The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
SOME VIEW o
II. pno,no Ocean and IT'S Borders.

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Tia pnc,Ho ocean and IT'S Borders.
.. voI,n. c~omprdng more yhan
.,, ho,,ny m. t,ls Of Ths Nsv Paeie
49, ,an rnrnnry, Mr. r HowH
,in' NHn,.. h,,,,,h, ,ov.,h,r A vas, amount
,.r,,i,. IN ,hs climates. the agri-
OF " ,hn ,n,ns. and manufactures
a..,y.. ,",L.,,v u,,n tho Pacific Ocean
. u. ,"n.. aan,,,n.d therein. Amonx the
" Nv $50. 90 n. hooL Ar. the past and
'"""" -. w..,.,, nousys 20 the Far
p'e~'"' ..a,.,. wh,ch confront, ,hoss
ia" "n' =. ..to,i,.,on Interest.
VINO "op,u n.ar.,,.,.u Inch d..cnbs notable
Ing a.. "a a, ,scoun, the s1.
',s.e -. In ,h,, ..A
p'v'' mmI,.,v ,,.n,., b.orne the caption
. ,r".- ~. .,,ho, directs attention
!" .aan.,, .,n.n.ion which has taken
80, IN an. miner Of tho Pacific during the
p'ao' ~ N"... s,,,v ,s.rs AFRO vessels
,.'' ~" p..,ec ,oundsd Csps Horn or the
' IL. nd c,.rpinr along the coasts
~. ,.,i.d a, VARIOUS points for
~, .,,h.ovss returning after
-. 80 v..ra Nov all ths
~ A.. A.i.,o sho,cs Of tho South
u.h,o. sniiinr on stated
:" 49,. ,hi., 49,. n, thu world. or
ss,' - A, .uch olacss A vladi-
NM m r,.n,dn. ShanghA and
- .-.,,v Az. N ATTY steamers OF
~. a. n.c.n.a. pactAo The Northern
$500, "a c.Nfo,niA the Orsntal
IH"n. !. ~. I,.,.-S,bsd.n or The Japan
nv, s.-.-..,, Coun.nv NAV sny day be sen
."I shslast named
""N"S.. -h,.h a. an. l.,0csa bu, ono In the
a-vAl--
.". 49, 1900. And sn..hns every com
S..S., ror n, J.pnn. him Corea and Siberia
.'" -.,m. ~ n.tvs hunks and liver
.S-s.,. ana essts of small calling craft there
: n.,..,a. q, ,orsi~n saliuR vessels which
- ,..,o.. m. ocsAn. or coast along ths
-. ..,rn. an. r,rp,us .roducts Of one land
.".~.. 1rh,,,v v.srs AFRO Japan.s iorsign
--...,, A. bathing. "A Ia nov worth $780,.
nno 900 80,
~-a,., ,r.,..s NJ Chipa's oomneros
AZ. r.Iu.,ono Of Il, I'D 10 81, 900, 900, 000
"N..u,a Il, 1904 that thu ships OF the
- $50. "a ,nc,s,ssd during the previous
49, ~ 400 IN ruphe, and By l2l, 900 In ton
- IN. A.. s,,n. -, ,be Atlantic and Gulf
e' "a a.o,....d during The Same period
a. ,,o n nuubr, and by 1876, 900 in tonnage.
~. ,uu,h.,s.. ,oes the Yukon had held Its
L..r,.. ~, . 600 miles and more, unrufHed
80 -r.u s,vs the kyaks Of Eskimos. Now
-. ,ou,. IN ia hanks. and hundreds Of
-. go and ANAL. ON its surface during
.. n,a, months. ON this one river OF the North
-. ,ho,. .,a some for,y lines Of steamers
ua-arm In tina Northwest Of America,
,.,u ,.,o,r dasusd un,nhabitahle, a dozen rail
&c. 70 e,thsr finished or In course OF c%oustruc-
don az for example, those Of the Pacific and Arc
tic Railway and Navigation Company; the British
sl,rv,y to Fort Selkirk. from North Vancouver
N the Lake Auin gold fields; from Robson TO
Midway a branch Of the Columbia and Western,
while the Anglo Alaskan Syndicate has organ
lcd A company for the construction OF a railroad
from the Unalakllk River To the Yukon vi
,elecraphs, there are in the Far East many trans
continental and coast lines, and there are two
or three uanspacihc cable lines IN c"nrmpia-
ton. one, the British Pacific cable, ~ 10 CON
meet British Columbia with Australia ana
New Zealand: another, the Paclhc cable Som'
pany, with which the Hawaiian Government
signed a contract before annexation was " lay
a cable between the United States and Hawaii
and on IN China and the Philippines Inc COST
Of these cables IL estimated at slo,VV'ooo each'
In a chapter on the Philippine archipelago
the fact IL recalled that after the spanish ION
quest, communication with the coast oil America
a. first established with { allao In Peru, theh WIN
Panama and, finally. with Acapulco In Mexico,
For this trade were collected at Manila from lar ana
near. silks and spices and all the Indian COM
modlties Of which 1t was soon the chief mart
the gaIieons bringing back from Acapulco. in
return for the goods sold, quantities OF silver
which then constituted, as the white meta
still constitutes, the currency OF most OF
the Far East Why did the Manila
trade a, the outset pursue a course 70
,allao instead OF 10 some more northern port
II WAS because the voyage 10 Callao, being fav-
ored nv the trade winds, was often made in two
months. though the return was Troublesome,
and frequently occupied a year, particularly
n sbins et,.mpted Ia beat back against the wind
that hrought them over Later, shipmastsrs
,..,rsd IN follow ,he American coast northw ard
a, california hsfors striking ont vestv ard across
A.. p.,;eo and ,bsv u,,in .telv found that the
=. aa,a =. u.ds b.,,s, 10Th u.vs IN nj,
80 ..,,,.. ,h.n % =, tom si,h., Gala, -,
-. ri. -. a.. u.u.ons - 4, thai,
-" n,o., . ,,, ,hs
n. ~. 4
-." -.-.-.- .a,,..,h
'po'"' we rl..u,
'.n'u' "n"'," 'p'''' " M. .,-h.
'AA' anu ," 20 49, - 49,
ms VIM" q ' "",I no
oo'oV' par "e'' a7u"ns '"ppe' III "'n as
Sas' qu"n""'e " i"r''" sums, '"n -
ooes anu oh'"'Ne'' VIM" ~ "u'" u''u " '"
lea, 'ose'he, WIN ""ufi aiu,,eS nA' sVu
smith a WORK, Nnltn IN pTlnClptlly WTDHknt n