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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-27

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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

PETERSON BROS. & CO.. Grain ana
Commission Merchants.
JOSEPH AUSTRIAN, of Leopold Il
Austrian Transportation Company
d. V. PURINGTON, Brick Manufact.
urer.
II. GEUSENDORF. Lumber Dealer.
RUDOLPH l.. RHODE. Wholesale
Druggist.
JAS. l.. McE;LROY, Of Jas. l.. McElroy
L. Co.. Real Estate.
ALBERT +. OTTO. Capitalist.
II. Il. SHIELDING. Capitalist.
THOMAS Il. MARSTON. Attorney.
DOLESE & SHEPARD, Contractors.
NJ. II. KILGALLEN. Real Estate.
ALFRED KOHN. Wholesale Grocer.
A. ]. ]. MILLER, Lumber Dealer
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-12-24

LElCIlT & BARTHOLOMEW, Brew
crs.
RUDOLPH BRAND. President United
States Brewing Company.
GEORGE W. KELINER, Of Schmidt
Brewing Company.
T.. q. UIIILEIN. President Schlitz
I'rcwing Company.
JOHN CCDAIIY. Packer.
MICHAEL CUDAHY. Packer.
LACKNER & BUTZ. Attorneys.
GEORGE BURY, Attorney.
WILLIAM Woke, Attorney.
JURGENS & ANDERSEN, Wholesale
Diamond Merchants.
ANDREW G. LAUSTEN, of the Lin.
seed OIL Trust.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

the government department is in charge
of Captain George w. Pigrnan, who en-
tered the service September 90, 1851
He was appointed qieutenant-com-
mander October, 1869. and attained his
present grade Of commander October Z
1876. He has seen fourteen years and
ten months sea service and sixteen
years and nine months shore duty His
last sea service was as commander OF
the United States steamship Benning-
ION. on the Pacific station. He was or
dered to Newport News April 90, 1897.
EQUIPMENT INSPECTION DIyIS-
ION.
The equipment inspection division OF
the government department is Under
the supervision of Lieutenant Rogers
II. Gaut. who entered the Naval ACsade-
my from Virginia. June. 1868. He WAS APP
pointed ensign in July, 1873, Junior lieu
tenant i'm March. 1883, and attained his
present rank in November, 1854. Has
sea service extends over sixteen years
and six months. while he has seen
eleven years and mine months shore
duty. He was ordered to his present
station June !. 1897
Under Lieutenant Gau.it are Ensign
Yates Stirling. Jr. and 'Boats'wain Jo-
siah B. Aiken. Ensign S'ii1Hi ing entered
the service in September. 1883. from
Massa eihuseltS. and attained his pres
emit grade July. 1894. Boatswain Aiken
entered the service from New York in
1866. and has seen ten Years and SIN
months sea service ana twenty-Ena
years and TWO monuhs shore duty.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

| p'''.S' di- dlSo gwen uIle Inquiries Tor I'M
ports and those cerreS enting duties col
iected al the custom house for tn,
same period. The import business ant
the work of the custom house will b,
dealt with in full hereafter.
Newport News is able to make thi:
splendid export showing by reason O
the unequliled facilities offered by TIM
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad for thu
transportation of all articles in demand
on the other side and the enterprise 0
the several shipping companies which
nave offices here and operate regula
lines OF steamers as We'll as chartered
tramp vessels to foreign ports in many
parts OF the world.
The articles exported are shipped mere
| over the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
and on rhr arrival are transferred Il
its immense grain elevators and its
elSht commodious piens and Their
aboard the cargo ships in waiting.
Among The principal steamship com
| panieS. Which do a regular business
here and by their immense success are
| helping to make the history of the port
are the following:
Chesapeake &. Ohio Steamship Com
| pany.
United States Shipping Company.
Furness. Witty & Co.
| Funch, Edge & Co. sS
Phoenix Line, Virginia service.
| Barber & Co. sl.I
North American Transportation Com
| pany.
AN OF tnere 1ines, together with sew
| eraa sH.aFler ones which are only heard
Oh occaslonaily, work With tine Chesa-
peake d ohio with degree of success
which is highly gratifying to all con-
cerned
Inc chesapeake 4 Ohio Steamship
Company has the largest and best
| equipped line of Ships in it's Newport
News England service. They are the
Kanawha, Rappah annock and Shenan-
4
doah. Plying to Liverpool and the
Gree norler appcmattox and Chicka-
homny plying to London Furness,
Wlthy q Co.. the Phoenix Line and the
NORTH American 'iransportaton Com
panS own their own ships. but all of
the other conlpan export thear car
goes on chartered vessels
The total number OF vessels loaded I
tne port CURING the nscaa year OF 1855
~ was $50. a..
FOR the tWetNe months OF 1891, the
custom mouse records snow that the
severai shlp7,inS companies operating
mere cleared 6lo steamships. me tact
that There were so many shiins for the
past year ana so lew companies WORK
ing mere Is the pest evidence tnat each
OF the latter is doing tremendous BUS
mess.
WITH 50 many shTps ana such large
hsures the nrst question stranger
VIII ask Is, what DO aal OIL those vessels
carry TO foreign countries! ihat is a
QUESTION eisIlS; put not prieiy answer
ca. lte aF1lcieS OIL export WnSh are
sent out from TINS port across the ocea
and the gun 10 othsr lands number
nearly huhureu ana are Us l"ii"MS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

Naval Conist ructor ]. ]. Woodward
the gunboats Nashville and Whining
ten. this department has grown in size
and importance With the increase OF
government work at the yard here.
The pioneers in the government de-
parrnent are Naval Constructor J. ].
Woodward. now chief inspector of the
huN department, and Chief Engineer
NJ itr.
The government work is divided into
four departnlents-th hull inspection
Department, presided over by Con.truc,:-
or Woodward: the engineering depart
ment, presided over by Chief Engineer
P. "a. Rearck: inspection of ordinance,
by Captain George w. Pigtnan and in
s,3sttion of equipment by Leu tenant
Rogers H. GauIt.
NAV-ALCsONSTRUC R,WOODWA,RD
Constructor Woodward gradu at ed
from The Naval Academy in 1881 and
lf ter Hws, years cruise in the Medi
terranean as a mi'ds(hipman was de-
tac.led fer special duty in Paris at the
FRENCH Government School of Naval
A rchi't ecture. He was appoin ted assist
ant naval constructor in July, 1SSS. and
reached his present grade March 3. 1891
Cons trucSor Woodward was engaged
in t!pa construction of the fll-fated bat
tHe:Ll.p Maine. tcle torpedo boat Cuslh-
in" lhe C'ruiser Brooklyn. the battle
Shit, Iowa and the gunboats Nashville.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

P A. Rearick, Chief Engineer U. S. ".
Wllrnin gton and Helena, and is now su-
perntending the work on the battle
ships now being built at the yard here.
NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR STOCkER.
Associated with Constructor Wood
ward is Naval Constructor Robert
Stocker, who entered the United states
Naval Academy as a Naval Cadet IN
1889, from N1innesota; was graduated
from the Naval Academy an 1887 aud
stationed on the United States steam :
Ship Boston for seven Tnontels, when
This vessel first went into commission.
He Joined the United States steamsnap
Trenton at New York in january, 1887,
then about to leave for the Paclflc ;
made the cruise from New York 70
Cape de Verde Islands. McnteWido'
Through Straits OF Magellan to CaAleo;
Peru, Pay;a, Panama, Tafate auld
Apia, Samoa, where the Trenton was
wrecked with other vessels dun tine ter,
,f:ble storm OF March 1888. He returned
by steamer to San francisco via HON
oiulu and went to the United states
Naval Academy for final examination
and was commissioned as an ensign ad lGs
The United States Navy IN Juiy. 1883.
several mon this later he Joined the Unl-
ted States steamship Yorktown VI New
york. then about to leave Tor Eiurope
as one of the original Wfite SQUADRON
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shdpbuilding & Dry Dock COMPANY,

ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR
M'DONALD.
Assistant Naval Constructor r. Il.
McDonald entered the Naval Academy
| m the lail of 1888 anu graduated in
| June, 1892. Shortly after graduation he
Joined the Newark, from which he was
detached in the fam and ordered to
Paris to pursue special course in
naval architecture at the Ecole d APP
plication du Genie MARITIME. His course
OF instruction at Paris having been
completed In the winter of 1895, he re-
turned to America and was shortly after
! VIA rdss ordered to Newport News as an
Assistant Naval CO1lst r7lctpr. Since thkaj,
time he has been on duty here. with
the eNcep ton of tine first six months of
the past year, during which period he
was attached to the North Atlantic
Squadron as Fleet Constructor.
ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTR UCTOR
EVANS
Assistant Naval Constructor Holden
Alien Evans entered the United States
Naval Academy from Florida in 1888,
and graduated in 1892 He made two
years cruise on the United States
the Pacific, North and South Atlantic
oceans. He was in Rio ue Janeiro dur
ing the rebellion. He was commits
stoned ensign in 1894: served on the
hip Sam Francisco on the Euro
pean sta ton until November, 1895, when
he was ordered to the University of
Glasgow. Scotland, to take special
course in naval architecture. He was
commissioned ;Asss tant Naval Con-
structor in July. 1896: finished course In
naval architecture at Glasgow on May
|. 1897. and was then ordered to New
port News
ASSISTANT NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR
ROBERT
Assistant Constructor w. Fierre Rob
e1't entered the Naval Academy in May
1890. and graduated from there in June.
1894. after which he served a Short
while on the United States steamship
New York, and then took "a three years
Royal Naval CoNlege, Greenwich. Eng
land. He graduated from this school
in the summer Of 1897. after which he
was ordered ito Newport News.
'SHDnOHH1a. D OZNO1N
Alcnzo c. Burroughs, carpenter. Uni
ed to the service March 9, 1878 During
his twenty years of service he has
served on board the United States
steamships Plymouth. Swartara En-
telprise, New Hampshire. 'Massachu
sets. Saratoga, Monongahela and the
battlesAip Indiana. His first shore duty
was at Roachs yard in connection with
n.,gtcu. and he was at El.zabethport in
conn ecton with the building of the
Bancroft. He spent Il term of forty
months at the Mare r:'.and navy yard.
California. returning Eas; in Septe'm-
ber 1894. and reporting for duty at the
Newport News Sh:pbuIdtns & Dry
Deck Company. He was later detached
for service on board the battleship In
Eana. returning to Newport News las't
fall. .
In addition to the constructors and
assistants there are number Or
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24
UNCLE SANS
Large Staff Of Naval Officers
at the Yard.
SOME BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES
Men Who Represent the Gov
eminent Here Render
Valuable Services.

When a mighty naval giant clad in
the panoply OF war takes its place
among the fleets of the world. few per-
sons stop to consider THE various steps
necessary to bridge THE cllasm between
ldealrty and eality-betw'eem THE Chief
Constructors conception of the vess Ell
and the vessel itself as 1T stands ready
TO defend with its brazer t11roated
dogs of war and staunch sides the hon
or of the nation.
Every vessel that floats upon the
bosom OF the mighty deep first lived in
the mind OF some man. Each lime of
symmetry and strength. every detail
from the keel to the pennant flying
from the topmast must be reduced 70
mathematical accuracy before the ideas
of the Chief Constructor can even be-
gin to take form
This work. so far las it applies to the
vessels constructed for Uncle Sam S
Envy ait the shipyau,d here, is performed
by What lis known as the Government
Department.
From a small beginning in 1894, when
the Sfipyard began the con,st ruction of
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before dismissinse .na s,,,,iect 80 az

before dismissing the subject of ex-
ports, it will be Wen to note the large
increase that is being made with each
successive month, and also the pros
p PEG ~, Tor q much larger valuation for
1898 than that of last year.
For February Of this year the exports
were valued at $3.4M, 719, as quoted
ABOVE. This was the largest February
record in the history of the port, and
IN audrtlon to beng much heavier than
1897. -
There is every prospect that the rapid
strides being made by the port in the
early months of the year will continue
throughout and when the bells ring
out the old and ring in the new, those
who are interested in the growth of
Newport News will doubtless see an ex-
port record gratifying in every respect.
Some have gone SO far as to predict
that h. It. the valuation for 1898 will reach
Si0oO0,000 This may be a rather am
bilious estimate, but 1T is safe to say
that the figures will not fall much be-
low that amount.
s&f5 IMPORTS.
The port not only enjoys a large ex-
port trade. but its import business
shows up very conspic,iously and nets
quite handsome sum each year to the
credit of the United States Custom
house. OF course, the figures represent
ing import valuations are not nearly as
large as those in the export column
This is to be expected, as nearly all of
the companies located here devote their
attention only to shipments to foreign
ports. The Chesapeake & Ohio steam
ships and those of THE Furness and the
Phoenix lines are about the only ones
which make a regular business of
bringing to Newport News return car
goes from English, German and Swed-
ish ports.
There are two kinds o,f imports, clas-
sified as for Immediate consumption"
and for immediate transportation"
The former class is the only one that
really enters into the showing of the
port. as It is ;only on articles coming
under this head that duties are collect
ed by Collector Of Customs Elliott for
the United States Government
The figures given under The import
column in the combined table above
represent values of articles received
here for immediate consumption" and
the amounts in the third column show
the relative sums collected each year IN
the way of duties.
The total value of al the imports for
the year 1897 was a trifle over SO, 600 900.
OF: this amount duty was collected on
81 SITS, which was the value of con
sumption articles"
The imports of tine first class for 1897
fn1l Nt NV,
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This magnificent total was an an.
for the preceding year. And 1T will not
boz out stIt Of place to add that the export
valuation for 1892 was greater by nearly
siO. 900 O0O than the port Of Norfoak's to-
TAI for the same year. Five years ago
eNevmort News was behind Norfolk
srodav the tables are reversed and at
the present rate there will be other
beading ports left behind before New
mort Ne,Ws is many years Older.
Below will be found table Of export
figures which tell the story OF the Va as,
amount of foreign business done at the
port from 1884 to 1898:
NEWPORT NEWS.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24
f the first class for 1897

During the past year 1877 foreign yes
seis brought cargoes to this country.
The general run of articles imported
lows:
Chemicals, bleaching powder, coffee,
grain bags, burlaps, fixed oils, paper
stock, tea. wood, cement, caustic soda,
soda ash, clays, earths, decorated and
undecorated earth enware, hemp manu-
features, iron ingots, steel blooms, dis
titled spirits, malt liquors, still wines,
oils. meat products, vegetable fibre,
salt fruits. fish musical instruments,
needles, glass, glassware. rice, spices.
toys, pickles, sauce, liquorice root. goa;
hair, books, maps, animals, brushes.
jewelry. asphalt, anvils, gunny cloth,
rags. tin arllicles cheese and dogs.
s. IMPORT COUNTRIES.
The countries from which imports are
received follow:
England, Germany, Belgium. Neither
lands, Spain, ~,otland. Brazil. Danish
Yves. Indies. Colombia. st. Thomas, w.
l.. France. Sweden. British East indies,
British Africa and Egypt.
The enormity of the import business
done through this port can be better
conceived when it is known that for
the past ear the dutiets and fees, etc,
collected at the custom house aggre-
gated $219 ,626.61.
These collections. including duties
tonnage. dunes, fines, night services OF
collectors fees. eInigran;
fees aind bonded warehouse fees, is. Civ
en- by months as follows: m'
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Qgla,ntity.

Total ............... $3.50. 1,oSo.Soo
This total was an increase over 1896 OF
about 5000 tons. The increase OF 1888
over 1897 will be over 100000 tons, il
is estimated. in case there is no hitch
in tie plans OF the atlantic Transporta-
ton Company and about 100000 tons in
the event the contract is declared void.
In black and white the business of the
port of Newport News is given. The
facts and figures speak for themselves.
Newport News IS: indeed the Golden
Gate OF the Atlantic" and the Liver
pool of Virginia. It is destined to be
the Liverpool OF America. Time will
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

pany, DIS nr5w at the head of the or
gatndzatiDn.
The capacity of this immense e.eva-
tor, which is in plain view IF POINTS
ten and twelve miles away, is l.i50, COO
bushels cf grain, White It's loading ca
pac;lty is 600 bushels Eies day.
TL.e business of the elevator company
has grown from insignificant TL.lpcr-
tttpns until tho port OF Newport News
stands third or fourth i'll the list ot
f csveuIs. "
The elevator is SO conveniently ar
ranged that there is meme of the trouble
of loaSEng EEse grain on lighters and
targes and transferring it to the steam
enS. The largest merchantmen ntloa,t
can tie up at the piers of the company
and have a cargo, of grain dumped into
It's hold direct from the elevator. In
fact, since the piers We're rebuilt AFTER
HAST years large fire, two vesslls may
be loaded with grain CIT the Same time.
There now being two Certifying belts. ONE
empty ing ON each side of the pier. This
economy of time and handling makes
1T possible for the elevator here th
ha ndle grain as cheaply as any es7.ab-
lishment in the United States.
The business OF the company is in
charge of MIR. w. S. Upshur. q thor
cushly capable and experienced gen
teman. who is ably assisted by his
chief clerk, Mr. j. L. Street
The elevator is now doing the LARGEST
business in ITS history. ina ndling grain
at the rate OF about 100000 bushels q
n,Or,th
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24

tWllNan St7,otiher Smith. Passed Assds-
ta1nt Engimeer. U. S. N.
under Admiral Walker. The squadron
left Boston in December 1883. for Lis
bon. In midocean the fleet was sepa-
rated by a severe gale and THE York
town broke her steering gear. She
made her way to THE Azores for tempo
rary repairs and then proceeded to Lis
bon, and later took IA cruise in the Med
!terranean In April. 1890, The squad
ron sailed for Brazil: AT the Cape do
Verde Islands this Yorktown was de-
taclhed and returned to New York.
In the fan of 1890 Constructor Stocker
was detached from the Yorktown and
ordered to Paris to take special course
IN naval architecture. He returned to
the United States in November, 1893.
and In December Of the same year was
ordered to duty in the Navy Depart
1894 he was ordered to duty at Newpor.
News in connection with the bulqding
OF war vessels at the Newport News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-24
COAL.

COAL.
The largest coal shipping port in the
United States is Newport News. Coal
IS being dumped at the chesapeake d
Ohio piens at present at the rate or over
1000 900 tons per annum.
This coal Isl secured by the Chesa-
peake & Ohio In the IanlW"ha and New
River districts in West Virginia, where
the very best steam COAL n'btaina'ole is
mined. The coal is transported TO New
port News direct in cars, built especial
ly for this trade, over the tracks of the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. On ar
rivirig here, the cars are pushed up on
the high coal piers, as Necessity de-
mands, and from these lofty trestles'
the fuel is dumped into steamships.
schoonens and barges.
Newport News is the mld-Atla ntlc
coaling station of the naval vessels OIL
the north Atlantic squadron and from
these a large bunker coal patronage is
received A great many tramp steam
ers. carrying cargoes from soWhern
their trips. The steam coal is sent
north principally, and south occasion
ally, IN schooners and barges. for use
on railroads, and for manufacturing
purposes.
While the great coal traffic at this
port liz much larger than that of any
/ other city, ii is understood that the
business will shortly be increased douo-
" by fulflment Of the terms of a con-
tract between the Chesapeake C Ohio
and the Atlantic TRANSPORTATION Com
pany for the shipment Of 100000 tons
of coal annually for five years. This
from the local piers is to be dumped IN
J to the companyts twenty-six barges
| from time to time and will be shipped
to american, and neighboring fcreigr
ports.
During the year 1897 the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway Company loaded so:
schooners and 391 barges.
The record of coal shipments from
the port for that year were as follows
i1,
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In addition to tthe constructors and
assistants there are number Of

"A. &. Burroughs. Carpenter. l.. S. n.
drau slhtsTlen employed in The hu!l d-
Vision Of lt1e government department.
Between twenty and twenty-five men
are employed in This DIVISION of tue
governane lent service.
ENGINEERING DIVISION.
Tine engineering divls:on of the gov
el-nment department Us under The SUI
perv.sion of Chief Engineer P. A. Rear
:ck, U. S. N, superint ending naval en-
gineer at the Newport News S'hi4rbuiid-
ing & Dry Dock Company. Chief En-
g.neer Reaiick is a ve,eran in the sarv-
ice, having served thirty-eisht years.
He entered the naval service in 1860
and during his twenty-one years of sea
service has served on all stations IN
every squadron. His seventeen year rs
Of shore duty have been performed IN
Norfolk and Newport News. He was
ordered to his present POSITION May s..
1856
Up to a few days ago Chief Engineer
Rearick had two assistants and SIX
civilians under his supervision. His as
istanus were Passed Assistant Engi-
neer William STROLLER Smith, who has
been ordered to tine Columbia, and
Passed Assistant Engineer C. B. Price.
PASSED ASSISTANT ENG INE1E1R
w. STROTIIERS SMITH.
Passed Assistant Engineer WiAliam
Stother Smith graduated from the Ma