New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17
THE EAST INDIA TEIT COMING ~.
LARGE 1MpoHTATIoHs OF GOODS FROM JAR
CATHAY AND THE ARCHIPELAGO.

LARGE 1MPORrATIo%s or GOODS TRoM VAR
cArIt,Y ANp TIE ARCHIPELAGO
Nine full-riEgcd SHIPS came sailing up through ne
Narrows on SUNDAY o.. last week seven %; which
were laden % their "a! Ing capacity win t1e
proiucis of islands and Countries with wnlch thn
average New Yorker ST. fir better acquainted tfom
hear.av than from actual c1pcr7cnce % I'VE 'u ,-
In them On other days Of he week other members
~ The big East Indian fleet came into port. and ou
Friday the string ~ wind jan ncr' "As broken oy
the arrival az Two big steamers wh.-h sall"i from
Kobe within a week Of each other. and were only
four DAYS apart At Por. sad. Ia adIiton To 'h"
ships thcre was fleet Of oarks and smaller fy
which swered the aggregate 81 sall tonnage - large
figures the total for day being over 1000 tons.
or the ports represented Manila. IN the Philippine
island takes the lead. with Calcutta close se,on /.
anu OF other East Indian ports. colombo on the
Island OF 'cyl0u: Pasaroean. Java. Shinghhi
Yokohama Kobe and Auckland Ne" Z"aand were
rcpresented. while Annoy singapore. Penang AMI
other ports way stations on the routes t. tho
Empire city.
II the goods brought port By This great fleet can
be regarded trade pointers. there X lots oi work
ahead for cordage manufacturers. sugar rein"rS
etc. Tho days record OF hemp receipts was broken
on MONDAY when manifcsts showing over 5l9'' oaies
were entered from three ships. o; winch the big
American nyer the Roanoke had nearly 1900 bales
on board II ls also OF interest 10 note that the
Roanoke in addition to bringing in the largest CON
sgnment OF hemp ever landed a. the port, haI main
,ained the reputation Of the Big Four OF which
she the last, good sailors having come from
Manila IN iol days. while the British snip kistna
used up 1870 days and the American Emily Reed l's
days In making tho same voyage
The sister ships OF the Roanoke tho Shenandoah
and Susquchanna, are as fast az she ~. ana the
Rappahannock. when sho was ahoai- did some
wonderful work i'm tho way Of carrying cargo and
making time. These four ships the great quartet
rloI % nh
the yards OF Arthur sewali & Co, at Bath Me.
were the leaders Of tho American sailing fleet and
when the Rappahannock was burned at sea, South-st
regarded II "A personal loss Cor which even the
big steel ship Dtrago from the same yard. WAS no
recompense
But what a wonderful list OF articles brought
in by the fleet in the accommodating week just
ended. Hemp and sugar were the two most valuable
single items but kauri gum. the valuable resin
which comes from NewZealand. flax spices. rattan,
bamboo. tin, silks, teas. linsced, camphor, cutch
copa. and a long lis, OF materials which enter into
the and sciences These AL useful but
prosaic. The finer side of life was not forgotten
however, for there specimens OF the weaver $
art dyed ia 'he oe"ilei.,s "a@ Oh p,' ,ct" IF
patient and skfu toll which seem a. II the heayy
yellow sunlight had been spun into golden threads
which 10 hang web OF rainbOws and moon
beams.
and he who from blocks Of ivory the gro
tesque and comcal little -bel;ied demons which
al contributed Of their work to the great cargoes.
and many breezc-swcpt summer home on the
mountain 2de or by tho sounding sea viii have It's
floors covered with matt ngs which came 10 New
York in the white winged Graf, which have made
the harbor spot more beautiful than usual In the
lat week.
one phase OF this sudden rush Of business must
not be overlooked >puth-st and the regions al.
licent thereto have been unusually ac;ive ana
Interesting Jack ashore is always Interesting.
but when 800 or ~ OF him svoop down on u, city.
with the results OF long pay day IN hand. the
shaking ou OF reefs In legs, the scattering or
money and the hunts for fun begin. Even the
brown SIX nued Bascars. with their grave lmmobile
faces ana great flashing black eyes, seem 20 eaten
the infec lon. and as FOR the little Japinc-e. they
are here. there and everywhere. lthc. quick In
movement. and Vivacious in temperament. forming
no incOnsderabc part IN the Kaleidoscope OF lie
on the water front
Those who think tina; the churn OF the propeller
has driven the flap OF snowy canvas from the seas
would do well TO stroll down South-st., and see the
goody array OF vessels at the piers on both sides OF
the river They may revise their ideas. and at any
rate they viii larger fleet than New-fork has
had a. IT. piers IN many months.