The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-03
EQUITABLE
COOPERATIVE
BUILDING
ASSOCIATION,
EQUITABLE BUILDING. 1O0s =
John JOY Edson, President
A J. Schafhirt. Vice President
Geo W Casilear, I'd Vice President.
Frank P, Reside. Secretary

gum, and varies in price from SID to
$--'' per barrel. while tGat imported from
IiaLlDuEs IS principally German and Bel
7-il cement very little. if any. Of this
| crosses the IsthmUs OF Panama Goods
0FdeFed from San Francisco reach here
IN thirty DAYS from the date the order is
received, while the time from HaublI7r-
via the Straits q Magellan. is ss[-,.71t . .
I'VE days. FreigL- rates are in favor Of
hamburg Cement is free Of all customs
QUjleS and taxes and rctafIs at So 10 TO
$3.50 silver CSg.SG to SlG2gJ Ter bsrrsI .
me4t coming from bonded warehouses Is
I7SIu 20 De interior to that imported fOru
TflaHl3tTs- nave noticed that certain
brands received here are packed in iron
| cases; this method is preferred by deal
Antigua, West Indies. Samuel Cal
bfalth, Consul: There IS not a large
market for Portland cement in ADtfsTIe
" nat IS imported comes from the United
hlngdOm or from Barbados There are
no buildings Of any importance rp01Iirircr
cement being erected. The only demand
| Is from sugar plantations, and, owing to
the depressed condition of this industry
cheaper materials have been substituted.
me imports for 1900, which are much
greater than those for many years uast
are no index to the CONSUMPTION of this
material here, the greater portion having
Detn imported by the Government to fin
ISM the Wallings- waterworks.
ne following shows the imports OF
Portland cement into this colony for the
last year: Great Britain. lS71z barrels.
value S945- Barbados. 1,4l5 barrels, val
ne, $3.50 United States, 10 barrels. val
ne, $50
The wholesale price is SII4 per barrel
of 400 pounds The retail price is S3-G0 per
barrel. The Quebec line of steamers,
which runs from New York to this ISL
and every ten days. would be the CheaT,-
est way for our manufacturers to for
ward cement to this market. The feright
would be about Onc-half Of what il is
from Europe.
other things being equal I see no rea-
son why this market should not be CON
trolled by the United States. Business
houses here have been in the habit of or
dering cement from their European
agents. and viii continue to do so until
the manufacturers of the United States
push the sale Of their goods on this ISL
and"
Nassau. Bahamas T J Mclean. Con-
SUI: The quantity OF Portland cement used
III the Bahamas Is small. averaging prob
ably not over 400 barrels per anHum. Dur
ing the year 1899, however, Il much larger
amount was imported for use in the con
Strucuon OF the new Colonial Hotel This
Of course, was special Importation. Cc-
ment is sold here at $3.50 per barrel. or
at cents per quart retail
Shipping facilities from New York are
very good, there being a regular monthly
service OF three steamers. The freight
charges are 50 cents per barreI of 800
pounds. The duty on cement Is 20 per
cent ad valorem-
No Portland cement of United States
manufacture worth mentioning is used
here Most of it is of German make, and
IS either imported direct OF purchased in
bond in New York It IS generally con-
ceded that United States cement is equal
in quality to The foreign but dealers
claim that the German article is cheaper;
hence its control of this market
4 would suggest that our manufactur-
erS correspond with the aforementioned
firms. and If prices satisfactory can b.
offered, 1 see go reason why our cement
cannot supplant the foreign article.