Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-26
which annually goes In and out of the
port aggregates almost 25. 900 tons.
ENORMOUS XATS nE WAFER

| PVi' hbsiesdleh almost 25,OO0,O00 tons.
ENORMOUS vATs OF WATER.
| wish / could show you one OF these
Liverpool docks II you can imagine
a line OF fields ranging from an acre to
~ or 80 acres In area, surrounded by
| the finest of masonry upon which have
been butt enormous warehouses rising
almost from the waters edge, you may
nave some idea of them. The ships
discharge their cargo directly into the
warehouses and some of the docks
nave direct connections with the rail-
roads so that the goods can be taken
almost from the ships to the trains.
The largest Of all Is the Alexander
dock which has a water area OF "A
acres 1t Is into this dock that most
OF our great grain ships come. The
grain Is unloaded by means OF enor-
nous revolving belts which take It
under the roadway and carry It to the
elevators, situated about a quarter OF q
mile from the landing | went over the
largest Of these elevators during my
trip along the quays 1t Is modelled
after those built In the United States
and some of its machinery is Ameri-
can. By means of these bands and an
endless chain Of buckets stream OF
grain Is carried almost directly from
the ship under the street 10 the tops of
the elevators. II Is here emptied into
500 great slos, each of which will hold
about 200 tons, From the silos II can
be let out in bags by the turn of a le-
yer, and thus shipped over the coun-
try. All Of the shipping Of our wheat
through the interior is in bags. A great
deal Of 1t goes on the cars, some on
barges through the canals and not
little on carts and wagons hauled by
the enormous horses for which Eng
land and especially Liverpool is ia
nous,
LIVERPOOL'S FLOATING QUAY.
Consul Boyle tells me that the land
ing stage at Liverpool Is the largest
thing afloat ] can well believe II, The
Celtic the Oceanic and the Great East
ern put together would be nothing like
the size Of this mighty raft. II is more
than half a mile long and from so to 100
and more feet wide, 1t would just fill
f street In Washington from the pen
sion Office TO the treasury department,
and Il has Itself a roadway as smooth
and solid as the asphalt streets Of our
national capital.
This enormous raft floats on 200 iron
pOntoons rising and falling with the
tide. 1t has many bridges connecting
II with the street. with passages for
people and carriages These bridges
are in the shape of enormous hinges,
so fastened that they rise and fall as
the great landing stage goes up and
down with the tide. Upon the raft
are waiting rooms, ticket offices. offices
for the ferries and shops selling news
papers and candies. The steamers
which used TO land their passengers
by tenders. now come directly TO the
landing stage, the baggage being car
ried on an endless chain to the custom
house across the road.
OWNED BY THE CITY.
These docks have cost an enormous
amount Of money but they are owned
by the city. The total expenditure for
making them was more than 100000
SOO but they bring in a revenue ofSl5O0-
600 a year so that on the whole they
may be said to be a fairly good in
vestment, They are controlled by the
dock board. consisting of men who are
elected by those who pay dock dues to
the extent Of $50 per annum.
The city is continually buy
ing new ground for docks and
improving the port in every way.
IL Is now clearing away
several blocks next to the landing stage
and putting new streets through them.
A part of this ground viii increase the
docking space and another part viii be
given up TO public baths including
what promises to be the finest Turkish