The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-21
NOTES OF INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

Elmo Kirchc eigentnemlecher art ist
in Batoum-Baku es list elm Wagon
welchcr an elmer scitc iteinum kreuZc
verZicrt und an der anderen nit Glocke
vcrschen es Koennen 70 Personen platz
DARN linden und list es fur die Eisenbahn
Beamtcn bestimt Els list Elm sicheres
zeichcn das husband in Ihren asiatishcn
provins auch Fortschritte macte.
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Mr.. Robert Gordon, NJ. |. c T.. and NJ.
Am. Sec. c. O., has resigned his posi-
ton as Government Engineer of Siam,
and will shortly return to England. Mr..
Gordon is we'll known among American
engineers. and, though he was for II
years the Resident Engineer of Burmah,
he is a strong advocate of American
methods of railway construction and
equipment in the East. His departure
from Siam would seem to mean that
that country is not yet ready for rail
ways, and that the 800 miles of limo
favored by the King is not to be built at
present Later information seems to
Indicate that German engineers and
German contractors have captured the
King of Siam and propose to build the
first 100 miles OF railway in that country.
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I'm die Eisenbahncn ven den nicgcn
den Sand zie bcschuetzen hat Prof.
Sccublcr elm Deutscher botanist. cincn
guten vorschlag gemacht. Scin Vorsh-
lag list vic folgt die Wurzcln Won der
trlticum rcpeEs L werden bel elmer
mashinc in der lange Won 20 centimctcr
gcschnittcn NIT etwas Erdc und Wasser
vermlSht und ucbcr den Sand gel
schucttet und binncn zwci Wochen wird
cs wachsen und der Sand vom herauf
Kommen hindcrn.
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Der Paris Rouen shift canal hat gen
uegende fortschritte gemacht dem Pub
licumc allie Papicre und Zcichnungcn
in den Hotel de Vile, in Paris bis yum
ten November EUR besigtigung yor-
geleget. Der vOrher genante canal hat
cine lacnge Won los meilcn und cine
Tiefe Won 1877. Die Kostcn werden
~. 100000 dollars sein.
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BIDS for heavy guns have been called
for by the War Department until De-
cember ,, as follows: Twenty-Five s.
inch, fifty 10-inch and twenty-five 12-
inch steel guns and ammunition for the
test All of these guns are to be of
American manufacture, and the adver-
tisements provide that one-fourth of
these guns shall be made on the Pacific
coast.
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The Annapolis armor plate tests have
been completed by the removal of the
plates from the backing and the OK
animation of the rear of the plates. The
result was as follows: The four cracks
in the all-steel Crcusot plate, radiating
from the center S-inch shot, were not
continuous on the back, as supposed,
and the plate still had strength enough
to support itself. The back of the Creu-
sot nickel-steel did not show Il crack,
except where the metal was bulgcd out
by the points of the projectilcs. This
plate was still apparently perfect, cx-
cept at the five spots actually struck by
tho projectiles. The back of the Cam
mcll plate was also uncracked. except
Immediately around the five more or
less ragged holes where the shots had
cracked through it.
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The new tower bridge over the
Thames in London is progressing salts
factorily Including approaches the
bridge will be 2,640 feet long. The two
river piers, requiring the laying of
about $4,000 tons of stone are nearly
completed. The north towers to be 275
feet high, are we'll under way. and the
falseworks for the two side spans arc in
position. In the construction of this
bridge there will be required 81 900, 600
brick, 1880 tons of cement and 70, 500
cubic yards of concrete, and 5000 tons
of iron and steel. The bridge will be
finished by the end of 1892.
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The Niagara Falls water-power tun-
mel is now well under way, at two Shafts
and at the mouth near the new suspcn-
sion bridge. At the latter point an in
clined railway for construction use will
be built. Both night and day shifts
will shortly be put on.
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The gross earnings OF 151 railways for
the month of September, according to
statistics collected by the Financial
Chronicle, are $43, 1881, $50. as compared
with $40. 1915 for the same month of
1850, an increase of 7.36 per cent.
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Die COuls Bruecke in Prare welche
die uebcrshwcmmungen seid dem iahrc
1857 ueberstanden, hat am l3ten
October wiedcr cine Archie vcrlohren
wobci sex personen verungluckt sind.
Das heftigstc gcfaecht fand auf der
Brncke i'm Jahre 1744 staff. Won den
16 Archer die mitlcre ist am 2ten Sep
TENDER eingafallcn und andere den
folgendcn tag nit grossen Menshenfer-
lust cine Ate Archie ist nun auch fort
und list es dem lang jaehrigen auswash-
ungen Zugeshoben worden
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