Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-11-02
MELVILLE'S REPORT.
The Leading Features Of the Navy's
Engineering Chiefs Statement.
THE POST OFFICE AUDITING BUREAU.
The Report OF Henry A. Castle Shows Vol.
' ume OF Transactions for the Year Ag-
gregating sGiO, 900, 900 Direct
or OF the MINIS Report.

/
| or OF the Mint's Report.
| Washington, Oct 49, The three lead
ing features of the annual report OF
| Admiral Melville, engneer-in-chief OF
the navy, are the chapters devoted to
personnel, to the merits of electric
versus steam machinery, and to the
proposition to consolidate the naval
construction work. The general les
sons Of the war, it is said, we're in no
way indicative Of any desirable change
in the machinery of our ships, with the
exception of increasing the evapora-
ting plants and the adoption with all
practicable and economical prompt
ness, Of the water tube type of boilers.
Admiral Melville expresses his in
ability to see indications of the benefit
to the navy which was expected to re-
suit from the operations Of the per-
sonnet bill, lie said that his hope was
to see vast addition to the number of
officers who would give attention to
engineering matters and he still hopes
that q comprehensive union Of the line
and engineering vacations will result,
and that DO department regulations
may be permitted to exist which will
prevent this consummation. Depart
mental regulations insisting upon serv-
ice of the line officers alternately in
the engine rooms as well as upon deck
are necessary, he says to give them
practice.
An important chapter in the report
deals with the scope OF the work now
executed by the bureau of steam en-
gine9ing, which is set out in order to
combat the proposition to amalgamate
the constructive bureaus of the navy
department, matter which the ad-
miral regrets has even been specialized
on.
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Washington, Oct. 30. The annual re-
port of Auditor Henry A. Castle, Of the
post office department, for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1899, has been
transmitted to the secretary Of the
.re"s"ry anu postmaster general, Inns
ou'o"" ',"s ui'e i"'Hesv accounting Vi
nee III ,ne gove,nhe,'' or perhaps IN
',e mo'io' s'n'e " - 'heoiear'hg mouse
u ."e enV're pos'al SERVICE ING re-
port SHOWS Volume OF transactions
aggregating about S64O, 900, 900 for the
fiscal wear:
The revenues nj tho nostnl scrvice wnre sos .
OBI ssi, expenditures of tbe nostal service s,o,
al, l0l. volume NJ money order t,orsaot,ons
Sils IA 9,l Tbere has heen an increoee /, oooh
NJ these omo ana In oooh a, ono -, no ,a,a
ous suhdlvisions thereo, Shawn, Tho oudi,or
saws that Tho nostnl sorvice is increosi,g In ali
Ne narts oven hoenin, IN advance ~ tho annoI'
onmcnt or tho country in o,hor resnae,s 'S'''
I'M deoct in tho postal revenues was "A
6,o 77s-tbe smallest since lso, ana oniv ono.
half that Of iso1
mo numhor n, rost os,cos In thu r,n,,o,
stntes on lima an was "a All ana % ass ~ ,hasa
were dong monoy ordcr business 1,ha m u"eos
order scryico N tho goycrnmont was co "a,
,ns, roor a, las -, nono,aoaa,,,. .o. s,"' oo,
pponuor,oN ar ao,n Avn vvp
WASHINGTON. Oct oe--Mr Rohor,s
tho director of tho mint h,s m,do ,ha
following renort on the nroduct;or ~
GOLD and silver durinr ,he calendar
vo,r 1905 Tia s,vs.
The production Of rtd in the United States
In the calendar year 1908 was s,lls,@s ounces
fine, OF the value Of soliOS'OOOD The amount Of
roa a P'OuuS so. from 3uop1 MINES IN S was In
nlnrcr mines s,s ana l,me o nnc v''' ""' '''i
The United States stIll occupies the second
place os to silver to which 1t was relogated by
Mexico In iS't IN In iSsie produced i'Ss'oOO
Of s Az s o AGAINST S so v,us
So 7sS, 600 fine ounces with a commercial value
Of SsAV6,ioO Together they produced 81 per
cent OF the world'sproduct No other country
SppaS ~ na 'n ,,nd inc amount Oh SILVER pro-
trom o"ortD mnes wos IN Son ui"s ,uu year