, 1894-04-14
THE AVIS.
Chrigtiaagted, St. Ccoix
Saturday, 14th April 1894.

OOO J AICh ARAA AOO
~ We are happy to announce that the
concert in the English Church Schoolroom
last Thursday night, given by Mr.. Bornn Of
ST. Thomas with the Edison Photograph, so
delighted the audience, that by special
request that Gentleman will, besides having
a daily exhibition Of his machine, with a
little change of the programme, give another
entertainment in the Schoolroom on Monday
evening The 10th INST. AS we have already
said. the concert was the most wonderful
ever YET given to an audience in st. Crolx.
This Talking Machine is indeed a mar
vel of the 10Th century, and Of the latest
Improvement. It is the first of its kind 4.
exhibited here it being supplied with a horn
through which it sings. recites, prouounces,
etc. in a clear and audible tone every word
OF the songs on the programme exactly as
uttered by the human voice. Thus the audi
ence is afforded the pleasure of being able to
hear the singing, playing, Rotations, etc.
rendered in the same manner as they would
at any other concert without having to put
the tubes to their ears.
AS there was but a short notice given to
the public of the entertainment of Thursday
last, many were deprived Of the pleasure Of
hearing it; but they can now avail themselves
of this opportunity.
We hope then that the friends and admirers
of science and the philosophical minds viii
gladly respond to Mr.. Bornn's invitation BY
giving him a full house on Monday night, and
pass a few pleasant hours in listening to a
Machine that is able TO talk, laugh, sing,
play, whistle, and immitate the human voice
and every other sound.
Although on the whole the weatlel con
tinues dry there are occasional signs Of a
pOmiDU pbaOua which ala apnOu. o4ri,.r 4
a matter Of fact there is no damage yet done
worth speaking of, while the dryness OF the
past three months has been a great advantage
IN the taking off of the crop, 50 great an
advantage that on a few estates with low
lying lands a continuance Of it for a little
longer would even be welcome. AS yet
there is no danger for the stock on the
cattle estates. Most of them are of necessity
lightly stocked and there is enough dry food
for the animals, while the wells are still
giving IA good supply. Still, on the whole.
there can be no doubt that rain would now be
welcome, especially to people whose cisterns
have given out, which we helleve is the case
with several III Christiansted and the neigh
bOuring estates.
IAN anything be done to bring back part
of the East End Of the island into sugar cnl-
"tivation ? 1t may be thought easy to answer
this question it may be replied, Eyes, Won
have only to put q Central Factory grinding
station out there and the thing is d6ae." That
is all very well, but who is to put the station.
and where are the funds to come from ? Here
we arrive at a blo ok, and find that there is no
apparent solution this way. To use the
neal est grindiI 6 station, tlat namely which is
situated close to The factory itself; means a
terrible amount of car tage, the question arises
whether there is any way of reducing the ex-
c~e8sive carriage. We think there is and our
solution has no doubt occurred to many others,
namely to make use of the waterway afford
ed by Shoy's lagoon and the harbour and to
bring the canes down to the Factory. At
the Factory wharf they could be loaded into
trucks on the tramway and taken up
to the weighing station. How many lighters
would be wanted to start this business {?
what would they cost to build and what to
manage? How should the capital be raised
and the expenses paid ? What contribution
should be paid, and in what form, by tie
users of the line of lighters? These are in
t~eresting questions, to which we will return
later. In the meanwhile we shall be glad if
some of our readers will send us their views
on these points, of so much interest, it seems
to us, to owners of East End estates and to
business people in the town of Christiansted.