Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-19
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routes were established the public pat
ronage has increased steadily. and the
returns of the company during the cur
rent year have been quite satisfactory
The rate Of fare is practically the same
as the rate on the corporation tram
ways, averaging I'd g cents) per mile.
This is about the rate also. l am in
formed, in Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen,
Hamilton, Falkirk and other cities
where autO-car companies gre operat-
ling. That the motor cars have a prom
Using future in Scotland there seems
little room for doubt They can be
run into the rural districts in every
direction, both for passenger and goods
traffic. There are almost as few coun-
try roads as city streets on which these
vehicles can not safely and easily go.
An indication CT the widespread and
growing interest in the motor car
throughout Scotland is found in the in
lcreasing attention given to the subject
by the press. The expansion Of the
matchmaking industry, the changes
and Improvements in the vehicles. and
the development of the street transit
motor lines are now matters Of fire.
,quent comment 1t is announced that
the, directors of the Glasgow exposition
Of 1901 are making extensive provision
for an exhibit Of these vehicles in the
locomotive and transpor tation depart.
ment, with facilities fer the practical
demonstration of their merits. The
auto-cars now in use in Edinburgh and
district are Of British manufacture
There seems no reason why an open
ing should net be found here for Amer
lean vehicles of this c,aSs
More American barber chairs should
find their way into Germany, reports
Consular Agent Harris from Eiber-
stock. In the large cities, shops of the
1 first class possess many chairs of
American make. In the provincial
towns a comfortable barber chair Is
rarely seen. The ordinary chair in
/ Germany has a cane bottem with a
wooden head rest In Germany bar
! bers shave customers to a certain ex-
tent in their own homes. Much time
is spent each day in going from house
ITO house. I think one reason may be
the poor equipment of the shops.
We1land Canal Is Tnadequate-rh
province Of Ontario IS becoming
alarmed over the seeming decadence Of
the Welfand canal, and strong peas
are being made for harbor improve
ments at Pert ColboTne, It's Lake Erie
terminal, according to Harlan w.
Brush, consult at Clifton. The lake
vessels now require such q depth OF
water than none of the larger class at
tempt to enter Port Colborra Ths
Welland canal Is &c ga miles IN length.
connecting Lake Erie and Lake On
tario by cutting through the narrow
| Niagara peninsula. There is a fall of
1925 "a feet in the 81 miles of canal.
necessftating 26 locks. These locks ara
270 feet in length by As feet, and when
it was opened 1t was supposed that pro-
vision had been made for the largest
flake craft. But the deep Sault Sc
Marie canal has permitted the con-
struction of such immense freight car
riers that most of the vessels which
ccu.d navigate the Welland canal have
been driven out of the carrying trade.
When the vessels became too large to
enter the Welland canal Tightening was
iresOrted 10. The Crank Trunk railway
lbuilt a branch line parallel with the
canal Enough OF the cargo was trans
iferred to the railroad to enable the
vessei to pass through the canal, and
then the cargo was taken on again at
1.-THE other terminal This exPedient
has worked fairly well until recently;
but in the meantime the lake vessels
have been growing In size each year.
and with each increase came lower
freight rates, driving the smaller YES
'sels out of competition. Steamers with
200, O00-bushel capacity now control
the grain-carrying trade, and these can
not enter Port Co1borne harbor The
We.land canal, up to date, has cost the
government s24,173.352 Its best year
in tonnage was 1898, when 1924, 1928
tons of grain and merchandise passed
throuhg it east and west Since then
the decline in grain shipments has
been especially marked. although the
grain traffic on the lakes increases
every year.
French View of the Philippine Stu
atiCn.-The French consul at Manila
has sent to his government a dispatch
on the Philippine situation, transla-
ton of which has been sent to the gov
eminent at Washington by John C.
Cover, consul at Lyons: The appear
ance Of Manila is destined 10 change
in a short time. The Introduction of
a new and powerful factor in the COM
problem of this country viii
compel Spanish merchants to close
their houses or to entirely change their
business methods. American competi- |
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