The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-29
FOREIGN BUSINESS NEWS.
SCRAPS or COMMERCIAL NF0RMA.
TION FROM CONSTLS' REPORTS.

Items OF interest To American Traders Con.
ccrning the Doinss and Needs Of For
eigners the world Over. Gathered From
the Reports Of Our Commercial Assnts.
In the hns,e of building tho siberian and
Trans .Baikal railways i?-pound instead OF
2i-pound rails were used. wooden bridges
were built and crossings made Tar apart
The result Is that not more than twenty
Mills an hour can be safely made, TO make
matters worse they have adopted the heaviest
kind OF engines which on the numerous steep
grades cannot be run less than thlrty-nve miles
an hour. II will cost t7.7?5.0co to reconstruct
the Trnns-Baikal and SIS. 75o. 1000 for the recon-
siruction OF tho Siberian system.
The present fare from London and Paris to
Far East points In from s38S TO s375. When the
Siberian railway il completed. the fare from
the German frontier to Vadivostock or Port
Arthur will be Isl second class and $50 first.
Prof Iueobil. an American citizen. formerly
Of San Francisco, Ia professor Of English in the
new Institute for Eastern Languages at Vladi-
! vostock.
While European scientists admit that alcohol
may be made from acetylene. they are unani-
nous IN saying that its manufacture for COM
mercial purposes will not soon he realized,
Habin, tho railway centre Of Manchurin, now
has 5000 population from a beginning OF almost
nothing eighteen months ago.
The Canton Of Vaud. Switzerland. will this
spring use from 100, OOoto i25, 900 American vines
for grating purposes, The American vine Is
the only one proof against the phylloxera.
The olive crop OF southern Europe was only
about one-third normal last year. owing to the
ravagcs Of the Moscd oiear,1. . grub-aying In
sect Very little effort is made against II, as the
people hold it to be a visitation OF Providence,
All the manufacturers Of macaroni in several
towns Of southern France. TO whom were sub
mitted samples Of Texas wheat to test for
macaroni manufacture. report favorably.
Consignees Of American wheat at Marselles.
France. are making extremely vigorous pro-
tests against the neglect and carelessness OF the
wheat inspectors at Galveston and New Orleans.
Amsterdam has the only grain elevator In
Holland. II has n capacity OF from 10000 TO
5000 tons. The city. which owns 1t. has leased
It for ~hfty-hve years at g.. 400 a year.
The total weight OF all the grain and pod
crops of Sweden for last year was 2,os9. 900
tons. valued at se7, ois 400. Oats led with a
value of s2,. ol2. 800,
The Swedish merchant service consists OF
zoos steam and liza sailing vessels. with a
CON, If ,bo yol,a y, ,be .n,i,o ,,rnor,s Ia car-
riad ~. syodi,b ,,ossals
n,ht, rm .n.ra a, -, ooo ,ion,,io
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al a,i,h, n, ora I'm.
p,rd,.-o,. ,nonIa ora ,,oho,o,r raraorad
h.droo,, s.,s rat,u In vr,icb and rioi,i,v a,
5000 the SO, ,nericon ms manufacturer are trv-
to % coll -ol.to, dosra thou,b ,ha dsu,rd,s
for 40, ,o,.
ucrmany s,nor,.d IN, IN. Are, nina uontbs
NJ last year q, $40 "A. worth ~ b,cvclss The
Iro,ish honch, :, -ao Gamma, ,yhoels
N,roh.s,a, rnr,,nd shinncl % oa7 81, rords
~ co,,on ,e,xo,s cords and fus,ions % ,bo
Irr,,od st,,ea Inc, yaor
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.a,nn ill., Of s.rno,s ond mony now br,d,os
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900 wor,b ~ oil v.,,,v no american o1 IA sola
here American heer coils in Rer,oo, also
American saving m.ohiras. samnles or Aueri-
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