Evening journal., 1899-07-15

that car to be sent from the South tC
the shops here because the man who
was sent South could not remedy tn,
defect there, and have known the en-
tire roof of that same car to be re-
moved for no other purpose than to pu
an end to the squeaking. The company
has no use for a squeak, and il will
eliminate It II the whole car has to bt
torn apart and rebuilt"
FROM GENERAL MACALLIsTER.
General Samuel A. Macallister. Of
this city. is United States consul al
Barbados in the British West Indies
1t is apparent to the Wayfarer that he
is keeping the home government init.
mately acquainted with conditions Of
trade in that British possession. His
presence at Barbados gives the af-
fairs Of the island a local interest, not
only because he is universally es-
teemed in Wilmington, but also be-
cause their representation to the Off
cials at Washington is made by his
hand from information which he gath
ers in the performance of his official
duties. He says in his report:
The Island Of Barbados, with
whose government a reciprocity treaty
has already been signed, lies on the
east of a chain of islands which
stretches sOuthwardly from Porto Rico
to the coast of South America, and
which geographers divide into wind
ward" and 'leeward" groups. Its
population is about 100000; its area
about 166 square miles, and the area
under cultivation about 106,470 acres.
The staple product of the island is SUI
gar, about 10000 acres being annually
planted with sugar cane, which yield
ed i'm 1897 $500 hogsheads Of sugar as
against S6,45t in 1895 and 49,399 in
1896. There are 441 sugar works and
nine rum distilleries Sugar is the
chief export, though in 1880 tons of
"manjak' or glance pitch"-a bitumi-
nots petroleum for fuel-were export
ed in 1887. In the exports Of that year
were 56,397 hogsheads of raw sugar
valued at $2,05S,41 2,203 hogsheads of
other sugar, valued at S120,426; 374S2
puncheons of molasses, valued at
s41S,976; as 40 quintals of dried fish,
valued at S222, SOP, and considerable
quantities of coal corn, -four and
manufactured articles, much Of which
was apparently imported into Barba-
does and distributed thence to others of
the West India group. The imports in
cluded 3947.761 pounds of bread and
biscuit, 770, $50 pouRds of butter and
compounds. 1870 tons OF coal and
coke, 304,973 bushels of corn and other
grain, 46.6SS barrels OF Indian corn
meal, 55,OS9 barrels OF -four, S3,453
quintals of dried fish, 1921 ,620 value of
hardware and metals, $657 ,522 OF linen
and cotton goods, 9,516.2Sl feet OF lum.
Der, 1881 ,43O pounds of salted or pick
led meat, 1851. .S5S pounds of oil meal
and oil cake. 9,211,7S5 pounds of rice,
l,64s, ,90S staves and shocks, the total
value of the years importations being
$4,9OS,S33 of which S22,309,577 came
from the United Kingdom, S529645
from British North America, 81 500 56i
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mainder from British India, British
West Indies, British and Dutch Guiana
and Peru. OF the years exports. which
amounted to sS,5S2,5S7 in value 81
OS9.535 came from the United States.
Facilities for satisfactory transac-
tion of business include colonial
bank, with a paid up capital of e6OO.-
600 sterling, having a circulation OF
Sl,sS5097. The chief city. Bridgetown
has a population of 2i 1000. with three
daily two weekly, two hiweekly and
two monthly newspapers. The regis.
tered shipping Of 1897 consisted OF
forty-eight sailing vessels and tive
steamers; total tonnage. 7.105 tons net
There are upon the island twenty-foui
miles Of railroad. 470 mile.
OF wagon road, twenty-foul
miles of telegraph line. thirty-nv,
miles of police telephone line. and 6Ol
miles OF private telephone line, whicl
supplies 406 services. Barbados is
station OF the West Indian and Pana
ma Telegraph Company. It's distanc,
from New York is 1920 miles. from
Porto Rico 40 and from Liverpoo
1905 miles"