The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-22

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Three steamers within twenty days car
| ried S5.2l5.093 in gold from Cape Colony
to Southampton, England, IN Se2tem-
! Der.
The Channel Dry Docks ship Building
| and Engineering Company Of queens
| town. claims 10 be able TO dock cream
| down. ana paint any size vessel anu u',,
| dock I'm twenty-four hours # required
! The works cover area OF l6 II acres
| and include I'VE well-equipped dry DOCKS
| the two largest being respectively. the
! frs, $50 feet long and 60 feet wide al EN-
| trance with 10 feet draft OF water; and
the second 3C5 feet long and s. feet wide
at entrance q feet draft OF water
The great Increase I'm the price of meat
| that has taken place this year IN Ger
| many has produced powerful agitation
against the high duties and numerous re-
| strictions. by which the government has
nearly stopped the importation Of I'VE
! animals and greatly increased the price
Of meat products.
Partly as a result Of the mild. open
weather of last winter which left un-
injured by frost the larvae of an unusual
|
| have since Matched and inflicted serious
damage upon orchards and vineyards, and
partly In consequence of the cold per
| sistont rains which prevailed during the
season OF poisoning. the apple crop
| throughout Germany, except IN southern
| Baden and d portion of Wurttemberg is
| one Of the smallest I'm quantity and poor
est in quality that has been gathered in
recent years All reports indicate that
| this deficiency Of supply is not confined
| 10 Germany. but extends more or less
| generally to France. the Tyrol. Bohemia,
! and northern Italy, from which countries
| German importers had been accustomed
to draw their supplies until the memora-
BILE season of 1896 81, When the American
| apples impelled by the phenomenal crop
! and low prices Of that year. invaded the
| Fatherland and established new stand
ards Of quality and cost in the German
| fruit markets.
There is a movement on foot 10 furnish
| workingmen with better tenements.
| Now, they are crowded into buildings
! which often look like barracks. The
| proposed houses vii be built upon lots
| about 16 y feet wide by l02 feet deep.
| thereby allowing for "a front yard for
| flowers and a backyard for a vegetable
| garden and shed, the latter for the
! keeping Of poultry or some domestic ami
nal. The houses will contain five rooms
| 4 parlor and kitchen will be on the first
| floor. the parlOr containing a porcelain
| stove and heating pipes. and the kitchen
| a wash boiler and stove. The three bed
| rooms on the second floor viii easily
| hold five or six persons, and can be made
| to accommodate ten In the largest an
| iron stove will be placed pump Will
| provide water whore the city water
| works DO not extend to the house. In
! connection with the shed is water
| closet. The cost OF such a house and
| lot. when a number are built at q time,
! will be between $3.50 and $3.50. II VIII
rent for about $50 a year-that is, for tht
! same price the workingman has 70 pay
| for two rooms in the barrack-like tene-
merits Of the large cities.
Among cotton men. both in England
and in the United States. there is
warm renewal of the agitation
against country damaged cotton.
| Conferences are being held be-
! tween representatives. Of the Liv-
erpool cotton trade and the insurance
| companies to settle upon plan or ac-
tion which will throw the burden Of
! loss caused by country damage TO cot
ton where. they say. it properly belongs
viz. upon the American producer or
| seller.
American underwriters have estimated
| that the claims arising from country
damage" TO cotton delivered at Liver
pool last season footed up 100000.
At time when so many people are
| talking about The Importance Of build
| ing a canal through some part OF Cen
| trail America to connect the Atlantic
| with the Pacific it may be interesting
| TO know that the Germans attach great
| Importance TO canals and waterways as
| factors i'm industrial Improvement Iher
latest effort is 10 cut through the terri
tory between the Elbe and Rhine, uniting
these two rivers and permitting not only
| of the direct passage OF ships from one
! to the other without unloading. but all
| lowing the Rhine boats 10 carry careoes
| gathered I'm the harbors Of the North
Sea TO places far inland. This viii save
! freight and cost Of reloadlng.
Dawson City made rapid strides during
August in the way Of building improve
ments. In July. only two large ware
houses were here. Four more are now
nearing completion. all operating their
! own steamers.
|
| merchandise here this winter The large
amount Of supplies being brought I'm has
! had a tendency 10 reduce prices on Few
! commodities. \ 50-pound sack Of flour
which brought S last month is now sold
( for s.. II is 10 be hoped the price OF
! hotel accommodations Will be reduced. as
| none but the wealthy can enjoy hotei life
at present, at $3.50 per night for room
with a mixture Of husks and straw for a
| bed. a candle for light, and board al the
rate of sl2 per day. There are feT
cheaper houses. but accommodations are
still poorer. The number of log cabins is
being increased rapidly, for in a couple
| Of weeks Il will be too cold 10 slec9 in
| tents Log cabins can be rented for $50
per month and upward, according TO To-
cation and distance from the center Of
the town. Typhoid fever has been on the
| increase lately. and many deaths have
resulted It will decrease as soon as the
ground is frozen. about the LIST OF Octo-
| Der.
Hundreds OF Americans have gone down
the river to Alaskan territory. where it
is predicted more gold will be found than
| in the Northwest Territory.