The Springdale news., 1888-11-30
BUREAU REPORTS.

p6fl0IeDG6HJ hlInDdll or lDe lltte- Saving Service, in his annual report for the last fiscal year, ended June 8, 1888. reports 222 lire- saving stations in operation at the close of the year, 110 being upon the Atlantic, forty-four on the lakes, seven on the Pacific, and one at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky. The number of disasters to documented vessels within the scope of station operations during the year was AL There were on board the vessels 3,603 persons, of whom only twelve were lost The number of ship wrecked persons who received succor at lfe- saving stations was 743 The esti- mated value of the vessels and cargoes involved in these disasters was S9, 555. 2S5, and of this amount S7, re- 405 was saved. The number of vessels totally lost was seventyone. In addi- ton to the docum nted vessels lost, there were during the year 136 casualties to smaller craft, such as sail boats, row. boats, etc, on which were 297 persons, five of whom were lost. Thirty seven other persons. who had fallen from wharves and piers, were also saved by life-suying crews. Four hundred and ninety two vessels, when stranded. were during the year worked off and piloted out of dangerous places, and besides this 229 vessels, iu danger of stranding, were warned off by signals, and saved from partial or total loss.
 The work of the year, as indicated by the foregoing results, Superintendent Kimball regards as the best yet obtained since the general extension of the serv- ice to the sea and lake coasts; for while the increased number of stations has brought cores bonding increase in the number of casualties within the domain of the service the number Of lives lost in proportion to the number of persons on board the vessels involved is less than ever before, being only one out Of every 23I. The lowest previous loss was in the fiscal year ending June %, 1885, when 1t was one out of every 222.
 Superintendent kimball strongly rec ommends an increase in the compensa- ton of sarfmeR. whose hardshps and labors, he declares. are worthy of better remuneration than they receive. He also advocates the passage of the bill're- ported to the House by the committee on pensions at the last session of Congress, granting pensions to the officers and en- listed men Of the service who are sub iected to imminent peril, anl to their widows and minor children
 The cost Of the service last year was ,923eo0; but this included some thou sands exuended during the yam pre- viens; and yet ii the saving of property the exhibit IS very gratifying, showing more than eight dollars saved Tor every dollar expand .. For she current fiscal year. ending June 30 1s9A, Saberintead- eat kanbaa estimates that S971,1f3 will be need sd.
 Annual Report of the Chief of the ord-
 nance Bureau.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 = Commodore 
 SIcsn q, Chief of the E Jreau of Ordinances, Navy Department. II his annual report. states that the high power steel eaa4on for the navy completed to date are two fvs-inch, twenty our six-inch, eight eIght-nch. and threa ten-inca guns Since the last report anew design of six inch gun has been completed. and thirty- two of these guns are in construction at Washington, Cod Spring, \. Y, and Boston. Ten have practically been in- lshed at Washington. This design is in several important respects superior to those heretofore il Use. The tube is hoped to the muzz9e, thereby greatly strengthening it against sratH{ ia the chase. The powder chamber has been re- iReed in di Ill ter thus making il possi- bic 10 reduce he ex erior diam ters and t9 save sHffi aient weight there to hoop the nuzsle without increasing the w.ightof
 
 moves less metal from the gun than the ordinary groove, and will probably be subject to less erosion from powder gas. Ehe twist increases from zero at origin To ene turn ia twenty -fYe calibers a the mazzle. The gun is considered to be 'ather superior To the best types of guns If itS class and EiHd HOW extant abroad Fhe standard Type of the eight-inch gun las been improved on the same lines.
 The armament for the new cruiser Boston, the Commo lore reports, has been completed and that for the Atlanta virtually so; while that for the Chicago will be completed about the 1st Of Janu- 2ry next
 Treasury Departm ent Decision
 WASHINGTON. Nov 27.-Assistant Sec- -etary Maynard of the Treasury D epart- ment yesterday rendered decision in the matter of the classification of silk ribbons and other manufactures of silk, claimed to be used and dutiaole hat trimmings, in which he approves the ac- tion of the Collector of the Port of New York in classifying thes, goods as manu- features of silk dutiable at fifty per cent. ad valorem. This decision, while chang ing the classification and imposing a highe' rate of duty, directs that it shall not be applied to entries and invoices of goods which have been ordered in good faith by importers b 3fore the announcer ment of the Collectors decision changing the classification. Collector Magone is authorized to liquidate all entries ac- cording to the practice which prevailed at the time the goods were ordered
 Decision for the PlaintiM.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. PA decision for the defendant was rendered by the court