The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-01-30

find abundant cause for satisfaction.
J has been a record Of unequaled prosper
ity.
OUR EXPORTS.
The year 1898 saw the success Of on
arms, and the advancement Of our nava
and military prestige; It's successor ha
witnessed an equal and more pleasing
triumph in the arts Of peaceful industry
With rapid strides we have moved up t'
the front rank as great exporting ma
ton, and not only have we easily held
our own and strengthened our position
in those lines Of manufacture in which
we had already made good beginning
but we have gained a secure foothold fol
our products in new territory which
was supposed to belong exclusively tc
our foreign competitors. II is unneces'
sary to multiply instances, and it is
sufficient 10 refer 20 the construction OF
the Atbara bridge in the Soudan and
the shipment Of American locomotives
TO England, as instances of the fact that
our industrial methods enable us TO
build 80 cheaply, 50 expeditiously and
so we'll, that we can lay down q manu-
tured article in Great Britain or her
possessions in less time, and at less
cost, and Of equally serviceable quality
as the British firms themselves. Our
exports of electric railway equipments
have grown enormously, the important
new London Underground roads and the
the Glasgow corporation tramways com
ing to this country for their material and
equipment. American locomotives and
American bridge work, indeed, are be-
coming familiar the world over, the lat
ter going abroad in increasing numbers
TO japan and China, while the contracts
for English engines find their counter.
part in an order for 20 locomotives for
the Saxon State Railways, Of the Ger
man Empire. Tho soudan episode has
been repeated in Burma, where an
American flrm offered TO build in one
year for $4,000, 900 bridge for which the
most favorable English tender asked
$4,000 and three years time to com
plete.
CIVIL ENGINEERfNG.
The record of the year in the sphere
Of civil engineering IL remarkable as
much for the work proposed as for those
accomplished. 81 Lawrence Canal locks,
which, by making II possible for ocean
steamers 270 feet la length 10 pass be-
tween the Great Lakes and the Atlantic,
will place the Great Lake cities in III.
rect communication by water with the
Atlantic seaboard. The Chicago Drain
age Canal, primarily intended to carry
off the sewage Of Chicago, is one Of the
greatest canals ever constructed. IL has
depth Of % feet of water, with max.
imum width Of POP feet, and its total
lengthe II 30 miles. II has cost over
S33, 100000.
Early in the year the Great Boston
Terminal Station, the largest structure
of the kind in the world, was opened
for traffic, and the important work on
the Philadelphia Subway and Tunnel
involving an expenditure OF 100000
has been completed. Indeed, tunnel
schemes of great magnitude are very
much IN evidence just now, for IN ad-
dition TO those suggested beneath the
English Channel and the Irish Sea Is
one 10 connect Europe and Africa at
the staights Of Gibraltar, The most
important harbor improvement Of the
year is the cutting Of. iO.foot channel
into New York Harbor.
MECHANICAL ENGINEEmN0.
There have been no very notable de.
yelopments in the field Of mechanical
engineering. The watertube boiler con.
tinues to advance in favor, as DO super.
heating aud mechanical stoking. Cen.
trail stations are growing in size aud in
the bulk of the separate units. In New
York three mammoth stations Of from
20, 900 TO 100000 horse power total ca.
paoity are under construction. The
separate engines vary from 5000 TO as
high rs 10000 horse power.
uECrRiClrY,
The years progress in the electrical
world has been marked by steady ad.
vance along established lines. with few
or no startling inventions or Discoveries
10 be- recorded. Perhaps the most
striking development has been that OF
wireless telegraphy, a system which was
shown for the first time in successful
commercial operation in this country by
Marconi himself during the international
yacht races, During the summer wire
less messages were successfully trans
mitted between the ships OF the British
navy which were separated by so miles
OF water, and lecipherable messages
were also dispatched from Chelmsford
in England to Bouloene In France, over
no mites of land and water Maponi
has done enough 10 establish the practi.
cal value Of his system for certain speci.
fled work bat It's value will he enor.
mously increased Il he eau discover some
means 10 restrict the receipt oi mos
sages to the particular station Tor which
they are intended, and prevent an in.
terlewnce hy the waves sent ont irom
other stations that may happen to he
within range Electricity continue. 10
oust oycry other form OF power ior the
operation ot stree, railways. ami the in.
dioations are that ior city work the
underground trolley will be the eNcm.
sive system, with the overhead trolley