The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-29

NURSES, the government Will not grant
concession. OF course, an electric road
would open up new territory. Electric
lines should also be built in Kimberley,
East London and Durham. The horse
cars still run in these cities, and the
length of the present roads is great.
Johannesburg has been built up by the
gold-mining industry, developed by for
eign capital. and American ability has
had hand in the development, for
Americans occupy the very necessary
and responsible positions of managers,
consulting engineers and superintend-
ents; and / was glad to learn that their
ability was recognized by other coun-
tries. j. c. Manion, the United States
consular agent at Johannesburg, is one
OF the prominent citizens. He has been
the means of introducing mining ma
chinery and supplies of all kinds of
American manufacture, to the value of
millions of dollars. l took pleasure in
viewing the powerful engines, compress
sors, head gears, miles of piping, crush
ers, ETC., that he had introduced. For
20 miles on each side of the city extend
the head gears and smokestacks of
mines-over 100 of them-which have
| made the city and state what it is and
enabled President Kruger to sell
farm for 100000 the day l was there.
The mining exchange, where the
daily sale of shares occurs, is as lively
and as unintelligible as our own stock
exchanges. Over Is tons of gold per
| month is the product of the mines, and
the ground is only beginning to be
worked. New discoveries are reported
daily. The main reef crops out at the
surface and the veins dip to great
| depths; some of the new shafts are now
| going down to 3,200-foot levels Com
| plants are made of the prices of dyna-
mite, which costs 70s. ($1703) per case,
and could be bought out of the state for
tta.ls
| concession to company which makes
| thousands of pounds sterling per an
| mum out of it. A concession for the
manufacture of candles has just been
| granted, so that the miners who use
candles for underground work will be
Obliged to buy of the manufacturer, as
| the duty Will be prohibitive The rail-
| ways charge for freight from the border
to johannesburg, distance of AZ miles,
| as much as it costs to haul from the
seaports, 1000 miles away l was in
formed that candles made in Belgium
We're mostly used, as they can be
bought much cheaper, but the candle
concession Will stop all outside pur-
chases.
American steel and iron makers
should have a share of the trade in the
tool and drill steel used so largely in
the mines. England and Germany now
furnish all of it. and their brands are
well known American manufacturers
of steel should send samples to j. C.
Manion, United States consular agent
At one mine, l saw hundreds of drills
on the platform that had just been
sharpened. The cyanide tanks used at
all the mines, as well as their heavy
iron supports, should also be made in
the United States. Size of tanks, 81 and
AZ inches high, eight to ten feet in
diameter. The copper plates used to
gold ha ip1y
amount of structural iron, the iron
trucks that carry the ore and that wear
out so rapidly, the round head screw
bolts, the bolts that hold the shaft tim
bers, the wire rope that pulls the in
Vulnerable trucks, the hosting mechan-
ism, and many other things should also
be competed for"
From the South African republic Mr.
Stowe proceeded to Durham, the capital
of Natal. 1t is "a hours ride from
Johannesburg, which city he left wear
ing an overcoat, but at Durham found
warm weather and an abundance of
fruit and flowers. This is a winter re-
sort, and at present the hotels are full
of people from the Transvaal. Durham
carries at present the largest tonnage
to the Transvaal, but the value of the
goods imported via Cape Town is the
highest. The consul general spent sew
eral days in Durham. He writes:
"A number of the stores I have visit
ed are well stocked and of a magnitude
that was unexpected to me. Our whole
sale houses in America are many of
them small in comparison. Large
stocks have to be carried, and goods
are often kept in bond. The stores
cover a good deal of ground.
The jinrikshas, pulled by Zuus, are
the public conveyance and are used as
are our cabs. The Zulus are the finest
specimens of the black race in the
world. They are mahogany colored,
stalwart, intelligent and easily gov
erned. Those who pull the iinrikshas
put the horns of animals on their heads
and fasten the wings of large birds on
their arms. Their arms, legs, ears and
noses are loaded down with iron and
brass ornaments. No one is allowed to
sell them any intoxicating drink, and
they are consequently peaceable and
happy.
Il stopped at a hotel just being COM
pleted and was pleased to note that all
the doors and trimmings, and even the
electric lights, were from the United
States In fact was, during my whole
trip, all the time putting my hands on
something American. ! was told that
our screw drivers, hammers, hatchets,
chisels, etc, were so cheap Though
good) that it did not pay to grind or
repair them-that it was better and
cheaper to buy new Ones Durham gets
its meats and butter from Australia,
and some of its wheat and -four. There |
are no mines, but the sugar and tea in
dustries are growing; the labor is fur
nished by coolies from India. A COM
pany has recently been formed to man.
ufacture fiber from the aloe plant. The |
fibre is smooth, long and strong ar
ticle, superior to sisal and equal to ma !
Mia. The suburbs Of Durham are on a |
range of hills and contain some of the |
finest residences I have seen anywhere |
They command an ocean view and are |
surrounded with tropical trees, flowers |
and fruits. Many people of means come |
here to live"
Taking a steamer of the Union line,
Mr. Stowe left Durham for the seven |
days voyage to Cape Town. He stopped |
in East London to visit w. H. Fuller,
our consular agent there. He is of the
firm of Dyer G. Dyer, merchants, who
have branch stores in other towns, do |
a large wholesale as we'll as retail BUSH
ness, and are firm friends of American
productions. Their stores, covering a