The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-06-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

The railroad constructed by
Stephenson, south of Liverpool, and
opened for traffic in 1882, remained in
use, almost rs the great inventor left
it, until n short time ago, when new
line was constructed.
At the beginning of this year there
were $40, 900, 900 in gold and S25l, 4O0,-
600 in silver in the vaults of the Bank
of France. 1t would require 6S3 ears
OF a capacity OF ten tons each to move
the metals.
A Prussiau official mining expert
has made Investigations of the coal
strata of the world, and expresses the
belief that the coal deposits of Aus
tria- Hungary, France and Belgium
will be exhausted in five centuries at
most.
Holland has in view tie vast pro-
ject of draining the Zuyder Zee,
whereby it is hoped TO rescue for cul-
tivation a territory almost as extern
sive as the Duchy of Brunswick. 1t
has been estimated that this under
taking will cost about 100000, 900.
After Southampton, now Cardiff
will try for part of the transatlantic
trade. Cardiff is going to spend ST.
900, 600 TO improve her docks and har-
Dor, build new railway connections
and generally bid for the American
passenger traffic, which Liverpool has
had done up to this time.
The capital invested in the manu-
facture of rubber goods throughout the
United States exceeds So, 600, 600.
The daily production of rub
Der boots and shoes is about
I56 pairs, or about 4, OO0,0O0
pairs annually, amounting in value TO
upward of 10000, 600. The rubber
clothing made in the United States
every year is valued at about s., o00,-
900, and mechanical rubber goods are
valued at $4,000. 900.
The official valuation of imports to
the United States during March was
S92, sos, 4s6, an increase of about p
5OO,t 90 over year previous. The ag-
gregate of exports was $66, All, 992, II
decrease of nearly SIS, 000,G The
excess OF IMPORTS over exports was
s26, O75, 494, which is the largest excess
ever reported for one mouth, while
the value of merchandise exports was
smaller than fer any preceding March
since 1888.
Another new cannon has just been
invented in Germany, which is eX-
pected to revOlutioniZe the artillery OF
all Europe. Krupp, it is reported, has
offered 3,CGO, 900 marks for the eXclu-
sive right to the invention, and the
inventor, Herr Ehrhardt, has refused
the offer. He proposes to establish a
plant OF his own for turning out his
guns. II will be the most rapid firing
cannon in the world, so far.
a report by the Director OF the
United States Mint gives the follow
ing a. the total production Of gold by
~. E,1. f. ha lal
three calendar years:
1880 .. .....-. .--...... ....--...S 10, 1870
1891 .-...-............. -...-... I2O,3lS,8OO
1892 .................. 80, Sl6 900
These figures indicate a steady increase
in the production of gold, the gain for
the last year being q per cent. OF
this increase for 1902, one fourth pass
now from the mines of a australasia,
and the rest from South Africa. The
product of the latter reached the total
Of so, 069, 57S for last year, which is
about equal to the gold production OF
Russia, and makes that region second
only to the United States and Aus
tralia.
One OF the largest and most success
full blasts OH record was recently made
in the Palisades, two miles north of
Fort Lee ferry, and about opposite
It OEE W doiiIi LObJ OAA tslC LAbNSOh
River. The blast removed about 1000
feet OF the face of the cliff, tearing it
off to the depth of 300 feet. The beauty
of the blast was that although two
tons of dynamite was used, it was so
skillfuIIy planned that when the mine
was exploded by the electric spark
the quarrymen stood within 300 feet
of the spot without feeling the shock
Dpleasantly.-Ex