, of S67.654
Perhaps the largest transaction in cattle ever
made in thiscountry was effected at Fort Worth,
Texas, last Saturday, the sale being of 1000
head of full-gr0wn cattle by the lizards and
Harold Brothers to the Franklin Land and
Cattle Company of New York, composed of
Charles g. Francklyn, Frank G. Brown, presi-
dent Of the Bassick mines, Colorado, and B. B.
Groom q Sen, Of Lexington, KY, extensive
breeders and importers Of sbort-horn cattle.
The price paid is kept private, bat the figures
are understood TO be absnt S25 per head, which
would aggregate about 100000.
The Pennsylvania State board of property
rendered an important decision on the 2lst
inst. IN a land case IN Butler county, which in
volved the title 10 tllirty-eight acres of valua-
bic OH bearing soil. The Forest Oil COMPANY
which is an Ofshoot of the Standard laid clsim
70 the property. and fought the Purviance heirs.
the alleged rightful heirs There are two wells
on the tract, one producing 300 barrels and the
other 90 barrels per diem. The patent TO the
land was sO-day issued to the heirs. There
are eight heirs, and the land as it stands IN
developed, is estimated to be worth 100000.
The Philadelphia common council on Satur-
cay passed an ordinance iBstrucring the city
sol cItsF 70 bring suit upon the $4,000 bond of
siae Mutual Union Telegraph Company, and the
superintendent ef the police and fire alarm teie-
graph 70 take possession of its wires and fix
tares IL tkzt city. The suit viii be based upon
the consolidation of the Mutual Union and
Western Union Companies. The bond and
privileges of the former company are alleged TO
b. ioEfetable upon consolidation with any COM
peting line.
Dispatches from various points in the inte-
FiOr Of California state that there has been
quite a ali of rain, which greatly enhances the
crop prospects The showers thus far noted
have prevailed principally IN the northern
counties of the State. The rain has been quite
heavy in some localities and light ia others.
There was heavy storm prevailing at San
Francisco Oh Monday. and its course was then rht
10 be southwark, where there is the greatest
need OF rain.
The Window-Glass Workers Association of
North America with its headquarters at Pitts
burg, Pa, is preparing bin to be presented at
the opening OF the next session of Congress
making 1t an oaense punishable by fine and
imprisonment to import any class Of workmcn
under contract to work for certain wages for
any given length of time.
At a meeting of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company IN New York on the 18th inst.
d quarterly dividend of II per cent. was de-
clared- The net revenues for the quarter end
Ing March 81 are l,750 600 and the surplus is
si.si7,655. John Z. Terry was elected direc-
tor OF the company, TO FIJI the vacancy caused
by the death Of Gov. Morgan.
The board of directors Of the Virginia State
Normal COlored Institute 20 be erected on
Fleets farm, Chesterfield county, near Peters
burg. met IN that city ana adopted plans and
spec hcatisns for the building. which, when
completed, will accommodate 500 pupils, and is
g. cost ss5,ee9. The site was purchased at a
cost Of Sl3,590.
The rainfall in California thus far has been
very light and fears are entertained that
The whsat and barley crops win be almost a
total failure except III several coast counties
where the fogs may furnish the necessary
moisture The fruit and grape yield promises
70 exceed that OF any previous year.
The stockholders OF the Cincinnati Northern
Narrow-Gauge Railroad have voted to CONSOLE
date wih the Toledo Cincinnati and ST. Louis
Aarrow-Gange- meeting of the stockhel
OF the latter company viii be held May 80
looking 10 the completing Of the consolidation
undeF single new company.
The Western Union Telegraph Compauy mas
nearly doubled its Facilities in Texas during
the past three years. January /, 1880. they
had ? $40 mics of poles and zoe miles ef wire.
on January ], lass. 1890 of poles and 9 COO of
wire. Many Of these lines extend into Mexico
and Others are being built
A dispatch from Topeka. Kansas while the
Kansas State MIXERS Association WAS IN .,s
sion. says: The millers present exzrcss the
opInien that the wheat prospect In ibat State
is very favorable and predict that with good
weather the yield viii be from thirty to forty
million bushels.
At the annual meeting of the Halstein
Breeders Association of America held re-
Gently at Syracuse. N. Y liberal alnropria-
tons were made for offering premiums for beef
and butter, 10 be awarded al the fat stock sI,ow-s
ar Chicago and Kansas City and at the national
fair for Dairy products.
The BOSTON board of aldermen has passed an
order taking $4,000 square feet of land on St