Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-20
COALING STATIONS.

-Four lhousand mon are engaged to-
day In making Gibraltar one ~ the
greatest cnaiing stations and dcpota for
the rrfittinK Of wufHhlpH ~ the world,
u viii take two or three years yet Ia
carry out the plans Tor extending the
docks aud other Accommodations ~
puircd Tor the repairing ~ naval VeH-
sells and Ia secure perfect protection
from outward attacks for the vast
quantity of coal that N always kept IN
stock nt that great station, All the
improvements are 20 cost about flh,-
O0O.OOn
We hear most ~ an now days about
the coaling stations that are needed for
nayics. They urr. Of course, equally
essential FOR the merchant marine.
Thre,- fuurtha OF the worlds commerce
u carried on steamships, ana the whole
m the power used hy AL nations for the
defense of commerce depends upon III.
use of coal. without security ~ the
seas there can be- mo- security 81 COM
mercc. AMI Ho there must be- gougraphi.
cal continuity ~ cuniiug stations nll
around the world. This fact greatly
Impressed Great britain. Tor II touches
her very existence. Look az her line
~ government cpallng stations along
an the great trade routes.
Along tho route to the orient Gib-
rnitar, Malta. Alden. bombay, Trlncom-
alec, singapore, Hong Kong, Along
the east Atlantic rnutei sierra Leone.
Ascension, ~. Helena, Cape Town.
MnuritiuH. I'm Australaainn waters;
Australian and New Zealand ports.
Along the west Atlantic route; Hall
fax. quebec. bermuda, ~. Lucia. King
Fton and Falkland Islands; and In tho
northern Pacific. EHqulmalt After
that. deposits Of coal on the east and
west cnnsta of canada, South Africa.
India ana Australasia. For a nation
whose commerce II al round the world
littlo more could be- done Ia make Fco-
graphical unity complete.
IN time ~ peace coal can be bought
by any naval vessel ana tho merchant
mnfiue In most ~ the naval ports ~
the world, but not In all Of them. coal
~ kept rs u commodity at 2ii ports
OF the world outside 81 Europe, whore
every port ~ n coal depot aud dealers,
or course, arr glud 10 have buyers of
considerable quantities like the cap
ininr ~ steamships come along. Al
little islands like Nossi BE ana Comuro,
In the Indian ocean, ANA Samoa ana
tho fijl Islands. In the Pacific. mer-
chants Keep good supply OF coal ON
hand, ana practically their only cuHtu-
mera In these tropical regions are pas
sling vessels. - these out ~ tho way
places ship captains buy only sur
uclont quantity. Tor dealers. where
there ~ little or no competition In The
article often charge an rNnrhlNunt price
for a. coal " now sold at such low
figures In OUR own ports that most
steamers In the transatlantic trade US
ually coal ON this side ~ the ocean fur
the round trip. ~ happens, therefore,
sometimes that when they ARE coming
back 10 America and are greatly dee
layed ON the way their supply runs
short and We hear now und then that
they have been compelled To put Into
IIaiifaN FOR coal. Except In tho Pacific
supplies or coal are now scattered so
widely over the world that usually
vessel requires only fcw DAYS slow
sailing or stoamlng To reach some port
where II may rcplvnish ita hunkefs.
suppose, for Instance that one Of OUT
steam whalers In the Artlc, after "a sea-
son north OF Rcrlng strait. sholud run
short Of coal. IL has only Ia go south ns
Tar M unalaska, In tho Aleutlnn AZ
chipelngo. tu buy an II needs
Outsidoof furouu coal IN especially
kent for sale to steamers at ciEhi ports
on the north coast OF Africa, at ~ ports
OF west Africa, Including tho Cane
Verde islands and tho cannrlea; nt ~
ports along the CUR of McNico ana tho
Indies, al - ports Of North America aR
far south as the Gulf of Mexico. az g
islands ~ the Atlantic. az . ports of
cast Africa, at rs ports Of south Asia,
at Islands Of the Indian ocean. at 20
ports uf the Fast indies and Philip
pines, NJ "a ports OF Australia. az z
ports of New Zealand, at 10 ports on
the west Of south America, at Honoh-
la and iIilO In the north Pacific nnd AT
Islands in the south Pacinc.-New
York sun.