The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-06

The Bank of England manufac-
lures Oh its own premises all the
material necessary In its business,
making the paper of its notes and
even the ink used in printing them.
The manufacture Of cloth from
Chinese cotton has been commenced
at Wuchang, on the Yang-tse-kiang.
Manufacturers find great difficulty
in teaching the natives to weave.
The most splendid pair of shoes
on record were those worn by Sir
Walter Raleigh on great court &C.
casions. They were of buff leather,
covered with precious stones, and
valued at $50, 1000.
A novel tunnel is projected for
the Neva at st. Petersburg. It is
to be cylindrical in form, 43 feet in
diameter, and to have four floors or
decks for pedestrians, vehicles, cars
and telegraph cables respectively.
1t is believed that a rubber will
be brought out soon that will per-
manently stand temperature of
over $50 degrees. It is claimed
that it has already been made in
an experimental way. Such a
rubber would be very useful for
steam-heating purposes, although
the matter of the duck is factor
in its adaptation. In steam-valves
it would become indispensable.
A new naval port has been es-
tablished at Libau, Russia. The
place selected is specially suitable.
The sea is nearly always open !;
there is, at distance Of barely two
miles from the sea, a lake, which
forms a port and which will be con-
nected with the port proper. Quite
small town has grown up in con-
nection with the port now in the
course of construction, at which
10000 men are employed during
the summer months.
A citizen of Olympia, Washing
ton, has conceived the idea Of util-
izing the water power at Tumwater,
suburb, in generating electricity
for the work of dredging of Olympia
harbor and redeeming the tide
lands: At low water the falls at
Tumwater produce 5000 horse
power, and proposition for the
utilizing of this power has been
made to the company controlling
it4 The officials of the dredger
COMPANY have asked the light and
power company for a formal propo-
sition to furnish 800 horse power
by electricity with which to finish
their government contract in the
harbor. The plans for the harbor
improvement are elaborate as pro-
posed by the harbor line commits
sion and approved by the war de-
partment. The area Of redeemed
land will extend to the end of
the long wharf, distance
of about a mile from the city front,
covering an area of about six blocks
at the south end and tapering to
about 1000 feet at the end of the
long wharf. Surrounding this will
be a reserved strip of 800 feet for
piers. To the west of this will be
the harbor proper. Extending
down the west side of this redeemed
land will run the Northern Pacific
track ard an avenue $50 feet wide
On the east side waterway is
proposed, with a 300-foot resel ,
for wharves and mill and manufac-
turing sites. The Tumwater water
way will afford deep water a mile
beyond Capitol point, where the
new state-house is to be built.
The supposed shipwreck, three
years ago, of the Austrian Arch
duke Johann, otherwise known as
Johann Orth, has just had an inter
esting judicial sequel, says the
Liverpool Journal of Commerce. 1t
appears that in February, 1890, Jo-
ham Orth, who was then in Lon
don, insured his ship, the Santa
Margherita, with the North German
Assurance Company for 100000
marks, the voyage to be undertaken
being first to Ensenada and after
wards to the west coast of South
America, from which the vessel
was to return with a cargo to q
North German port. An action
has been brought by DR.. Won Hab-
erler, of Vienna, the holder of a
power of attorney from Johann
Orth, for the recovery of the sum
for which the vessel was insured.
The plaintiff claimed that the San
ia Margherita must be looked upon
as lost, having left La Plata on
July IL, 1890, and not having
reached its destination within the
term of six months. The judg-
ment in the first instance, which
was in favor of the plaintiff, was a
few weeks ago confirmed by the
Hanseatic high court at Hamburg.
In the course of these proceedings
the defendants maintained that
Johann Orth was on board the ship
in question when it left La Plata,
but this was denied by the plain
tiff, though it was acknowledged
that since the date of the departure
of the vessel no tidings whatever
had been received from him or res
pecting him. Nevertheless, there