Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-27

Work of the Service During the
Last Fiscal Year.
The Disasters Averaged More
Than One a Day.

OF the Nearly 5000 Lives Endangered
All but Thirty-Eight are saved-Over
@5YAoO,oOO of Property saved-Insufil-
cient Pay--New stations.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27,-General Su-
perintendent Kimball, Of the life saving
service, has submitted his initial report
to the secretary of the treasury. The
establishment embraced at the close of
the last fiscal year 233 stations, 176 be-
ing on the Atlantic, forty-six ON the
lakes ten on the Pacific and one at the
falls of the Ohio, Louisville, KY
The number of disasters to document
ed vessels within the field of station OPP
erations during the year was 3S4. There
were on board these vessels 3197 per
sons, of whom thirty-eight were lost,
The number of shipwrecked persons
who received succor at the stations was
1888. The total value Of property imper-
| illed was 81, 7,555, ,90S. OF this amount
$j,451 ,843 was saved. The number of
vessels totally lost was seventy-six.
! In addition to those named there were
during the year 145 casualties to smaller
craft on which there were 800 persons,
Of whom ten were lost.
sells there were twenty-seven Others re-
ported.
There was saved without outside
assistance 1G7 vessels, valued with their
cargoes at $66j,020, and assisted other
efforts in saving eighty-four vessels,
valued with their cargOes at 81 ,502, ,210,
making the aggregate number of vessels
which they saved and assisted to save
during the year 2J1, involving Sc 161,-
1856 of property.
Assistance of minor Importance was
rendered to many other vessels.
The cost Of the maintenance of the
service during the year was $913, 1856.
Since the last report stations have been
established and put in operation at
Wallis Sands, New Hampshire, Point
Allerton and Cuttyhunk, Mass; Oak
Island N, G.. South Chicago, Ill; Point
Adams, Ore, and Point Reyes and Fort
Point, Cal, and stations are in process
of construction at Knobbs beach, near
New Buryport, and Great Neck, Nan
tucket Island, Mass, Marquette and
Bois Island, Mich, and Coos bay and at
the mouths of Umpquah and Coquijle
rivers Oregon. Telephone lines have
been completed along the Cape Cod and
Long Island coasts.
The general superintendent renews
his recommendation of the two preced-
ing years, that the compensation of the
crews be increased during the year by
reason of designations to accept more
lucrative employment. Especial diff
Guilty in this regard has been expert
enced at the great lakes where more
than 80 per oeut Of the force have left
the stations on this account, whose
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enced and inferior men,
Exports and Imports.
A statement prepared by the chief Of
the bureau of statistics, shows that tbeeX
ports of merchandise from the United
States during the twelve months ended
Oct. 81 last, aggregated $8i0,6i5,3t0,
and the imports $8l7, 1924, ,233, making
the excess Of exports over imports $i3,
3J, 1O1. This shows an increase over
the figures Of the same period ended in
1889 of exports, $62 ,047, 500 imports
SOL ,231, 1888, and excess Of exports over
imports, $10,816,1T
The exports of gold aggregated $23,-
752, 1913, against 1853, 146,411 in 1889, and
of silver 500, ,024 ,G97, against $50, ABS, ,080
in 1889. For the same period the gold
imports were $l5, 1852, ,GSS, against S11,
against $40, lG9, 900 in 1889.
Immigration.
The number of immigrants arrived in
the United States at the six principal
ports during the ten months ended Oct.
81, last, was 497, ,G66, against 37S, 140 dur
ing the same period of 1889. The great
est number Of immigrants during the
present year came from Great Britain
and Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria
Hungary, Sweden and Norway, and
Russia, in the order named. The great
est increases of immigration were from
Italy and Austria Hungary.
The Fur Seal Industry.
Professor II. r.. Elliott, of the Smith
sonian institute will present a report 70
congress on reassembling, on the seal
fur industry. In his report Professor
Elliott, it is understood, will recon-
mend that the catch of fur seals al the
American rookeries be suspended FOR a
period of seven years This period Of in
activity he considers absolutely necessary
for the presentations Of the seals from
utter annihilation,
Up to the present time he estimates
that there are only l00 600 eals in
American waters Continued depreda-
tions upon them by pirates and other
wise has reduced the number so much
that hardly a sufficient number remain
for breeding purposes. The utmost care
he considers necessary to preserve the
few that remain, or else the magnificent
industry, which was purchased from
Russia with the Alaska cession will be-
come extinct
1t was on account of Professor Elliott's
knowledge of the fur seal industry
that he was especially designated by
congress TO visit Alaska and make a re-
port on the subject. The agents Of the
fur seal companies, who enjoyed the
privileges about the islands Of St
George and st. Paul made representa-
tions that they were 1000. 0C0 seals in
the American rookeries. Other reports
placed the number at 500, COO, and still
others at a lesser number
All these reports are conflicting. and
made by parties more OF less interested,
induced congress to send Professor FL
lott TO Alaskan waters and his report
that not over 100000 seal have survived
the war Of determination VIII, il IS be-
lieved, call a halt in their destruction,
and his recommendation that the catch
be suspended for seven years. will doubt
less be acquiesced in by congress.
Trying to Buy Ills Way.
WASHINGTON, Nov 27-The civil
service commission received a letter
Tuesday from a man in Columbus, o.,
offering them $50, 600 if they would raise
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