The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07
AMERICAN. MACHINERY
BETTER Than BRITISH.
English Manufacturers Los
ing Trade Through
Inferiority.

Copyrighted. 1889. by the Associated PresA
ONDON, May 6-Public attention has
again been directed to Americas
growing competition with England
In the industrial markets by the announce
ment this week that the new English
trunk tire. the Great Central railway, has
ordered q batch Of locomotives in America.
while advices from abroad show that the
Americans are beating the English right
along the line.
The British consul at Ii Rochelle.
France. in n report just submitted says
that Americans are fast stalking the agri-
cultural machinery business in his district
from English Arms. The latter. 1t Is
pointed cut by the consul. would not con-
form to the farmers demand for light ma
ch.nery. whereas the Americans have
make machinery tina, IL exactly suited to
the farmers requirements.
The foregoing Is only a sample Of the
tributes which are now constantly found
in consular reports to American enter
prise and showing tina. American manufac-
turers are slowly elbowing their English
rivals out OF markets which the British
thought were their own preserves.
Articles on Anglo-American industrial
and commercial rivalry. which are very
nattering To Americans. constantly appear
In the English press. The Daily News, in a
typical article this week on American
Engines-the Threatened INVASION" COM
pared the enormous progress in power and
speed of American locomotives with the
slight improvements in English engines.
The Daily News says:
1T Is a trihe humiliating but stu none
the less 4 fact. that our modern English
engines. both for passenger and goods
trains, have not increased In power faster
than trains in weight. On the other hand,
the technical experts come back from
America with glowing accounts Of great
improvements in railway working there"
The article further declares that this re.
Gently created superiority. which must b
ascribed to the latest Developments in the
American locomotive. in which were COM
bined speed and power. has not yet been
realized In England.
In connection with the commercial inva-
sion OF. the Old World by America. q Chi
cago engineer named Bates arrived In Lon
don this week. Mr.. Bates is playing an
important part in the Introduction Of
American machinery and methods. Eight
cen months ago the Russian government re-
Quested Mr.. Bates 10 make q study OF the
River Volga, with a view to the improve
ment OF Its navigation. As result the
government has decided to adopt his meth
DDS for some $500 miles of river improve
ments, and has instructed him to construct.
the largest and most powerful dredging
machine that could be built. This machine
has Just been completed in Belgium. 1t IL
an electrically self -propelling hydraulic
dredge Of 800 horse power. II is creating
great deal OF comment and speculation
IN engineering and scientific circles. Prince
HIkon. the Russian minister Of public
works. together with large company of
Belgian ofIicials. were present at tests Of
the dredging machine, which were made on
the River Scheidt . few days ago
Since those tests were made committees
representing the Australian and Indian
governments have inspected the machine,
az a result Of which Mr.. Bates In London
today signed contracts to furnish similar
plants for India and Australia Commit
tees from the Panama and Suez canals.
from South Africa. China and Japan. be-
sidee several European countries are com
ing to inspect the machine while the las.
to announce an intended visit are the king
OF Belgium and Prince Albert. son OF fhe
heir apparent to the Belgian throne.