Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-24

which these BelgianS nave Dullt Tor
handling our imports. They are among
the finest of Europe. The ones which
Napoleon constructed are still In use,
| They are two In number, one holding
about $50 ships and the other perhaps
half that number
II took me several hours TO drive
about the new docks. | went by miles
OF iron warehouses and sheds filled with
all sorts of goods. At times 'was In
thicket Of masts and at others ! could
hardly see through the network Of rig
ging. The docks and canals were filled
with boats and barges wedsed In among
the great steamers. and cars We're NOV
ing this way and that carrying the
goods out and I'm. l could not get the
exact area Of the docks, but | am sure
there are more than 1000 acres. The
Basin du Kattendyk alone has 2S0
acres and the Bassln Lefebyre has 800
acres. | stopped and made some proto-
graphs about the Basin America,
where our petroleum is landed. Barrels
marked STANDARD OH company We're
piled high on the banks. and across the
way was an enormous brick elevator
which was being filed with the wheat
from our great northwest.
/ visited the Rcd Star quay, where
there are warehouses filled with Amer
lean wood pulp cotton and machinery.
! saw Chicago meats IN cans boxes
marked Philadelphia pickles and every
sort Of Yankee notions in various pack
ages Two steamers were unloading
cargocs Of corn, oil cake and agricul-
tural machinery, and team Ct Belgian
horses was dragging a'Nay about six
tons Of Minneapolis llour at one load.
] did not count the bags, hut th9ge
must have been hundreds OF them.
LITTLE ELEPHANTS IN HORSE
HIDE.
and just here | want 20 speak about
the Belgian horses used about the
wharves. They are little elephants IN
horschldes, and they win haul bigger
loads than even the horses OF Liver
pool or HaVre | have never seen any
thing like them. Two OF them pull
load Of eight or ten tons with oas,
and single horses drag FIVE tons The
wagons used about the docks weigh
about ton and a half each. and when
you load one of them with sixty zig
bagsf Of sulphur or several hunlrc
bass OF wheat you have a load which
an American team could not hu lgo
but which these Belgian draft horses
pull along like so many feathers
Each wagon has a tongue. and when
one horse Is used IT Is hitched up on
one side Of the tongue Instead OF
changing to shafts. ! have seen single
horses pulling three OF four tons and
the wagon. on, altogether about five
tons. over these Belgian block pave
ments. This is done without trouble,
and you will concede Il Is a big LOAF
for one horse The best Horses OF this
kind weigh about three thousand
pounds, and each Is expected TO pull
from three 60 Eve tons The horses
are well cared for and bring good
prices,
AMERICAN LUMBER.
went from the Red star docks to the
lumber yards They cover acres AMI
contain enormous piles Of American
pine and other woods Ships were load
ing and unloading Mt the docks and 81
seemed TO me that the -roofc1
warehouses held enough " our lumber
10 noor the half Of BelClum The boards
are brought chiefly from the southern
states and shipped by rail and canals |
TO other parts OF the country. Much |
of the lumber used IN Antwerp is car |
ried about on these big wagons. I |
watched some men loading one OF them, |
Each had leather mad on his shoulder |
upon which he carried at least half a |
dozen boards ct one time handling the |
lumber more rapidly than Is done IN |
America.
QUEER AMERICAN IMPORTS.
have made some inquiries concern
ing our imports 10 Belgium. but find /
II difficult 20 learn Just what they are.
Much OF them come through England /
and Germany. We ship them most OF
the staples We send 20 other countries,
and also grea; deal OF crushed corn,
corn oil and notions The agents OF